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*'''Rationale''' See ], ], ], ], as examples. It is common usage to use genre instead of style. Note there is no ], ], ], or ]. (] 03:25, 27 June 2007 (UTC)) *'''Rationale''' See ], ], ], ], as examples. It is common usage to use genre instead of style. Note there is no ], ], ], or ]. (] 03:25, 27 June 2007 (UTC))
*'''Reluctant keep''' (at least for now): this is explicitly mentioned as an exception in ] (although I don't know why), and all of the -by-nationality subcategories (e.g. ], ], etc.) would have to be renamed to match. I wouldn't necessarily object to renaming them all, but we'd have to find and tag them all (and change the guideline as well). Which is more work than ''I'm'' willing to do at the moment. ] <sub>]</sub> 04:46, 27 June 2007 (UTC)


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June 27

NEW NOMINATIONS

Category:Singers by style

Merge Category:Singers by style into Category:Singers by genre

Category:American murderers

Category:American murderers - Template:Lc1
Nominator's rationale: Delete this inherently prejudicial, unnecessary, and POV category. If we are going to keep it at all it should be relabeled "Category:Americans convicted of murder to make clear from the category name that it includes people if they have been convicted of murder whether or not there is substantial disagreement about whether they committed the murder they were convicted of (e.g. Leonard Peltier), and does not include those who are widely considered "murderers" if they were not convicted (e.g. O.J. Simpson). csloat 01:39, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Rename Category:Americans convicted of murder. It's concrete, legally based, and more clear. "American murderers" could mean "People who murder Americans." Whenever I hear a term like "child killer", it's used to refer to people who murder children. "Mass murderers" - people who murder masses. "Wife killers" - guys who murder their wives. "Dragonslayers" - guys who murder dragons. Doczilla 01:51, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep one out of 45 national categories, which I suspect have been discussed here before. The category definition makes it clear it is a "Category for people convicted of Murder". Do a group nomination if you want to pursue it. Johnbod 02:04, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Contrary to the nominator's claim that it is "prejudicial" - it is exactly the opposite of that. It is a category of people who have already been judged (and convicted) - it is post-judicial. There is hardly any convicted murderer who does not claim innocence, and in many cases the murderer has his apologists, fans and other supporters who claim he didn't do it - that's why we have a judicial system. Peltier is no different in this respect from Lee Harvey Oswald or Mumia Abu Jamal.

Category:School massacres in Australia

Category:School massacres in Australia - Template:Lc1
Nominator's rationale: Category is currently empty and there is insufficient content to populate it. -- Longhair\ 01:35, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
Delete Empty category and I doubt there will ever be sufficient content to re-create it in the foreseeable future. Thewinchester 02:29, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Category:Batman characters

Category:Batman characters - Template:Lc1
Nominator's rationale: Delete overcategorization. Per many precedents, this is not how we categorize fictional characters. (Why can't Misplaced Pages stop this guy from creating new sockpuppets? He has a static IP.) It's also redundant to Category:Batman. Doczilla 01:24, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Category:Pianists by style

Try Category:Singers by style. Musicians perform in both styles and genres, but I accept there are more WP categories with genre in the title. Johnbod 03:15, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Category:People with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Category:People with obsessive-compulsive disorder - Template:Lc1
Nominator's rationale: Delete - I can't believe that this category is inclusive as it contains only ~20 members and I can't believe that it is a defining characteristic for those who are. After Midnight 00:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)