Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 October 30

October 30

Category:Seventh-day Adventist clergy by nationality

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Seventh-day Adventist clergy to Category:Seventh-day Adventist ministers; rename Category:American Seventh-day Adventist clergy to Category:American Seventh-day Adventist ministers; delete Category:Seventh-day Adventist clergy by nationality. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:09, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: No links that would benefit in this category. It was created by a banned sock puppet. AmericanAir88(talk) 23:09, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Since the Seventh-day Adventist Church uses the names pastor and minister, not clergy that sounds way to Roman Catholic, which really bothers me. And plus brand new categories should replace these sockpuppet categories. I know that many of the Seventh-day Adventist pastors that have Wikipedia articles are from the United States, but a few are foreigners. In fact I don't even know if all of the Seventh-day Adventist pastors are all put together. In fact I just found a Seventh-day Adventist article on a person just today, even thou she wasn't labeled as a Seventh-day Adventist she was. She isn't a pastor thou,but was a physician. And I'm certain that there are many more hiding somewhere. In fact I've come acrossed a list on the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church website that lists many church administrators, and they would've had their start as pastors. The majority of these people don't even have Wikipedia articles.Catfurball (talk) 20:23, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Alt-lite

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 21:01, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: "Alt-lite" = alt-right minus ethnic nationalism. [1] [2] Ethnic nationalism is generally a fringe idea, so it's not a useful idea to group together people who oppose it. Moreover, this category is very hard to keep neutral (Category:Alt-right is hard as well), and "alt-lite" is a neologism anyway. This category may demonstrate a part of the fall of the alt-right, but that is mostly speculation. wumbolo ^^^ 19:11, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:People associated with musical groups

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 21:00, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Textbook WP:OCASSOC. See precedent at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 November 3#Category:People associated with The Beatles. --woodensuperman 16:29, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Anti-nationalists

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 20:59, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The linked supporting article entitled "anti-nationalism" has numerous problems and there is only limited supporting reliable source literature. For pigeon-holing individual people as either "anti-nationalist" or (implicitly, for those omitted) non-anti-nationalist there appear to be even fewer reliable sources that discuss this as a category containing numerous individuals. Despite what seems to be the vague and un-RS-supported nature of this category, some editors are now inserting this category into numerous biographical articles for living as well as dead individuals. The category seems so vague that anyone who has ever criticized any type of national approach could be included, regardless of whether their worldview was nuanced and affirmed a role for the nation in other ways. Retaining this vague and un-RS-unsupported category seems liable, intentionally or good-faith unintentionally, to open Wikipedia up to be a platform to aid fervent or fanatical nationalists in smearing those who differ with them, sweeping away nuances of beliefs. Presearch (talk) 16:06, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • (also from nominator) As an example of the questionable use of this category, note that since Oct 30 2016, Muhammad Iqbal has been categorized as an "anti-nationalist", despite the fact that his article lead quotes him as being viewed as the "Spiritual father of Pakistan". Perhaps retention of this category was merely overlooked vandalism. But perhaps some could view him as an anti-nationalist in as much as he opposed the unified (one-state) independence of India, and advocated for a two-state solution (India and Pakistan). This highlights the fact that whereas it may make sense to describe particular stances in context as "anti-nationalist", it may be harder to categorize people that way. Perhaps this difficulty accounts for the scarcity of reliable sources that attempt to apply the "anti-nationalist" category to individual people across a wide range of contexts. Wikipedia category guidelines for people tell us to "clearly define the category" and that "It is preferable that the category definition (on the category page) tries to exclude vague or non-neutral point of view (NPOV) cases". A clear definition has not been done for this category, and I suspect that it is undoable given the scarcity of reliable sources that undertake such a task. --Presearch (talk) 16:34, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • (again from nominator) Since January 2016 (link), Ayatolla Ruhollah Khomeini has been categorized as an "anti-nationalist". Again, there may be a rationale. But again, the categorization is not obvious, and no external reliable sources were given to support this categorization. Even if this category could be made intelligible, it would appear to require a great deal of original research for its application across so many diverse contexts, many of them not obvious. --Presearch (talk) 17:36, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Former capitals of Arkansas

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 20:57, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: per WP:SMALLCAT. Only 2 articles, and no scope for expansion. Category:Former state capitals in the United States has no other by-state subcategories. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 09:27, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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