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December 8

Populated adjective places

• Propose renaming Category:Populated waterside places to Category:Waterside populated places
• Propose renaming Category:Populated waterside places by country to Category:Waterside populated places by country
• Propose renaming Category:Populated coastal places to Category:Coastal populated places
• Propose renaming Category:Populated riverside places to Category:Riverside populated places
• Propose renaming Category:Populated lakeshore places to Category:Lakeshore populated places

Nominator's rationale: This proposal includes all child categories with "Populated ADJECTIVE places" as the core part of the name, e.g. "populated coastal places", "populated riverside places", and "populated lakeshore places". I've tagged these three child categories, as well as Category:Populated waterside places by country, but there are so many child categories that it would take an inordinate amount of time to tag all of them.

Why this odd wording? I'd never use this construction, and it isn't normal English — it's similar to Tolkien's "green great dragon" (link, if you don't know what I'm talking about). "Populated place" is the core of the term, so the adjective should come first. Nyttend (talk) 23:14, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

• Support or Category:Populated places by waterside. We adopted "populated places" to avoid the distinction of city/town/village. This makes it a compound noun, which should not be split. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:14, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

• That's also a reasonable idea. I remember the "Settlements" ==> "Populated places" debates (I think we'd be better off with "Settlements", but I don't think I'd get much support...), but thanks for mentioning in case I wasn't aware of it. Nyttend (talk) 00:27, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

• The subcategories Fishing communities and Ports don't quite fit in "by waterside". Would you then suggest to remove them from the category? Marcocapelle (talk) 08:00, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

• @Peterkingiron and Nyttend: Pinging for clarification on the above question. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:53, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

• Not quite clear what you mean. Is your point that ports and fishing communities aren't a type of waterside, or are you addressing something else? Nyttend (talk) 20:10, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
• Ports and fishing villages are almost by definition by the waterside. I do not see any reason to remove them. we also have Category:Populated coastal places which I would suggest should become Category:Populated places on coasts. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:38, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

• Meanwhile I see what I was confused about. Sorry for bothering, just forget about it. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:34, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Category:Cut (cards)

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory 01:27, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

• Propose merging Category:Cut (cards) to Category:Card shuffling

Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:SMALLCAT, currently only 2 articles. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:53, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

• Umperge for Now with no objection to recreating if we ever get to 5 or so articles. RevelationDirect (talk) 02:19, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

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Category:Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 18:44, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

• Propose deleting Category:Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit - Template:Lc1
  

Nominator's rationale: This needs either deleting or a major overhaul. A category that puts both Taiwanese bands and thermometers under category:Dutch physicists has severe problems SpinningSpark 19:34, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

• Purge -- The bands are being placed here due to shared name, which is contrary to policy. I would suggest a rename and restructure to Category:Fahrenheit. It should perhaps be reparented to "categories named after scientists" or such like. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:19, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

• But what is the criteria for inclusion of category:Fahrenheit? If it is only to be things connected with the Fahrenheit temperature scale, then there will probably only be two entries: Fahrenheit and Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. If it is anything connected with Mr. Fahrenheit in any way, then the bands do belong. One of the articles claims to be named after the Fahrenheit scale and one is °Fahrenheit, clearly also an association. We don't have similar categories for the names of other inventors of temperature scales. There is no category:Celsius, category:Kelvin or category:Rankine. Hell, there is not even a category:Newton (except as a dab) or category:Einstein. However, there is category:Isaac Newton and category:Albert Einstein so perhaps purge is the answer. SpinningSpark 18:38, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
  • I see it is already in Category:Misplaced Pages categories named after scientists, which is appropriate. I do not know why the bands took their name, but guess it was from the temperature scale. However that seems too distant from the scientist and from temperature. The scope should be the scientist and things directly derived from his work. In this case it will be things related to temperature. Peterkingiron (talk) 09:19, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

• Delete Per WP:SHAREDNAME. I'm not seeing any viable kernel to purge down to. RevelationDirect (talk) 02:26, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
• Delete since purging would lead to a very small category. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:05, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
• Comment - the same editor has created at least 2 if not more similar word association categories (ie not tied by a specific subject but connected by the name association) and has been blocked (temporarily) as a sock. Strongly suggest this CFD needs to be followed for the other as yet unexamined categories created by the same editor JarrahTree 03:58, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

• @JarrahTree:...then open CFDs for them. They can't be discussed until someone does that. SpinningSpark 11:00, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

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Category:Sega Genesis 4 player games

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 08:06, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

• Propose merging Category:Sega Genesis 4 player games to ]
• Propose deleting Category:Sega Genesis 3 player games - Template:Lc1
• Propose deleting Category:Sega Genesis 2 player games - Template:Lc1

Nominator's rationale: Small category that is also excessively specific. Also fails WP:DEFINE. Should be upmerged to the two separate parent categories. Izno (talk) 14:40, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

I have combined these, as they raise the same issue. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:23, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

• Delete Sega Genesis 2 & 3 (which are both empty). If we keep the other, it might be as Category:Sega Genesis player games. I do not know enough to know whether we need it or what might be a suitable merge target. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:23, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

  @Peterkingiron: The parent category Category:Sega Genesis games is sufficient. --Izno (talk) 18:37, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

  • Merge Category:Sega Genesis 4 player games to Category:Sega Genesis games. That is (I think) what I was trying to suggest. Peterkingiron (talk) 09:08, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
• Delete. Separate categories already exist for Genesis games and multiplayer games—the precedent is to use those rather than creating new intersections. Cats are empty and articles already had the existing cats so nothing to merge. czar 06:09, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

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Category:Ghost Ship (2002 film)

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 08:08, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

• Propose deleting Category:Ghost Ship (2002 film) - Template:Lc1
  

Nominator's rationale: This category appears to have been created to link all items associated with a single film. Not a typical use of categories, and I doubt that this film in particular is a good precedent to set. DonIago (talk) 14:28, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Lugnuts 19:08, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

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Category: Northward flowing rivers

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory 01:26, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

• Propose deleting Category: Northward flowing rivers - Template:Lc1
  

Nominator's rationale: Poorly defined, unmaintainable, arbitrary category that reinforces the much repeated misconception that rivers flowing north are unusual. A current discussion at the Rivers project shows that there are strong feelings about its usefulness. Previous related lists were summarily deleted due to similar arguments here and here...Jokulhlaup (talk) 10:39, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

• Delete – I would expect countries with a predominantly northern coast to have rivers flowing north, as a general rule. Egypt is unlikely to have rivers flowing south, for instance. Rivers in Brazil will view the Andes with dismay and shun a westerly route. Oculi (talk) 10:57, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
• Keep - I fail to see how such a category will reinforce the notion that most or all rivers flow south — by adding counterexamples, i.e. rivers that flow north! As for being "poorly defined", that can be separately addressed, but not by deletion!

  Please note that I populated the category by listing articles that said that a particular river "flows north". Should those sentences be elided? This, by the way, suggests a method of defining/maintaining the category, does it not?

  (-dav4is (talk) 15:48, 8 December 2016 (UTC))

• (-dav4is (talk) 00:59, 11 December 2016 (UTC)) I have addressed your concerns (mostly, I think) by rewriting the category description, on my sandbox: User:Dav4is/sandbox I think that it is now a pretty clear definition. Is it OK for me to replace it? (not sure of the protocol)

• Per WP:DEFINE, delete. --Izno (talk) 15:50, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

  @User:Izno Which measure of WP:DEFINE do you feel the category violates? (-dav4is (talk) 20:45, 8 December 2016 (UTC))

  Erm, that should originally have pointed to WP:NON-DEFINING, but I think WP:TRIVIALCAT also suffices. --Izno (talk) 21:51, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

• Delete; it lacks a clear definition. Does the Ohio River belong in this category because it flows north at a few points, e.g. 38°56′N 81°54′W / 38.93°N 81.9°W / 38.93; -81.9, or should it be omitted because its overall trend is west-southwest? Or see File:Ob watershed.png; is its flow northward enough, or should we exclude the Ob because it's too much of a northwestward-flowing river? Yes, it's pure trivia too, but even if we categorised on trivial levels, it doesn't work to categorise without a clear sense of what belongs in the category. Nyttend (talk) 23:20, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Lacks a clear definition, perhaps — but could be given a better one, yes? No reason to delete! (And Ohio: no; Ob: yes. By virtue of "the general south-to-north direction" in the Ob article, and "a roughly southwest and then west-northwest course" for the Ohio.)

(-dav4is (talk) 04:04, 9 December 2016 (UTC))

• WP:NON-DEFINING

1. a defining characteristic is one that reliable, secondary sources commonly and consistently define, in prose, the subject as having. Each river identified by finding "flows north", usually in the lead section of wikipedia articles.
2. if the characteristic would not be appropriate to mention in the lead portion of an article, See previous.
3. if the characteristic falls within any of the forms of overcategorization mentioned on this page, Too broad!

• WP:TRIVIALCAT:

1. Avoid categorizing topics by characteristics that are unrelated or wholly peripheral to the topic's notability. Again, note that the specific articles chosen for inclusion in the category mentioned that they flowed north!

• (-dav4is (talk) 23:51, 8 December 2016 (UTC))

Attempts to dispel the notion that all or most rivers flow south by forbidding listing of contrary evidence just doesn't work!

@Dav4is: You appear to have commented with a keep !vote above. Please avoid !voting twice. --Izno (talk) 01:49, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Sorry! (-dav4is (talk) 04:04, 9 December 2016 (UTC))

• Delete – I can imagine a child thinking rivers must flow downhill from north to south, because a map on the wall has north above south. The idea has some charm, and perhaps a note mentioning the confusion could be included in River. But this odd category is not the way to dispel the myth. --Epipelagic (talk) 06:53, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
• OpposeDelete, poorly defined category. That some people have misconceptions is not a good rationale. older ≠ wiser 11:43, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
  • @Bkonrad: Are you really opposing the proposal, which was to delete the category? --Epipelagic (talk) 20:18, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
    • Sorry, was writing from phone and forgot which forum this was.older ≠ wiser 21:01, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

• Delete – A well-sourced article about the myth would be worthwhile. That's what I and others have suggested instead of this category. Finetooth (talk) 17:24, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
• Repurpose as an article. The myth is discussed in book sources, e.g , so can get past WP:V. Could this myth explain how Canada managed to stay British? The American rebels just couldn't find it! SpinningSpark 18:17, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

• (-dav4is (talk) 18:54, 11 December 2016 (UTC)) since editing the category, I feel that I have answered all objections:

1. Category is now well defined.
2. Category is as maintainable as any.
3. Category is no more arbitrary than "18th-century occultists".
4. Category will dispel the misconception that rivers flowing north are unusual.
5. Category deletion should not be governed by past mistakes.

• • You do realise that your specification of of less than one part East/West for every eight parts North is only 7°? That's less than one compass point. Unlikely that even the Nile will qualify for that. Besides which, it is blatant WP:OR to invent our own delimitations. So no, the category has not been adequately defined, and consequently is still not maintainable. Categories are not the place to dispel misconceptions, and Misplaced Pages in general is not the place for Righting Great Wrongs. Honestly, as I said above, the best hope for this is as an article on the myth. A list can be included in the article, the only criteria for inclusion necessary is that reliable sources identify it as North flowing (and possibly major as well to keep the length in bounds). SpinningSpark 19:22, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
  • (-dav4is (talk) 21:13, 11 December 2016 (UTC)) OK, Sparky! The Righting Great Wrongs article convinced me to change my vote! Especially the part about being a tertiary source.

• • (ec) @Dav4is: You haven't addressed the principal objection. This is categorization by meaninglessly arbitrary quality. There is nothing distinctive about rivers that flow northwards for some or even a majority of their course. Absent that, categorization based on misconceptions that some people have really isn't much of a criteria. older ≠ wiser 19:24, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
• Delete, not a defining criterion. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:34, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

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Category:Noise

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The result of the discussion was: split as proposed. As noted, in uncertain cases individual articles could be double categorized in both. Good Ol’factory 01:30, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

• Propose splitting Category:Noise to Category:Noise and Category:Noise (electronics)

Nominator's rationale: split per the two very different main articles Noise and Noise (electronics). Marcocapelle (talk) 07:15, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

• Support splitting, although there might be some difficult edge cases around sound systems that will be problematic to decide, or maybe belong in both categories. SpinningSpark 12:21, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

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