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Category:Río de la Plata

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: keep with a purge. (non-admin closure) ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 12:54, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: This seems to be a grab bag of anything and anyone associated with this estuary. A cursory search finds no other comparable category for any other estuary. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:19, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • That sounds as a very reasonable solution. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:46, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Withdraw nomination now that it's less overgrown and there are subcategories, though I don't believe cities and towns should be included (as in the case of Category:Firth of Forth [I did remove one village from there]). Clarityfiend (talk) 00:49, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Bulgarian general practitioners

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 12:57, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only 1 entry. LibStar (talk) 22:05, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Merge for now, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:48, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Merge for now per nom --Lenticel (talk) 10:58, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. -- Just N. (talk) 17:59, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Muslim communities of the Caucasus

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 November 12#Category:Muslim communities of the Caucasus

Category:Fictional bison

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. bibliomaniac15 21:01, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: After edits, only 1 page and 1 category were left. Upmerge to both parent categories. WinstonDewey (talk) 16:59, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Bison on coins

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 12:58, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: All entries are for American bison, rename for precision. WinstonDewey (talk) 16:55, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Bison hunting

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 November 12#Category:Bison hunting


Category:Abdominal wall defects

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:15, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: One of many underpopulated categories created by DinosaursLoveExistence. I can't see how to populate it in a worthwhile way. – Fayenatic London 15:17, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Merge somewhere, per nom. I do not know enough of the topic to determine whether or not the proposed merge target is correct. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:17, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. -- Just N. (talk) 18:07, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Taxa named by Wu Hsien-Wen

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:15, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Per main article (Hsien-wen Wu). ときさき くるみ not because they are easy, but because they are hard 02:45, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
Being Chinese, shouldn't her family name come first?
Phil Fish (talk) 02:54, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
  • @Phil Fish: if you think the article name is wrong you should start an RM. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:15, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
@Phil Fish: That depends, see also eastern name order. ときさき くるみ not because they are easy, but because they are hard 22:30, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:55, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Rename per nom. (If the article is renamed by RM process, the category can be speedily moved back.) Marcocapelle (talk) 20:25, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Rename per nom. -- Just N. (talk) 18:08, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Rename to match article. Could have been speedied per C2D. Mclay1 (talk) 03:28, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Fictional political parties

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The result of the discussion was: merge. to Category:Fiction about politics as well. (non-admin closure) ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:15, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: WP:NARROWCAT, most are redirects. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 06:26, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Merge to Category:Fiction about politics as well?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:58, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:55, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Dual merge per Marcocapelle. Mclay1 (talk) 03:25, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Fathers of Medicare

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:16, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Category for a non-defining characteristic. These people did not work together collectively to develop Canada's health insurance system, but rather each acted on their own in some capacity in different political bodies at different times, so they don't constitute a defined or organized group that get covered or analyzed in aggregate -- "father of medicare" is just a term that some of them have been labelled with, not an encyclopedically notable concept. Even the "head" article is based entirely on sources that individually ascribe the people with that term rather than sources which cover them all together as a group, so it doesn't demonstrate that there's a categorizable concept here either. Bearcat (talk) 20:10, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:52, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Delete per nominator. The article Father of medicare isn't particularly convincing - each entry has only 1 source to justify them being a "father of medicare". The source for the 4th person, Emmett Hall, is a dead link - it's redirecting to some dodgy-looking poker website. IMO, not enough to justify a category for this. – numbermaniac 12:41, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:May 2023 crimes in Oceania

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:16, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: There is only 1 page in the category. I don't think a merge is needed, because the article already exists in another category in the tree, Category:2023 crimes in New Zealand. – numbermaniac 13:20, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Massacres in Albania by communist regime

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:16, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Single article category. The phrasing "by communist regime" makes it sound like a container category, but I assume it's just incorrect grammar. Mclay1 (talk) 11:47, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:The Completionist

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:16, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: WP:OCEPON --woodensuperman 11:25, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
Delete per nom. WinstonDewey (talk) 15:56, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Xn

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:16, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: "Xn" is a meaningless name as it is not clear what the "X"s are for. Additionally, not all entries are in that naming style, see Category:Test for category redirects. Open to alternative names. Gonnym (talk) 09:49, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Support to clarify that it's a container for the test categories and not a test category itself (I think). The name isn't meaningless though – the n is a mathematical placeholder for a number because the subcategories are named X1, X2, etc. But the name isn't clear. Mclay1 (talk) 11:55, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Rename per nom. -- Just N. (talk) 18:11, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Peoples of the Caucasus

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 November 12#Category:Peoples of the Caucasus

Category:Argentine mammalogists

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 06:47, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only 1 entry. LibStar (talk) 06:07, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
Support Argetine nom, did find another Swiss mammalogists, which I've added (so 2, open to still merging, but there are other cats that I would add on in that case). WinstonDewey (talk) 16:28, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Merge both, having only 1 or 2 articles in a category is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:21, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Merge per above --Lenticel (talk) 01:12, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. -- Just N. (talk) 18:12, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:15th century in Bavaria

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 06:47, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: merge for now, single-article category, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:04, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. -- Just N. (talk) 18:12, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Albanian soldiers

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The result of the discussion was: withdrawn. (non-admin closure) ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 06:47, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: What's the difference between soldiers and military personnel? Clarityfiend (talk) 23:19, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, GothicGolem29 (Talk) 05:05, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • @Clarityfiend: what do you think, would you be willing to nominate the entire soldiers tree? Marcocapelle (talk) 21:22, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Withdraw nomination. Military personnel applies—as far as I can tell—to formal members of the armed forces of a state, whereas soldiers can be mercenaries, rebels, guerrillas (most, but not all, as Russian guerrillas in World War II were part of the Red Army?), etc. This not-too-obvious distinction hasn't really been recognized: Category:Soldiers is currently a subcategory of Category:Military personnel, whereas it should be the other way round. Reorganization needs to be done, so I must ponder how to go about it. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:28, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. -- Just N. (talk) 18:12, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Swiss ichthyologists

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 06:46, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only 1 entry. LibStar (talk) 05:04, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Merge, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:05, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
    Oppose per WP:NARROWCAT, part of an existing hierarchy Katzrockso (talk) 06:08, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
    • It is a very incomplete hierarchy anyway, with only 30 nationality subcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:24, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Merge for Now The category doesn't currently aid navigation, but no objection to future recreation if multiple articles are ever published. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:17, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. -- Just N. (talk) 18:13, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Palestinian Holocaust deniers

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 November 11#Category:Palestinian Holocaust deniers

Category:Ships involved in Operation Crossroads

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 06:46, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: WP:CATNAME
This category is fine but the name could be a little clearer. In 1946, the US Government intentionally sunk surplus WWII ships with atomic bombs but Operation Crossroads also involved a large number of support ships for coordination which were not sunk. The rename just clarifies that this is a subcategory of Category:Shipwrecks by type. - RevelationDirect (talk) 01:30, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
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Category:Rivers with fish ladders

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