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Categories may be listed for speedy renaming or speedy merging if they meet one or more of the criteria spefcified below. They must be tagged with {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}} so that users of the categories are aware of the proposal. A request may be processed 48 hours after it was listed if there are no objections. This delay allows other editors to review the request to ensure that it meets the criteria for speedy renaming or merging, and to raise objections to the proposed change.

Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Misplaced Pages:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g. "patent nonsense", "recreation", categories that have been empty for seven days) can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}}, and no delay is required to process these. Renaming under C2E can also be processed instantly as it is a variation on G7.

Contested requests become stale, and can be un-tagged and de-listed, 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|]|2=~~~~}}. If the nominator wants to continue the process, they need to submit the request as a regular CfD in accordance with the instructions there.

Speedy criteria

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

• 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 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.

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:

* ] to ] – {reason for rename here} ~~~~

This will sign and datestamp an entry automatically.

Remember to tag the category 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 18:20, 27 December 2024 (UTC). Currently, there are 176 open requests (refresh).

Do not use the "Move" tab to move categories listed here! Categories are processed following the 48-hour discussion period and are moved by a bot.

Current nominations

• Category:TNA executives to Category:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling executives – C2B per Category:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling/Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Good Ol’factory 04:58, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
• Category:List of roads in Utah to Category:Lists of roads in Utah – C2C per Category:Lists of roads in the United States. Tassedethe (talk) 19:13, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
• Category:Apollo Management to Category:Apollo Global Management – C2D per Apollo Global Management. Trivialist (talk) 18:41, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
• Category:Apollo Management companies to Category:Apollo Global Management companies – C2D per Apollo Global Management. Trivialist (talk) 18:41, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
• Category:Shannan Prefecture to Category:Shannan, Tibet - C2D, to reflect recent administrative change. --Nlu (talk) 22:57, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
• Category:Pakistani-American businesspeople to Category:American businesspeople of Pakistani descent – to match the style of the rest of the sub-categories of Category:American people of Pakistani descent by occupation.. — --113.203.200.166 (talk) 15:40, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
• Category:Conceptions of Heaven to Category:Conceptions of heaven – C2A, decapitalization per content of Heaven. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:31, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
• Category:2010–13 NCAA conference realignment to Category:2010–14 NCAA conference realignment – C2D per 2010–14 NCAA conference realignment. — Dale Arnett (talk) 05:29, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
• Category:Allahabad district colleges to Category:Universities and colleges in Allahabad district – C2C per Category:Universities and colleges in India by district etc Le Deluge (talk) 00:46, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

• Category:Morristown High School (Morristown, New Jersey) alumni to Category:Morristown High School alumni – C2D to match title of parent article Morristown High School. Alansohn (talk) 03:25, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
  • Oppose as ambiguous, Category:Morristown High School alumni is a disambiguation page. – Fayenatic London 07:00, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
  • Support I'd say to merge Category:Morristown High School (Morristown, Tennessee) alumni into Category:Morristown-Hamblen High School East alumni, as the page Morristown-Hamblen High School East also contains the history when it was known as Morristown High School. And then merge Category:Morristown High School (Morristown, New Jersey) alumni to Category:Morristown High School alumni per nomination
• Category:Maps of Long Island, New York to Category:Maps of Long Island – C2C: Per other categories related to Long Island, such as Category:Long Island. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 19:38, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
  • Oppose, per the other places named Long Island, some less known than others. Furthermore, we're not doing this to other parts of New York, so there's no reason to single out Long Island. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 19:56, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
    • Comment – there is also Category:Images of Long Island, New York. Oculi (talk) 00:50, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
      • The few categories which use "Long Island, New York" are the exception and should be fixed; nearly all page titles about this island use "Long Island". עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 02:39, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
        • Indeed. So you might like to add Category:Images of Long Island, New York. Oculi (talk) 10:17, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
• Category:Director Generals of the Federal Investigation Agency to Category:Directors General of the Federal Investigation Agency – correct terminology --113.203.155.63 (talk) 17:27, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
• Category:Director Generals of the Intelligence Bureau (Pakistan) to Category:Directors General of the Intelligence Bureau (Pakistan) – correct terminology --113.203.155.63 (talk) 17:27, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
• Category:Directors of the Inter-Services Intelligence to Category:Director Generals of the Inter-Services Intelligence – the full title of the head of the ISI is "Director General" not solely "Director" WhiteAndGreenBug8 (talk) 05:57, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
  • Comment: shouldn't it be "Directors General"? HandsomeFella (talk) 07:08, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
    • Comment: I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it is "Director Generals" not "Directors General."--113.203.216.195 (talk) 18:00, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
      • Comment: The correct English terminology is "Directors-General", not "Director-Generals". Mar4d (talk) 09:11, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

Opposed nominations

• Category:IPad Mini to Category:IPad – C2C. – Nick Mitchell 98 09:48, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
  • Oppose This is not a C2C issue. It is a merger, which the nominator Nick Mitchell 98 implemented out-of-process, and which I have now reverted. It may or may not be a good idea, but it is not C2C. Needs a full CFD discussion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:02, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
• Category:Wooden bridges to Category:Timber bridges – C2D: timber bridge. Retain cat redirect for common name and also rename sub- and sub-sub-cats. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:36, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Oppose : the overall category is Category:Wooden buildings and structures and only its subcategory referring to timber framing use the term "Timber" Hugo999 (talk) 13:49, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Yeah - I'd agree with Hugo, for the reasons of the current category system. If you want to be picky and pedantic about it, timber is usually converted to lumber before being used in construction anyway. It's worth noting that the current timber bridge article arrived at its current length after a merger with the similarly sized article wooden bridge (now a redirect). Judging by the earlier content of the two articles, it could be yet another instance of one name (timber) used in the US and one (wooden) used in the rest of the English-speaking world - in which case C2D may suggest "yes", but C2A suggests "no". Grutness...wha? 06:35, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Comment: The American country category Category:Wooden bridges in the United States and 20 subcategories by state use "Wooden" not "Timber" Hugo999 (talk) 04:35, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

• Category:Palestine Emergency to Category:Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine – C2D per Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine Good Ol’factory 09:12, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Category:British military personnel of the Palestine Emergency to Category:British military personnel of the Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
    • @Good Olfactory: I'm not sure this would be an improvement. The main article Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine begins "Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine involved paramilitary actions carried out by Jewish underground groups against the British forces and officials in Mandatory Palestine between 1939 and 1948." So it does not seem accurate to refer to "the Jewish insurgency" as an event; perhaps "the period of Jewish insurgency"? Meanwhile, the term "Palestine Emergency" is used elsewhere for this period, in United Kingdom casualties of war (dates stated as 1945–48) and List of friendly fire incidents#Palestine Emergency (1944-47) List of friendly fire incidents#Palestine Emergency (1945-48). Perhaps the most specific term would follow the section Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine#The Jewish Resistance Movement and after, 1945–47. However, "British military personnel of the Jewish Resistance Movement" or the nomination "British military personnel of the Jewish insurgency" might imply involvement in or support for the Movement/insurgency. I'd be inclined to just add dates at the end of the existing name. – Fayenatic London 15:50, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
      • I revised the section link in the "friendly fire" article to 1945–48, as this also matches the dates given in the biographies in the subcat. – Fayenatic London 21:22, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
    • Oppose these two, not uncontroversial. – Fayenatic London 23:18, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
      • Moved the first one to a full discussion. Good Ol’factory 02:54, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

On hold pending other discussion

• Category:R. White Daring Molenbeek to Category:Racing White Daring – C2D per Racing White Daring. Number 57 16:17, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
  • Category:R. White Daring Molenbeek players to Category:Racing White Daring players
  • Category:R. White Daring Molenbeek managers to Category:Racing White Daring managers
    • Hold these three pending RM at Talk:Racing White Daring; it appears to me that the article is mis-named, and should include Molenbeek. – Fayenatic London 20:56, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

• Category:Historians from the Republic of Venice to Category:Republic of Venice historians – C2C in Category:Republic of Venice people. Although the revised name could be taken as ambiguous, it follows the others in Category:Historians by nationality. – Fayenatic London 07:03, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Category:Explorers from the Republic of Venice to Category:Republic of Venice explorers
    • Oppose, because of the ambiguity already discussed at Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 November 14. Sionk (talk) 17:51, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
      • Ah, well spotted. Wouldn't the same arguments apply to all of Category:Historians by nationality and Category:Explorers by nationality? Mass nomination, anyone? – Fayenatic London 17:36, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
        • @Fayenatic london: Good point. I agree the same arguments would apply to all of these, and am preparing a mass nomination for the smaller one, Category:Explorers by nationality. Cheers, PanchoS (talk) 23:25, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
          • I can't really see how the same argument applies generally to Category: Italian explorers, Category: French historians etc. The earlier debate arose because there is no descriptive adjective for people from the Republic of Venice. Sionk (talk) 12:24, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
            • Maybe it's unnecessary in Europe, but the category names in Europe should follow those required for places that were explored (OK, by Europeans, we know...)
            • Anyway, this speedy nomination for Explorers will not be C2C if the rest are renamed the other way at Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2016_June_18#Category:Explorers_by_nationality. Historians should probably follow. – Fayenatic London 12:36, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
    • @Sionk: As there was a strong consensus at that CfD to keep the existing convention for Fooian explorers, the proposal here is C2C after all; so do you withdraw your opposition, at least for the explorers category? – Fayenatic London 17:18, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
      • Why would I do that? The category has already been renamed following a CfD. These are explorers/historians from the Republic of Venice, not of the Republic of Venice. Unlike many other nationalities, there is no adjective to describe people from the Republic of Venice. It's pointless blndly following convention when there is no 'one size that fits all'. Sionk (talk) 17:30, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
        • @Sionk: Because the parent is Category:Republic of Venice people, which contains many more occupations named like that. The point of the 2014 CfD was to insert "Republic of" in place of Venetian. By the consensus of the latest CfD, which rejected using "from" in all other cases, the 2014 participants worried too much when they put the location at the end of the name instead of the beginning to avoid ambiguity. – Fayenatic London 19:13, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
          • We could just renominate it for a full discussion. I supported the previous renaming, but in light of the more recent outcome, I would be happy to support changing it back. Good Ol’factory 00:02, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
        • @Fayenatic london: As you can see the previous CfD discussion for historians and explorers (separate from all other professions) was raised to avoid ambiguity in these two specific categories. As was raised in the other Cfd, New Zealand suffers the same issues (there's no adjective 'Newzealandish'). Well, if the consensus is to restore this confusing ambiguity then so be it, I don't have the time or inclination to spend more time on these daft 'one size fits all' arguments. Sionk (talk) 18:58, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
          • @Sionk: Category definitions can be used to resolve any ambiguity that exists for a category based on its name if the ambiguity results from the name conforming to a convention. A sizable portion of category names are not 100% unambiguous, so this is not a new problem. Good Ol’factory 04:46, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
            • Who reads category definitions before adding a category? No one. A simple and practical solution would be to name categories so they are unambigious, rather than a rigid "This category was named that way, so all similar categories must follow regardless". Sionk (talk) 22:34, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
              • @Sionk: We have no way of knowing one way or the other the percentage of readers that read category headers, so I'm not sure how you are so sure that "no one" does. (I, for one, do read them when they are there – so your (perhaps exaggerrated?) opinion can't be correct.) Anyways, thinking more broadly, categories cannot always be 100% unambiguous, so the solution you propose is neither simple nor practical in many circumstances. Thinking of the category scheme as a whole, I think it makes more sense (and would generally be more helpful) to bring as much predictability and standardization as possible to the system, and then issues of relatively minor ambiguity could be dealt with through category definitions. It has the added beauty of being generally in line with current and historical practice on Misplaced Pages. Good Ol’factory 08:09, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Moved to full discussion

• Category:Linaria (bird genus) to Category:Linaria (bird) – C2D. BDD (talk) 17:25, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
  • Oppose: @BDD: this is not eligible for speedy processing under C2D due to recent move of Linaria (bird). – Fayenatic London 21:20, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

• Fayenatic london, do you disagree that the current title is "unambiguous and uncontroversial"? (bird genus) is irregular, overprecise disambiguation. Would full discussion be fruitful? --BDD (talk) 00:17, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

• @BDD: As it happens, I do; a linnet is a bird, but Linaria is a bird genus. I'm surprised to see that there are a few others in Category:Bird genera named likewise. However, my opposition is not on the merits of the case, but solely on the process; C2D specifies two forms of evidence of "unambiguous and uncontroversial": either longstanding name, or RM. By all means do make a full CFD nomination; I shan't object to it. Easy CFDs are closed promptly these days. There is no need to quote or refer to this speedy nomination, as it's only opposed on process. – Fayenatic London 08:48, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

• Now at Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2016_August_5#Category:Linaria_(bird_genus). – Fayenatic London 20:59, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

• Category:Irish Ombudsman to Category:Ombudsman (Ireland) – C2D: per Ombudsman (Ireland) Tim! (talk) 19:35, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Oppose Shouldn't it be Category:Ombudsmen (Ireland)? Pppery (talk) 22:10, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

• • Listed at Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2016_July_19#Category:Irish_Ombudsman. Tim! (talk) 19:49, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
• Category:British Commando Equipment to Category:British Commandos equipment – C2D: per British Commandos Tim! (talk) 19:01, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I'll treat this revert by Andy Dingley (talk · contribs) as an oppose Full nomination at Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2016_June_30#Category:British_Commando_Equipment. Tim! (talk) 20:14, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
• Category:Lithuanian courts to Category:Courts in Lithuania – C2C: per Category:Courts by country Tim! (talk) 19:17, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Category:Christmas Island courts to Category:Courts in Christmas Island
  • Category:Cocos (Keeling) Islands courts to Category:Courts in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Category:Courts of Northern Ireland to Category:Courts in Northern Ireland
  • Category:Courts of the Republic of Ireland to Category:Courts in the Republic of Ireland
  • Category:Courts of Ireland to Category:Courts in Ireland 
  • Category:Greek courts to Category:Courts in Greece 
  • Category:Australian courts to Category:Courts in Australia – C2C. Tim! (talk) 19:18, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
    • @Tim!: are these right, though? Some of these are contrary to C2D. Most of the pages beginning Special:PrefixIndex/Courts_in are redirects; there are more beginning Special:PrefixIndex/Courts_of. – Fayenatic London 17:13, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
      • @Fayenatic london: moved to a full discussion at Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2016_June_20#Category:Courts_by_country. Tim! (talk) 18:30, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

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