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Discussion for Today
[edit]- This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025_January_31
January 31
[edit]NEW NOMINATIONS
[edit]Category:Ice hockey venues by competition
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: An unnecessary level of categorization. User:Namiba 15:13, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Category:Roman Catholic churches in Cuenca, Ecuador
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Per WP:NARROWCAT. The two articles in this category are already in the appropriate other subcategories. User:Namiba 15:06, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Book series until 1900
[edit]- Propose merging Category:Book series introduced in 1676 (1 P) to Category:1676 in literature, Category:1676 beginnings and Category:Book series introduced in the 1670s
- Propose merging Category:Book series introduced in 1687 (1 P) to Category:1687 in literature, Category:1687 beginnings and Category:Book series introduced in the 1680s
- Propose merging Category:Book series introduced in 1704 (2 P) to Category:1704 in literature, Category:1704 introductions and Category:Book series introduced in the 1700s
- Propose merging Category:Book series introduced in 1710 (1 P) to Category:1710 in literature, Category:1710 introductions and Category:Book series introduced in the 1710s
- Propose merging Category:Book series introduced in 1724 (1 P) to Category:1724 in literature, Category:1724 introductions and Category:Book series introduced in the 1720s
- Propose merging Category:Book series introduced in 1729 (1 P) to Category:1729 in literature, Category:1729 introductions and Category:Book series introduced in the 1720s
- Propose merging Category:Book series introduced in 1731 (1 P) to Category:1731 in literature, Category:1731 introductions and Category:Book series introduced in the 1730s
- Propose merging Category:Book series introduced in 1734 (1 P) to Category:1734 in literature, Category:1734 introductions and Category:Book series introduced in the 1730s
- Propose merging Category:Book series introduced in 1735 (1 P) to Category:1735 in literature, Category:1735 introductions and Category:Book series introduced in the 1730s
- Nominator's rationale: merge, until 1900 these are mostly single-article categories which is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:27, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Category:Pit Crew
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Being a member of the pit crew on Drag Race is a clear violation of WP:PERFCAT. --woodensuperman 11:04, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:37, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
More family categories needing geographical disambiguation
[edit]- Propose renaming Category:Bagwell family of Marlfield to Category:Bagwell family (Marlfield)
- Category:Bruce family of Clackmannan to Category:Bruce family (Clackmannan)
- Category:Chen family of Kaohsiung to Category:Chen family (Kaohsiung)
- Category:Cooper family of Markree to Category:Cooper family (Markree)
- Category:Garcia family of Cebu to Category:Garcia family (Cebu)
- Category:Gibson family of Saffron Walden to Category:Gibson family (Saffron Walden)
- Category:Khouw family of Tamboen to Category:Khouw family (Tamboen)
- Category:Koo family of Lukang to Category:Koo family (Lukang)
- Category:Lin family of Banciao to Category:Lin family (Banciao)
- Category:Lin family of Wufeng to Category:Lin family (Wufeng)
- Category:López family of Iloilo to Category:López family (Iloilo)
- Category:Macaulay family of Lewis to Category:Macaulay family (Lewis)
- Category:MacCormac family of County Armagh, Northern Ireland to Category:MacCormac family (County Armagh)
- Category:Marsters family of the Cook Islands to Category:Marsters family (Cook Islands)
- Category:Scott family of Abbotsford to Category:Scott family (Abbotsford)
- Category:Tsai family of Miaoli to Category:Tsai family (Miaoli)
- Category:Tuke family of York to Category:Tuke family (York)
- Category:Yu family of Kaohsiung to Category:Yu family (Kaohsiung)
- Propose renaming Category:Bagwell family of Marlfield to Category:Bagwell family (Marlfield)
- Nominator's rationale: We've been renaming all family categories that need geographical disambiguation to put the geographical entity in parentheses after the family name. See these four nominations. The MacCormac category will require a redirect overwrite if we do this. Mike Selinker (talk) 02:54, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
- Rename per precedent. At some point nominations like these should become speedy C2B/C2C nominations. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:25, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
UT Arlington Mavericks football
[edit]- Propose renaming Category:Texas–Arlington Mavericks football to Category:UT Arlington Mavericks football
- Propose renaming Category:Texas–Arlington Mavericks football coaches to Category:UT Arlington Mavericks football coaches
- Propose renaming Category:Texas–Arlington Mavericks football players to Category:UT Arlington Mavericks football players
- Propose renaming Category:Texas–Arlington Mavericks football seasons to Category:UT Arlington Mavericks football seasons
- Propose renaming Category:Texas–Arlington Mavericks football navigational boxes to Category:UT Arlington Mavericks football navigational boxes
- Nominator's rationale: Per User:Mes tex's move of UT Arlington Mavericks football in October 2024, this corresponding category and its subcategories should be renamed accordingly. Jweiss11 (talk) 00:35, 31 January 2025 (UTC)