Wikipedia:Categories for discussion
Wikipedia page for discussing categories
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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.
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For general discussion about the category system, use other appropriate venues such as Wikipedia talk:Categorization, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories, and relevant WikiProjects' talk pages.
How to use CfD
For detailed instructions about using CfD, see § How to nominate a category for discussion 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.
Important: In general, do not depopulate a category when nominating it for CfD. If, during (or just prior to) the discussion, you modify the population of a category, or in other ways edit the category while it is subject to a CfD discussion, note that you did so in the CfD (for transparency), and be prepared to revert your edits upon community request. Such editing can hamper other editors' efforts to evaluate a category and participate in the discussion.
If you have an issue with a CfD closure, and discussion on the CfD closer's talk page does not resolve the issue, the process at Wikipedia:Deletion review is used to ask the community to review a CfD closure (as long as all steps are followed), to determine whether or not the close was reasonable and consistent with the spirit and intent of common practice, policies, and guidelines.
Wikipedia:Move review is used for a CfD closure that is limited in scope to renaming.
Current discussions
Closing procedure
After seven days, an administrator (or possibly a non-admin) will determine if consensus has formed, and close the discussion. If appropriate, the discussion instead may be relisted to allow for more discussion. Editors closing discussions must follow the administrator instructions and implement the result or log it at the Working page to ensure it is implemented. As noted at Wikipedia:Deletion process#Non-administrators closing discussions, non-admins may follow the process at Wikipedia talk:Categories for discussion/Working, and list discussion results there for an admin to review, and to log to the page directly.
Discussions awaiting closure
- List of links to individual open discussions (>7 days old): Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Old unclosed discussions - updated by User:AnomieBOT
- Full text of all open discussions (>7 days old): Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/All old discussions - powered by a Lua module parsing /Old unclosed discussions
- List of days with open discussions (>7 days old): included below from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Awaiting closure – powered by a Lua module parsing /Old unclosed discussions
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 3 (7 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 2 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 1 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 30 (4 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 29 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 28 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 27 (3 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 26 (8 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 25 (4 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 24 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 22 (6 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 21 (5 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 20 (12 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 16 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 15 (4 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 14 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 13 (3 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 11 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 7 (4 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 6 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 5 (9 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 4 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 2 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 1 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 30 (11 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 29 (3 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 27 (5 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 26 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 22 (2 open)
How to nominate a category for discussion
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
| I | Preliminary steps.
Before nominating a category:
In the following special cases:
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.
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| 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
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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:
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| II | Edit the template.
Add one of the following tags at the beginning of the template to be discussed.
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| 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):
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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|2026 May 11|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.
Speedy renaming or speedy merging of categories may be requested if they meet one of the speedy criteria listed below. To nominate a category:
- Determine which speedy criterion applies.
- Tag the category page with
{{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}or{{subst:cfm-speedy|Merge target}}. - List the request along with a speedy criteria reason at § New requests.
Speedy renaming and merging
Speedy requests 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 Categories for discussion.
The nomination and its discussion may get moved further down the page purely for organizational convenience. Categories that qualify for speedy deletion can be tagged with the regular speedy tags with no required delay or listing. Renaming under C2E may be processed instantly (at the discretion of an administrator) as it is a variation on G7.
Opposing
Requests generally take about 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 criteria and raise any objections.
To oppose a speedy request, insert this immediately under the nomination:
* '''Oppose''': Explain your objection. ~~~~
If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins who process speedy nominations. If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a regular CfD discussion. Unless you withdraw your opposition, the nomination may be turned into a regular CfD discussion.
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 from|. If the nominator wants to revive the process, this may be requested at CfD in accordance with its instructions.[[WP:CFDS]]|~~~~}}
Speedy criteria
The category-specific criteria for speedy renaming or merging are strictly limited to:
C2A: Typographic and spelling fixes
- Correction of spelling errors and capitalization fixes. Differences between American and British 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
- Conforming with Wikipedia policies and guidelines.
- 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
- 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:Transport in the United Kingdom and Category:Transportation in the United States).
C2D: Consistency with main article's name
- 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 C2D, consider whether it makes more sense to move the article instead of the category.
- Just disagreeing with the article title is not enough reason to oppose a C2D request. Instead, if someone disagrees with the article title, they can start a WP:RM procedure on the article talk page and they can request the CFDS discussion be put on hold while the RM discussion is running. However, arguing that it is desirable to have the article and the category at different titles may be an adequate reason to oppose C2D.
C2E: Author request
- 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
- 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.
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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.
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.
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.
For out of process deletions, check Category:Empty categories awaiting deletion. In some cases, these will need to be nominated for discussion and the editor who emptied the category informed that they should follow the CfD process. After renaming, copy and paste the listing to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working/Manual.Current requests
If the category does not match one of the above criteria or you are not sure it qualifies, do not list it here. Instead, use the main CfD process. Requests may be completed if more than 48 hours old; i.e., if the nomination was created before 08:53, 9 May 2026 (UTC). Currently, there are 203 open requests ().
To 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 ~~~~
If human action is required, e.g. updating templates that populate 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}}
New requests
- Category:Australian outback to Category:Outback – C2D: per Outback. Mclay1 (talk) 08:11, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Port Authority of Allegheny County lines templates to Category:Pittsburgh Regional Transit line templates – C2D. OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 08:04, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Port Authority of Allegheny County templates to Category:Pittsburgh Regional Transit templates – C2D. OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 08:04, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Former Port Authority of Allegheny County stations to Category:Pittsburgh Regional Transit stations – C2D. OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 08:04, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Port Authority of Allegheny County executives to Category:Pittsburgh Regional Transit executives – C2D. OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 08:04, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Port Authority of Allegheny County to Category:Pittsburgh Regional Transit – C2D. OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 08:04, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:California Department of Transportation to Category:Caltrans – C2D. OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 05:29, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:WikiProject Marching band to Category:WikiProject Marching Arts – C2D: A new project name after the merge; subpages need to be merged/renamed, as well. Why? I Ask (talk) 03:37, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Why? I Ask: You'll need to tag and list all the subpages here for them to be moved too. Mclay1 (talk) 06:08, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1: I am in the process of moving all of the pages over (and reviewing if they fit the project criteria); then I will tag for speedy deletion, the old categories, under the criteria of empty categories. Why? I Ask (talk) 06:09, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1: See Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 11#Category:WikiProject Marching band articles. Why? I Ask (talk) 08:18, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1: I am in the process of moving all of the pages over (and reviewing if they fit the project criteria); then I will tag for speedy deletion, the old categories, under the criteria of empty categories. Why? I Ask (talk) 06:09, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Why? I Ask: You'll need to tag and list all the subpages here for them to be moved too. Mclay1 (talk) 06:08, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Cocktails with rye whisky to Category:Cocktails with rye whiskey – C2C: per Category:Rye whiskey Mclay1 (talk) 02:19, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:American sports by year to Category:Sports in the United States by year – C2C: Adding on to @Mclay1:'s proposal, per Sports in the United States - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 02:13, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:American sports by decade to Category:Sports in the United States by decade
- REDIRECT Category:Nihoa to Category:Nīhoa – C2D: Nīhoa - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 02:07, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- REDIRECT Category:Natural history of Nihoa to Category:Natural history of Nīhoa
- REDIRECT Category:Endemic fauna of Nihoa to Category:Endemic fauna of Nīhoa
- REDIRECT Category:Endemic flora of Nihoa to Category:Endemic flora of Nīhoa
- Category:Naucalpan de Juárez to Category:Naucalpan – C2D: Naucalpan - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 01:58, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mexico City Metro stations in Naucalpan de Juárez to Category:Mexico City Metro stations in Naucalpan
- Category:Naumburg (Saale) to Category:Naumburg – C2D: Naumburg - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 01:57, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:People from Naumburg (Saale) to Category:People from Naumburg
- Category:Canadian sports by century to Category:Sports in Canada by century – C2C: per Category:Sports in Canada. Mclay1 (talk) 01:50, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Migraine to Category:Migraines – C2B: Categories are usually pluralized. Please let me know if I'm wrong - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 01:50, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: @OpalYosutebito The article Migraine is written with "migraine" being a concept rather than a singular noun. Mclay1 (talk) 02:06, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Good to know :D - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 02:09, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: @OpalYosutebito The article Migraine is written with "migraine" being a concept rather than a singular noun. Mclay1 (talk) 02:06, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:American sports by century to Category:Sports in the United States by century – C2C: per Category:Sports in the United States. Mclay1 (talk) 01:49, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mimas (moon) to Category:Mimas – C2D: Mimas - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 01:46, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Fiction set on Mimas (moon) to Category:Fiction set on Mimas
- Category:Novels set on Mimas (moon) to Category:Novels set on Mimas
- Category:Millwall Lionesses L.F.C. to Category:Millwall Lionesses F.C. – C2D: Millwall Lionesses F.C. - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 01:43, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Millwall Lionesses L.F.C. managers to Category:Millwall Lionesses F.C. managers
- Category:Millwall Lionesses L.F.C. players to Category:Millwall Lionesses F.C. players
- Category:Mills College to Category:Mills College at Northeastern University – C2D: Mills College at Northeastern University - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 01:38, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mills College people to Category:Mills College at Northeastern University people
- Category:Mills College alumni to Category:Mills College at Northeastern University alumni
- Category:Mills College faculty to Category:Mills College at Northeastern University faculty
- Category:Presidents of Mills College to Category:Presidents of Mills College at Northeastern University
- Category:Carnival Corporation & plc people to Category:Carnival Corporation people – C2D: per Carnival Corporation. Mclay1 (talk) 01:36, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Carnival Corporation & plc templates to Category:Carnival Corporation templates
- Category:American people who self-identify as being of Iroquois descent to Category:American people who self-identify as being of Haudenosaunee descent – C2D: per Haudenosaunee, renamed by RM. Mclay1 (talk) 01:33, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Lacrosse of the Iroquois Confederacy to Category:Lacrosse of the Haudenosaunee
- Category:Bear Clan of the Iroquois to Category:Bear Clan of the Haudenosaunee
- Category:Beaver Clan of the Iroquois to Category:Beaver Clan of the Haudenosaunee
- Category:Deer Clan of the Iroquois to Category:Deer Clan of the Haudenosaunee
- Category:Eel Clan of the Iroquois to Category:Eel Clan of the Haudenosaunee
- Category:Hawk Clan of the Iroquois to Category:Hawk Clan of the Haudenosaunee
- Category:Heron Clan of the Iroquois to Category:Heron Clan of the Haudenosaunee
- Category:Snipe Clan of the Iroquois to Category:Snipe Clan of the Haudenosaunee
- Category:Turtle Clan of the Iroquois to Category:Turtle Clan of the Haudenosaunee
- Category:Wolf Clan of the Iroquois to Category:Wolf Clan of the Haudenosaunee
- Category:Whiskies of the United States to Category:American whiskey – C2D: per American whiskey. Also C2C per the convention in Category:Whisky by country. Armbrust The Homunculus 01:30, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:People from Iroquois Falls, Ontario to Category:People from Iroquois Falls – C2D: per Iroquois Falls. Mclay1 (talk) 01:30, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Respiratory system templates to Category:Respiratory system navigational boxes – C2C: the category consists of four navboxes. Rename for consistency with Category:Anatomy navigational boxes and Category:Navigational boxes. —andrybak (talk) 22:20, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Nibok district to Category:Nibok – C2D: Nibok - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 20:07, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:People from Uaboe District to Category:People from Uaboe – C2D: Uaboe - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 20:06, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:People from Meneng District to Category:People from Meneng district – C2D: Meneng district - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 20:06, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:People from Ijuw District to Category:People from Ijuw – C2D: Ijuw - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 20:05, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:People from Ewa District to Category:People from Ewa, Nauru – C2D: Ewa, Nauru - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 20:05, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Denigomodu district to Category:Denigomodu – C2D: Denigomodu - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 16:33, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:People from Denigomodu District to Category:People from Denigomodu – C2D: Denigomodu - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 16:32, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:People from Buada District to Category:People from Buada district – C2D: Buada district - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 16:31, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:People from Boe District to Category:People from Boe district – C2D: Boe district - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 16:31, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:People from Anetan District to Category:People from Anetan district – C2D: Anetan district - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 16:29, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:People from Anabar District to Category:People from Anibare district – C2D: Anibare district - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 16:27, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:People from Aiwo District to Category:People from Aiwo – C2D: Aiwo - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 16:01, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine to Category:Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) – C2D: per Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present). Marcocapelle (talk) 12:22, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht to Category:RSC Anderlecht – C2C and C2D Bocanegra (talk) 11:12, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht managers to Category:RSC Anderlecht managers
- Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht players to Category:RSC Anderlecht players
- Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht templates to Category:RSC Anderlecht templates
- Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht non-playing staff to Category:RSC Anderlecht non-playing staff
- Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht matches to Category:RSC Anderlecht matches
- Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht seasons to Category:RSC Anderlecht seasons
- Category:K.V. Kortrijk to Category:KV Kortrijk – C2C and C2D Bocanegra (talk) 11:12, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:K.V. Kortrijk managers to Category:KV Kortrijk managers
- Category:K.V. Kortrijk players to Category:KV Kortrijk players
- Category:K.V. Kortrijk templates to Category:KV Kortrijk templates
- Category:K.V. Kortrijk seasons to Category:KV Kortrijk seasons
- Category:K.V. Kortrijk matches to Category:KV Kortrijk matches
- Category:K.V. Kortrijk to Category:KV Kortrijk – C2C and C2D Bocanegra (talk) 11:12, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:K.V. Kortrijk managers to Category:KV Kortrijk managers
- Category:K.V. Kortrijk players to Category:KV Kortrijk players
- Category:K.V. Kortrijk templates to Category:KV Kortrijk templates
- Category:K.V. Kortrijk seasons to Category:KV Kortrijk seasons
- Category:K.V. Kortrijk matches to Category:KV Kortrijk matches
- Category:S.K. Beveren to Category:SK Beveren – C2C and C2D Bocanegra (talk) 11:12, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:S.K. Beveren managers to Category:SK Beveren managers
- Category:S.K. Beveren players to Category:SK Beveren players
- Category:S.K. Beveren seasons to Category:SK Beveren seasons
- Category:K.S.K. Beveren to Category:KSK Beveren – C2C and C2D Bocanegra (talk) 11:12, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:K.S.K. Beveren managers to Category:KSK Beveren managers
- Category:K.S.K. Beveren players to Category:KSK Beveren players
- Category:Royal Antwerp F.C. to Category:Royal Antwerp FC – C2C and C2D Bocanegra (talk) 11:12, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Royal Antwerp F.C. players to Category:Royal Antwerp FC players
- Category:Royal Antwerp F.C. managers to Category:Royal Antwerp FC managers
- Category:Royal Antwerp F.C. matches to Category:Royal Antwerp FC matches
- Category:Royal Antwerp F.C. non-playing staff to Category:Royal Antwerp FC non-playing staff
- Category:Royal Antwerp F.C. seasons to Category:Royal Antwerp FC seasons
- Category:Royal Antwerp F.C. templates to Category:Royal Antwerp FC templates
- Category:Cercle Brugge K.S.V. to Category:Cercle Brugge KSV – C2C and C2D Bocanegra (talk) 11:12, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Cercle Brugge K.S.V. templates to Category:Cercle Brugge KSV templates
- Category:Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players to Category:Cercle Brugge KSV players
- Category:Cercle Brugge K.S.V. managers to Category:Cercle Brugge KSV managers
- Category:Cercle Brugge K.S.V. non-playing staff to Category:Cercle Brugge KSV non-playing staff
- Category:Cercle Brugge K.S.V. seasons to Category:Cercle Brugge KSV seasons
- Category:Cercle Brugge K.S.V. matches to Category:Cercle Brugge KSV matches
- Category:Carnival Corporation & plc to Category:Carnival Corporation – C2D Noarthhae (talk) 05:44, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Venice Architecture Biennale exhibitions to Category:Venice Biennale of Architecture exhibitions – C2B: per Venice Biennale of Architecture/Category:Venice Biennale of Architecture. Armbrust The Homunculus 04:29, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Paeksang Arts Award winners to Category:Baeksang Arts Award winners – C2C: Category:Baeksang Arts Awards and C2D: Baeksang Arts Awards. ꕥ 𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 ꕥ →𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚖𝚎← 01:25, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Grand Prize Paeksang Arts Award (Film) winners to Category:Grand Prize Baeksang Arts Award (film) winners
- Category:Grand Prize Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners to Category:Grand Prize Baeksang Arts Award (television) winners
- Category:Best Actor Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners to Category:Best Actor Baeksang Arts Award (film) winners
- Category:Best Actor Paeksang Arts Award (theatre) winners to Category:Best Actor Baeksang Arts Award (theatre) winners
- Category:Best Actor Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners to Category:Best Actor Baeksang Arts Award (television) winners
- Category:Best Actress Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners to Category:Best Actress Baeksang Arts Award (film) winners
- Category:Best Actress Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners to Category:Best Actress Baeksang Arts Award (television) winners
- Category:Best Director Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners to Category:Best Director Baeksang Arts Award (film) winners
- Category:Best New Actor Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners to Category:Best New Actor Baeksang Arts Award (film) winners
- Category:Best New Actor Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners to Category:Best New Actor Baeksang Arts Award (television) winners
- Category:Best New Actress Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners to Category:Best New Actress Baeksang Arts Award (film) winners
- Category:Best New Actress Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners to Category:Best New Actress Baeksang Arts Award (television) winners
- Category:Best New Director Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners to Category:Best New Director Baeksang Arts Award (film) winners
- Category:Best Supporting Actor Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners to Category:Best Supporting Actor Baeksang Arts Award (film) winners
- Category:Best Supporting Actor Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners to Category:Best Supporting Actor Baeksang Arts Award (television) winners
- Category:Best Supporting Actress Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners to Category:Best Supporting Actress Baeksang Arts Award (film) winners
- Category:Best Supporting Actress Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners to Category:Best Supporting Actress Baeksang Arts Award (television) winners
- Category:Best Variety Performer Male Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners to Category:Best Variety Performer Male Baeksang Arts Award winners
- Category:Best Variety Performer Female Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners to Category:Best Variety Performer Female Baeksang Arts Award winners
- Category:Delilah S. Dawson works to Category:Works by Delilah S. Dawson – C2C: Align with Category:Works by American writers ForsythiaJo (talk) 00:27, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Midsund to Category:Midsund Municipality – C2D: Midsund Municipality - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 23:28, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mia series to Category:Mia's Big Adventure Collection – C2D: Mia's Big Adventure Collection - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 23:26, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mentaya basin to Category:Drainage basins of Kalimantan – C2F: Upmerge; only article in here is the main one - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 23:22, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:MCM Group to Category:Groupe MCM – C2D: Groupe MCM - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 22:47, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mayangna to Category:Mayangna people – C2D: Mayangna people - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 22:29, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Masuria (region) to Category:Masuria – C2D: Masuria - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 22:28, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Manu'a to Category:Manuʻa Islands – C2D: Manuʻa Islands - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 22:24, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Manus to Category:Manu (Hinduism) – C2B: Not to be confused with Manus - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 22:22, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mallee (Victoria) to Category:Mallee (region of Victoria) – C2D: Mallee (region of Victoria) - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 22:20, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Malla dynasty to Category:Malla dynasty (Nepal) – C2D: Malla dynasty (Nepal) - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 22:18, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Malioboro to Category:Jalan Malioboro – C2D: Jalan Malioboro - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 22:18, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Main Line railway, Queensland to Category:Main railway line – C2D: Main railway line - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 22:17, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Main Western railway line, New South Wales to Category:Main Western railway line – C2D: Main Western railway line - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 22:16, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Main Southern railway line, New South Wales to Category:Main Southern railway line – C2D: Main Southern railway line - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 22:16, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mahikeng to Category:Mafikeng – C2D: Mafikeng - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 22:15, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute to Category:Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute – C2D: Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 22:14, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Academic staff of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute to Category:Academic staff of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute
- Category:National Museum, Warsaw to Category:National Museum in Warsaw – C2D: National Museum in Warsaw - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 21:04, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Paintings in the National Museum, Warsaw to Category:Paintings in the National Museum in Warsaw
- Category:Sculptures in the National Museum, Warsaw to Category:Sculptures in the National Museum in Warsaw
- Category:Burials in Cardiff to Category:Burials in Cardiff by place – C2C: to match similar categories: Category:Burials in London by place and Category:Burials in Edinburgh by place AND also by C2E. Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:28, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Emigrants from Bavaria to the United States to Category:Emigrants from the Kingdom of Bavaria to the United States – C2C: to match parent category. Omnis Scientia (talk) 16:24, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Bangalore Division geography stubs to Category:Bengaluru division geography stubs – C2B, cf. contents of e.g. Category:Uttar Pradesh geography stubs and Category:Divisions of Maharashtra. "Bengaluru" is C2D following Talk:Bengaluru/Archive_9#Requesting_move_from_Bangalore_to_Bengaluru. – Fayenatic London 09:55, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Belgaum Division geography stubs to Category:Belagavi division geography stubs – C2D per Belagavi division
- Category:Gulbarga Division geography stubs to Category:Kalyana-Karnataka geography stubs – C2D per Kalyana-Karnataka
- Category:Mysore Division geography stubs to Category:Mysore division geography stubs
- Category:Amravati Division geography stubs to Category:Amravati division geography stubs
- Category:Aurangabad Division geography stubs to Category:Aurangabad division geography stubs
- Category:Konkan Division geography stubs to Category:Konkan division geography stubs
- Category:Nagpur Division geography stubs to Category:Nagpur division geography stubs
- Category:Nashik Division geography stubs to Category:Nashik division geography stubs
- Category:Pune Division geography stubs to Category:Pune division geography stubs
- Category:Districts of Surabaya templates to Category:Indonesia geography navigational boxes and Category:Indonesia subdivision templates – C2F: one eponymous page. Mclay1 (talk) 08:07, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Films with screenplays by Mel Mendoza-Del Rosario to Category:Films with screenplays by Mel Mendoza-del Rosario – C2A. LionFosset (talk) 07:43, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- @LionFosset: Do you have a source for that? She appears to be credited as the name is currently written per IMDb. Mclay1 (talk) 09:30, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1: Her personal Facebook page has the "d" in "del" written in lowercase, while the sites of ABS-CBN News and Philstar.com also use the lowercase "d". LionFosset (talk) 09:40, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Sources are very inconsistent. In separate article from ABS-CBN, her name is written "Mel Mendoza Del Rosario". But since there's no clear answer, we may as well defer to the spelling in the article you created at Mel Mendoza-del Rosario for now. Mclay1 (talk) 10:31, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1: Her personal Facebook page has the "d" in "del" written in lowercase, while the sites of ABS-CBN News and Philstar.com also use the lowercase "d". LionFosset (talk) 09:40, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- @LionFosset: Do you have a source for that? She appears to be credited as the name is currently written per IMDb. Mclay1 (talk) 09:30, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Ancient Jewish settlements of Transjordan to Category:Ancient Jewish settlements of Transjordan (region) – C2D: per Transjordan (region). Mclay1 (talk) 07:33, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Aerial bombing operations and battles of World War II to Category:Aerial bombing operations of World War II – C2C: per Category:Aerial bombing operations, renamed at CfD. Mclay1 (talk) 07:18, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:BAUHAUS-galan to Category:Bauhausgalan per C2D, for consistency with Bauhausgalan, renamed at WP:RM. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 07:45, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
Opposed requests
- Category:Arab American University to Category:Arab American University (Palestine) – C2D: Arab American University (Palestine) - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 15:59, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Arab American University alumni to Category:Arab American University (Palestine) alumni
- Oppose: The disambiguation appears to be unnecessary so I've moved the article to match the category. Mclay1 (talk) 02:46, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks! - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 04:35, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Arab American University alumni to Category:Arab American University (Palestine) alumni
- Category:Chernobyl (city) in fiction to Category:Chernobyl, Ukraine, in fiction – C2C: Chernobyl, Ukraine - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 23:43, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Films set in Chernobyl (city) to Category:Films set in Chernobyl, Ukraine
- Category:People from Chornobyl to Category:People from Chernobyl, Ukraine
- Oppose speedy There is no clear convention to use "Chernobyl, Ukraine", as only Category:Chernobyl, Ukraine uses that disambiguation. Armbrust The Homunculus 13:56, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Armbrust: But that's how C2C works. There's no reason for the child categories to be different to the parent category. Or are you planning to start a CfD for the parent? Mclay1 (talk) 02:46, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- By that logic it would make more sense to rename the parent category to Category:Chernobyl (city). Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 02:52, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- Should we move this to CFD then? - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 04:35, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- @OpalYosutebito Probably a good idea. Category:Chernobyl, Ukraine was unilaterally moved from Category:Chernobyl (city) in 2016. I don't think any disambiguation is needed anyway. There's no realistic chance of confusion with Category:Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty). Mclay1 (talk) 07:43, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- We have Category:Chernobyl disaster and subcats though. Ymblanter (talk) 21:07, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- @OpalYosutebito Probably a good idea. Category:Chernobyl, Ukraine was unilaterally moved from Category:Chernobyl (city) in 2016. I don't think any disambiguation is needed anyway. There's no realistic chance of confusion with Category:Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty). Mclay1 (talk) 07:43, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- Should we move this to CFD then? - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 04:35, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- By that logic it would make more sense to rename the parent category to Category:Chernobyl (city). Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 02:52, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Armbrust: But that's how C2C works. There's no reason for the child categories to be different to the parent category. Or are you planning to start a CfD for the parent? Mclay1 (talk) 02:46, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy There is no clear convention to use "Chernobyl, Ukraine", as only Category:Chernobyl, Ukraine uses that disambiguation. Armbrust The Homunculus 13:56, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Jesenice, Jesenice to Category:Jesenice – C2D: Jesenice, Eyüpsultan, Mỹ Tho provincial city, Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Uji - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 20:42, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:People from Jesenice, Jesenice to Category:People from Jesenice
- Category:Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice to Category:Sportspeople from Jesenice
- Category:Ice hockey people from Jesenice, Jesenice to Category:Ice hockey people from Jesenice
- Category:Skiers from Jesenice, Jesenice to Category:Skiers from Jesenice
- Category:Sport in Jesenice, Jesenice to Category:Sport in Jesenice
- Category:Querétaro City to Category:Querétaro (city) – C2D: Per the main article of each respective city - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 20:04, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Municipal presidents of Querétaro to Category:Municipal presidents of Querétaro (city)
- Oppose: The municipal president technically leads the municipality. JTtheOG (talk) 22:04, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
- @JTtheOG: Querétaro (city) is also the article for the municipality. Querétaro is the article for the state, so the current name is incorrect. Mclay1 (talk) 13:05, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- The new name would be incorrect too. Just because es:Municipio de Querétaro hasn't been created as a standalone English article doesn't mean we should make this change. This would be like saying Category:King County Executives of Seattle or Category:Cuyahoga County Executives of Cleveland. Shouldn't it be Category:Municipal presidents of Querétaro (municipality)? JTtheOG (talk) 18:28, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- @JTtheOG: Querétaro (city) is also the article for the municipality. Querétaro is the article for the state, so the current name is incorrect. Mclay1 (talk) 13:05, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: The municipal president technically leads the municipality. JTtheOG (talk) 22:04, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Municipal presidents of Querétaro to Category:Municipal presidents of Querétaro (city)
On hold pending other discussion
- None currently
Moved to full discussion
- Category:Mass killings by ideology to Category:Mass murder by ideology – C2C: parent is Mass murder SMasonGarrison 20:19, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Smasongarrison: It should be Category:Mass murders by ideology per the other subcategories of Category:Mass murder. Mclay1 (talk) 01:07, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
- Good catch. I wasn't sure if it should be plural or not. :) SMasonGarrison 01:10, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose rename: The rename is inappropriate for most of the mass killings on Wikipedia, "murder" is a specific crime, it does not include all killings. A very large proportion of mass killings on Wikipedia occurred in active war zones, most definitions of murder exclude warfare. Even if the victims are civilians, very few war crimes are classified as "murder", these crimes have other names. Murder is also usually a crime at the national or state level, so given the only current subcategories are "by regime" the killers are the same people who wrote the laws around murder, and would determine that their own actions are legal. Late Night Coffee (ping me) 04:37, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- @LateNightCoffee: We don't have a main category for mass killings. Perhaps this should be renamed Category:Mass killings to broaden it, considering there are currently only two subcategories? Mclay1 (talk) 13:05, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1 we should probably bring this to full.SMasonGarrison 13:54, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- @LateNightCoffee: We don't have a main category for mass killings. Perhaps this should be renamed Category:Mass killings to broaden it, considering there are currently only two subcategories? Mclay1 (talk) 13:05, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Smasongarrison: It should be Category:Mass murders by ideology per the other subcategories of Category:Mass murder. Mclay1 (talk) 01:07, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Provinces of the Islamic State militant movement to Category:Territory of the Islamic State – C2D. SMasonGarrison 19:30, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Smasongarrison: I don't think that's an accurate main article. The category appears to be for factions that are mostly named "Islamic State – X Province". Category:Provinces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant per C2C would be better. Mclay1 (talk) 00:23, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
- Fair point. I'll move it to full SMasonGarrison 21:18, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Smasongarrison: I don't think that's an accurate main article. The category appears to be for factions that are mostly named "Islamic State – X Province". Category:Provinces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant per C2C would be better. Mclay1 (talk) 00:23, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
- Category:ISIL attacks on police to Category:ISIL attacks on law enforcement offices – C2C: parent is Attacks on law enforcement offices SMasonGarrison 15:55, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: These aren't attacks on offices; they're attacks on people in the police. Mclay1 (talk) 02:59, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
- Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:38, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: These aren't attacks on offices; they're attacks on people in the police. Mclay1 (talk) 02:59, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
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