Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 February 9

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February 9

Category:Pages with expired Show by templates

Propose deleting Category:Pages with expired Show by templates - Template:Lc1

Nominator's rationale: This category was originally created when {{show by}} was a standalone template, but now that it is a wrapper, this category is no longer used. Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 20:37, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Architects by activity

Propose renaming Category:Architects by activity to Category:Architects by specialty
Propose renaming Category:English architects by type to Category:English architects by specialty

Nominator's rationale: The inconsistency came to light with the recent creation of Category:English architects by type. The most suitable upper level category at the moment is Category:Architects by activity. In my view neither name works well, I would suggest Category:Architects by specialty fits better with the contents. Architects are architects, but they often specialise in, or are primarily known for their work on a specific building type. It is a similar approach to the existing Category:Engineers by specialty. There is the secondary question of whether Category:English architects by type is a premature, over specific subcategory, but I suppose this can be dealt with separately if needed. Sionk (talk) 14:06, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Marcocapelle (talk) 19:22, 9 February 2017 (UTC) [reply]

Weak support: I'm not over-keen on using the non-British "specialty" (cf. "speciality") where the only national sub-cat so far is "English", but "specialty" is used in various other sub-cats of Category:Scholars by subfield. If I were starting afresh I would suggest "Architects by specialism", but that word does not appear to be used in any current categories. – Fayenatic London 15:20, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Right of asylum by country

Nominator's rationale: This nomination also contains the subcategories of this (all "Category:Right of asylum in Foo") as well as Category:Right of asylum by continent‎ and its subcategories); I haven't tagged them because I am still not aware of what automatic tool can be used to speed this up. Reasons: we have only 3 or 4 articles on "Asylum in...". We have no articles titled "Right of asylum in...". There is a good question whether Right of asylum shouldn't be just moved to asylum (disambig). For now, I think we should simplify the related categories. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 15:08, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Procedural comment. @Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus, there is no automated way to list all the subcats, but I have a few tricks to make it easier, so I have just added the other categories and will now tag them. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:51, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Tagging done[1]. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:57, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  - @BrownHairedGirl: Thank you! --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 22:23, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Rename all per nominator. The current titles are too narrow, and don't even cover the scope of the current contents. Many of these articles about asylum-seekers or the process of seeking asylum, rather than the narrow question of right of asylum. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:39, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose pending rename of right of asylum which appears to be opposed at this time due to ambiguity. Tim! (talk) 07:09, 11 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Jewish agricultural colonies in the Russian Empire

Propose merging Category:Jewish agricultural colonies in the Russian Empire to Category:Jewish agricultural colonies, Category:Jewish communities in Russia and Category:Jews and Judaism in the Russian Empire

Nominator's rationale: upmerge per WP:SMALLCAT, for now it only contains the eponymous article and a subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:01, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This is a clear keep, IMHO. There is already a subcat with 10 articles, and I myself know a few more in the Ukraine. It is at a logical place in the category tree, and should stay there. The fact that editors haven't populated this category yet, does not detract from its use and potential. Debresser (talk) 08:01, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Yes, additional subcategories are needed. Added one. For the other governorates, we don't have the articles about those populated places yet. --Wiking (talk) 14:58, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Fictional massacres

Propose deleting Category:Fictional massacres - Template:Lc1

Nominator's rationale: Only one article in it. While massacres occur frequently in fiction, those massacres rarely, if ever, get their own article. JDDJS (talk) 02:51, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No reason to have this really. Kellyanne Conway's gaffe on TV is the only reason this popped up and is not notable enough for it's own category. --Charitwo ^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:05, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Give it time to become populated For example Category:Tugboats_in_fiction started out with very few articles but over time has grown and now contains 11. How many articles is considered the minimum? Btyner (talk) 12:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – this is not massacres in fiction, but 'invented massacres' or 'fictitious massacres'. Oculi (talk) 23:22, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

that is a very good point! thus belonging the same class as Category:Nonexistent_people. If it doesn't get deleted, I'll rename it. Btyner (talk) 01:48, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for Now If we can eventually get up to 5 or so articles, no objection to recreating (albeit probably with a different name). At this point, it does not serve a navigation function which is the purpose of categories. RevelationDirect (talk) 08:02, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The only two articles are "Great Jedi Purge" and "Bowling Green massacre"; one is an established fictional massacre while the other was a false statement by Kellyanne Conway. Yoshiman6464 ^♫🥚 05:35, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete "Fiction" implies uses in literature or the other arts. Since when is Kellyanne Conway (who I have never heard of) a fiction writer with a meaningful impact on culture? Her statement is not fiction or a work of art, just political bullshit. Dimadick (talk) 08:51, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Jewish American journalists

Propose renaming Category:Jewish American journalists to Category:American journalists of Jewish descent

Nominator's rationale: 1. That was the name of the cat before it was moved without going to CFD.

2. The "new" cat is not correct anyway. Some of the people on the list may not identify as Jewish, but they are of Jewish descent, so the original category is more correct. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 01:50, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

For the sake of consistency, the category should not be moved. Every other occupation is written as "Jewish American ________" -- e.g. there is no Category:American actors of Jewish descent, there is Category:Jewish American male actors and Category:Jewish American actresses. The fact that there is a list dedicated solely to Jewish American journalists also is evidence to show that there is a legitimate consensus that some journalists' Jewishness is notable. There is also a long history of Jewish American newspapers and publications, such as The Forward, Tablet (magazine), etc. I agree with you that people who do not identify as Jewish should be removed, but I think the original category is incorrect and does not fit with the other categories that we have. Werónika (talk) 20:57, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I agree with Weronika. It appears that all other categories of this type follow "Jewish American" formula. If you think all of them should be renamed, that should be proposed instead. However, I think "Jewish descent" is a nebulous categorization and sounds much more awkward. FuriouslySerene (talk) 02:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per both previous editors, that this is the name of the beast in its category tree. Debresser (talk) 12:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete both per WP:OCEGRS, no indication that Jewish journalists, and those of "Jewish descent" regardless of how remote, function differently than their gentile counterparts. Apparently, no article about Jewish journalists or Journalists of Jewish descent and I seriously doubt anything but a list could be constructed along either of those lines; but, to what purpose? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:12, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Carlossuarez46 fell for a logical fallacy regarding categorizing these types of categories, and -thruth be told - he is not the first. The reason for categorizing is not how they function as journalist" per se, but if they are notable and distinguishable for being Jewish. Debresser (talk) 23:25, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]