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July 23[edit]

Category:Detective writers[edit]

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 to Category:Detective fiction writers etc. bibliomaniac15 21:52, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Since mystery literature virtually always features detectives of either the amateur or professional varieties, and detective literature virtually always involves the protagonist attempting to solve a mystery, I'm struggling to wrap my head around where the meaningful or categorizable distinction would land between a "detective writer" and a "mystery writer". I'm just not seeing a reason why we need two separate trees here. Bearcat (talk) 22:57, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Procedural oppose. If this needs to be discussed, Category:Detective fiction should be the primary subject of the discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:09, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • oppose Per main article mystery fiction: "Mystery fiction can be contrasted with hardboiled detective stories, which focus on action and gritty realism." Not the same genre. Dimadick (talk) 09:20, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - I would have put Category:Detective writers as a subcat of Category:Mystery writers. I expect we could find a mystery devoid of detectives. Oculi (talk) 11:15, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - A mystery is not the same thing as a work of detective literature. The claim that "mystery literature virtually always features detectives" is completely false. The ones that feature detectives are detective literature. Mysteries can involve people who are not detectives as well, and simply being involved in a mystery does not make someone a detective. --Nicholas0 (talk) 15:05, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per opposers - "mystery" is not really a term used for fiction in the UK; we have detective novels etc. Seems American English, and I suspect rather dated AE at that. I think few British English readers would suspect that mystery fiction meant detective stories. There is, rightly, a separate Detective fiction main article, not to mention sub-genres like Police procedural. The mystery fiction article title and scope should probably be looked at - it may be ok for magazine stories from 70+ years ago, which it mostly covers, but I suspect is not the right term for the last 40 years, even in American. Or perhaps the article is ok, but the "mystery" category tree casts its net far wider, & should be massively redistributed - certainly not added to. Johnbod (talk) 20:27, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename to Category:Detective fiction writers etc as the main article is Detective fiction. Armbrust The Homunculus 17:47, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename to Category:Detective fiction writers per Armbrust....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 18:28, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename to Category:Detective fiction writers etc., per Armbrust. My earlier procedural oppose does not apply to this alternative. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:17, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Girls x Heroine! television series[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename. MER-C 10:37, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:C2A (all of the series use the "×" symbol) Nicholas0 (talk) 21:39, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Mirzapur (TV series)[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 18:46, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Unclear why we need a category for single article, given its also unlikely that it will ever expand. Ab207 (talk) 16:47, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Components of a chemical plant[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 18:46, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This category functions as a grouping container for its 'contents' rather than a classification mechanism --Hooperbloob (talk) 15:11, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Hardys[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 September 17#Category:Hardys

Category:Songs from Frozen II[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. bibliomaniac15 21:54, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: SMALLCAT. Only four articles, no need for this. ★Trekker (talk) 07:37, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Ocean's Eleven[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename. MER-C 18:55, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Film series article makes more sense as main article. ★Trekker (talk) 07:06, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Black Lunch Table[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename/merge. MER-C 10:39, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rename for consistency with other sub-categories of Category:Wikipedia meetups. The BLT Bingo sub-cat contains only one page, although 3 more could be added; it should be merged, or renamed to Category:Wikipedia Black Lunch Table Bingo. – Fayenatic London 07:02, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Post-traumatic stress disorder categories[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: speedy rename. WP:INVOLVED does not matter in unopposed speedy cases. – Fayenatic London 12:38, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The page Post-traumatic stress disorder was just hyphenated as per the page consensus. Since these categories all refer to post-traumatic stress disorder (and that page is ultimately the one behind their name), we should rename these categories to stay consistent. It is sloppy to a page named Post-traumatic stress disorder, while the categories directly referring to it use a different spelling (even though a clear consensus said to hyphenate the article). Pinging everyone from the PTSD article renaming discussion (as this is a clear extension of that discussion). @Interstellarity: @Calidum: @ItsPugle: @Amousey: @Biochemistry&Love: @Ozzie10aaaa: @SandyGeorgia: @GPinkerton: @Roxy the dog: @Markworthen: @Randy Kryn: @Stavd3: @Armbrust: I-82-I | TALK 06:57, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This should be fun. You've pinged all these people for this!! -Roxy the elfin dog . wooF 07:45, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Who else was I supposed to notify? You are the most logical people to ping, having participated in a very similar discussion. I didn't want to only ping some and get accused of meatpuppetry (rightfully so). This is fairly obscure, and would have sat here empty had I not done this. I-82-I | TALK 10:33, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy rename WP:C2D following the RM at Talk:Post-traumatic_stress_disorder#Requested_move_7_July_2020. – Fayenatic London 09:56, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • I had attempted to do this earlier, but it was objected to by Armbrust. I-82-I | TALK 10:31, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      • It was purely procedural, the speedy renaming needs that the categories are tagged (similarly how you tagged the categories for this discussion). Armbrust The Homunculus 10:49, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        • Oh, you meant it in that sense. This was a misunderstanding by me then. When you opposed the rename, I thought it was because I incorrectly used the C2D tag incorrectly, not that I had merely not put tags on the categories. Anyway, I guess these categories will just get renamed soon when it gets closed due to the unanimous consensus. I-82-I | TALK 19:50, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, following the page move. Oculi (talk) 13:52, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, of course. GPinkerton (talk) 14:46, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support To match the main article. 15:50, 23 July 2020 (UTC)Dimadick (talk)
  • Support.   - Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) (I'm a man—traditional male pronouns are fine.) 00:11, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Otus[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename to option A. bibliomaniac15 02:31, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming:
Option A
Option B
Nominator's rationale: The bare title Otus is a disambiguation page, so some renaming is needed. The head article is Scops owl, and the scientific name Otus (bird) redirects there. I am not sure which to use. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 05:46, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just Otus please, none of the other entries in the disambig would make sense as categories. Otus (owl) if you must (all members of Otus are owls), the scientific name is key is taxonomic classification and Wikipedia's categories following taxonomic Class/Order/Family/Genus and are organized the same way as the scientific names.--Eostrix  (🦉hoot hoot🦉) 11:44, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Eostrix: plenty of the other topics listed at Otus would make viable categories if there is enough coverage of them. The long-standing principle of category names is that they should be no more ambiguous than the equivalent article, so the bare title Otus isn't acceptable. The question is how to disambiguate, and the general principle of WP:PRECISION is to disambiguate only as far as needed. Otus (bird) can apply only to the owl, so we don't need greater precision. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:37, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename to avoid ambiguity. I do not have a preference between the "(bird)" or "(owl)" disambiguator. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:47, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename by option B per leading article and name of all included items. gidonb (talk) 00:15, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • User:Eostrix is right that Wikipedia's species categories are organized by scientific name, rather than by the title of the main article. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:04, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • It doesn't make WP more readable or less cluttered. The leading article convention is a good convention, also for categories of species. gidonb (talk) 08:29, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, bibliomaniac15 06:06, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename per option A. The problem with Category:Otus is that any of the other things listed at Otus could be added by editors who edit quickly and without circumspection. Oculi (talk) 12:44, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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