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ENGVAR
I don't think we have ever had anything here explicitly referencing WP:ENGVAR (see also Misplaced Pages talk:Category names/Archive 10#ENGVAR). If I were to add something, it would probably these couple of points:
The national varieties of English guidelines apply to each individual category, independent of the way they are connected to other categories. In particular:
- If a category has strong ties to a particular English-speaking nation, then its name should use that nation's variety of English. This includes each individual subcategory by country and subcategory by nationality (for example, compare Category:Footballers in the United Kingdom with Category:Soccer players in the United States).
- Eponymous categories and topic categories should use the same variety of English as their respective main articles.
Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:19, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
- @Zzyzx11 I was going to comment on this. Yes, I agree, but maybe double check with a RfC or VP link? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 22:22, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Piotrus: The closest that I know so far is Misplaced Pages:Village pump (policy)/Archive 153 § RFC: spelling of "organisation"/"organization" in descriptive category names, where there was a 2019 proposal to do the opposite and standardi(s/z)e all of those categories one way or the other. That RFC ended in no consensus because opponents specifically cited WP:ENGVAR and MOS:TIES to keep the individual sub-categories tied to their respective English-speaking nations. In the two years since I made my original post, the issue of changing this from a commonly de facto practice to a specific de jure guideline here has been very low priority for me, but you are still free to start any further RFC/VP discussions. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (talk) 02:36, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Zzyzx11 It is not a priority for me either, but I think you can add the text above to the policy, citing consensus here (which can be challenged if anyone cares to disagree, which I think is not likely...). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:38, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Piotrus: The closest that I know so far is Misplaced Pages:Village pump (policy)/Archive 153 § RFC: spelling of "organisation"/"organization" in descriptive category names, where there was a 2019 proposal to do the opposite and standardi(s/z)e all of those categories one way or the other. That RFC ended in no consensus because opponents specifically cited WP:ENGVAR and MOS:TIES to keep the individual sub-categories tied to their respective English-speaking nations. In the two years since I made my original post, the issue of changing this from a commonly de facto practice to a specific de jure guideline here has been very low priority for me, but you are still free to start any further RFC/VP discussions. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (talk) 02:36, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
Voter education
Request "Voter education" be added to list of available categories. This could be used to identify a function or activity as well as organizations or individuals that perform the function. Gumballhead1of2 (talk) 17:19, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
Discussion at Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 September 18 § Category:WikiProject X members
You are invited to join the discussion at Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 September 18 § Category:WikiProject X members. {{u|Sdkb}} 22:34, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
Discussion at Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 December 4 § Category:Fair use images
You are invited to join the discussion at Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 December 4 § Category:Fair use images. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:14, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
Standardization
Shouldn't this cover the general practice that we like standardization in category names? Or is it covered somewhere else? @Marcocapelle Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 22:23, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Piotrus: it is adressed in speedy rename criteria but it would not harm to add it here too. Also adding that we do not always standardize. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:59, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Marcocapelle Since you are much more knowledgeable about this then I am - could you add this here? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:11, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- I suppose we should first create a draft text and then ask more editors to have a look at it. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:15, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Marcocapelle Sounds good, please ping me and I'll be happy to comment. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:48, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- I suppose we should first create a draft text and then ask more editors to have a look at it. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:15, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Marcocapelle Since you are much more knowledgeable about this then I am - could you add this here? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:11, 20 October 2024 (UTC)