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Category:Afghan deaf people

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 03:36, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only 1 entry. LibStar (talk) 23:56, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 02:06, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge with no objection to recreation when we have several articles that can fit in any of these categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:18, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • merge per above --Lenticel (talk) 00:23, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Ice hockey players in Europe by nationality

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The result of the discussion was: merge to listed targets and equivalent continent categories as described by Marcocapelle. (non-admin closure) –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 03:37, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: I don't think that this is helpful to diffuse Ice hockey players nationality and continent SMasonGarrison 23:35, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Indonesian ice hockey players by position

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 03:39, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Redundant category layer. upmerge for now SMasonGarrison 23:07, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Fell runners by nationality

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 21:52, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Redundant category layer, upmerge for now SMasonGarrison 21:39, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Shogi players from Tottori Prefecture

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 21:53, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: underpopulated category, upmerge for now SMasonGarrison 21:34, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge, this is not helpful for navigation. Quite a few sibling categories may be nominated too. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:03, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • merge per nom --Lenticel (talk) 00:24, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Judoka by nationality and populated place

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 21:53, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Redundant category layer, upmerge for now SMasonGarrison 20:56, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Bilateral relations of the Comoros

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Staraction (talk · contribs) (please ping on reply) 21:18, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only contents are expatriate and descent categories, plus a few ambassador categories that are also themselves at CfD. Not included are ones that will be empty if the ambassador categories are deleted. Most of the expatriate and descent subcategories are themselves deletable, but I'll let you handle them separately. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:59, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:06, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete Thanks to nom for bringing this here. There are literally thousands of these redundant and useless categories and they serve no navigational purpose. AusLondonder (talk) 06:29, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete expatriate and descent categories should not go under relations at all.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:19, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • delete per above --Lenticel (talk) 00:24, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Ambassadors to the Comoros

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The result of the discussion was: merge & delete per nom. (non-admin closure) Staraction (talk · contribs) 02:54, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: All very small except the United States one, and most are non-resident ambassadors. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:58, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete the categories with non-resident ambassadors: merge the underpopulated categories with resident ambassadors. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:14, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge and Delete as nominated. Because so many people have served as ambassadors of one country to multiple other countries, sometimes up to 18 other countries, it is in general better to organize these nominations by country sending not country receiving. However any action that reduces the clutter of too narrow categories that hinder navigation is good.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:22, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Comoros–Madagascar relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:09, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only contents are two descent categories and a disputed territory (Banc du Geyser), the latter of which is already in the appropriate territorial disputes categories. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:44, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep. Territorial disputes are relevant to international relations, and descent/diaspora/expatriate categories are relevant to a link between the two nations. Place Clichy (talk) 19:59, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete Categories containing only a single article are useless for navigation. The descent and expat categories don't need this redundant parent. AusLondonder (talk) 06:30, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete One article is not enough for categories. Descent and expatriate categories should not be in the relations category.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:22, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • delete per above --Lenticel (talk) 00:44, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Genocide of indigenous peoples in Europe

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The result of the discussion was: Merge * Pppery * in solidarity 04:17, 27 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: It is very challengeable that the peoples targeted in the articles would be called indigenous peoples. See e.g. The Holocaust in Ukraine, Soviet repressions of Polish citizens (1939–1946), 1921–1922 famine in Tatarstan, Generalplan Ost, Greek Operation, Armenian genocide etc.: if Jews, Poles, Slavs, Tatars (who are the product of the Mongol invasion), Greeks in the Soviet Union are considered indigenous peoples, then every people in Europe is indigenous. The notion of indigenous peoples is not just an ethnic minority or a distinct language, it also involves a distinct culture based on a link to specific territory and its nature, which in fact in Europe probably only applies to the Sámi. Place Clichy (talk) 19:39, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
Comment: In the case of The Holocaust in Ukraine, I was referring to the genocide of Crimean Karaites and particularly Krymchaks, both of which are recognized as Indigenous by the Ukrainian government, but I recognize that one might be a bit tenuous and can be removed. As for 1921–1922 famine in Tatarstan, Volga Tatars are generally considered Indigenous, and they live within European Russia, along with various other groups considered such. We're not in a place to be deciding what "a link to a specific territory and it's nature" means, especially as it's one of the more vague parts of common definitions of indigeneity. I don't think appealing to the definition rather than to reliable sources that use it is very compelling for this project. As for the Greek Operation, that one can be removed as Pontic Greeks are not Indigenous to any part of what was the Soviet Union. As for Armenian genocide and Generalplan Ost, I was categorizing based on the wording used to describe Armenians in that article ("an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands") and in the Generalplan Ost article ("Nazi Germany's plan for the settlement and "Germanization" of captured territory in Eastern Europe, involving the genocide, extermination and large-scale ethnic cleansing of Slavs, Eastern European Jews, and other indigenous peoples of Eastern Europe categorized as "Untermenschen" in Nazi ideology."). If you have objections to the wording of those articles based on either the sources used in those articles for that wording, or other RS which argue that these groups, relative to Ottoman Turks and Germans respectively, do not meet the definition of an Indigenous people, I would advise taking those objections there first. Arctic Circle System (talk) 23:47, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge, most of these peoples are not commonly called indigenous peoples. Exceptions are certain indigenous peoples in Russia such as Chechens and Tatars, those articles may be manually moved to Category:Genocide of indigenous peoples. Or we might create Category:Genocide of indigenous peoples in Russia. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:29, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
    I'm not certain about merging, though I would support the creation of such a category whether this proposal goes through or not, if it is broadly construed to include non-Russian parts of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union while under the control of those governments. Otherwise it'll just be a mess imo. Arctic Circle System (talk) 23:57, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
    Yes, a more specific, or broader, location could be better. Naming the region is difficult. I think "Russia" would be inappropriate because on Wikipedia that tends to mean the Russian Federation, which has only existed since 1991. Eurasia could be more suitable, the only examples there are on the borders of Europe. Category:Genocide of indigenous peoples in Eurasia could contain those two and Category:Genocide of indigenous peoples in Asia as a subcategory. Late Night Coffee (ping me) 03:08, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge This is not how these people are normally referred to.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:23, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
    See my previous comment on the proposal. If you have objections to how those articles are worded, then it should be taken there before moving outward. Arctic Circle System (talk) 20:13, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Comoros–Ethiopia relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:09, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only article is Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, a flight departing from Ethiopia that crashed in Comoros en route to Kenya. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:38, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep. An Ethiopian plane crashing in Comoros is relevant to international relations. Place Clichy (talk) 19:40, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, the article does not mention anything about how this impacted bilateral relations. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:48, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete A-1 article categories are not useful. B-no, a plane that is not en route to a country crashing there has no relation to bilateral relations. C-We should not categorize things when the articles have nothing to say on the matter.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:25, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. LibStar (talk) 06:53, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
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Ambassadors of Comoros II

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:09, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: All of these contain only one or two articles. Not included are the non-resident ones nominated below (for Canada, Cuba, and the United States). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:35, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:51, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge narrow categories as we have here hinder navigation.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:26, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Ambassadors of the Comoros

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:09, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Propose deleting Category:Ambassadors of the Comoros to Canada
  • Propose deleting Category:Ambassadors of the Comoros to Cuba
  • Propose deleting Category:Ambassadors of the Comoros to the United States
Nominator's rationale: Only contents are two ambassadors who are both non-resident and a list in the US category. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:22, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, we should not categorize non-resident ambassadorship. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:55, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete non-resident ambassadorships are not defining.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:26, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete we don't create categories for non resident ambassadors. LibStar (talk) 07:07, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Qatar–United Arab Emirates border

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 20:16, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only contents are Saudi Arabia–United Arab Emirates border; post-1974, there is no land border between these countries. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:05, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge or delete, the article only mentions Qatar in passing. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:01, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete the only article here does not mention Qatar enough for this to be defining to the article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:27, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Qatar–Senegal relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:10, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Propose deleting Category:Qatar–Senegal relations
  • Propose deleting Category:Senegalese expatriates in Qatar
Nominator's rationale: Only contents are a sportspeople and a descent category. One of 16 bilateral relations categories removed from Category:Qatar diplomatic crisis. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:03, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:03, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete these are both functionally empty categories that we do not need. Container categories are only useful if they link multiple other sub-categories. We really need to keep in mind that the purpose of categories is to allow people to navigate between articles. Categories that do not in some way help this are not needed.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:29, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Mauritania–Turkey relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 01:10, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only contents are the main article and an expatriate sportspeople category. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:01, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge/delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:04, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge/delete per nom. Categories need to actually function to link things. We need to stop creating essentially empty categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:31, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Mauritania–Qatar relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:13, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Propose deleting Category:Mauritania–Qatar relations
  • Propose deleting Category:Mauritanian expatriates in Qatar
  • Propose deleting Category:Mauritanian emigrants to Qatar
Nominator's rationale: Only contents are a descent category and an expatriate sportspeople category. The emigrants one contains only Abderrahman Samba, who is a Saudi-born sportsperson. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:54, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:06, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete the first two as not needed and the 3rd as only containing someone who does not belong.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:31, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Maldives–Turkey relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:13, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: After removing Qatar diplomatic crisis, it contains only the main article and a resident ambassador. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:49, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. We need to stop having categories just to have categories. They need to actually aid in navigation.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:33, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Jordanian expatriates in Qatar

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:14, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Contains only a sportspeople subcategory. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:46, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Bilateral relations of Gabon

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 01:15, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only contents are a sportspeople category and the main article Gabon–Turkey relations. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:45, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge/delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:11, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge/delete as nominated. I would like to thank LaundryPizza03 for having put in all the work to create these much needed nominations.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:34, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Gabon–Iran relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 01:15, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Propose deleting Category:Gabon–Iran relations
  • Propose merging Category:Ambassadors of Iran to Gabon to Category:Ambassadors of Iran and Category:Ambassadors to Gabon
  • Propose deleting Category:Iranian expatriates in Gabon
  • Propose deleting Category:Gabonese expatriates in Iran
  • Propose deleting Category:Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Iran
Nominator's rationale: Contains only an ambassadors category and two expatriates subcategories. The ambassadors contain only one article, Iran→Gabon contains only that category, and Gabon→Iran contains only a sportspeople category with two entries. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:40, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge/delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:12, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge/delete as nominated. We really need to stop creating so many layers of empty categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:35, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Iran–Qatar border

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:15, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Countries share only a maritime border; the only article is a gas field shared between the two countries. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:35, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:13, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge since 1 article categories are not useful to navigation. The fact that the border is maritime is not really relevant. If we had a large number of articles, say 6 or more, that fit here, we could have the category if the border was martime. However that would also need to be if Iran-Qatar relations was large enough to diffuse, and it has only 8 direct articles so it is not.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:36, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge Not useful for navigation. AusLondonder (talk) 13:41, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Iran–Senegal relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 01:16, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: After removing Qatar diplomatic crisis from 45 bilateral relations categories, it contains only the main article and an expatriates category. The expatriates category also contains only a subcategory for sportspeople. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:34, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge/delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:14, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge/delete I am starting to think we need a rule to limit the number of categories an article can be in. The mentioned article was still in 28 categories after the 45 were removed.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:41, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:17, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Propose deleting Category:Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Iran
  • Propose deleting Category:Mauritanian expatriates in Iran
  • Propose deleting Category:Iran–Mauritania relations
  • Propose deleting Category:Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
  • Propose deleting Category:Mauritanian expatriates in Monaco
Nominator's rationale: The Iran ones contain only Aboubakar Kamara, who has played for at least 8 countries. The Monaco one also contains Abdoulkader Thiam, who has played for 3 countries. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:31, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Shouldn't the sports categories be merged instead of deleted? Certainly delete the three other categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:17, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete all we need to stop creating multiple categories to hold 1 article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:43, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Djibouti–Turkey relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:18, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: One of the categories from which Qatar diplomatic crisis was removed. Contains only the main article and Category:Ottoman period in Djibouti, which pertains to the Ottoman Empire, not Turkey. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:23, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:19, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete as the category has only 1 article that actually belongs and that makes it too narrow to be helpful to navigation.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:44, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Ambassadors of Qatar to Djibouti

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:18, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Propose deleting Category:Ambassadors of Qatar to Djibouti
  • Propose deleting Category:Djibouti–Qatar relations
Nominator's rationale: Contains only Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al Attiyah, who is non-resident. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:22, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Comorian expatriates in Tanzania

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 01:22, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Contains only Djaffar Ahmed Said and a sportspeople category nominated below. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:19, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Comorian expatriate sportspeople

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:22, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Propose deleting Category:Comorian expatriate sportspeople in Andorra
  • Propose deleting Category:Comorian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
  • Propose deleting Category:Comorian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
  • Propose deleting Category:Comorian expatriate sportspeople in Tanzania
  • Propose deleting Category:Comorian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
  • Propose deleting Category:Comorian expatriates in Andorra
  • Propose deleting Category:Comorian expatriates in Norway
  • Propose deleting Category:Comorian expatriates in Turkey
  • Propose deleting Category:Comoros–Norway relations
  • Propose deleting Category:Comoros–Turkey relations
Nominator's rationale: Collectively contain only Abdallah Imamo and Ali Ahamada, who are French-born and have both played for teams in many countries.

With regards to other categories: Category:Comoros–Turkey relations is one of the bilateral relations categories I removed from Qatar diplomatic crisis, and Category:Comorian expatriates in Tanzania is excluded because it contains another article who isn't a sportsperson. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:17, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:24, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete it is not clear that any of the people in any of these countries fit the definition. I also think we should create a rule that mandates that we only categorize as expatriates people who spent defining amounts of time in the country. I am going to remove Jeb Bush from the expatriates category. A "year" which is less than a year of teaching school in Mexico as a 17-year-old is not enough to make it defining, and I still do not think his meeting his life during that time changes that fact.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:49, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete all per nom. LibStar (talk) 07:22, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Chad–Turkey relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 01:22, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Propose merging Category:Chad–Turkey relations
  • Propose deleting Category:Chadian expatriates in Turkey
Nominator's rationale: After removing Qatar diplomatic crisis, only the main articles and a category of expatriate sportspeople remain. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:01, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Bahrain–Turkey relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:22, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: After removing, only the main article and an ambassadors subcategory with 2 articles and a list remain. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:59, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Crimes in Iraq by year

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:23, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: WP:OCYEAR cleanup. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:35, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in the 1950s

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 01:23, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Contains only a single article (1950–1951 Baghdad bombings), which is already in Category:Terrorist incidents in Asia in 1950 and Category:Terrorist incidents in Asia in 1951. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:30, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Crimes in Iran by year

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The result of the discussion was: Triple merge also to "YYYY in Iran" * Pppery * in solidarity 18:45, 27 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: WP:OCYEAR, most categories have only a few crimes per year. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:08, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge too narrow categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:19, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Oppose/Keep These categories are more precise and are consistent with other categories for "crimes in X country". Guz13 (talk) 22:16, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:43, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Comment What's the rationale for merging them into annual categories for Asia as opposed to a bulk category or bulk categories for Iran? Mme Maigret (talk) 10:03, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
    I suppose categories like Category:1903 in Iran would be acceptable merge targets as well. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 21:19, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
    • Fair point, it should be a triple merge. By the way many articles are already directly in a year in Iran category. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:42, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge these categories are too narrow to be useful to navigation.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:56, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Oppose this is way too many different categories for one request, it seems to also dissolve a few completely in a few steps, without giving full reasons in rationale. Late Night Coffee (ping me) 15:25, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Scott Boras clients

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 21:53, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:NONDEF. The sports agent who represents a player is trivial and unrelated to their notability. User:Namiba 16:53, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep. As the creator of this category, I went through deletion review to have this category reinstated and it was approved without contention. I understand that such categories do not typically exist, but in the sphere of baseball labor relations, Boras is exceptional enough that his clients are seen as their own category, such as in piece from the Athletic that repeatedly refers to "Boras clients". William on Tires (talk) 17:05, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete as NONDEF. They are notable for their careers, not their representation. Also, players hire and fire Boras at will. Do they stay there after they fire him? – Muboshgu (talk) 18:38, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
    When understanding the contracts of the players in question, knowing that they are represented by Boras is a very important distinction. There is hardly a requirement, though, for categories to somehow be essential to the subject. Virtually all of the pages in this category are also in categories for minor league teams that the player only had very brief stints with.
    This category includes players who have been represented by Boras at any point. Having it only as current clients would not make sense. Barry Bonds, for instance, signed a notable deal with Boras but later fired him. In any event, no category on Wikipedia (besides the category for living people) is concerned with whether or not something is current, so I don't see what's wrong with this one. William on Tires (talk) 21:25, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:NONDEF. Rotary Engine talk 20:14, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per those above for failing WP:NONDEF which requires categories to be an essential aspect of the subject. Also note that the creator seems to fundamentally misunderstand how deletion review works. All that discussion did was prevent G4 speedy deletion, but by no means did it advocate to preserve this category on its merits. At DRV, they don't debate the merits of a page existing, only the procedural matters. Left guide (talk) 07:46, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete we do not categorize sportspeople by who their agent is. Recreation of categories really should be done by bringing them to CfD. Categorizing people by their agent is a totally bad idea. This is not a defining category.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:57, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Refugees by topic

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 21:53, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:00, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Postal characters redirects to lists

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Category:Doctor Who serials novelised by Brian Hayles

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Category:12th-century massacres of Christians

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The result of the discussion was: manual upmerge as described in Mclay1's comment. Clear consensus that these categories should not exist; as a WP:BARTENDER, I am choosing the option that preserves the "of Christians" if that is applicable. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 19:34, 14 July 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Do we really need to diffuse by century and religion of the victim? Many of these seem to just be maassacress where the victims happened to be Christians SMasonGarrison 00:56, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Most articles are about religiously-motivated wars or religious persecution, but sometimes the perpetrators are just of a different Christian denomination, so then the title of the categories becomes quite awkward. Bottom line merging is probably for the better. Marcocapelle (talk) 03:58, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
    Agreed. Thanks for doing a deeper dive. You know a ton more about religious nuances than I do. SMasonGarrison 22:54, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
    If most are correctly classified as religious massacres then they should be merged with that, the category I was D'ing, and only removed on a case by case basis. Late Night Coffee (talk) 04:01, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Oppose The categories were over populated. If you think they don't need to be fully D'ed then it needs to be M'ed with Category:Massacres of Christians instead. Late Night Coffee (talk) 03:37, 4 April 2026 (UTC) as well as the centuries. Late Night Coffee (ping me) 15:32, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
* Revised:
and definitely Keep Category:13th-century massacres of Christians because it contains 7 pages, and that is more than enough for a category:
  1. Albigensian Crusade
  2. Kisrawan campaigns (1292–1305)
  3. Massacre at Béziers
  4. Siege of Carcassonne
  5. Siege of Jerusalem (1244)
  6. Siege of Lavaur
  7. Siege of Safed (1266)
Manually merge the others with Category:Massacres of Christians in the 2nd millennium, IF they contain fewer than 3 pages after removing anything that doesn't belong in Category:Massacres of Christians.
Late Night Coffee (talk) 13:40, 4 April 2026 (UTC) Late Night Coffee (ping me) 15:32, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Outcome may depend on the desirable scope of the categories.
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  • I have added an 8th article to Category:13th-century massacres of Christians but size of the category is not really the issue anyway, imho. The problem is that the Albigensian Crusade concerned a conflict between two groups of Christians. It is odd to call it a massacre of Christians when the perpetrators are also Christians. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:19, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
    It's still a religious conflict. They were killed for being the wrong type of Christians. If there are enough of the victim group it would be a subcategory for that group within Christians. You could make a sub-category if there are enough? But if that's small, that would get merged back to Christians so "of Christians" is where it belongs. Late Night Coffee (ping me) 14:52, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Dual upmerge per nom and also to Category:Massacres of Christians, then purge anything that doesn't belong per the above discussion. LateNightCoffee has been permanently banned for disruptive category editing, so perhaps their comments should be disregarded. Mclay1 (talk) 12:01, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Muslim homileticists

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 15:19, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only two pages, and the target has no directly included articles. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 02:52, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Just delete, the articles are not about homileticists. Marcocapelle (talk) 03:34, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
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Comment WikiProject Religion has been notified of this discussion and the one immediately below. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:28, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Jewish homileticists

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 15:19, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: redundant category layer. upmerge for now SMasonGarrison 01:58, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
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French military engineers

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. Discussion has slowed after two relists, and consensus seems unlikely to develop for a merge. (non-admin closure) Staraction (talk · contribs) 16:16, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: I don't think we need to diffuse military engineers by century AND nationality. SMasonGarrison 01:51, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge. Although all French engineers were in fact military engineers until the 1830s and the creation of a civilian engineering school, there is no such structure for other countries. Place Clichy (talk) 14:42, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge This is too many things intersected into one category.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:08, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep as could be useful for overviewing history developments of numbers, qualities and stats. -- Just N. (talk) 01:06, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
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  • Wikipedia categories are not a very reliable source for developments and stats anyway, so that is not a good reason to keep. Yet I am surprised that there are so many articles about French military engineers in particular. @Place Clichy: by any chance do you know why that is? Marcocapelle (talk) 04:49, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
    That's unrelated to category discussions, but I believe it goes back to the 17th and 18th century. Articles Military engineering or wikt:engineer will confirm that the very notion of engineering was military in the first place before being used in the civilian world, even in the English language. However, at the time France became a highly centralized state, figures like Vauban made it into both an organized arm of the army and an organized science. Engineering schools such as École royale du génie de Mézières and École polytechnique were military schools, and the latter still is. This would compare with other powers of the time, e.g. Italy was probably the previous reference esp. about fortifications, but probably relied more on a myriad of individual talents. I was surprised when visiting the Vasa that such an ambitious and expansive ship was built without any such thing as a blueprint. Gribeauval for artillery and Jomini for logistics are representatives of this tradition and era. However I have nothing to do with these categories, which were mostly created and populated by User:VivatLondinium. @Marcocapelle: does this answer your question? Place Clichy (talk) 11:14, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
    • For sure it does, thank you very much! Marcocapelle (talk) 12:23, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep, a period/country/occupation intersection is quite standard, I don't get why people would want to get rid of this because "This is too many things intersected into one category". For example, we have 20 subcats in Category:16th-century French people by occupation. 4 of the 6 suggested categories already have 10 or more entries, so it's not as if these are small categories either (and they don't seem to be fully populated yet, articles like Reinaldo Oudinot, Charles Renard, André Sicre, Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy or Louis de Cormontaigne could go in this tree as well). Fram (talk) 08:34, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep: The intersection is not narrow simply because it's an intersection of multiple things. These categories are populated enough. I don't understand what we'd gain by upmerging them. Mclay1 (talk) 01:30, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Place Clichy and Mclay1 give the strongest arguments, but they are diametrically opposed to each other.
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  • Comment There are no other countries where we have split military engineers by century. An issue that comes up is that people will often be military engineers for decades. Splitting the profession by century does not seem to be very useful. I think in general if will aid navigation to just group all military engineers by nationality, I do not think we need to further divide by century.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:07, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
    " An issue that comes up is that people will often be military engineers for decades. Splitting the profession by century does not seem to be very useful." ? This applies to most of these "people by century" categories, people are novelists, politicians, artists, musicians, ... for decades. Why is this a problem for military engineers? That we don't do this for other countries is probably because there are less military engineers with articles for those countries, and/or no one has gotten around to split them yet. Fram (talk) 08:35, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Rugby football stadiums

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Stadiums. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 19:26, 14 July 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: merge, Category:Rugby football is for articles about rugby football prior to the 1895 schism that split the sport into the modern games of rugby league and rugby union, but the content of this stadiums category is post-schism. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:35, 11 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:States and territories in Europe disestablished in 1945

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. Those in favour of a merge argued along the lines of WP:NARROWCAT and that the categories presented a trivial intersection, while those against argued that the location of states or territories were indeed defining features and that some of these categories were well-populated (refuting the WP:NARROWCAT argument for some cases). A potential rename was also mentioned, but the proposal did not gain traction. Policy- and guideline-based arguments were strong on both sides, and so thus I see no consensus to merge. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 20:24, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: WP:NARROWCAT, trivial intersection. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 03:25, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
Oppose I don't think these are trivial intersections. The location of a state or territory in an essential feature of it.
Additionally, some of these categories such as Category:States and territories in Europe disestablished in 1945, Category:States and territories in Europe disestablished in 1945, and Category:States and territories in Europe established in 1946 have quite a few members. Benboy250 (talk) 04:07, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
Comment: Whether or not proposed mergers go through, grouping top-level polities (countries) with all of their lower-level subdivisions and constituent units renders these categories useless in my opinion. – Vipz (talk) 09:56, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • It isn't always as clear whether it is top or lower level. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:42, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
Oppose and I don't see how something like Category:States and territories in Europe established in 1946, with 20 members, can be said to be a NARROWCAT issue. Fram (talk) 08:38, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Comment I do not like the current category name. I am not really convinced "states" and "territories" really covers what is going on, especially since we have a bunch of categories named Category:American x by state or territory. These categories actually group 3 different things 1-fully indepdent states 2-semi-autonomous territories, colonies, etc., that are often counted with states. 3-sub-national states, provinces, etc. that are normally not included in the other list. As Marcocapelle said it is often hard to parse which of these something is. What we need is a word that conveys what these are. Essentuially we have populated places and then these. I am not sure what term would be good, but I think the current term is not.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:13, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Support, because this Europe series is only a short run of 6 years' subcats of the "states and territories" hierarchy. However, manual merge will be needed into the Europe parent categories, because some of the member pages are probably already also within sub-cats by country. – Fayenatic London 21:38, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Radio stations of the University of Southern California

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Category:Nostalgia television shows

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Category:Environmental organisations based in Madagascar

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 02:52, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only 1 entry. LibStar (talk) 01:21, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
@LibStar The third category is a redirect, the category is at Category:Organisations based in Madagascar. AusLondonder (talk) 02:52, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
I will amend thanks. LibStar (talk) 03:29, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:50, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Egypt–Honduras relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:24, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Category containing only a single article, Jisoo Han. Not useful for navigation. AusLondonder (talk) 00:52, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:12, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Οἶδα (talk)
  • Keep. The article is about a criminal extradited by Egypt to Honduras for a crime committed there, which is relevant to international relations. Understandably, the relation shared by these two countries is a rather thin one as they are distant and somewhat small, which may explain why there is only one article at this time. But it is defining for that affair. Place Clichy (talk) 20:08, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. LibStar (talk) 02:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete One article does not make a category. No merge is needed, he is already in other foreign relations categories for both Egypt and Honduras. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 21:17, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Serious consideration should also be given to deleting the only article in the category, a biography of a person acquitted of a crime, which aligns poorly with WP:BLP1E. Rotary Engine talk 03:51, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
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