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Discussion for Today
[edit]- This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024_October_2
October 2
[edit]NEW NOMINATIONS
[edit]Category:Technology CEO Council
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Another category for an organisation which does not even have its own page. Category contains people associated with the organisation, but is again not even mentioned on all of the subjects within the category. AusLondonder (talk) 04:21, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, not a defining characteristic. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:36, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
Category:Technology Council of Australia
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Category for an organisation which does not even have its own page. Category contains people associated with the organisation, but is not even mentioned on all of the subjects within the category. AusLondonder (talk) 04:19, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, not a defining characteristic. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:37, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
Category:Financial regulatory authorities of Anguilla
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Category for regulatory authorities which contains just one authority and is unhelpful for navigation. AusLondonder (talk) 04:16, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Dual merge, also to Category:Financial regulatory authorities. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:39, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
Category:Defense engine manufacturers by country
[edit]- Propose merging Category:Defense engine manufacturers by country to Category:Engine manufacturers
- Propose merging Category:Defense engine manufacturers of Ukraine to Category:Engine manufacturers of Ukraine
- Propose merging Category:Defense engine manufacturers of the United States to Category:Engine manufacturers of the United States
- Nominator's rationale: Contains two country sub-categories, the companies within those categories do not appear to exclusively "defense engine manufactures". Title of the category doesn't really make sense. AusLondonder (talk) 03:54, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:42, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
Category:Cyclists from Harbin
[edit]- Propose merging Category:Cyclists from Harbin to Category:Cyclists from Heilongjiang
- Nominator's rationale: Also merge with Category:Sportspeople from Harbin. Category only contains 1 entry. LibStar (talk) 02:24, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Dual merge per nom, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:43, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
Category:Police raids to LGBTQ venues
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Wrong preposition, does not match Category:Law enforcement operations. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:01, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
Category:Police raids on Islamists
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Wrong preposition, title does not match parent category. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:00, 2 October 2024 (UTC)