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October 23

People whose statue is in the National Statuary Hall Collection

As I’ve done a lot of work on the history of taste, why some books are classics and others aren’t, why we listen to Mozart and not Salieri, it is valuable to know how the perception of who states want to honor changes over time. For example, it allows easy appreciation of the removal of Confederate figures, and an increase in women. The purpose of the two smaller categories is to allow changing values to be more easily perceived. To put them all into a single category “People whose statue was ever in tbe National Statuary Hall Collection" is taking chocolate and milk and making chocolate milk out of them: useful for some purposes, but not the same as having chocolate and milk.
If you look at the categories, bear in mind that they are not complete. I pretty much stopped working on them when it seemed this was coming.
I hope whoever reads this reflects on the impact these proposed deletions could have on my enthusiasm for editing Misplaced Pages. If you are interested, here is my home page: http://fsu.academia.edu/DanielEisenberg. deisenbe (talk) 03:39, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom while adding a line about this in every of the articles is the right way to go. Categories are meant to summarize an article, not to complement an article, so if there isn't even any mention of this in the articles it should by all means not become a category. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:16, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Listify and delete. The category system does not simply exist as a platform for creating lists of everything it might be possible to create a list of — we categorize people on their defining characteristics, not on every single fact that happens to be true about them. Obviously it's a relevant distinction for the purposes of article content, but it's not defining enough to require a category for it — we use mainspace list articles, not categories, to generate most lists of most things, while categories have to reach a much higher standard of definingness than just "there are people who can be filed in it". And the question of whether a person's statue replaced somebody else's statue, in particular, is the most spectacularly non-defining characteristic I've seen since at least the time somebody tried to categorize people by their blood type. Bearcat (talk) 16:32, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Keep Per deisenbe, although the plea to his emotional support was less than ideal, the argument behind it is rock-solid.SuperChris (talk) 18:51, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Delete that isn't what makes these folks notable; presumably, it was their notability in other fields that got their statues put somewhere and taken out. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:26, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Category:Classical Syria

Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:OVERLAPCAT, based on the category content this is apparently about the post-Seleucid, hence Roman, period in Syrian history. Further rationale see nomination below. This is a follow-up on this earlier discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:44, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
  • This suggests it was a single era, which is factually incorrect. In the Hellenistic period Syria was not Greek, it was an independent country and just had Greek cultural influences. That changed entirely when the Romans occupied the country. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:40, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Category:Classical Palestine

Nominator's rationale: split, the word 'classical' is normally used only for the Greek and Roman civilizations as such (besides Classical Greece preceded Hellenism), I have never seen it been used for countries in the Middle East in the Hellenistic or Roman era. Since we already have a Greek and Roman category in this case, the content can simply be dispersed. This is a follow-up on this earlier discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:39, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Oppose - while Israel in the Roman era may imply to the Hasmonean Kingdom and Palestine in the Roman era may imply Roman Palaestina, the State of Palestine in the Roman era is a completely anachronistic notion. I do not like anachronistic categories. Period.GreyShark (dibra) 07:29, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Israel/Palestine was first occupied by the Syrians (Seleucids), then independent, and finally conquered by the Romans. Having a parent category for these three very different periods (other than an Ancient parent category) makes little sense. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:55, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Foo in media

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: Rename. Timrollpickering 11:04, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: As per Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 October 2#Foo in media, better to make it clear that categories of this nature are to be applied when a subject is the primary focus of a work of fiction, not an incidental element. DonIago (talk) 16:32, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Wouldn't it make more sense to use "in television" as a parent category for the other one. There are Tv movies/documentaries and individual episodes of other series that could use the "in television" category.★Trekker (talk) 17:40, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Not sure I'm following you? These nominations (more added since your original comment; sorry, I wasn't finished at the time) are about making it clear that these cats should be used when whatever element is primary to the medium rather than allowing for incidental mentions. What did you have in mind? DonIago (talk) 18:24, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, I seem to have missinterpeted the move category direction. I thught it meant "television series".★Trekker (talk) 19:23, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Ah, okay. No, it's just "Foo in medium" to "Medium about foo". DonIago (talk) 19:26, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Support – sounds like a move in the right direction. —Joeyconnick (talk) 03:19, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Delete Foo about X is a bad way to categorize; if anything these should be listified and sourced. The Foo about X suffers from the inherent problems of subjectivity and overcategorization. How much about X must the Foo be to be included and what reliable sources tell us it's at least that much? Take as an example: Category:United States Army in films, how many of the films are really "about" the army, rather than about other stuff where characters are "in" the army? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:36, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
My logic has always been "name of "X" in the title or it being explicitly stated in the article that it is about the subject.★Trekker (talk) 21:33, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
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Category:Films about criminals

Nominator's rationale: This category appears underused, and it seems like if it were truly used, there would be a lot of redundant overlap with Category:Crime films, which will often feature criminals (along with the authorities). Erik (talk | contrib) 15:07, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Category:Urban transit advocacy organisations

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Timrollpickering 11:05, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Urban transit is an American term. Public transport is more widely used in other places. Several of these organisations do not limit themselves to urban travel. Rathfelder (talk) 10:17, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
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Category:C. Wright Mills

Nominator's rationale: too thin for an eponymous category. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:23, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
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  • Keep; a premier scholar in a major field, and many of his works will qualify for notability. Yes, there are two articles and a subcategory, but if you deleted the subcategory and moved all its contents into the nominated parent, you'd have six articles. If he were responsible for a bunch of topics in disparate fields (rather than them all being things he'd written) that couldn't be placed in a single category, you'd either have more subcategories or more articles in the parent category; when deciding whether to have a category for a person, it doesn't make much sense to give less weight to articles on related topics than to articles on diverse topics. Nyttend (talk) 22:00, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Category:Daredevil seasons

Nominator's rationale: The parent category, Category:Daredevil (TV series), is rather small - it has only the main article, a list of its characters, and a media file - 2 articles and 1 file. Perhaps this category should be merged into the parent category, as it doesn't yet seem necessary to split the seasons into a subcategory. – numbermaniac 12:22, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
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Category:Misplaced Pages categories that should not contain articles

Nominator's rationale: How is this different from Category:Container categories? Nowak Kowalski (talk) 13:08, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
The exact meaning of this category is unclear, but it certainly isn't the same thing as container categories. For example, categories for dab/talk pages should not contain articles but are not necessarily container categories. DexDor 20:25, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
The previous CFD had a more detailed rationale. DexDor 20:18, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Delete as afaics this category is confusing without being useful for anything. It's confusing because it's not clear whether it's supposed to be for categories that shouldn't contain articles or only for articles that shouldn't directly contain articles. This category doesn't (e.g. from looking at inlinks to it) appear to be being used in any processes. I haven't found this category useful (e.g. when creating User:DexDor/NSCat). DexDor 20:34, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Comment - it is certainly confusing. Category:Set categories (which should be enormous but isn't) should be removed. There are categories of images and audio files which should be added. No idea whether it could be useful. Oculi (talk) 01:54, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
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Teachers colleges

Option A:
Propose merging Category:Teachers colleges to Category:Education schools
Option B:
Propose merging Category:Education schools to Category:Teachers colleges
Propose renaming Category:Education schools by country to Category:Teachers colleges by country
Propose renaming Category:Education schools in China to Category:Teachers colleges in China
Propose renaming Category:Education schools in Japan‎ to Category:Teachers colleges in Japan
Propose renaming Category:Education schools in Poland‎ to Category:Teachers colleges in Poland
Propose renaming Category:Education schools in Russia‎ to Category:Teachers colleges in Russia
Nominator's rationale: merge (option A) or reverse merge (option B). The previous attempt of merging Category:Education schools and Category:Teachers colleges failed, not because because anyone objected merging, but because there was an issue about the 'correct' name of the category. Here is a new attempt and please note that "no consensus" is worse than either of the two proposals because it will leave us with two categories with an identical scope. Also note that in option B a large number of country subcats have not been included in the nomination; the ones that have not been listed here should be decided upon individually, taking in mind WP:ENGVAR. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:50, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Option A - there are only 2 articles (one in Zimbabwe, one in Turkey) and no subcats in Category:Teachers colleges, created in 2016, long after Category:Education schools. Also Teachers college is a redirect to Normal school. Just create Category:Education schools in Turkey and Category:Education schools in Zimbabwe for the 2 articles. Oculi (talk) 21:03, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Option B:. I think "Education schools" invites misinterpretation. Rathfelder (talk) 15:34, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Prefer Teacher Training Colleges. I sampled a number of countries, mostly anglophone and Teachers' Colleges and Schools of Education (not Education Schools) seemed to predominate. My recollection of UK system is that Colleges of Education and Teacher Training Colleges were free-standing institutions training school-leavers to be teachers, whereas Schools of Education were providing a post-graduate Certificate of Education to those with a Batchelor's degree in another subject. Whatever the outcome, we need a single worldwide parent (and a "by country" parent. The national subcategories should reflect national usage. Categorisation should reflect their function, not their name. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:24, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
  • I Prefer Teacher Training Colleges, but this may be because I went to one. In the UK they were independent, but have subsequently become universities, or merging into them. Previously the universities ran Schools of Education. But I think we should avoid using the word school, because it invites misinterpretation. I think the word Teacher needs to appear. And we need to make it clear whether this category includes only independent organisations or also departments of universities.Rathfelder (talk) 09:03, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
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Category:Months in the 2000s

Nominator's rationale: I don't really get the purpose of this category but I would like to have more experienced editors take a look L293D (☎ • ✎) 02:39, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
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Yes, but all they contain is "Current events archives". The emerging consensus seems to be to rename all to match that. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:51, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
Either that (with redirects from Months to Current events), or the other way around, namely turning Category:Current events archives into a disambiguation page redirecting to the three most recent months by decade categories. There is no need to keep all of them, per WP:OVERLAPCAT. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:25, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Reorganize We should just follow what Marcocapelle has suggested, of which is to standardize this section to fit with those used for the 1990s and 2010s. It is of the utmost importance that Misplaced Pages uses a unified standard for how articles are organized, and this reorganization would exceedingly beneficial in that regard.SuperChris (talk) 18:37, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

Category:BioWare companions

Nominator's rationale: Per WP:NARROWCAT, the subject does not merit such an overly specific category. As far as I can tell, pretty much all Bioware characters who have articles here are party members for the main character's party. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 14:14, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Comment Since I originally created the category, I figure I might as well give the context for why I made it. I noticed a lot of overall coverage of BioWare companions taken in aggregate -- who was the best, the worst, what were recurring archetypes BioWare used and how game romance was handled, etc. So I felt it made a degree of sense to just give that a category outside of the usual franchise-specific character ones. But yes, the vast majority of articles we have on BW characters are on companions -- the obvious exceptions being Revan, Commander Shepard and some of the listy character articles, but these are rare enough that, even for a hypothetical person just searching for info on BioWare companions, they probably wouldn't have much of a problem. On the record I do think the idea of RPG party members is probably distinct from the more general idea of a 'sidekick', though I'm not now actually advocating that be split into a separate category. – The Millionth One (talk) (contribs) 00:28, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
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