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Categories for discussion (CfD) is the central venue for discussing specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories and stub types in accordance with the guidelines for categorization, category naming and stub articles.

For detailed instructions about using CfD, see "How to use CfD" below. Briefly, nominations are handled through one of two processes:

Speedy renaming and merging, for uncontroversial proposals that meet specified criteria—see "Speedy renaming and merging" below.
Full discussion, for all other proposals. Discussions typically remain open for at least seven days and are closed once a rough consensus has formed or no objections to the nomination are raised.

Except in uncontroversial cases such as reverting vandalism, do not amend or depopulate a category once it has been nominated at CfD as this hampers other editors' efforts to evaluate a category and participate in the discussion.

When a category is renamed or merged with another category, in limited circumstances it may be helpful to leave an instance of the {{Category redirect|...}} template on the category's former page. See "Redirecting categories" below for more information.

Wikipedia:Move review can be used to contest the outcome of a CfD request that is limited in scope to renaming, as long as all steps are followed. If a discussion on the request closer's talk page does not resolve an issue, then a move review will evaluate the close of a CfD move discussion to determine whether or not the close was reasonable and consistent with the spirit and intent of common practice, policies, and guidelines. CfDs involving deletion should be reviewed at Wikipedia:Deletion review.

Scope

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CfD is intended only for specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories or stub types. For general discussion about how to improve the category system, use other appropriate venues such as Wikipedia talk:Categorization, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories, and any relevant WikiProjects' talk pages.

Current discussions

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Discussions awaiting closure

Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 8 (1 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 6 (2 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 1 (1 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 December 31 (2 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 December 20 (1 open)

See also the list of individual discussions awaiting closure here and the list of full open discussions awaiting closure here.

How to use CfD

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Nomination procedure

Twinkle

You may use Twinkle to facilitate CfD nominations. To install Twinkle, go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets and check "Twinkle" in the "Browsing" section. Use the now-installed "XfD" (Start a deletion discussion) tab while viewing the page you want to nominate.

Twinkle only allows you to nominate a single category or stub template. For bundled nominations including multiple categories, see § MassCFD.

MassCFD

You can use the script User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/massXFD to automatically make mass nominations.

Manual nominations

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Preliminary steps.

Before nominating a category:

Read and understand the guidance for category names and overcategorization.
For categories containing biographical articles, read the guidance for categorization of people.
For categories containing the user pages of Wikipedians, read the guidance for user categories.

In the following special cases:

If a category is a red link, then it is already deleted (or was never created in the first place) and does not need to be nominated.
If a category is unpopulated, use {{db-catempty}} to request it be speedily deleted in 7 days.
If a category is populated solely by a template (other than a stub template, see #Stub types below) and you are proposing to delete both the category and template, follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion.

For further information, see Wikipedia:Categorization and Wikipedia:Manual of Style.

II

Edit the category.

Add one of the following templates at the beginning of the category page (not the talk page) of every category to be discussed. For nominations involving large numbers of categories, help adding these templates can be requested here.

Otherwise, if nominating a single category:

For deleting, use {{subst:Cfd}}
For merging, use {{subst:Cfm|Other category}}
- For merging to two categories, use {{subst:Cfm-double|Other category 1|Other category 2}}
For renaming, use {{subst:Cfr|Proposed name}}
For splitting, use {{subst:Cfs|Proposed name 1|Proposed name 2}}
For converting the category into a list, use {{subst:Cfl|Proposed name}}
For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{subst:Cfd|type=nature of proposed discussion}}

If nominating a group of related categories, use a bundled nomination:

For deleting, use {{subst:Cfd|CfD section name}}
For merging, use {{subst:Cfm|Other category|CfD section name}}
- For merging to two categories, use {{subst:Cfm-double|Other category 1|Other category 2|CfD section name}}
For renaming, use {{subst:Cfr|Proposed name|CfD section name}}
For splitting, use {{subst:Cfs|Proposed name 1|Proposed name 2|CfD section name}}
For converting the category into a list, {{subst:Cfl|Proposed name|CfD section name}}
For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{subst:Cfd|type=nature of proposed discussion|CfD section name}}

Include "CfD", "CfM", "CfR", "CfS" or "CfL" in the edit summary, and do not mark the edit as minor. Preview before saving.
To add the template for previous nomination days, use the "full" version of the template by appending "full" to the template name, i.e. {{cfd full}}, {{cfm full}}, {{cfr full}}, {{cfs full}} and {{cfl full}}. Use the |day=, |month= and |year= parameters to make the banner link to the correct CfD page.
Consider adding {{subst:cfd notice|Category name|2025 January 16|CfD section name}} ~~~~ to the talk page of the category's creator.
For details about these templates, see each template's documentation.

III

Create the CFD section.

Click THIS LINK to edit the section of CfD for today's entries.

Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) to copy and paste one of the templates below. When inserting category names into these template's parameters, except the text= parameter, omit the Category: prefix and do not use wikilinks, as the template takes care of this.

If nominating a single category:

For deleting, use {{subst:Cfd2|Obsolete category|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}
For merging, use {{subst:Cfm2|Origin category|Destination category|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed merge. ~~~~}}
- For merging to two categories, use {{subst:Cfm2|Origin category|Destination category 1|target2=Destination category 2|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed merge. ~~~~}}
For renaming, use {{subst:Cfr2|Current category|Proposed name|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed rename. ~~~~}}
For splitting, use {{subst:Cfs2|Current category|Proposed category 1|Proposed category 2|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed split. ~~~~}}
For converting the category into a list, use {{subst:Cfc2|Current category|Proposed article|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed conversion. ~~~~}}
For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{subst:Cfd2|Current category|type=other type|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed conversion. ~~~~}}

For a bundled nomination, use one of the standard templates to build the "Cfd section name" for the first nominated category. After saving that, the second and subsequent nominations must be inserted manually, as follows:

==== Cfd section name ====

* 1st category

* 2nd category [Make clear whether you propose deletion, merging or renaming]

* Your reason for nominating the categories, and signature.

If a bundled nomination is too long, consider using {{hidden}} to hide some of the nominated categories.
In your reason, use links if mentioning articles or categories. To link to a category, use the colon trick by adding a colon (:) to the beginning of the link, e.g. [[:Category:Foo]].
Preview before saving to check that your nomination is formatted correctly, and remember to include your signature at the end of the nomination.

Stub types

I

Preliminary steps.

In general, a stub type consists of a stub template and a dedicated stub category. Before nominating a stub type for deletion, merging or renaming:

Read and understand guidance for creating stub types and stub type naming conventions.
Review the list of existing stub types—be advised, this list may not be comprehensive.
If you wish to:
- Create a new stub type—follow the procedure for proposing new stub types.
- Delete, merge or rename a stub category only, without deleting or renaming the associated stub template—follow the instructions above this section.
- Delete or rename a stub template—continue to section II.

II

Edit the template.

Add one of the following tags at the beginning of the template to be discussed.

For deletion, use {{subst:Sfd-t|Section name}}
For renaming, use {{subst:Sfr-t|Proposed name|Section name}}

Please include "SFD" or "SFR" in the edit summary, and don't mark the edit as minor. Preview before saving.
Consider notifying the template's creator on their talk page. To find the contributor, check the page history of the stub template.

III

Create the CFD section.

Click THIS LINK to edit the section of CfD for today's entries.

Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) and paste the following text (remember to update the default parameters):

For deletion, use {{subst:sfd-t2|TemplateName|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}
For renaming, use {{subst:sfr-t2|TemplateOldName|TemplateNewName|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}

In your rationale, mention how many articles currently use the template to help other editors. When linking to a category in your rationale, always add a colon (:) to the beginning of the link, like [[:Category:Foo]]. This makes a category link that can be seen on the page, and avoids putting this page into the category you are nominating.
Preview before saving to check that your nomination is formatted correctly, and remember to include your signature at the end of the nomination.

Notifying interested projects and editors

In addition to the steps listed above, you may choose to invite participation by editors who are likely to be informed about a nominated category. All such efforts must comply with Wikipedia's guideline against biased canvassing. In addition, to help make your messages about the CfD discussion clear, avoid Wikipedia-specific abbreviations, link to relevant policies or guidelines, and link to the discussion itself.

Notifying related WikiProjects

WikiProjects consist of groups of editors who are interested in a particular subject. If a nominated category is within the scope of one or more WikiProjects, consider adding a brief, neutral note on their talk page(s) about the nomination. You may use {{subst:cfd notice|Category name|2025 January 16|CfD section name}} ~~~~ or write a personalized message.

Tagging the nominated category's talk page with a relevant WikiProject's banner will include the category in that WikiProject's Article Alerts if they subscribe to the system. For instance, tagging a nominated category with {{WikiProject Physics}} will add the discussion to Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Article alerts.

Notifying substantial contributors to the category

While not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the good-faith creator and main contributors of the category that you are nominating for discussion. To find the creator and main contributors, check the category's page history or talk page. You may use {{Cfd notice}} to inform the category's creator and all other editors.

Notifying other interested editors

It may be helpful to invite other subject-matter experts by posting a message on the talk page of the most closely related article, such as Protein family for Category:Protein families. You may use {{Cfdnotice}} for this.

Closing procedure

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After seven days, someone will close the discussion according to the consensus that formed or, if needed, relist it to allow more discussion. Editors closing discussions must follow the administrator instructions and, except in the case of a "keep" or "no consensus" outcome, implement the result or log it at the Working page to ensure it is implemented.

Redirecting categories

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In general, an unpopulated category should be deleted (see speedy deletion criterion C1) because it is not useful for navigation and sorting. In limited circumstances, and because categories cannot be redirected using "hard" redirects (i.e. #REDIRECT[[''target'']]), we use a form of "soft redirect" to solve the issue. You can create a category redirect by adding {{Category redirect|target}} to the category page. Bots patrol these categories and move articles into the "redirect" targets.

In particular, category redirects are used at the former category name when we convert hyphens into en dashes (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations). It is also helpful to set up category redirects from titles with plain letters (i.e. characters on a standard keyboard) where the category names include diacritics.

A list of redirected categories is available at Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories.

Speedy renaming and merging

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This page has a backlog that requires the attention of willing editors.
Please remove this notice when the backlog is cleared.

Speedy renaming or speedy merging of categories may be requested only if they meet a speedy criterion, for example WP:C2D (consistency with main article's name) or WP:C2C (consistency with established category tree names). Please see instructions below.

Determine which speedy criterion applies
Tag category page with {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}} or {{subst:cfm-speedy|Merge target}}
List request along with speedy criteria reason under "Current requests" below on this page

Please note that a speedy request must state which of the narrowly defined criteria strictly applies. Hence, any other non-speedy criteria, even "common sense" or "obvious", may be suitable points, but only at a full discussion at WP:Categories for discussion.

Requests may take 48 hours to process after listing if there are no objections. This delay allows other users to review the request to ensure that it meets the speedy criteria for speedy renaming or merging, and to raise objections to the proposed change.

Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g., "patent nonsense", "recreation") can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}} with no required delay. Empty categories can be deleted if they remain empty 7 days after tagging with {{db-empty}}. Renaming under C2E may also be processed instantly (at the discretion of an administrator) as it is a variation on G7.

To oppose a speedy request you must record your objection within 48 hours of the nomination. Do this by inserting immediately under the nomination:

Oppose, (the reasons for your objection). ~~~~

You will not be able to do this by editing the page WP:Categories for discussion. Instead, you should edit the section WP:Categories for discussion#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here or the page WP:Categories for discussion/Speedy#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here (WP:CFDS). Be aware that in the course of any discussion, the nomination and its discussion may get moved further down the page purely for organizational convenience – you may need to search WP:CFDS to find the new location. Participate in any ongoing discussion, but unless you withdraw your opposition, a knowledgeable person may eventually bring forward the nomination and discussion to become a regular CFD discussion. At that stage you may add further comments, but your initial opposition will still be considered. However, if after seven days there has been no support for the request, and no response from the nominator, the request may be dropped from further consideration as a speedy.

Contested speedy requests become stale, and can be untagged and delisted 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|[[WP:CFDS]]|2=~~~~}}. If the nominator wants to revive the process, this may be requested at WP:Categories for discussion (CfD) in accordance with its instructions.

If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins who process the Speedy page. If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a full CFD discussion.

Speedy criteria

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

C2A: Typographic and spelling fixes

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Correction of spelling errors and capitalization fixes. Differences between British and American spelling (e.g. Harbours → Harbors) are not considered errors; however if the convention of the relevant category tree is to use one form over the other then a rename may be appropriate under C2C. If both spellings exist as otherwise-identical category names, they should be merged.
Appropriate conversion of hyphens into en dashes or vice versa (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations).
Correction of obvious grammatical errors, such as a missing conjunction (e.g. Individual frogs toads → Individual frogs and toads). This includes pluralizing a noun in the name of a set category, but not when disagreement might reasonably be anticipated as to whether the category is a topic or set category.

C2B: Consistency with established Wikipedia naming conventions and practices

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Expanding abbreviated country names (e.g. U.S. → United States).
Disambiguation fixes from an unqualified name (e.g. Category:Washington → Category:Washington (state) or Category:Washington, D.C.).

C2C: Consistency with established category tree names

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Bringing a category into line with established naming conventions for that category tree, or into line with the various "x by y", "x of y", or "x in y" categorization conventions specified at Wikipedia:Category names

This should be used only where there is no room for doubt that the category in question is being used for the standard purpose instead of being a potential subcategory.
This criterion should be applied only when there is no ambiguity or doubt over the existence of a category naming convention. Such a convention must be well defined and must be overwhelmingly used within the tree. If this is not the case then the category in question must be brought forward to a full Cfd nomination.
This criterion will not apply in cases where the category tree observes distinctions in local usage (e.g. Category:Transportation in the United States and Category:Transport in the United Kingdom).

C2D: Consistency with main article's name

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Renaming a topic category to match its eponymous page (e.g. Category:The Beatles and The Beatles).
This applies only if the related page's current name (and by extension, the proposed name for the category) is:
- unambiguous (so it generally does not apply to proposals to remove a disambiguator from the category name, even when the main article is the primary topic of its name, i.e. it does not contain a disambiguator); and
- uncontroversial, either because of longstanding stability at that particular name, or because the page was just moved (i) after a page move discussion resulted in explicit consensus to rename, or (ii) unilaterally to reflect an official renaming which is verified by one or more citations (provided in the nomination). C2D does not apply if the result would be contrary to guidelines at WP:CATNAME, or there is any ongoing discussion about the name of the page or category, or there has been a recent discussion concerning any of the pages that resulted in a no consensus result, or it is controversial in some other way.
This criterion may also be used to rename a set category in the same circumstances, where the set is defined by a renamed topic; e.g. players for a sports team, or places in a district.
Before nominating a category to be renamed per WP:C2D, consider whether it makes more sense to move the article instead of the category.

C2E: Author request

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This criterion applies only if the author of a category requests or agrees to renaming within six months of creating the category.
The criterion does not apply if other editors have populated or changed the category since it was created. "Other editors" includes bots that populated the category, but excludes an editor working with the author on the renaming.

C2F: One eponymous page

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This criterion applies if the category contains only an eponymous article, list, template or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories, where applicable. Nominations should use {{subst:cfm-speedy}} (speedy merger) linking to a suitable parent category, or to another appropriate category (e.g. one that is currently on the article). When listing the nomination at WP:CFDS, you must manually add all the appropriate parent categories as targets if the member page is not already in them.

Admin instructions

When handling the listings:

Make sure that the listing meets one of the above criteria.
With the exception of C2E, make sure that it was both listed and tagged at least 48 hours previously.
Make sure that there is no opposition to the listing; if there is a discussion, check if the opposing user(s) ended up withdrawing their opposition.

If the listing meets these criteria, simply have the category renamed or merged – follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions, in the section "If the decision is to Rename, Merge, or Delete"; to list it for the bots, use the Speedy moves section.

Applying speedy criteria in full discussions

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 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:

* [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~

If the current name should be redirected rather than deleted, use:

* REDIRECT [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~

To note that human action is required, e.g. updating a template that populates the category, use:

* NO BOTS [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~

Remember to tag the category page 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 23:00, 14 January 2025 (UTC). Currently, there are 614 open requests (refresh).

Current requests

Please add new requests at the top of the list, preferably with a link to the parent category (in case of C2C) or relevant article (in case of C2D).

Category:Volegalea dirki to Category:Volegalea – C2F: Contains only the eponymous article Volegalea dirki. jlwoodwa (talk) 22:57, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Volegalea cochlidium to Category:Volegalea – C2F: Contains only the eponymous article Volegalea cochlidium. jlwoodwa (talk) 22:57, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Zonaria to Category:Zonaria (gastropod) – C2D. jlwoodwa (talk) 22:42, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:New York City Police Commissioners to Category:New York City police commissioners – C2B, per MOS:JOBTITLES. Woko Sapien (talk) 21:03, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Category:Deputy New York City Police Commissioners to Category:New York City deputy police commissioners (adjusted the naming format to better match the above category)
Category:Commissioners of Health of the City of New York to Category:Commissioners of health of the City of New York – C2B, per MOS:JOBTITLES. Woko Sapien (talk) 20:33, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Asian Games competitors by year to Category:Competitors at the Asian Games by year – C2C: Match sub cats and parent cat of Category:Competitors at multi-sport events by year. Hey man im josh (talk) 20:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:1960 Summer Paralympics events to Category:Events at the 1960 Summer Paralympics – C2C: Match other entries in Category:Events at multi-sport events, and the standard naming of Nation at X, Sport at X, etc. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:35, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:European Commissioners by country navigational boxes to Category:European commissioners by country navigational boxes – C2B, per MOS:JOBTITLES. Woko Sapien (talk) 19:18, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Borough Presidents to Category:Borough presidents – C2B, per MOS:JOBTITLES. Woko Sapien (talk) 19:50, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Notice: no editor has opposed this request (and no discussion was ever actually started). Woko Sapien (talk) 21:41, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:New York City Recorders to Category:New York City recorders – C2B, per MOS:JOBTITLES. Woko Sapien (talk) 19:44, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Notice: no editor has opposed this request (and no discussion was ever actually started). Woko Sapien (talk) 21:42, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:New York City Comptrollers to Category:New York City comptrollers – C2B, per MOS:JOBTITLES. Woko Sapien (talk) 19:40, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Notice: no editor has opposed this request (and no discussion was ever actually started). Woko Sapien (talk) 21:42, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:New York City Public Advocates to Category:New York City public advocates – C2B, per MOS:JOBTITLES. Woko Sapien (talk) 19:20, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Notice: no editor has opposed this request (and no discussion was ever actually started). Woko Sapien (talk) 21:42, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Oklahoma Supreme Court Commissioners to Category:Oklahoma Supreme Court commissioners – C2A: MOS:JOBTITLES. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:17, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Notice: no editor has opposed this request (and no discussion was ever actually started). Woko Sapien (talk) 21:42, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Relisted, the above ones may have been moved down by accident. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:03, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Ballot measures by year to Category:Ballot measures in the United States by year – C2C: per parent Category:Ballot measures in the United States. –Aidan721 (talk) 17:14, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Lauder Greenway Family to Category:Lauder Greenway family – C2A: Lowercasing "family". Mike Selinker (talk) 00:53, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Sánchez-Alvira family to Category:Sánchez–Alvira family – C2A: Dashes are used instead of hyphens when the name is not hyphenated. Mike Selinker (talk) 00:43, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Category:Loren-Ponti family to Category:Loren–Ponti family
- Category:Donovan-McIntosh family to Category:Donovan–McIntosh family
Category:Women's National League (Ireland) players to Category:League of Ireland Women's Premier Division players – Reason: Match main article title RedPatch (talk) 19:31, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Military operations involving the Polish resistance during World War II to Category:Military operations of World War II involving the Polish resistance – C2C: See parent Category:Military operations of World War II by country (and also general naming scheme "Military operations of war involving country", e.g., in Category:Military operations of World War I by country or Category:Military operations of the Iraq War by country). Felida⁹⁷ (talk) 14:43, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Battles of Yugoslavia during World War II to Category:Battles and operations of World War II involving Yugoslavia – C2C: See parent Category:Battles and operations of World War II by country. Felida⁹⁷ (talk) 14:30, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Battles of World War II involving the Soviet Union to Category:Battles and operations of World War II involving the Soviet Union – C2C: See parent Category:Battles and operations of World War II by country; cat also clearly contains articles and subcats about both battles and operations. Felida⁹⁷ (talk) 14:26, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships to Category:World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – C2F. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:58, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships to Category:World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – C2F. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:58, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships to Category:World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – C2F. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:57, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships to Category:World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – C2F. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:57, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Guangxi Pingguo Haliao F.C. managers to Category:Guangxi Pingguo F.C. managers – C2D: per Guangxi Pingguo F.C. IDontHaveSkype (talk) 13:07, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Guangxi Pingguo Haliao F.C. players to Category:Guangxi Pingguo F.C. players – C2D: per Guangxi Pingguo F.C. IDontHaveSkype (talk) 13:07, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Guangxi Pingguo Haliao F.C. to Category:Guangxi Pingguo F.C. – C2D: per Guangxi Pingguo F.C. IDontHaveSkype (talk) 13:07, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Groupe Canal+ to Category:Canal+ S.A. – C2D: Groupe Canal+ changed its name to Canal+ S.A. after its spin-off from Vivendi in December 2024. 180.251.227.192 (talk) 10:09, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:States and territories established in the 1723 to Category:States and territories established in 1723 – C2A: Typo. House Blaster (talk • he/they) 06:52, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Presidency of John Mahama to Category:First presidency of John Mahama – C2D: Consistency with First presidency of John Mahama and to avoid potential confusion about a future category/article concerning his current second term. --Mr. Lechkar (talk) 02:58, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Raleigh Icecaps players to Category:Raleigh IceCaps players – C2D: per Raleigh IceCaps –Aidan721 (talk) 23:12, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:British Columbia music to Category:Music of British Columbia – C2C: Also C2D. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 01:11, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The rest of Category:Canadian music by province or territory should be renamed accordingly too. –Aidan721 (talk) 19:48, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Opposed requests

Category:Śródmieście Południowe to Category:South Downtown, Warsaw – C2D: per South Downtown, Warsaw. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:54, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Armbrust, we have Category:Śródmieście, Warsaw, Category:Neighbourhoods of Śródmieście, Warsaw and Category:Śródmieście Północne so arguably this fails C2C. TSventon (talk) 18:46, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- On further investigation Śródmieście, Warsaw was moved without discussion to Downtown, Warsaw on 1 November 2023 and then back on 9 January 2024 via RMT, so the Downtown name appears to be controversial. South Downtown, Warsaw was created on 8 August 2024. TSventon (talk) 20:56, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:American Masters Athlete that competed in Olympics to Category:American Olympic masters athletes – C2A: Title case, grammar Habst (talk) 13:25, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- The proposed title gives the impression that they were masters while they were at the Olympics or competed in an Olympic masters competition, which is not the case – they have been at the Olympics for any NOC and they are American master athletes, which probably is reason for deletion per WP:NONDEF. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 15:04, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with above. A rename is misleading. And yeah this should probably be deleted. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:33, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Aidan721 @Kaffet i halsen, that's fine, but rather than being deleted it should be down-merged into Category:American masters athletes and a subcat of Category:Olympic track and field athletes for the United States. --Habst (talk) 21:07, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On hold pending other discussion

Category:Possibly fictional pirates to Category:Pirates whose existence is disputed – C2C: parent is People whose existence is disputed ^SMason_Garrison 06:07, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose speedy There are fare more subcategories of Category:People whose existence is disputed that use "Possibly fictional" than "whose existence is disputed", and therefore it's not a clear convention to apply C2C. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:33, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Those are all being renamed to match this parent. Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 December 19#Category:Possibly fictional people from Europe ^SMason_Garrison 06:21, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In that case we should wait until that is concluded and if it does then we can process this. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:48, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Stainton, south Cumbria to Category:Stainton, Westmorland and Furness – C2D: Match Stainton, Westmorland and Furness. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose ambiguous with Stainton, Dacre, see User talk:Hey man im josh#Stainton. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:11, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Postpone until we know the result of the proposed move of Stainton, Westmorland and Furness. Grutness...wha? 03:35, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to full discussion

Category:Events about intersex to Category:Intersex-related events – C2C: Category:Intersex-related works. LIrala (talk) 04:47, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @LIrala: it should rather become Category:Intersex events per e.g. Category:Gay events and Category:Transgender events. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:33, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:26, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:State of Palestine to Category:Palestine (over disambiguation) and subcategories – C2D per Palestine following the move of the country article at this RM. Note that several of the targets are filled by disambiguation pages from when Palestine was occupied by what is now at Palestine (disambiguation). Timrollpickering (talk) 23:06, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This should probably go to full discussion. Per WP:C2D: it generally does not apply to proposals to remove a disambiguator from the category name, even when the main article is the primary topic of its name, i.e. it does not contain a disambiguator. –Aidan721 (talk) 02:51, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose speedy per above. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:55, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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- Category:Burials in the State of Palestine to Category:Burials in Palestine
- Category:State of Palestine articles missing geocoordinate data to Category:Palestine articles missing geocoordinate data

Moved to full discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 9#Palestine. Timrollpickering (talk) 10:56, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Peggy Jay family to Category:Jay-Garnett family - To better summarise the contents as the family is wider than just direct relatives of Peggy Jay. OGBC1992 (talk) 09:28, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I do not think this is the speedy material. @OGBC1992:, would you mind taking it to full CFD with literally the same justification? Ymblanter (talk) 10:38, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Ymblanter I am not sure how to take something to CFD if you wouldn't mind assisting? Many thanks. OGBC1992 (talk) 11:57, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:27, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Discussion was relisted on CFD 2025 Jan 6. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:52, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  It was relisted again on CFD 2025 Jan 15. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:06, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Pro-Russian military personnel killed in the war in Donbas to Category:Russian military personnel killed in the war in Donbas – C2C: parent is Russian military personnel killed in the Russo-Ukrainian War ^SMason_Garrison 14:16, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Smasongarrison I would suggest a full discussion for both categories as the war in Donbas involved Pro-Russian military units rather than only Russian military units and the members of the category are almost all Pro-Russian Ukrainians. Category:Pro-Russian people of the war in Donbas is a parent of Category:Russian military personnel of the war in Donbas and a grandparent of Category:Pro-Russian military personnel killed in the war in Donbas. TSventon (talk) 17:42, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Why is Category:Pro-Russian people of the war in Donbas a parent of Category:Russian military personnel of the war in Donbas? Pro-russian is a cause not a nationality. ^SMason_Garrison 19:26, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Category:Russian military personnel of the war in Donbas contains Russians and Ukrainians so it is not really a nationality category. TSventon (talk) 19:38, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  If that's the case, then the category should either be renamed to Pro-Russian military personnel of the war in Donbas or purged to only include russian nationals. I personally don't care which way it goes, but the naming isn't consistent. Can you take it to full? ^SMason_Garrison 19:46, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 December 19#Category:Russian military personnel of the war in Donbas. TSventon (talk) 20:09, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Discussion was relisted on CFD 2024 Dec 30. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:53, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  It was relisted again at CFD 2025 Jan 10. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:06, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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