Wikipedia:Categories for discussion

"WP:CFD" redirects here. For criteria for deletion, see WP:Criteria for deletion.

"WP:CFR" redirects here. For criteria for redaction, see WP:Criteria for redaction.

XFD backlog

V	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
CfD	0	0	0	19	19
TfD	0	0	0	7	7
MfD	0	0	0	3	3
FfD	0	0	0	0	0
RfD	0	0	2	45	47
AfD	0	0	0	0	0

Categories for discussion (CfD) is the central venue for discussing specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories and stub types in accordance with the guidelines for categorization, category naming and stub articles.

For detailed instructions about using CfD, see "How to use CfD" below. Briefly, nominations are handled through one of two processes:

1. Speedy renaming and merging, for uncontroversial proposals that meet specified criteria—see "Speedy renaming and merging" below.
2. Full discussion, for all other proposals. Discussions typically remain open for at least seven days and are closed once a rough consensus has formed or no objections to the nomination are raised.

Except in uncontroversial cases such as reverting vandalism, do not amend or depopulate a category once it has been nominated at CfD as this hampers other editors' efforts to evaluate a category and participate in the discussion.

When a category is renamed or merged with another category, in limited circumstances it may be helpful to leave an instance of the {{Category redirect|...}} template on the category's former page. See "Redirecting categories" below for more information.

Wikipedia:Move review can be used to contest the outcome of a CfD request that is limited in scope to renaming, as long as all steps are followed. If a discussion on the request closer's talk page does not resolve an issue, then a move review will evaluate the close of a CfD move discussion to determine whether or not the close was reasonable and consistent with the spirit and intent of common practice, policies, and guidelines. CfDs involving deletion should be reviewed at Wikipedia:Deletion review.

Scope

CfD is intended only for specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories or stub types. For general discussion about how to improve the category system, use other appropriate venues such as Wikipedia talk:Categorization, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories, and any relevant WikiProjects' talk pages.

Current discussions

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• All current discussions
  • 21 November (Thursday)
  • 20 November (Wednesday)
  • 19 November (Tuesday)
  • 18 November (Monday)
  • 17 November (Sunday)
  • 16 November (Saturday)
  • 15 November (Friday)
  • 14 November (Thursday)
  • Previous 8 to 21 days
• Speedy renaming requests
• Archive and indices

Discussions awaiting closure

• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 13 (17 open)
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 12 (1 open)
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 5 (1 open)

See also the list of individual discussions awaiting closure here and the list of full open discussions awaiting closure here.

How to use CfD

Nomination procedure

Twinkle

You may use Twinkle to facilitate CfD nominations. To install Twinkle, go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets and check "Twinkle" in the "Browsing" section. Use the now-installed "XfD" (Start a deletion discussion) tab while viewing the page you want to nominate.

Twinkle only allows you to nominate a single category or stub template. For bundled nominations including multiple categories, see § MassCFD.

MassCFD

You can use the script User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/massXFD to automatically make mass nominations.

Manual nominations

I	Preliminary steps. Before nominating a category: Read and understand the guidance for category names and overcategorization. For categories containing biographical articles, read the guidance for categorization of people. For categories containing the user pages of Wikipedians, read the guidance for user categories. In the following special cases: If a category is a red link, then it is already deleted (or was never created in the first place) and does not need to be nominated. If a category is unpopulated, use {{db-catempty}} to request it be speedily deleted in 7 days. If a category is populated solely by a template (other than a stub template, see #Stub types below) and you are proposing to delete both the category and template, follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion. For further information, see Wikipedia:Categorization and Wikipedia:Manual of Style.
II	Edit the category. Add one of the following templates at the beginning of the category page (not the talk page) of every category to be discussed. For nominations involving large numbers of categories, help adding these templates can be requested here. Otherwise, if nominating a single category: For deleting, use {{subst:Cfd}} For merging, use {{subst:Cfm|Other category}} For merging to two categories, use {{subst:Cfm-double|Other category 1|Other category 2}} For renaming, use {{subst:Cfr|Proposed name}} For splitting, use {{subst:Cfs|Proposed name 1|Proposed name 2}} For converting the category into a list, use {{subst:Cfl|Proposed name}} For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{subst:Cfd|type=nature of proposed discussion}} (see Template:Cfd/doc#Optional parameter) If nominating a group of related categories, use a bundled nomination: For deleting, use {{subst:Cfd|CfD section name}} For merging, use {{subst:Cfm|Other category|CfD section name}} For merging to two categories, use {{subst:Cfm-double|Other category 1|Other category 2|CfD section name}} For renaming, use {{subst:Cfr|Proposed name|CfD section name}} For splitting, use {{subst:Cfs|Proposed name 1|Proposed name 2|CfD section name}} For converting the category into a list, {{subst:Cfl|Proposed name|CfD section name}} For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{subst:Cfd|type=nature of proposed discussion|CfD section name}} (see Template:Cfd/doc#Optional parameter) Include "CfD", "CfM", "CfR", "CfS" or "CfL" in the edit summary, and do not mark the edit as minor. Preview before saving. To add the template for previous nomination days, use the "full" version of the template by appending "full" to the template name, i.e. {{cfd full}}, {{cfm full}}, {{cfr full}}, {{cfs full}} and {{cfl full}}. Use the |day=, |month= and |year= parameters to make the banner link to the correct CfD page. Consider adding {{subst:cfd notice|Category name|2024 November 21|CfD section name}} ~~~~ to the talk page of the category's creator. For details about these templates, see each template's documentation.
III	Create the CFD section. Click THIS LINK to edit the section of CfD for today's entries. Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) to copy and paste one of the templates below. When inserting category names into these template's parameters, except the text= parameter, omit the Category: prefix and do not use wikilinks, as the template takes care of this. If nominating a single category: For deleting, use {{subst:Cfd2|Obsolete category|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}} For merging, use {{subst:Cfm2|Origin category|Destination category|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed merge. ~~~~}} For merging to two categories, use {{subst:Cfm2|Origin category|Destination category 1|target2=Destination category 2|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed merge. ~~~~}} For renaming, use {{subst:Cfr2|Current category|Proposed name|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed rename. ~~~~}} For splitting, use {{subst:Cfs2|Current category|Proposed category 1|Proposed category 2|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed split. ~~~~}} For converting the category into a list, use {{subst:Cfc2|Current category|Proposed article|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed conversion. ~~~~}} For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{subst:Cfd2|Current category|type=other type|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed conversion. ~~~~}} For a bundled nomination, use one of the standard templates to build the "Cfd section name" for the first nominated category. After saving that, the second and subsequent nominations must be inserted manually, as follows: ==== Cfd section name ==== * 1st category * 2nd category [Make clear whether you propose deletion, merging or renaming] * Your reason for nominating the categories, and signature. If a bundled nomination is too long, consider using {{hidden}} to hide some of the nominated categories. In your reason, use links if mentioning articles or categories. To link to a category, use the colon trick by adding a colon (:) to the beginning of the link, e.g. [[:Category:Foo]]. Preview before saving to check that your nomination is formatted correctly, and remember to include your signature at the end of the nomination.

Stub types

I	Preliminary steps. In general, a stub type consists of a stub template and a dedicated stub category. Before nominating a stub type for deletion, merging or renaming: Read and understand guidance for creating stub types and stub type naming conventions. Review the list of existing stub types—be advised, this list may not be comprehensive. If you wish to: Create a new stub type—follow the procedure for proposing new stub types. Delete, merge or rename a stub category only, without deleting or renaming the associated stub template—follow the instructions above this section. Delete or rename a stub template—continue to section II.
II	Edit the template. Add one of the following tags at the beginning of the template to be discussed. For deletion, use {{subst:Sfd-t|Section name}} For renaming, use {{subst:Sfr-t|Proposed name|Section name}} Please include "SFD" or "SFR" in the edit summary, and don't mark the edit as minor. Preview before saving. Consider notifying the template's creator on their talk page. To find the contributor, check the page history of the stub template.
III	Create the CFD section. Click THIS LINK to edit the section of CfD for today's entries. Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) and paste the following text (remember to update the default parameters): For deletion, use {{subst:sfd-t2|TemplateName|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}} For renaming, use {{subst:sfr-t2|TemplateOldName|TemplateNewName|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}} In your rationale, mention how many articles currently use the template to help other editors. When linking to a category in your rationale, always add a colon (:) to the beginning of the link, like [[:Category:Foo]]. This makes a category link that can be seen on the page, and avoids putting this page into the category you are nominating. Preview before saving to check that your nomination is formatted correctly, and remember to include your signature at the end of the nomination.

Notifying interested projects and editors

In addition to the steps listed above, you may choose to invite participation by editors who are likely to be informed about a nominated category. All such efforts must comply with Wikipedia's guideline against biased canvassing. In addition, to help make your messages about the CfD discussion clear, avoid Wikipedia-specific abbreviations, link to relevant policies or guidelines, and link to the discussion itself.

Notifying related WikiProjects

WikiProjects consist of groups of editors who are interested in a particular subject. If a nominated category is within the scope of one or more WikiProjects, consider adding a brief, neutral note on their talk page(s) about the nomination. You may use {{subst:cfd notice|Category name|2024 November 21|CfD section name}} ~~~~ or write a personalized message.

Tagging the nominated category's talk page with a relevant WikiProject's banner will include the category in that WikiProject's Article Alerts if they subscribe to the system. For instance, tagging a nominated category with {{WikiProject Physics}} will add the discussion to Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Article alerts.

Notifying substantial contributors to the category

While not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the good-faith creator and main contributors of the category that you are nominating for discussion. To find the creator and main contributors, check the category's page history or talk page. You may use {{Cfd notice}} to inform the category's creator and all other editors.

Notifying other interested editors

It may be helpful to invite other subject-matter experts by posting a message on the talk page of the most closely related article, such as Protein family for Category:Protein families. You may use {{Cfdnotice}} for this.

Closing procedure

After seven days, someone will close the discussion according to the consensus that formed or, if needed, relist it to allow more discussion. Editors closing discussions must follow the administrator instructions and, except in the case of a "keep" or "no consensus" outcome, implement the result or log it at the Working page to ensure it is implemented.

Redirecting categories

"WP:CAT-R" redirects here. For the guideline on categorizing redirects, see Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects.

For an essay on this topic, see WP:Category redirects that should be kept.

In general, an unpopulated category should be deleted (see speedy deletion criterion C1) because it is not useful for navigation and sorting. In limited circumstances, and because categories cannot be redirected using "hard" redirects (i.e. #REDIRECT[[''target'']]), we use a form of "soft redirect" to solve the issue. You can create a category redirect by adding {{Category redirect|target}} to the category page. Bots patrol these categories and move articles into the "redirect" targets.

In particular, category redirects are used at the former category name when we convert hyphens into en dashes (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations). It is also helpful to set up category redirects from titles with plain letters (i.e. characters on a standard keyboard) where the category names include diacritics.

A list of redirected categories is available at Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories.

Speedy renaming and merging

Speedy renaming or speedy merging of categories may be requested only if they meet a speedy criterion, for example WP:C2D (consistency with main article's name) or WP:C2C (consistency with established category tree names). Please see instructions below.

1. Determine which speedy criterion applies
2. Tag category page with {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}} or {{subst:cfm-speedy|Merge target}}
3. List request along with speedy criteria reason under "Current requests" below on this page

Please note that a speedy request must state which of the narrowly defined criteria strictly applies. Hence, any other non-speedy criteria, even "common sense" or "obvious", may be suitable points, but only at a full discussion at WP:Categories for discussion.

Requests may take 48 hours to process after listing if there are no objections. This delay allows other users to review the request to ensure that it meets the speedy criteria for speedy renaming or merging, and to raise objections to the proposed change.

Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g., "patent nonsense", "recreation") can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}} with no required delay. Empty categories can be deleted if they remain empty 7 days after tagging with {{db-empty}}. Renaming under C2E may also be processed instantly (at the discretion of an administrator) as it is a variation on G7.

To oppose a speedy request you must record your objection within 48 hours of the nomination. Do this by inserting immediately under the nomination:

• Oppose, (the reasons for your objection). ~~~~

You will not be able to do this by editing the page WP:Categories for discussion. Instead, you should edit the section WP:Categories for discussion#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here or the page WP:Categories for discussion/Speedy#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here (WP:CFDS). Be aware that in the course of any discussion, the nomination and its discussion may get moved further down the page purely for organizational convenience – you may need to search WP:CFDS to find the new location. Participate in any ongoing discussion, but unless you withdraw your opposition, a knowledgeable person may eventually bring forward the nomination and discussion to become a regular CFD discussion. At that stage you may add further comments, but your initial opposition will still be considered. However, if after seven days there has been no support for the request, and no response from the nominator, the request may be dropped from further consideration as a speedy.

Contested speedy requests become stale, and can be untagged and delisted after 7 days of inactivity. Optionally, if the discussion may be useful for future reference, it may be copied to the category talk page, with a section heading and {{moved discussion from|[[WP:CFDS]]|2=~~~~}}. If the nominator wants to revive the process, this may be requested at WP:Categories for discussion (CfD) in accordance with its instructions.

If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins who process the Speedy page. If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a full CFD discussion.

Speedy criteria

The category-specific criteria for speedy renaming, or merging are strictly limited to:

C2A: Typographic and spelling fixes

• Correction of spelling errors and capitalization fixes. Differences between British and American spelling (e.g. Harbours → Harbors) are not considered errors; however if the convention of the relevant category tree is to use one form over the other then a rename may be appropriate under C2C. If both spellings exist as otherwise-identical category names, they should be merged.
• Appropriate conversion of hyphens into en dashes or vice versa (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations).
• Correction of obvious grammatical errors, such as a missing conjunction (e.g. Individual frogs toads → Individual frogs and toads). This includes pluralizing a noun in the name of a set category, but not when disagreement might reasonably be anticipated as to whether the category is a topic or set category.

C2B: Consistency with established Wikipedia naming conventions and practices

• Expanding abbreviated country names (e.g. U.S. → United States).
• Disambiguation fixes from an unqualified name (e.g. Category:Washington → Category:Washington (state) or Category:Washington, D.C.).

C2C: Consistency with established category tree names

Bringing a category into line with established naming conventions for that category tree, or into line with the various "x by y", "x of y", or "x in y" categorization conventions specified at Wikipedia:Category names

• This should be used only where there is no room for doubt that the category in question is being used for the standard purpose instead of being a potential subcategory.
• This criterion should be applied only when there is no ambiguity or doubt over the existence of a category naming convention. Such a convention must be well defined and must be overwhelmingly used within the tree. If this is not the case then the category in question must be brought forward to a full Cfd nomination.
• This criterion will not apply in cases where the category tree observes distinctions in local usage (e.g. Category:Transportation in the United States and Category:Transport in the United Kingdom).

C2D: Consistency with main article's name

• Renaming a topic category to match its eponymous page (e.g. Category:The Beatles and The Beatles).
• This applies only if the related page's current name (and by extension, the proposed name for the category) is:
  • unambiguous (so it generally does not apply to proposals to remove a disambiguator from the category name, even when the main article is the primary topic of its name, i.e. it does not contain a disambiguator); and
  • uncontroversial, either because of longstanding stability at that particular name, or because the page was just moved (i) after a page move discussion resulted in explicit consensus to rename, or (ii) unilaterally to reflect an official renaming which is verified by one or more citations (provided in the nomination). C2D does not apply if the result would be contrary to guidelines at WP:CATNAME, or there is any ongoing discussion about the name of the page or category, or there has been a recent discussion concerning any of the pages that resulted in a no consensus result, or it is controversial in some other way.
• This criterion may also be used to rename a set category in the same circumstances, where the set is defined by a renamed topic; e.g. players for a sports team, or places in a district.
• Before nominating a category to be renamed per WP:C2D, consider whether it makes more sense to move the article instead of the category.

C2E: Author request

• This criterion applies only if the author of a category requests or agrees to renaming within six months of creating the category.
• The criterion does not apply if other editors have populated or changed the category since it was created. "Other editors" includes bots that populated the category, but excludes an editor working with the author on the renaming.

C2F: One eponymous page

• This criterion applies if the category contains only an eponymous article, list, template or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories, where applicable. Nominations should use {{subst:cfm-speedy}} (speedy merger) linking to a suitable parent category, or to another appropriate category (e.g. one that is currently on the article). When listing the nomination at WP:CFDS, you must manually add all the appropriate parent categories as targets if the member page is not already in them.

Admin instructions

When handling the listings:

1. Make sure that the listing meets one of the above criteria.
2. With the exception of C2E, make sure that it was both listed and tagged at least 48 hours previously.
3. Make sure that there is no opposition to the listing; if there is a discussion, check if the opposing user(s) ended up withdrawing their opposition.

If the listing meets these criteria, simply have the category renamed or merged – follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions, in the section "If the decision is to Rename, Merge, or Delete"; to list it for the bots, use the Speedy moves section.

Applying speedy criteria in full discussions

• A nomination to merge or rename, brought forward as a full CfD, may be speedily closed if the closing administrator is satisfied that:
  • The nomination clearly falls within the scope of one of the criteria listed here, and
  • No objections have been made within 48 hours of the initial nomination.
• If both these conditions are satisfied, the closure will be regarded as having been a result of a speedy nomination. If any objections have been raised then the CfD nomination will remain in place for the usual 7-day discussion period, to be decided in accordance with expressed consensus.

Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here

If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria mentioned in C2, do not list it here. Instead, list it in the main CFD section.

If you are in any doubt as to whether it qualifies, do not list it here.

Use the following format on a new line at the beginning of the list:

* [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~

If the current name should be redirected rather than deleted, use:

* REDIRECT [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~

To note that human action is required, e.g. updating a template that populates the category, use:

* NO BOTS [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~

Remember to tag the category page with: {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}

A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, if the time stamp shown is earlier than 17:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC). Currently, there are 81 open requests ().

Current requests

Please add new requests at the top of the list, preferably with a link to the parent category (in case of C2C) or relevant article (in case of C2D).

• Category:ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournaments to Category:Women's T20 World Cup tournaments – C2D: Women's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 17:08, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:History of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 to Category:History of the Women's T20 World Cup – C2D: Women's T20 World Cup (World T20 was a former name, and ICC has been removed by consensus from article titles) Joseph2302 (talk) 17:07, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Women's T20 World Cup standings templates to Category:Women's T20 World Cup standings templates – C2D: Women's T20 World Cup . Joseph2302 (talk) 17:05, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads to Category:Women's T20 World Cup squads – C2D: Women's T20 World Cup (and all articles in category have had ICC removed from titles) Joseph2302 (talk) 17:05, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Women's World Twenty20 finals to Category:Women's T20 World Cup finals – C2D: Women's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 17:05, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualification to Category:2026 Men's T20 World Cup qualification – C2D: 2026 Men's T20 World Cup qualification Joseph2302 (talk) 17:04, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:History of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup to Category:History of the Men's T20 World Cup – C2D: History of the Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 17:03, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup to Category:2026 Men's T20 World Cup – C2D: 2026 Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:10, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup to Category:2024 Men's T20 World Cup – C2D: 2024 Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:09, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup to Category:2022 Men's T20 World Cup – C2D: 2022 Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:09, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup to Category:2021 Men's T20 World Cup – C2D: 2021 Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:09, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournaments to Category:Men's T20 World Cup tournaments – C2D: Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:09, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Men's T20 World Cup standings templates to Category:Men's T20 World Cup standings templates – C2D: Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:08, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad navigational boxes to Category:2024 Men's T20 World Cup squad navigational boxes – C2D: 2021 Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:07, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad navigational boxes to Category:2021 Men's T20 World Cup squad navigational boxes – C2D: 2021 Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:07, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad navigational boxes to Category:Men's T20 World Cup squad navigational boxes – C2D: Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:07, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Men's T20 World Cup navigational boxes to Category:Men's T20 World Cup navigational boxes – C2D: Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:06, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup templates to Category:2026 Men's T20 World Cup templates – C2D: 2026 Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:06, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup templates to Category:2024 Men's T20 World Cup templates – C2D: 2024 Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:05, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad navigational boxes to Category:2022 Men's T20 World Cup squad navigational boxes – C2D: 2022 Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:05, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup templates to Category:Men's T20 World Cup templates – C2D: Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:04, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Men's T20 World Cup templates to Category:Men's T20 World Cup templates – C2D: Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:04, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier to Category:Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier – C2D: Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier Joseph2302 (talk) 16:04, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Men's T20 World Cup statistics to Category:Men's T20 World Cup statistics – C2D: Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:03, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Men's T20 World Cup squads to Category:Men's T20 World Cup squads – C2A: Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:03, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Men's T20 World Cup lists to Category:Men's T20 World Cup lists – C2D: Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:03, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Men's T20 World Cup finals to Category:Men's T20 World Cup finals – C2D: Men's T20 World Cup Joseph2302 (talk) 16:02, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:ICC Men's T20 World Cup to Category:Men's T20 World Cup – C2D. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:01, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Norwegian journal editors to Category:Norwegian academic journal editors – C2C: siblings are called FOOian academic journal editors ^SMason_Garrison 14:49, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:People educated at Wanganui High School to Category:People educated at Whanganui High School – C2D: consistency with main article title Whanganui High School, noting that the school changed spelling of its name in 2016 and the article has been stable at the new spelling since then. Paora (talk) 08:55, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Postmasters-General of New South Wales to Category:Postmasters general of New South Wales – C2C: Consistency with other categories within at Category:Postmasters general GMH Melbourne (talk) 07:36, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

• The main article is with a dash so I presume the category should also contain this dash? Marcocapelle (talk) 07:39, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

  It is inconsistent with others in Category:Postmasters general. GMH Melbourne (talk) 12:34, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Hippocampus (brain) to Category:Hippocampus – C2D: Disambiguation no longer necessary after Category:Hippocampus (genus) was moved. Trailblazer101 (talk) 07:26, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose, WP:C2D does not apply because of Hippocampus (disambiguation). Marcocapelle (talk) 07:41, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Works about the Kochs to Category:Works about the Koch family – C2D: per Koch family. 1857a (talk) 06:29, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Category:Books about the Kochs to Category:Books about the Koch family
  • Category:Films about the Kochs to Category:Films about the Koch family
• Category:Birthdays of religious leader to Category:Birthdays of religious leaders – C2A: Sibling is Birthdays of heads of state which is plural ^SMason_Garrison 04:09, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Third-generation jet fighter to Category:Third-generation jet fighters – C2A: pluralization The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:23, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Fourth-generation jet fighter to Category:Fourth-generation jet fighters – C2A. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:23, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Italian-American Anarchists to Category:Italian-American anarchists – C2B: Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:ThadeusOfNazereth#Category:Italian-American_Anarchists ^SMason_Garrison 23:04, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

• Support, earlier there was a discussion at CFD about this category but the discussion was not about the capital A. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:44, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Sword and sandal to Category:Sword-and-sandal – C2D: per Sword-and-sandal. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:31, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Rivers of Punjab (Pakistan) to Category:Rivers of Punjab, Pakistan – C2C: Per Punjab, Pakistan. Gedrose (talk) 19:41, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:1940s Republic of China aircraft to Category:1940s Chinese aircraft – C2C: All other categories in this tree pre-1949 use "Chinese". The Bushranger _{One ping only} 05:46, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Category:1940s Republic of China civil aircraft to Category:1940s Chinese civil aircraft
  • Category:1940s Republic of China helicopters to Category:1940s Chinnese helicopters
• Category:1950s Republic of China aircraft to Category:1950s Taiwanese aircraft – C2C: All other categories in this tree post-1949 use "Taiwanese". The Bushranger _{One ping only} 05:59, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Category:1950s Republic of China civil aircraft to Category:1950s Taiwanese civil aircraft
  • Category:1950s Republic of China helicopters to Category:1950s Taiwanese helicopters
  • REDIRECT Category:Republic of China civil aircraft to Category:Taiwanese civil aircraft
  • REDIRECT Category:Aircraft manufactured in the Republic of China to Category:Aircraft manufactured in Taiwan
• Category:My Little Pony fandom to Category:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom – C2D: the main article is entitled "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom" it is the fandom specifically for the 2010-2019 television series as opposed to the entire My Little Pony franchise, generally. QuantumFoam66 (talk) 03:02, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Interior ministers of Denmark to Category:Ministers of the interior of Denmark – C2D: Minister of the Interior (Denmark). Also C2C to match other similar minister categories. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:01, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Tax ministers of Denmark to Category:Ministers for taxation of Denmark – C2D: List of ministers for taxation (Denmark). Also C2C to match other similar minister categories. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:01, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Justice ministers of Denmark to Category:Ministers of justice of Denmark – C2D: List of ministers of justice (Denmark). Also C2C to match other similar minister categories. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:59, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Finance ministers of Denmark to Category:List of ministers for finance of Denmark – C2D: List of ministers for finance (Denmark). Also C2C to match other similar minister categories. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:58, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Lists of foreign ministers to Category:Lists of ministers of foreign affairs – C2D: The content of the category overwhelming leans towards "Minister(s) of Foreign Affairs", as opposed to foreign minister. See entries in category. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:55, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Foreign ministers of Denmark to Category:Minister of foreign affairs of Denmark – C2D: List of ministers of foreign affairs of Denmark. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:51, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Danish defence ministers to Category:Ministers of defence of Denmark – C2D: Article for the minister is Minister of Defence (Denmark). Also C2C to match other similar minister categories. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:50, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Minister of defence of Armenia to Category:Ministers of defence of Armenia – C2A: Make plural. Also C2C with other entries in Category:Defense ministers by country by making the category plural. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:49, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Minister of War of Württemberg to Category:Ministers of war of Württemberg – C2A. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:13, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Postmaster-Generals of Victoria to Category:Postmasters-General of Victoria – C2A: incorrect pluralisation GMH Melbourne (talk) 02:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

  This should be discussed here. Ymblanter (talk) 08:37, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

But the big problem here is with the plural rather than the capital. I would be happy with Category:Postmasters-general of Victoria per the discussion about capitalisation there. StAnselm (talk) 19:06, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

• It isn't a typo though, I think this is full discussion (even though it seems to be a minor issue). Marcocapelle (talk) 07:13, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Ill withdraw and start a discussion, fixing both the capitalisation and pluralisation. GMH Melbourne (talk) 07:05, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Opposed requests

• Category:Love jihad conspiracy theory to Category:Love related conspiracy theory – "Love Jihad" could be placed under a broader "Love conspiracy theory" category to highlight its shared structure with similar global narratives about covert motives in romantic relationships, enabling neutral, critical examination without endorsing its legitimacy. Aryan^{Talk} 04:10, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Oppose - not tagged, but furthermore, is proposing a change of category scope, which would require a full discussion, not a speedy. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:35, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

    The proposed change may aligns with the scope of the speedy process. However, I have started a discussion on the talk page to ensure transparency and gather any additional input. Aryan^{Talk} 16:42, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Irish Arctic explorers to Category:Irish explorers of the Arctic – C2C: norm is FOOian explorers of the Arctic ^SMason_Garrison 12:37, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose speedy I don't see any category that follows that norm. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:39, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

  Comment - the parent category is Category:Explorers of the Arctic. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 07:43, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

  Support speedy per Category:British explorers of Antarctica and Category:Norwegian explorers of Antarctica. Gedrose (talk) 07:29, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

  @Armbrust do you still oppose? ^SMason_Garrison 17:10, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  • Fwiw, I can understand that it is opposed for speedy. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:16, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Professional wrestling shows in British Columbia to Category:Professional wrestling shows in Vancouver – C2C: To match the contents of the category. User:Namiba 19:24, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose speedy. ^SMason_Garrison 01:41, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

  That's not c2c, and is artificially narrowing the category ^SMason_Garrison 01:42, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Jardine Matheson Group to Category:Jardines – C2D with Jardine Matheson Group moved to Jardines (company). Homeiurex (talk) 21:34, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose as proposed This should be renamed to Category:Jardines (company). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:52, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

• @Homeiurex: do you agree with Category:Jardines (company)? Marcocapelle (talk) 17:57, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Ascaridida to Category:Ascaridomorpha – C2D: The World Register of Marine Species (the authority on all marine taxa) accepts this taxa as infraorder Ascaridomorpha, with Ascaridida as an unaccepted synonym. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 09:39, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose speedy The main article was only recently renamed and without discussion, thus C2D doesn't apply. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:47, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Non-binary gender to Category:Non-binary gender identities – C2A: Non-binary is not just one gender; neither are the pages listed in this category. This name would use proper terminology. Ranleo09 (talk) 15:17, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Oppose, as with most gender-related topics, this is contentious and needs further discussion. Funcrunch (talk) 15:34, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
    • @Ranleo09: are you going to take this to full discussion? Marcocapelle (talk) 09:29, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

On hold pending other discussion

• None currently

Moved to full discussion

• Category:PWHL New York to Category:New York Sirens – C2D. User:Namiba 14:14, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
  • Category:PWHL New York players to Category:New York Sirens players
• Category:PWHL Montreal coaches to Category:Montreal Victoire coaches – C2D. User:Namiba 14:14, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:PWHL Boston to Category:Boston Fleet – C2D. User:Namiba 14:12, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
  • Category:PWHL Boston coaches to Category:Boston Fleet coaches
  • Category:PWHL Boston seasons to Category:Boston Fleet seasons
• Category:PWHL Montreal to Category:Montreal Victoire – C2D. User:Namiba 14:48, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:PWHL Ottawa to Category:Ottawa Charge – C2D. User:Namiba 14:07, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

  Contesting all PWHL moves. Discussion should be had as to whether these should be separate categories pre- and post-rebrand. Wheatzilopochtli (talk) 16:10, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

  • @Namiba: are you planning to take these to full discussion? Marcocapelle (talk) 08:52, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

    Yes--User:Namiba 22:07, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

  • Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:22, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Wikipedia:GLAM/NARA participants to Category:Wikipedia-National Archives and Records Administration collaboration participants – C2C. Gonnym (talk) 13:34, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Wikipedia:GLAM/MoMA participants to Category:Wikipedia-Museum of Modern Art collaboration participants – C2C. Gonnym (talk) 13:34, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Wikipedia:GLAM/The Met participants to Category:Wikipedia-Metropolitan Museum of Art collaboration participants – C2C. Gonnym (talk) 13:33, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Wikipedia:GLAM/TCMI participants to Category:Wikipedia-The Children's Museum of Indianapolis collaboration participants – C2C. Gonnym (talk) 13:33, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:WikiProject GLAM/AAA participants to Category:Wikipedia-Archives of American Art collaboration participants – C2C with parent category. Gonnym (talk) 13:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:WikiProject GLAM/SI participants to Category:Wikipedia-Smithsonian Institution collaboration participants – C2C with parent category. Gonnym (talk) 13:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:WikiProject GLAM/IMJ participants to Category:Wikipedia-Israel Museum, Jerusalem collaboration participants – C2C with parent category. Gonnym (talk) 13:30, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Wikipedia:GLAM/TP participants to Category:Wikipedia-Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa collaboration participants – C2C with parent category. Gonnym (talk) 13:28, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose speedy for GLAM categories. There is no clear convention for the proposed format. The parent categories by themself are not enough to establish that. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:53, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

  • @Gonnym: are you planning to take these to full discussion? Marcocapelle (talk) 09:02, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

    Nope. If Armbrust wants a lousy user experience, then I'm not bothering with it. Gonnym (talk) 11:28, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

• Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:11, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:20th-century explorers from the Russian Empire to Category:20th-century Russian explorers – C2C: The norm is for the 20th century to be Russian FOO ^SMason_Garrison 03:20, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose speedy All of the entries in the category were born before 1917, and thus in the Russian Empire. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:08, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

  Would you like me to remove them? The norm is for this category to be called Category:20th-century Russian FOO. Are they not also russian? I do not see why this category should be treated differently than every other 20th-century Russian people category. @Armbrust Are you still opposed? ^SMason_Garrison 20:38, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose a valid item in the subtree category:Explorers by former country. --Altenmann >talk 21:07, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

  I already moved this to a full nomination. Why are you opposing here?^SMason_Garrison 02:26, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

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