Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 June 17

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June 17

NEW NOMINATIONS

Category:New Wave albums by American artists

Propose renaming Category:New Wave albums by American artists to Category:New Age albums by American artists

Nominator's rationale: different genres; please rename it. Thank you. ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫_{Share–a–Power}^{[citation needed]} 07:27, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Uncategorized redirect templates

Category:Uncategorized redirect templates - Template:Lc1

Nominator's rationale: This category serves no useful purpose. Categorising something as uncategorised is not only contradictory but pointless because it would be easier just to categorise it properly. If no appropriate category can be found for a redirect template, it can be placed in Category:Redirect templates until it is moved to a subcategory. This category is currently empty and only has one in-coming link outside of the user and user talk namespaces. McLerristarr | Mclay1 04:50, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Wikipedians wanting to log into Wikimedia with OpenID

Category:Wikipedians wanting to log into Wikimedia with OpenID - Template:Lc1

Nominator's rationale: This userbox-populated category groups editors by either a particular desire or advocacy for the OpenID Proposal, depending on one's interpretation. Either way, there is extensive precedent to delete both types of user categories ("by desire"; "by support/opposition of a Wikipedia issue"), since neither one facilitates encyclopedic collaboration. The userbox allows users to express support for the OpenID Proposal, Wikipedia talk:OpenID Proposal serves as the most logical venue for centralized discussion and cooperation regarding this issue, and Special:WhatLinksHere/User:Awg1010/OpenID provides a list of users who transclude the userbox. Therefore, the category is, at best, redundant. -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 04:02, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Bait for pov pushers Curb Chain (talk) 07:55, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Toronto Maple Leafs arenas

Category:Toronto Maple Leafs arenas - Template:Lc1

Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary category. Even if fully filled out, there would only be three or four entries and carry little use. Upmerge to parent and delete. Reso lute 01:39, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Over categorization, teams spend decades in the same arena and as pointed out even a franchise as old as the Leafs only has a handful.

NHL Postseasons

Nominator's rationale: While I'm not completely convinced there is value on categorizing Stanley Cup Finals articles by participating teams, if we are to do so, I see no need for numerous microcategories that are redundant to the team season categories. The post-season is part of the season, afterall. There are also several categories with one or two entries, and no possibility of expansion as the teams are defunct. Propose merging all:

I'm also not opposed to simply upmerging to the main team categories, where I believe most of these articles were originally categorized, or simply deleting all. Reso lute 01:17, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Postseasons are typically part of each teams season page so adding a category for Stanley Cup Finals appearance and big playoff games (e.g Easter Epic) is over categorization, especially given that for the majority of the teams there isn't more than 3 or 4 articles in each category. --Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 03:28, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Merging, Upmerging, Or Deleting Category:Anaheim Ducks postseason, for example, has 2 articles to 2003 Stanley Cup Finals and 2007 Stanley Cup Finals. This is overcategorization because it is just listing on the articles page that it is the Anahiem Ducks's postseason, so what is the benefit of that?Curb Chain (talk) 07:46, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Category:The National Archives

Propose renaming Category:The National Archives to Category:The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Nominator's rationale: Rename. Category needs disambiguation to match The National Archives (United Kingdom). The National Archives is obviously a widely used name and redirects to List of national archives. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 00:16, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

rename per nom. 65.94.47.63 (talk) 04:41, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Rename Nobrainer (this is obviously ambiguous and requires renaming because who knows what the national archives "means"?)Curb Chain (talk) 07:40, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]