Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/Today
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Discussion for Today
[edit]- This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024_November_26
November 26
[edit]NEW NOMINATIONS
[edit]Category:Pan-Indian films
[edit]This category is created for Indian films that are simultaneously released in multiple languages (known as Pan-Indian film).
Category:Dog attack victims
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: delete, not a defining characteristic. There is one exception, Doreen Ashburnham-Ruffner, this article can be moved to Category:Felidae attacks. (At the same time of course do keep subcategories like Category:Deaths due to dog attacks). Marcocapelle (talk) 05:32, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
- Support deletion. BhagyaMani (talk) 10:18, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Category:Pejorative terms for in-group non-members
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Too long and clunky, this gets the point across more concisely. Qualiesin (talk) 01:05, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
- Merge to parent Category:Pejorative terms for people, pejorative terms are usually for outgroups from the pov of the speaker and this set of articles has too little in common to keep it separate. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:12, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Category:Edible Australian Plants
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Redundant due to the existence of Category:Bushfood. GossieGoodTimes (talk) 00:49, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
- Merge to Category:Bushfood per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:14, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
- GossieGoodTimes, you created this category, filled it and then emptied it. You could have just tagged it for speedy deletion CSD C1 or CSD G7. An empty category doesn't need a week of discussion. Liz Read! Talk! 06:02, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
- Cheers Liz! Sorry I misread. GossieGoodTimes (talk) 06:08, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Category:Aircraft operated by the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force Air Wing
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: By long-established consensus, we don't categorise military aircraft by operator, only by manufacturing nation - this is (accordingly) a "performer by performance" type of category and thus WP:OC. The Bushranger One ping only 00:23, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, not a defining characteristic. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:17, 26 November 2024 (UTC)