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==Speedy renaming and speedy merging== <includeonly>==Speedy renaming and merging==</includeonly>
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Categories may be listed here if they fall under the criteria specified below. Deletion and de-listing may occur after '''48 hours''' if there are no objections. '''They must be tagged with {{tlsp|cfr-speedy|new name}} so that users of the categories are aware of the proposal'''. This delay is to allow for objections over correct spelling, etc. to be made and to ensure that items are not processed that do not meet the criteria.
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'''Speedy renaming''' or '''speedy merging''' of categories may be requested <em>only</em> if they meet a ''']''', for example ] (consistency with main article's name) or ] (consistency with established category tree names). Please see instructions below.


# '''Determine''' which '''speedy criterion''' applies
Categories that qualify for speedy ''deletion'' (per ], e.g. "patent nonsense", "recreation", categories that have been empty for four days) can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{tlp|db|reason}}, and no delay is required for these.
# '''Tag category page''' with {{tlsx|cfr-speedy|''New&nbsp;name''}} or {{tlsx|cfm-speedy|''Merge&nbsp;target''}}
# '''List request''' along with ] reason under "]" 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 ].
Contested requests can be removed from this list after 48 hours. If the nominator wants to continue the process they need to submit the request as a regular CfD using the instructions above.


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.
=== Speedy criteria ===
Criteria for speedy deletion, renaming, or merging are '''''strictly''''' limited to:
{{Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Speedy/Criteria}}


Categories that qualify for '''speedy deletion''' (per ], e.g., "patent nonsense", "recreation") can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{tlx|db|reason}} with no required delay. Empty categories can be deleted if they remain empty 7 days after tagging with {{tl|db-empty}}. Renaming under ] may also be processed instantly (at the discretion of an administrator) as it is a variation on ].
:A nomination to '''merge''' or '''rename''', brought forward as a full ], may be speedily closed if the closing administrator is satisfied that:


To oppose a speedy request you must record your objection within 48 hours of the nomination. Do this by inserting immediately under the nomination:
:* The nomination clearly falls within the scope of one of the criteria listed above, and;''
*'''Oppose''', (the reasons for your objection). <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>
:* No objections have been made within 48 hours of the initial nomination.''
You will not be able to do this by editing the page WP:Categories for discussion. Instead, you should edit the section ] or the page ] (]). 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 ] 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 {{tlx|moved discussion from|<nowiki>]|2=~~~~</nowiki>}}. If the nominator wants to revive the process, this may be requested at ] (CfD) in accordance with ].
:If both these conditions are satisfied, the closure will be regarded as having been as 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.


If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins who . If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a full CFD discussion.
=== Add requests for speedy renaming here ===
'''If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria in C2 listed above, ''do not list it here''. Instead, list it in the main CFD section.'''


===Speedy criteria===
'''If you are in any doubt as to whether it qualifies, ''do not list it here.'''''
{{shortcut|WP:C2}}
The category-specific criteria for speedy renaming, or merging are <strong style="font-style:italic;">strictly</strong> limited to:


{{Anchor|C2A|c2a}}
Use the following format:
====C2A: Typographic and spelling fixes====
:'''<nowiki>* ] to ] – Reason for rename. ~~~~</nowiki>'''
{{Shortcut|WP:C2A}}
* Correction of spelling errors and ]. Differences between ] (e.g. ''Harbours → Harbors'') are <strong>not</strong> 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 ]. If both spellings exist as otherwise-identical category names, they should be merged.
* Appropriate conversion of hyphens into ] or ] (e.g. ''Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations'').
*Correction of obvious grammatical errors, such as a missing ] (e.g. ''Individual frogs toads → Individual frogs and toads''). This includes ]izing a noun in the name of a set category, but not when disagreement might reasonably be anticipated as to whether the category is a ].
{{Anchor|C2B|c2b}}


====C2B: Consistency with established Misplaced Pages naming conventions and practices====
'''Don't forget to tag the category with {{tlsp|Cfr-speedy|newname}}'''
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* ] (e.g. ''U.S. → United States'').
* ] fixes from an unqualified name (e.g. ''Category:Washington → Category:Washington (state)'' or ''Category:Washington, D.C.'').
{{Anchor|C2C|c2c}}


====C2C: Consistency with established category tree names====
Please add new entries at the '''top''' of the list and sign and date stamp your entries with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>.
{{Shortcut|WP:C2C}}
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 ]
* 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. '']'' and '']'').
{{Anchor|C2D|c2d}}


====C2D: Consistency with main article's name====
A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, the time stamp shown is {{#time:H:i, j F Y "(UTC)"| -48 hours}} or earlier.
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* Renaming a ] to match its eponymous page (e.g. ] and ]).
* This applies <strong style="font-style:italic;">only</strong> if the related page's current name (and by extension, the proposed name for the category) is:
**<em style="font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline;">unambiguous</em> (so it generally does not apply to proposals to remove a disambiguator from the category name, even when the main article is the ] of its name, i.e. it does not contain a disambiguator); and
**<em style="font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline;">uncontroversial</em>, 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 ], 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 ] 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.
{{Anchor|C2E|c2e}}

====C2E: Author request====
{{Shortcut|WP:C2E}}
*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====
{{Shortcut|WP:C2F}}
* 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 {{tlsx|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 ], 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:
# Make sure that the listing meets one of the above criteria.
# With the exception of C2E, make sure that it was both listed and tagged at least 48 hours previously.
# 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 ], in the section "If the decision is to '''Rename''', '''Merge''', or '''Delete'''"; to list it for the bots, use the ].

====Applying speedy criteria in full discussions====
* A nomination to '''merge''' or '''rename''', brought forward as a full ], 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.

{{Anchor|Add requests for speedy renaming here}}

==Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here==
''If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria mentioned in C2, {{em|do not list it here}}. Instead, list it in the main CFD section.''

'''If you are in any doubt as to whether it qualifies, {{em|do not list it here}}.'''

Use the following format on a new line at the {{strong|beginning}} of the list: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">* ] to ] – Reason ~~~~</syntaxhighlight>

If the current name ] rather than deleted, use: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">* REDIRECT ] to ] – Reason ~~~~</syntaxhighlight>

To note that human action is required, e.g. updating a template that populates the category, use:
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">* NO BOTS ] to ] – Reason ~~~~</syntaxhighlight>

{{strong|Remember to tag the category page with:}} {{tlsx|cfr-speedy|''New&nbsp;name''}}

A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, if the time stamp shown is earlier than {{#time:H:i, j F Y "(UTC)"| -48 hours}}. Currently, there are '''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Categories for speedy renaming}}''' open requests&nbsp;{{smaller|({{Purge|refresh}})}}.

<div class="sysop-show extendedmover-show">{{Notice |style=margin:0.5em auto 1.0em; |image=Stop hand nuvola.svg |] and ]: {{strong|Do not}} use the "Move" tab to move categories listed here!{{pb}}Categories ] following the 48-hour waiting period and are moved by a bot.}}</div>

===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).
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* ] to ] – C2C. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 20:59, 9 March 2012 (UTC) * REDIRECT ] to ] – My mistake, sorry. I have created a duplicate. ] (]) 17:16, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
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* ] to ] – C2C. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 20:58, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
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* ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 20:42, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
** ] to ]
* ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 20:42, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
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* ] to ] – Basic grammar. If full stops are being used, the format would be "Canonical L.t.d"; but that's not the case. ] (]) 19:08, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
** ] to ]
:'''Oppose''' because the main article is still ], note it is a shortened word so would never be L.t.d strictly speaking should be ] but the main article would have to moved first. ] (]) 19:12, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
** ] to ]
::So '''lets fix that''' rather than making the situation worse. It appears that there was an undiscussed move at some point after the previous discussed move that cleaned this up previously. —] (]) 19:35, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
– C2D: both Universities have been renamed.
:::As you have made a move request to the main article you really need to suspend/withdraw the speedy until or if the article is moved, and by the way although I believe we should spell it out as Limited in the article title the full stop is correct usage as it shows a shortened word so Ltd without the full stop is never correct. ] (]) 19:44, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Rename for consistency with ] & ].–]<span style="font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;·</span> ] 13:09, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
* ] to ] - C2A: I created the category, but I realized that the title was wrong when it was too late: there's no reason why ''songs'' should be written with capital "S". I'm sorry! --] (]) 13:36, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2A: Per ] (there are no "Australasia" categories).-- ] (]) 12:50, 9 March 2012 (UTC) * ] to ] – C2C: the category consists only of navboxes (two subcategories and two templates). Rename for consistency with ]. —⁠] (]) 11:18, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] ] 11:29, 9 March 2012 (UTC) * ] to ] – C2C: all the other categories are Foreign nationals imprisoned in FOO ] 20:55, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2D: per ] ] ] 11:25, 9 March 2012 (UTC) * ] to ] – C2C: See ]. ] (]) 07:15, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2C ] <sup>]</sup> 06:55, 9 March 2012 (UTC) * ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] <sup>]</sup> 06:47, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2A: More specific phrasing to communicate the premise of the category. ] (]) 1:29, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
*:'''Oppose'''The tern Tourist attraction is prominent and more widely used in India, and editors are comfortable with it. Even while placing the categories one first looks for categories starting with tourist. --''' '']]'' ''' 10:58, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
*:: Doesn't matter. All such categories begin with "Visitor attractions." See ].--] (]) 12:53, 9 March 2012 (UTC) *: I do not think this satisfies any speedy criteria.--] (]) 06:31, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
*:Definitely not a criteria under "C2A", or any speedy for that matter. ] 11:41, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
*:: I'm not sure why we use "visitor" instead of "tourist" – perhaps it's so that we don't exclude local visitors – but the former is used even for most India categories; see ] and subcategories. -- ''']''' <sup>(])</sup> 18:45, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:30, 9 March 2012 (UTC) * ] to ] – C2C: per parent ]. ] (]) 12:56, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:27, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:25, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:24, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:22, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:22, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:21, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


===Opposed requests===
* ] to ] – C2A: & C2D: correct capitalisation per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:20, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
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* ] to ] – C2A: & C2D: correct capitalisation per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:20, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2A: ]; it's not about film actors (or comedians) that are silent, it's the films they appear in that are ]s. Tagging only the top two levels to begin with. ] (]) 12:50, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:19, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
*:'''Speedy oppose'''. I'm not sure this works under the wikipedia hypenation rules. Especially since we have ] as the parent category. ] 11:43, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:18, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
** ] to ]
* ] to ] – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:18, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
** ] to ]
* ] to ] – C2A, en dash. ] (]) 02:18, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
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* ] to ] – C2A: & C2D: correct caps per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:17, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
** ] to ]
* ] to ] – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:16, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:15, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:12, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:12, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:11, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:08, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:07, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:05, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2A: correct caps ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:03, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2D: per ] and C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:02, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2A: correct caps & C2D: per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 02:00, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 01:59, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B per {{Cat|Tajikistani media}}, etc. ] <sup>]</sup> 23:59, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B per ] ] <sup>]</sup> 22:34, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2A: caps. ] (]) 22:33, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B per ] ] <sup>]</sup> 22:32, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B per ] ] <sup>]</sup> 22:30, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B per ]/{{cat|Macarthur (New South Wales)}} ] <sup>]</sup> 22:27, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2B per ] ] <sup>]</sup> 22:23, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2A: caps. ] (]) 22:12, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2A/C2B per {{Cat|Carriage museums}} ] <sup>]</sup> 21:56, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
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* ] to ] – C2D per ] ] <sup>]</sup> 21:38, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] (]) 21:20, 8 March 2012 (UTC)


* ] to ] – C2C as per ]. ] (]) 18:06, 8 March 2012 (UTC) * ] to ]&nbsp;– C2C: a few birds such as the Choiseul pigeon or the broad-billed parrot are contemporarily extinct ; the others are prehistoric ans should be moved to a relevant category (by renaming this one?) --] (]) 12:30, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
:* {{ping|Couiros22}} not sure that this fits speedy because ] is a valid category tree too. ] (]) 17:45, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
** ] '''merge''' into ]
* ] to ] – C2A: caps. ] (]) 15:33, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 11:46, 8 March 2012 (UTC)


* East Timor to Timor-Leste – C2D: Per RM at ]. Same as below, but covering all categories that are not borders or bilateral relations. –] (]]) 03:41, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
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* ] to ] – grammar —]❤]☮]☺]☯ 07:52, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
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* ] to ] – C2B per {{cat|Blenheim, New Zealand}}/] ] <sup>]</sup> 06:37, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
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* ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] (]) 23:39, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
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***'''Comment''' More correct would be "National Research University Higher School of Economics academic journals", to match the other category names in "Academic journals by publisher". This is a pretty superfluous category anyway, with only 1 member (and as far as I see, this school only publishes 1 journal and no others are being planned). Perhaps broadening it to "National Research University academic journals" would be better, although I don't know whether that would lead to a better-populated cat. --] (]) 08:47, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
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****No objection to the suggestion of adding "academic". ] <sup>]</sup> 09:00, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
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**'''Comment:''' I had clicked Save before I caught the dab error. Thanks for the suggestion. — ] (]) 02:07, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
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**: '''Oppose speedy''' for the project-related category, as it's still called ]. ] <sup>]</sup> 18:40, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
**:I need help tagging all of these; I accidentally interrupted the ] during tagging. –] (]]) 04:15, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
:* '''Oppose''' renaming ] only, since this is pre-independence. ] (]) 14:29, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
**:Added borders. –] (]]) 03:38, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
**:'''Oppose the year categories'''. Any year category that dates before the country was known as "Timor-Leste" shouldn't be renamed. ] (]) 11:38, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
**::Also '''oppose the WikiProject related categories''' as the project hasn't been renamed. ] (]) 11:39, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
**:::Okay, so that means everything except "WikiProject East Timor" and pre-2002 year categories. –] (]]) 19:02, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
*:'''Comment''' The problem with this and similar moves when countries change their names is twofold: as noted above, it is inappropriate for topics that date before the change, and it can become inconsistent with external sources. Thus, for example, the ] is used by many plant taxonomic databases to define the unit areas of plant distributions. It uses "East Timor", so we do at ]. This ensures the distribution categorization is consistent with sources used in the article. This isn't a knockdown argument against moving, but nominating so many categories of different kinds at once makes it difficult to consider them carefully. ] (]) 16:13, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
*:: In these cases, we need redirects.--] (]) 08:02, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
*'''Note to closing admin''' If processing the project categories, please make sure all templates are changed before letting the bot loose on these. ] (]) 09:31, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
*:] was the name of a military unit. ] is for notable persons who belonged to that force. Neither of these articles was approved for speedy renaming. I have reverted the changes. ] ] 10:54, 26 December 2024 (UTC)


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*:'''oppose''' as per MOS:JOBTITLES ''They are capitalized only in the following cases: When a formal title for a specific entity (or conventional translation thereof) is addressed as a title or position in and of itself'' the category is addressing the position in and of itself. This applies to all the other listed categories as well ]] 11:10, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
*::The job titles are in plural, and we do not capitalize in such cases (see: "When a formal title for a specific entity... is not plural..."). Similar categories have also been moved to use lowercase based on this (e.g., ], categories under ], categories under ], and categories under ]; see also articles like ], ], etc.) ] (]) 17:44, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
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* ] to ]&nbsp;– C2C: Rename to match renamed parent article ]. These are organizations associated with the previous government that ran the country. ] (]) 02:57, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
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**'''Oppose'''. Looking at ] there still is some uncertainty about the long-term name of the article. Also would not match the rest of the tree; we do not have ]. - ] <sub>]</sub> 03:33, 22 December 2024 (UTC)


* ] to ]&nbsp;– C2C: parent is "Indigenous leaders of the Americas", which uses "of" ] 18:40, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
====Opposed nominations====
:* {{ping|Smasongarrison}} arguably the parent might be renamed to "in". ] (]) 18:56, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
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** ] to ] – C2D per ] ] <sup>]</sup> 07:34, 7 March 2012 (UTC) :*:Both parents? ] also uses of ] 18:57, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
:*:* Right. There is ]. I guess "in" is technically more correct. ] (]) 19:00, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
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:*:*:Hmmm. That's a good point. I don't have strong opinions about which is used. Should we take this to full to see if someone does? ] 19:11, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
*:'''object''' ambiguous with ]. ] (]) 05:08, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] - C2C ] (]) 11:14, 4 March 2012 (UTC) (PS: I think artefacts not artifacts is the usual spelling?
**'''Oppose''' This is a case of US/UK spelling differences, although both seem to use the alternative as a variant. For non-English speaking countries the convention is to keep the initial spelling used. Note also ]. ] (]) 19:40, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
* ] to ] – C2D: per ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 00:40, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
:: No, rename main article. --] (]) 07:17, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
::: Moved to ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 10:54, 8 March 2012 (UTC)


* ] to ] – C2D per ] ] <sup>]</sup> 02:38, 6 March 2012 (UTC) * ] to ] - To better summarise the contents as the family is wider than just direct relatives of ]. ] (]) 09:28, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
**'''Comment''' couldn't this be confused with ] ? ] (]) 05:14, 8 March 2012 (UTC) *:I do not think this is the speedy material. {{ping|OGBC1992}}, would you mind taking it to full CFD with literally the same justification? ] (]) 10:38, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
***To my knowledge, the regions of SA are never referred to as "districts". ] <sup>]</sup> 05:34, 8 March 2012 (UTC) *::Hi @] I am not sure how to take something to CFD if you wouldn't mind assisting? Many thanks. ] (]) 11:57, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
****You've got my point reversed. "Mid-North District" could be interpreted as "Mid North". ] (]) 14:45, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
*****I'm not sure that the district is prominent enough for any confusion to be viable; if there was, ] would likely be disambiguated. A move could be proposed to discuss, but I don't see that one has been. ] <sup>]</sup> 20:58, 8 March 2012 (UTC)


* ] to ] – C2C. ] (]) 03:07, 7 March 2012 (UTC) * ] to ]&nbsp;– C2A: "Ancient" not typically capitalized in this way. See ] for example. ] (]) 09:59, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
** But the main article is at ], so per C2D it should remain at the current title. Not a clear-cut speedy, probably needs a full discussion. ] (]) 21:10, 8 March 2012 (UTC) * ] to ]&nbsp;– C2A: "Ancient" not typically capitalized in this way. See ] for example. ] (]) 09:58, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
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:* '''Oppose all''' needs discussion. ] (]) 18:26, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
::* What exactly is your problem, sir? The vast majority of Misplaced Pages articles related to the ancient Near East use "ancient Near East" (the same goes for the articles/categories about ancient Rome, ancient Greece and ancient Egypt). Also, "Museums of Ancient Near East" categories are missing the definite article regardless of your preferences ("Museums of the Ancient Near East" or "Museums of the ancient Near East").--] (]) 21:49, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
:::*I'm fine with adding "the" - it's "ancient" that needs discussion. If it it is true that "the vast majority of Misplaced Pages articles related to the ancient Near East use "ancient Near East" (the same goes for the articles/categories about ancient Rome, ancient Greece and ancient Egypt)" this is only because of recent campaigns by a handful of capitalization fanatics, acting without discussion or consensus. ] (]) 04:19, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
::::*So why don't you discuss it on ] instead? To begin with, there is not enough people in CFDs to discuss this matter. Also, what "capitalization fanatics" are you talking about? Are you aware that "Ancient Near East" was changed to "ancient Near East" in 2011 (])? Here's an excerpt: ''"According to The SBL Handbook of Style For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies (p. 153), "Ancient" should not be capitalized, not in "ancient Near East" nor in "ancient Near Eastern"."'' Since 2011, nobody has talked about capitalization on Talk:Ancient Near East.
:::::Except Category:Novels set in the Ancient Near East, Category:Films set in the Ancient Near East, Category:Sculpture of the Ancient Near East, other categories with no definite article should be renamed in any case. I suggest to stick to "ancient Near East" at first because it's more widespread inspite of your claim about "a handful of capitalization fanatics" (you provided no evidence that "ancient Near East" is controversial and is under discussion). Personally, I don't care whether it is "ancient Near East" or "Ancient Near East", but the current consensus is apparently the former and let's stick to it.--] (]) 20:38, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Most category and article page names do use lowercase "ancient" in phrases like "ancient Rome" and "ancient Greece" (excluding language designations). See usage throughout the ] page, ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ] for examples. I believe we should aim for consistency in article and category names. Many of these pages and categories have had these names for quite some time and were not moved recently. If you would like to use uppercase in phrases like "Ancient Greece", why not propose this at the talk pages of the main pages? ] (]) 06:54, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:* {{ping|Russian Rocky}} are you planning to move this to full discussion? ] (]) 06:43, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::* Yes, please. Unfortunately, I can't figure out myself what Johnbod's problem is. He claimed that the vast majority of Misplaced Pages articles related to the ancient Near East use "ancient Near East" because of "recent campaigns by a handful of capitalization fanatics, acting without discussion or consensus", but there is no evidence that "ancient Near East" is controversial and/or is under discussion. I agree with ] on ] who said the following: ''"According to The SBL Handbook of Style For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies (p. 153), "Ancient" should not be capitalized, not in "ancient Near East" nor in "ancient Near Eastern"."''
::* See ''The SBL Handbook of Style For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies'' (Appendix A: Capitalization and Spelling Examples) at the Internet Archive: .--] (]) 08:32, 19 December 2024 (UTC)


====On hold pending other discussion====
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** '''Comment''' The main article was moved back to ]. ] <sup><font color="#E3A857">]</font></sup><sub><font color="#008000">]</font></sub> 01:24, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


* ] to ] – C2D per ] ] <sup>]</sup> 02:43, 6 March 2012 (UTC) * ] to ]&nbsp;– C2C: parent is People whose existence is disputed ] 06:07, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
*: '''Oppose speedy''' There are fare more subcategories of {{cat|People whose existence is disputed}} that use "Possibly fictional" than "whose existence is disputed", and therefore it's not a clear convention to apply C2C. ] <sup>]</sup> 10:33, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
**'''Comment''' - the qualifier is important -there are '''other West Coast Ranges'' - it is where the category should stay the same and the article title changed - rather than the other way aound ]] 08:16, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
*::Those are all being renamed to match this parent. ] ] 06:21, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
***The move could be proposed for the article if this is a real issue; I don't see that it's ever been discussed on the article talk page. ] <sup>]</sup> 21:01, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
*::: In that case we should wait until that is concluded and if it does then we can process this. ] <sup>]</sup> 23:48, 22 December 2024 (UTC)


* ] to ]&nbsp;– C2D: Match ]. ] (]) 14:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
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*:'''Oppose''' ambiguous with ], see ]. ''']''' (]) 18:11, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
Check ] for out of process deletions. In some cases, these will need to be nominated for discussion and the editor who emptied the category informed that they should follow the ] process.
*:'''Postpone''' until we know the result of the proposed move of ]. ]...''<small>]</small>'' 03:35, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

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* ] to ] – C2A. I have already modified the category in the articles ] and ] to the new name. --] (]) 07:29, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
::] is an empty category so it could have just been tagged for CSD C1 or moved without going through CFD. <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">]</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">] ]</sup> 08:17, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
:::It became empty after the nominator moved the two entries to the proposed target. I will now move them back and will move the category in 48h provided no objections have been raised against speedy move. ] (]) 08:40, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
:::* Moved to ]. ] (]) 17:03, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

* ] to ]&nbsp;– C2C: parent is Russian military personnel killed in the Russo-Ukrainian War ] 14:16, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
**] I would suggest a full discussion for both categories as the war in Donbas involved Pro-Russian military units rather than only Russian military units and the members of the category are almost all Pro-Russian Ukrainians. ] is a parent of ] and a grandparent of ]. ] (]) 17:42, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
**:Why is ] a parent of ]? Pro-russian is a cause not a nationality. ] 19:26, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
**::Category:Russian military personnel of the war in Donbas contains Russians and Ukrainians so it is not really a nationality category. ] (]) 19:38, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
**:::If that's the case, then the category should either be renamed to Pro-Russian military personnel of the war in Donbas or purged to only include russian nationals. I personally don't care which way it goes, but the naming isn't consistent. Can you take it to full? ] 19:46, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
**::::Done at ]. ] (]) 20:09, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

* ] to ]&nbsp;– C2C: Per all other subcategories of ]. ] (]) 00:33, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
*: '''Oppose speedy''' The main article is ]. ] <sup>]</sup> 06:53, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
*:* Brought up for ].--] (]) 03:24, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

* ] to ]&nbsp;– C2C: Per other categories in ]. ] (]) 07:54, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
** '''Oppose for speedy''', we should discuss whether ] is perhaps a better target. ] (]) 18:07, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
*** Agreed and brought up for ].--] (]) 03:24, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

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– C2D: both Universities have been renamed. Rename for consistency with Homs University & Latakia University.–yeagvr · ✉ 13:09, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Opposed requests

  • What exactly is your problem, sir? The vast majority of Misplaced Pages articles related to the ancient Near East use "ancient Near East" (the same goes for the articles/categories about ancient Rome, ancient Greece and ancient Egypt). Also, "Museums of Ancient Near East" categories are missing the definite article regardless of your preferences ("Museums of the Ancient Near East" or "Museums of the ancient Near East").--Russian Rocky (talk) 21:49, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
  • I'm fine with adding "the" - it's "ancient" that needs discussion. If it it is true that "the vast majority of Misplaced Pages articles related to the ancient Near East use "ancient Near East" (the same goes for the articles/categories about ancient Rome, ancient Greece and ancient Egypt)" this is only because of recent campaigns by a handful of capitalization fanatics, acting without discussion or consensus. Johnbod (talk) 04:19, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
  • So why don't you discuss it on Talk:Ancient Near East instead? To begin with, there is not enough people in CFDs to discuss this matter. Also, what "capitalization fanatics" are you talking about? Are you aware that "Ancient Near East" was changed to "ancient Near East" in 2011 (Talk:Ancient Near East#Capitalization)? Here's an excerpt: "According to The SBL Handbook of Style For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies (p. 153), "Ancient" should not be capitalized, not in "ancient Near East" nor in "ancient Near Eastern"." Since 2011, nobody has talked about capitalization on Talk:Ancient Near East.
Except Category:Novels set in the Ancient Near East, Category:Films set in the Ancient Near East, Category:Sculpture of the Ancient Near East, other categories with no definite article should be renamed in any case. I suggest to stick to "ancient Near East" at first because it's more widespread inspite of your claim about "a handful of capitalization fanatics" (you provided no evidence that "ancient Near East" is controversial and is under discussion). Personally, I don't care whether it is "ancient Near East" or "Ancient Near East", but the current consensus is apparently the former and let's stick to it.--Russian Rocky (talk) 20:38, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
Most category and article page names do use lowercase "ancient" in phrases like "ancient Rome" and "ancient Greece" (excluding language designations). See usage throughout the Ancient Rome page, Social class in ancient Rome, Patrician (ancient Rome), Timeline of ancient Greece, Category:Wikipedians interested in ancient Rome, Category:Novels set in ancient Rome, Category:Prosopography of ancient Rome, Category:Wars involving ancient Greece, Category:Battles involving ancient Greece, Category:Culture of ancient Greece, and Category:History books about ancient Greece for examples. I believe we should aim for consistency in article and category names. Many of these pages and categories have had these names for quite some time and were not moved recently. If you would like to use uppercase in phrases like "Ancient Greece", why not propose this at the talk pages of the main pages? WikiEditor50 (talk) 06:54, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
  • Yes, please. Unfortunately, I can't figure out myself what Johnbod's problem is. He claimed that the vast majority of Misplaced Pages articles related to the ancient Near East use "ancient Near East" because of "recent campaigns by a handful of capitalization fanatics, acting without discussion or consensus", but there is no evidence that "ancient Near East" is controversial and/or is under discussion. I agree with InverseHypercube on Talk:Ancient Near East who said the following: "According to The SBL Handbook of Style For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies (p. 153), "Ancient" should not be capitalized, not in "ancient Near East" nor in "ancient Near Eastern"."
  • See The SBL Handbook of Style For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies (Appendix A: Capitalization and Spelling Examples) at the Internet Archive: p. 153: "ancient Near East (noun)" "ancient Near Eastern (adj.)".--Russian Rocky (talk) 08:32, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

On hold pending other discussion

Moved to full discussion

Category:1975 establishments in Chattisgarh is an empty category so it could have just been tagged for CSD C1 or moved without going through CFD. Liz 08:17, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
It became empty after the nominator moved the two entries to the proposed target. I will now move them back and will move the category in 48h provided no objections have been raised against speedy move. Ymblanter (talk) 08:40, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

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