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Discussion for Today
[edit]- This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024_September_22
September 22
[edit]NEW NOMINATIONS
[edit]Category:Jewish American legal scholars
[edit]- Propose merging Category:Jewish American legal scholars to Category:Jewish American academics
- Nominator's rationale: We really don't need to intersection ethnicity/religion with area of scholarship. The category creator needs to review WP:EGRS.Mason (talk) 03:45, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
- Merge, trivial intersection. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
Category:Church of Sweden clergymen in Colonial North America
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: This category is extremely narrow. I think it should either be merged to 17th/18th century American Lutheran clergy or renamed to Church of Sweden clergy from the Thirteen Colonies Mason (talk) 03:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
- If not kept then delete, because all articles are already in Category:17th-century American Lutheran clergy or Category:18th-century American Lutheran clergy. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:15, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
Category:France and the Sea
[edit]- Propose merging Category:France and the Sea to Category:Water in France
- Nominator's rationale: Non-defining/vague category. Mason (talk) 03:22, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
- Alt merge to Category:Maritime organisations based in France, this is a more specific merge target that seems to fit all articles. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:30, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
Category:Nijisanji
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Category with only a single entry. Partofthemachine (talk) 02:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, if the Dokibird article survives the AfD process it can directly linked to from Nijisanji, we do not need a category for that. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:43, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
Category:People of Mexican side in the Texas Revolution
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: The current name sounds awkward and is confusing/inconsistent Mason (talk) 01:53, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
- Technically both sides were Mexican people when the revolution started. Perhaps Category:Pro-Mexico people of the Texas Revolution? Marcocapelle (talk) 06:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
Category:Things in the United States that were built by slaves
[edit]- Convert Category:Things in the United States that were built by slaves to article Things in the United States that were built by slaves
- Nominator's rationale: Unforuntely, I don't think that this is defining because these "things" aren't regularlly defined as built by slaves Mason (talk) 00:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, possibly listify per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:49, 22 September 2024 (UTC)