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Special notes

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Some categories may be listed in Category:Categories for deletion but accidently not listed here.

Discussion for Today

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This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024_December_6


December 6

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NEW NOMINATIONS

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Publicity photographs

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Nominator's rationale: This category is populated by the use of the licensing template {{Non-free promotional}} on image files. The text of the template reads, in part, This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit. This scope, reflected in how the template is used, includes publicity photos, but also ads and promotional artwork. The following subcategories should also be renamed per this change:
 • Category:Publicity photographs with missing fair-use rationale to Category:Promotional images with missing fair-use rationale
 • Category:Publicity photographs with no terms to Category:Promotional images with no terms
 • Category:Publicity photographs with terms of use to Category:Promotional images with terms of use
Thanks.— TAnthonyTalk 20:01, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Farmers from Telangana

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Nominator's rationale: Category with just one entry. Lost in Quebec (talk) 19:56, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Soccer clubs in Burlington, Ontario

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Nominator's rationale: Does not help navigation. User:Namiba 19:46, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Template:Metadata Population

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Nominator's rationale: rename for better clarification what the category is about, it is also WP:C2Cish. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:33, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ukrainian campaigns

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Propose renaming:
Nominator's rationale: rename, less ambiguous names and in line with recent (bold) renaming of articles. If this is opposed, the article renames should be reverted. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:08, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
copy of speedy discussion
@Family27390 and Armbrust: pinging contributors to speedy discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:09, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Events associated with apartheid

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Nominator's rationale: Per WP:OCASSOC. It is duplicative and hinders navigation. User:Namiba 16:08, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ancient international relations

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Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory each. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:55, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Berbers by nationality

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Nominator's rationale: More consistent with others e.g. within Category:Egyptian people by descent, and with subcats by descent (People of Moroccan-Berber descent) or occupation (Moroccan Berber politicians). – Fayenatic London 12:26, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:1st-century BC natural events

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Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:56, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Mountain climbers from Andhra Pradesh

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Nominator's rationale: Also nominating for merge Category:Mountain climbers from Delhi to Category:Sportspeople from Delhi

All categories with just one entry. Lost in Quebec (talk) 11:36, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Years AD by century

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Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer, they are the only subcategory of their parent. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:24, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Foreign policy strategies in the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Nominator's rationale: Strangely named category. It could also be merged to Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran SMasonGarrison 05:18, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Control theory publications

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Nominator's rationale: underpopulated category. upmerge for now SMasonGarrison 04:30, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's rationale: Selective merge. People by association isn't typically defining. SMasonGarrison 03:28, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Executed people from Iran during the Islamic Republic

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Nominator's rationale: Or something to that effect SMasonGarrison 03:23, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Template:History of Islam

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Nominator's rationale: If not merged, it needs to be renamed. The category creator keeps creating categories with this undesired naming convention. SMasonGarrison 03:20, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Conspiracist media

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Nominator's rationale: this category contains mainstream medias and generally only concentrated in certain countries Coddlebean (talk) 02:43, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Writers by populated place in Northumberland

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Nominator's rationale: Upmerge. This redundant category isn't needed for navigation. SMasonGarrison 02:41, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]