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Category:Documentary films about LGBTQ topics in Canada

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:48, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Category without much obvious distinction from another category that we already have. Every Canadian LGBTQ-related documentary film is inherently "about LGBTQ topics", and wouldn't be "LGBTQ-related" at all if it wasn't (yet only a small, very incomplete selection of them have actually been filed here) — and there's absolutely no noteworthy phenomenon of non-Canadian film studios making non-Canadian documentaries about LGBTQ topics in Canada at all, so there are precisely no films to file here that aren't already in the other category anyway. (And while there are a few Canadian films about LGBTQ topics outside of Canada, such as The Amina Profile, there aren't enough of those to need two categories here if the overwhelming majority of films in either category are Canadian films about Canadian topics.) So essentially this just duplicates the existing category rather than representing a meaningful distinction. Bearcat (talk) 21:11, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Alt-right terrorism

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:48, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Outside of the Charlottesville article nothing in this category is described in the articles as "alt-right". I removed 2 that also didn't describe the incidents as alt-right or even mention alt-right before I realized that nothing else in here did. "alt-right" is an amorphous term that can refer to any variety of white supremacy and so unless explicitly described as such in the article we should not be using it while we also have categories for the more specific terms; and due to the amorphous nature it is a poor term to categorize by. White nationalism terrorism is actually more specific so if anything this should be the parent category of that and not the other way around. We have a bunch of other categories for kinds of far-right terrorism already, which these articles are in. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:09, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete since the articles do not actually support this categorization.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:41, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete Hard to find sources to support such a category. Azuredivay (talk) 18:30, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Danish Luciferians

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Luciferians. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 17:50, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only one member. PARAKANYAA (talk) 20:48, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:English Luciferians

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The result of the discussion was: dual merge (also to Category:Luciferians). (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 17:51, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only 2 of the people in this category are actually described as Luciferians in their articles, the others are described as Satanists. Too small to subcategorize. PARAKANYAA (talk) 20:48, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • By all means move Satanists articles to the right category. It is not entirely clear whether Luciferianism is a variant of Satanism. I'd rather merge it together with the American and Danish sibling to Category:Luciferians.
    • Per below, dual merge to that and what I suggested? PARAKANYAA (talk) 00:36, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:American Luciferians

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The result of the discussion was: dual merge (also to Category:Luciferians). (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 17:52, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Too few people to be worth having this subcategory. PARAKANYAA (talk) 20:46, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:American Theistic Satanists

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:52, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Too few of the people in this category can actually be described as theistic Satanists for this to be worth having. I think only Sutter really counts, the rests are not actually or not described as such. PARAKANYAA (talk) 20:46, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:American Fascist propagandists

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:52, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Propose renaming Category:American Fascist propagandists to Category:American fascist propagandists
Nominator's rationale: Fascist is not a proper noun, so it should be lowercase. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 20:26, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Delete. Propagandist is a subjective term except when used for propagandist as a profession, for a government. See the neo-Nazi propagandists CFD, which was deleted - all fascists nowadays would be considered propagandists by that definition. The only person who counts under the government propaganda definition, which these categories use, would be Pound, which is not enough. PARAKANYAA (talk) 20:50, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per parakanyaa's explanation of why this is not a usable catefory.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:43, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per Parakanyaa. Marcocapelle (talk) 01:30, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
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Ambassadors of Nauru

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:53, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: 14 categories with 11 unique articles in the third smallest sovereign state by area. This one is fortunately small enough to discern manually which ones are resident. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:23, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. These categories are too narrow to aid navigation. Having Category trees that have more categories than articles needs to stop.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:45, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Professional wrestlers who competed in MMA

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 7#Category:Professional wrestlers who competed in MMA

Category:Books in Serbo-Croatian

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: rename to Category:Serbo-Croatian-language books. Consensus to rename. No consensus on what the name should be so renaming as nominated for consistency within Category:Books by language. Someone is welcome to start a new nomination to rename the subcategories that don't require "-language" per their respective language articles/categories. (non-admin closure) Mclay1 (talk) 14:05, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: This is the only category in the Category:Books by language category formatted this way. All others are formatted [x-language books]. I see no compelling reason for Serbo-Croatian to use a wholly different format. This format is also far less clear than the explicit "-language" varieties, which tells you what it is. PARAKANYAA (talk) 15:46, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Rename per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:52, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
  • You could just use the simple Category:Serbo-Croatian books because Serbo-Croatian language redirects in the main space accordingly. --Joy (talk) 11:22, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
  • That is a fair point. We do not need "-language" for disambiguation because Serbo-Croatian can only refer to the language. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:38, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
I think it is better for consistency to have it. PARAKANYAA (talk) 15:14, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
Well, depends on which consistency. There's the mainspace and there's already Category:Serbo-Croatian dictionaries. I'm reminded of a certain quote :) --Joy (talk) 15:32, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
All the dictionaries categories do not use -language. All the books categories do. It's more of a "set" with the other book articles. That category tree lacks the problem the book ones have that requires it. PARAKANYAA (talk) 01:12, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
Sure, but it's still unclear why it would be more important for the readers to normalize an unambiguous name here than to remain consistent with main article space (WP:C2D). --Joy (talk) 03:53, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
I believe the issue is to effectively communicate the "in" language part when "in" is no longer used and the language is now configured at the beginning of the category name. I don't believe this was a C2D situation, because if the mainspace article was ambiguous it would be titled Serbo-Croatian language, not Serbo-Croatian-language. And this category would be titled Books in the Serbo-Croatian language. With the dictionaries categories, the "-language" construction is redundant because of "dictionaries". So Category:Urdu dictionaries, but not Category:Urdu books, rather Category:Urdu-language books. A construction of "[Language] book" does not necessarily convey the writing language. It could potentially have a different meaning. Such as the difference between Category:English-language books and Category:Books about the English language. Οἶδα (talk) 06:34, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
There was no dispute in this subthead about the "in" language part.
The construction of "Serbo-Croatian book" does convey the writing language, and it doesn't potentially have a different meaning. --Joy (talk) 10:04, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

There was no dispute

I was referring to the consensus that adopted the "-language" construction throughout the category system.

The construction of "Serbo-Croatian book" does convey the writing language

Which part of the category name does it do that? It does not do that any more than a category named Category:Bob Dylan films conveys he directed them. This is what I was referring to when I said the issue was how to effectively communicate the "in" language part when "in" is no longer used and the language is now configured at the beginning of the category name. "-language" resolved that.

and it doesn't potentially have a different meaning.

The mere existence of Books about the English language, Books about the French language, Books about the Arabic language, Books about the Spanish language, Books about Latin, and Books about the Chinese language proves otherwise. Οἶδα (talk) 06:57, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
But this isn't a case of Bob Dylan films. The phrase "Serbo-Croatian books" does not mean "Books about the Serbo-Croatian language" (at least not any more than the phrase "Serbo-Croatian-language books" does). I don't understand the point of making these implausible comparisons. --Joy (talk) 08:39, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

But this isn't a case of Bob Dylan films.

The point being both Films directed by Bob Dylan and Films about Bob Dylan exist and the construction Bob Dylan films can refer to either, because “Bob Dylan” is just a noun placed before "films" to modify it, without specifying the relationship. The same applies when the language is now configured as a modifier at the beginning of a category name.

(at least not any more than the phrase "Serbo-Croatian-language books" does).

Wrong. Again, the appropriate comparison in what you are saying there would be Serbo-Croatian language books, not Serbo-Croatian-language books. The "-language" construction means "in" language, not merely "language".

I don't understand the point of making these implausible comparisons.

There is nothing implausible about it. This is a common issue in categorization and it our duty to name categories so as to precisely identify to readers what each category contains. What you are saying would be true if there were no other valid interpretations. Otherwise every such category would be reconfigured as you suggest. For Category:Serbo-Croatian books to not potentially mean Books about the Serbo-Croatian language (though it would actually be titled Books about Serbo-Croatian) that would require an alternate reality where books about languages fundamentally did not exist. But they do. And placing a language name before "books" does not actually communicate to readers if the category contains articles about books written in the language or books about the language. Οἶδα (talk) 07:11, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
The distinction between the forms with the hyphens is subtle enough that the average reader will probably miss it. We do not have a category about books about this language, so the name "Serbo-Croatian books" is just fine. Categorization needs to be useful to readers, not a navel-gazing exercise for us editors. --Joy (talk) 10:22, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
"Usefulness to readers" depends on categories reliably distinguishing different relationships within their construction. There is nothing "navel-gazing" about that.

We do not have a category about books about this language

We have categories for books about languages. Whether we have ones for books about this specific language does not change anything. We can keep going in circles if you like: You keep positing that "it doesn't potentially have a different meaning". But again, the mere existence of Books about the English language, Books about the French language, Books about the Arabic language, Books about the Spanish language, Books about Latin, and Books about the Chinese language proves otherwise. Because again, placing a language name before "books" does not actually communicate writing language, because that construction does not on its own indicate that relationship at all. Οἶδα (talk) 07:11, 12 June 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Should the name contain one hyphen or two?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:00, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
I would say two hyphens because other categories do it like that, e.g. Category:Serbo-Croatian-language surnames PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:20, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Two. The first one to match the subject here. The second to show that "[Language]-language" functions as one unit modifying "books". Without it, the words can be read as separate modifiers. Οἶδα (talk) 03:48, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
It should not contain any hyphens, because that would be unnecessarily complicating the name and deviating from main article space for no real benefit. --Joy (talk) 10:23, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
How would it not contain any hyphens? Serbo-Croatian contains a hyphen, what other name would we use? PARAKANYAA (talk) 20:20, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
Ah, sorry, I didn't think of the inherently necessary one :) --Joy (talk) 07:20, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

deviating from main article space

Again, that is not true. As I stated above, this isn't a C2D situation, because if the mainspace article was ambiguous it would be titled Serbo-Croatian language, not Serbo-Croatian-language. And this category would be titled Books in the Serbo-Croatian language. As PARAKANYAA stated in their rationale, this is the only subcategory of Books by language formatted this way. There is no reason for this single category to deviate from its adjacent categories nor from the consensus under which the "-language" construction was adopted throughout the category system. Οἶδα (talk) 04:48, 30 May 2026 (UTC)
Again, making everything about consistency within the category space is a purely stylistic choice that creates an obvious inconsistency with the main article space.
Saying There is no reason for this... is making the mistake long documented at WP:NOCOMMON. I'm sufficiently thick-skinned by now that I'm not actually offended, but this does reinforce the idea that we're not being productive here. --Joy (talk) 09:29, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

making everything about consistency

That was the very first time I mentioned the topic of consistency between adjacent categories. It is not the main point I have been making. I'm not sure why you are framing it that way. Either way, it is not a "purely stylistic choice". It is a result of repeated CfD consensuses about communicating writing language and nationality, as well as intersecting the two. And if those consensuses do not matter, well then just about every article and category name could be called a "purely stylistic choice".

that creates an obvious inconsistency with the main article space.

I have explained this several times. The main article is titled Serbo-Croatian. If it was ambiguous it would be titled Serbo-Croatian language. Not Serbo-Croatian-language. Serbo-Croatian-language books is no less inconsistent with the mainspace than Books in Serbo-Croatian is. The "-language" part is simply a grammatical construction to effectively communicate the "in" language part when "in" is no longer used and the language is now configured at the beginning of the category name. It is not implying that the article is titled Serbo-Croatian language. I'm not sure why you are convinced it is. Urdu-language newspapers does not imply Urdu is titled Urdu language. Islam-related controversies does not imply that Islam is titled Islam related or Islam-related. We are not deviating from the mainspace's article title. Οἶδα (talk) 06:02, 12 June 2026 (UTC)
Like I said, this is not a productive discussion, because none of this does anything to persuade me. Someone please end it one way or another, because it really matters more at this point that we stop. Thanks in advance to the closer who manages to reaches this point in the wall of text :) --Joy (talk) 19:38, 12 June 2026 (UTC)
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Category:East Germany–Spain relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). Staraction (talk · contribs) 02:35, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Hans Beimler Medal. No merge is needed on the Spanish side, since it is in Category:Germany–Spain military relations (though it really belongs somewhere else, since East Germany is distinct from post-unification Germany). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:50, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge to bilateral parent categories. Remove from the military relations for unified Germany cat.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:50, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:34, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Torture camps

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The result of the discussion was: procedural keep, nominator's concern has been addressed, if other editors still have concerns it is better to start a fresh discussion. (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 09:59, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: "Torture camp" appears ill-defined, and we don't have an article for it. The currently listed locations are a mix of detention centers, concentration camps, prisons and black sites. It appears that all of the currently listed pages are also tagged with more precise categories such as Category:Internment camps, Category:Black sites, Category:Prisons (etc.) and Category:Torture as appropriate; the addition of this separate category seems poorly motivated. A clear and well-motivated definition has now been provided, so I think my concerns have been addressed and the category should be kept. signed, Rosguill talk 18:44, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Delete Redundant category. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:46, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
I would disagree in that the 'Torture camp' category is more precise than most other categories you mention. I suppose all 'Black sites' will be 'Torture camps' but Prison camps and Internment camps will not all be 'Torture camps'. Dualpendel (talk) 10:53, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete due to a lack of a clear definition.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:51, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
    Please check the new definition in the Category:Torture camps page. Does it need any improvement? Dualpendel (talk) 11:23, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per nominator. Οἶδα (talk) 20:49, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
  • KEEP. I agree that the definition is missing, but the way to remedy that is to properly define the category. My mistake, I should have put a definition in the description when I created the category. I will add a definition and if there is a disagreement about the definition then this should be discussed in the Talk page for the category Dualpendel (talk) 18:04, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
    Do you have any high quality sources (i.e. peer reviewed literature) that use "torture camp" as a term of art with a clear definition? signed, Rosguill talk 18:07, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
    Peer reviewed literature that defines the term 'Torture camp' is an unnecessarily high bar. It would be better to have this conversation in the Talk page for this article but here are some high quality sources for the use of the term 'Torture camp'.
    The B’Tselem Report ("Welcome to Hell"): B’Tselem has explicitly categorized the facility not merely as a place of incarceration but as part of a "network of torture camps". The report argues that the scale and consistency of the abuse transition the facility’s definition from a legal detention center to a "torture camp" (citation: B’Tselem).  Referred to in https://www.dw.com/en/rights-group-warns-on-israeli-abuse-of-palestinian-prisoners/a-75568097
    That inferno : conversations of five women survivors of an Argentine torture camp https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/6349138
    Cambodia Detains Ex-Commander of Khmer Rouge Torture Camp. (NY Times)
    Argentine general led torture camp (Washington Post)
    Dualpendel (talk) 11:16, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
    I find the B'Tselem report and its clear definition of the term persuasive, although I'm unable to access the EBSCO host and Stanford links from my current location (I may be able to access them from a different device in a few days). If they give a similarly precise definition, I would flip my stance on this; as it is I am hovering around neutral for inability to review the likely persuasive sources. signed, Rosguill talk 15:42, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
    Ok, it doesn't look like I was able to access the links in question, they seem to be specific to your instance. Dualpendel, could you provide direct links to the materials, rather than to the EBSCOhost provider? signed, Rosguill talk 14:07, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
    I was able to find working links to the NYTimes and WaPo articles here and here. Now, I would take a passing description of something as a torture camp in a newspaper with a grain of salt, so I followed up to investigate how we and other sources cover the specific institutions described in these articles: Tuol Sleng clearly fits the definition; Campo de Mayo doesn't quite fit based on the en.wiki article, but looking at the es.wiki article, there is description of the specific torture sub-camp El Campito (es.wiki article) which does also seem to fit the description, and it would thus seem that WaPo's error is in identifying what was the actual camp, not the character of the camp. With that in mind, I would flip my position to keep. signed, Rosguill talk 15:29, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Qatar–European Union relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:54, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament, which is in other bilateral categories on both sides. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:44, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Operation Prosperity Guardian

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:54, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Cleanup of 13 bilateral relations categories on Operation Prosperity Guardian, a multinational military operation in 2023 against the Houthis. Besides this article:
  • Australia–Yemen includes only 1998 tourist kidnappings in Yemen, in which some of the hostages were Australians.
  • Greece–Yemen includes only Attacks on the Sounion, a 2024 Houthi attack on a Greek-flagged ship.
  • Singapore–Yemen and Sri Lanka–Yemen contain only descent categories.
  • New Zealand–Yemen and Seychelles–Yemen contain nothing else. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:41, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete as nominated.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:59, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Maldives–Portugal relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:54, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Maldivian–Portuguese conflicts, which is already in Category:Wars involving the Maldives and Category:Wars involving Portugal. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:32, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete we do not need this category for the one mentioned article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:52, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Maldives–Mauritius relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:55, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only article is Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute, which is already in foreign relations categories on both sides. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:31, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, only one article in the category, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:06, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Austria-Hungary–Iran relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:56, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Austro-Hungarian military mission in Persia. I have added it to relevant categories on both sides. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:30, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Prussia–Sweden relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:15, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is in Treaty of Hamburg (1762), which is already in treaty categories for both countries. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:21, 22 April 2026 (UTC)navigation.
  • Delete 1 article categories are too narrow to aid navigation.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:53, 23 April 2026 (UTC)`
  • Delete As useless for navigational purposes. AusLondonder (talk) 14:44, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Sri Lanka–Uganda relations

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 30#Category:Sri Lanka–Uganda relations

Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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The result of the discussion was: delete/merge. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 18:15, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: After removing all the bilateral relations from Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics and Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, 13 in all:
  • Armenia–Spain contains only expatriate/descent categories, a main article, and Category:Ambassadors of Spain to Russia (who have non-resident accreditation to Armenia).
  • Kyrgyzstan–Spain and Spain–Tajikistan contain only expatriate/descent categories.
  • Category:Spain–Turkmenistan relations became empty. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:17, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete and merge as nominated.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:03, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Rwanda–Saudi Arabia relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:16, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is King Faisal Hospital (Kigali), which was funded by the Saudi Fund for Development. I feel like there should be a more specific potential target for Saudi-funded projects, but I couldn't find one. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:01, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge for now. The target only has 27 articles at present. We do not need to describe everything in minutia in categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:06, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Philippines–Uganda relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:16, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Filipinos in Uganda, whose inclusion is dubious and is better covered by other categories it's in. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:51, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete we clearly do not need this category for just 1 article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:07, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Nobility and Socialism

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The result of the discussion was: speedy close. Duplicate of Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2026_April_21#Category:Nobility_and_Socialism. (non-admin closure) –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:40, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Propose renaming Category:Nobility and Socialism to Category:Socialist nobles
Nominator's rationale: non-defining intersection. ~2026-24671-98 (talk) 14:17, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Fantasy on Ice guest artists

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:16, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Textbook WP:PERFCAT. --woodensuperman 11:56, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Fantasy on Ice main cast members

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:16, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Textbook WP:PERFCAT. --woodensuperman 11:45, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Oman–Turkmenistan relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:16, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only contents is 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group F. Another category, Category:Oman–Uzbekistan relations, is also at CfD and contains only this article. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:42, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Mozambique–Namibia relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:16, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470, a flight from Mozambique to Angola that crashed in Namibia in an apparent murder–suicide, and whose connection to bilateral relations is dubious. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:36, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete the flight is not defined by where it crashed. The only way that might be the case was if agents of Namibia brought it down, but that was not the case. If it was the case it would not matter where these agents did it. Although a 1 article category would still be too narrow. We need an end to New 1 article categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:11, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Malaysia–Papua New Guinea relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:21, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is a list of ambassadors. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:31, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. No need to merge, the article is already in ambassador list by country categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:00, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete the article is in needed categories without this one.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:15, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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2023 AFC Asian Cup Group F

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Staraction (talk · contribs) 19:47, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: The 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group F is a multinational sports competition. Only other contents are either nothing or expatriate and descent categories, plus the main article of Oman–Thailand relations. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:26, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, the article does not belong here and we should not keep these categories if they just contain emigrants/expatriates subcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:02, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete there are not enough articles that belong to justify this category.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:16, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Jordan–Uruguay relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:45, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is a football match, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–CONMEBOL play-off). No obvious merge target to a foreign relations category. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:21, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Iraq–Timor-Leste relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:45, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: The linkage of Canal Hotel bombing between Iraq and Timor-Leste is rather weak. In any case,, it is in Category:Indonesia–Iraq relations and Category:Indonesian occupation of East Timor. If you can come up with a suitable category in Category:Foreign relations of Timor, that would be good. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:05, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, a very weak linkage indeed. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:03, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Holy Roman Empire–Hungary relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:45, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Treaty of Wiener Neustadt, which is already in treaty categories for both countries. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:00, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:The Gambia–Myanmar relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:17, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Rohingya genocide case (a.k.a. The Gambia v. Myanmar). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:57, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:07, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Even more sports competitions-only bilateral relations categories

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:17, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Each of these categories contains nothing but multinational sports competitions and at most one other page. The Fiji–Jamaica one also contains HMS Jamaica (44), which has nothing to do with Fiji or Jamaica. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:55, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, mere participation to sports events does not contribute to bilateral relations. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:09, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete Multi-nation sports events don't belong in bilateral relations categories. AusLondonder (talk) 12:27, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:France–Nauru relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:19, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Alois Kayser, who however should be in a subcategory of Category:French expatriates. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:54, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, the article does not even belong in the French category tree, Alois Kayser lived in the German Empire, not in France. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:59, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Finland–Kyrgyzstan relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:19, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only article is in Kimmo Kiljunen, who was sent on a mission to Kyrgyzstan of some kind during his career, and is in another foreign relations category for Finland. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:52, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Estonia–Lebanon relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:19, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is 2011 Estonian cyclists abduction. Oddly, there are no Syria-related categories on this one. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:43, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge, only one article in the category, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:15, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Kuwait Airways Flight 422

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The result of the discussion was: delete/merge. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 18:19, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Kuwait Airways Flight 422 was a hijacking incident on a flight from Thailand to Kuwait, which was forced to make emergency stops in Iran, Cyprus, and Algeria. It is in all ten of the possible bilateral relations categories involving the aforementioned countries. The perpetrators were also Lebanese, but the article is not in any bilateral relations categories involving Lebanon. The nominated categories otherwise contain only expatriate categories, descent categories, the main article, or nothing at all. If the main article is included, it should be included in both bilateral relations parents, and likely already is. I also added one where the only content is an ambassador category with one article; this position is resident and has been listed for upmerging. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:38, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Treaty of Vienna (1864)

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:20, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Of the three bilateral relations categories relevant to Treaty of Vienna (1864), these two contain nothing else. No need to merge, it is in treaty categories for all three participating countries. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:27, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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2025 DRC–Rwanda peace agreement

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:20, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: The 2025 DRC–Rwanda peace agreement is a peace treaty that was mediated by Qatari and United States officials. While the bilateral categories between DRC and Rwanda and with the United States are sensibly populated, this is the only article in the ones involving Qatar. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:25, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge, only one article, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:07, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Djibouti–Italy relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:20, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Italian Military Support Base in Djibouti. There might be a more specific merge target than presented here, but I'm too tired to look. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:20, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. There isn't any more specific merge target as far as I can see. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:05, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Cuba–East Germany relations

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The result of the discussion was: dual merge. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 18:20, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Ernst Thälmann Island, which Cuba attempted to transfer to East Germany and is a disputed territory between Cuba and Germany. Also merge to Category:Foreign relations of East Germany. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:14, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Dual merge, only one article, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:03, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Tanzania and former Yugoslavia

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:21, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Yet another case where Yugoslavia has been juxtaposed with its successor states, in this case at Tanzania–Yugoslavia relations. Then I found Ali Karume in the Slovenia one, who is in 19 non-resident ambassador categories. I have listed all the ones that contain only this article. Lastly, Category:Serbia–Tanzania relations contains only Tanzania–Yugoslavia relations and two expatriate sportspeople categories. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:08, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete maybe I was pre-mature in saying we have reached a place where there are more articles than categories in the ambassadors tree.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:01, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:02, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Bubble Gang cast members

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:21, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Textbook WP:PERFCAT. --woodensuperman 06:07, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Delete –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:29, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Bilateral relations of Manchukuo

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:21, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is El Salvador–Manchukuo relations. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:56, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge, only one article, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:58, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge The target only has 7 direct articles.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:34, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Bulgaria–Honduras relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:23, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Bulgarians in Honduras, which is not a bilateral relations topic. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:48, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, we could tolerate this article in the category if there were more appropriate articles too, but that is not the case. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:56, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Bahamas–Peru relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:23, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Bahamas at the 2019 Pan American Games. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:40, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, participation in a sports event does not belong in a bilateral relations category. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:54, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete Inappropriate categorisation, unhelpful for navigation. AusLondonder (talk) 12:29, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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TAKM

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 11#TAKM

Category:Australia–Tibet relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:23, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Non-sovereign territory; only content is the Australian non-profit firm Australia Tibet Council. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:32, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. The article is already in two Tibetan categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:48, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Australia–Oman relations

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:23, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Oman Australia Cable, which links the two countries. No obvious placement elsewhere in the merge targets. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:29, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Angola–South Korea relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:23, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content is Sangnoksu Unit. Doesn't need to be merged to either Category:Foreign relations of South Korea or Category:Foreign relations of Angola. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:23, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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List of ambassadors of Australia to Spain

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:25, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only content in Andorra is List of ambassadors of Australia to Spain, which holds non-resident accreditation to Andorra. This office also holds non-resident accreditation to Equatorial Guinea; the Equatorial guinea category contains only the same list, two officeholders in the ambassadorship to Spain, and an expatriate sportspeople category that contains Delfín Mosibe and doesn't need to be merged. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:20, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete These categories are not needed. Non-residential ambassadorships are not defining and should not be used to build categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:02, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, we should not categorize non-resident ambassadorship. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:40, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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Ambassadors of Colombia

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:26, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: A fully diffused category with many small, overlapping categories. No attempt was made here to confirm if any of the ambassador positions are resident, but all should be upmerged to Colombia unless they are in a resident position that's not in one of the listed mission countries. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:13, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Malawi–Samoa relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:45, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Newly-created categories containing only a single article, 2009 World Netball Series, which should not be categorised in multiple bilateral relations categories. AusLondonder (talk) 05:01, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: AusLondonder (talk) 05:02, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Delete, only entry is a multinational sports competition. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:03, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete multi-national sports events should not be categorized in bi-lateral relations categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:03, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, participation to sports tournaments does not belong in a bilateral relations category. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:59, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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In Amenas hostage crisis

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:46, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: The In Amenas hostage crisis was a hostage incident in Algeria where 132 foreign nationals from various countries were held by al-Qaeda, of which 39 of 10 different nationalities were killed. There are 11 bilateral relations categories on this one, one of which is otherwise empty, and another of which otherwise contains only expatriate categories. I considered Category:Algeria–Colombia relations as well, which otherwise contains only the main article and an ambassadors category with four entries. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:02, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, category with only one article, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:57, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Chile–Panama sports relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:46, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Category containing two articles on Panama's participation at the Pan American Games hosted in Chile, and an article on a grouping at Copa América along with expat categories that don't belong here. AusLondonder (talk) 04:39, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Delete per nom. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 04:41, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, mere participation to sports tournaments does not belong in a sports relations category. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:53, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Bolivia–Panama relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:46, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Category containing two articles about groupings at Copa América tournaments, added today. Bilateral relations categories were added to Copa América Centenario Group D despite opposition - effectively edit-warring. I don't believe these articles belong in dozens of bilateral relations categories. These articles were previously in Category:Bolivia–Panama sports relations but after that category was deleted by consensus at CfD they were immediately added to this category. AusLondonder (talk) 04:30, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Delete More sports tournaments with four participating countries. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 04:35, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, participation to sports tournaments does not belong in a bilateral relations category. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:52, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Bolivia–Saudi Arabia relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:47, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Category containing only a single article, 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A which it was added to today. I don't believe that article belongs in multiple bilateral relations categories and that they should be purged. Multi-nation sports events should not be added to dozens of bilateral relations categories for each participating nation, but it is continuing to occur from one particular editor who rejects consensus at CfD. AusLondonder (talk) 04:19, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Delete per nom. This event took place in Mexico and involved teams from 4 countries. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 04:27, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, participation to sports tournaments does not belong in a bilateral relations category. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:51, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:New Zealand–Uganda relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:47, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Category which was empty before being added to three articles on multi-nation netball events in the last few hours despite repeated consensus that such categorisation is inappropriate. Unrelated to bilateral relations. AusLondonder (talk) 04:10, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Delete per nom. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 04:27, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, participation to sports tournaments does not belong in a bilateral relations category. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:49, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Algiers Agreement (2000)

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 18:31, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only contents are Algiers Agreement (2000) and three ambassadors from Algeria to Ethiopia, two of which are resident. Since Algeria's role in the treaty was as a mediator and the host country, I'd suggest placing the article in Category:Diplomatic conferences in Algeria instead. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 02:51, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge the first to Diplomatic Conferences in Algeria. Then merge and delete the other articles as nominated. This is too narrow a set of categories to aid navigation.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:57, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
    Thanks, errors in the nomination have been corrected. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 04:14, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep. The Algiers Agreement is relevant to relations between Algeria and both Ethiopia and Eritrea. Acting as a mediator involves a lot more than just providing walls, coffee and croissants. It is a significant commitment on the international stage that requires a pre-existing bond with either party. Also, the ambassadors category is not a near-empty category as there are several articles there, more than in many categories. Per guideline WP:NARROWCAT, categories Category:Ambassadors of Algeria and Category:Ambassadors to Ethiopia are large enough to be diffused, in this case by country. The same can be said of Category:Foreign relations of Algeria Category:Foreign relations of Ethiopia. Place Clichy (talk) 03:02, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
    • No. 1. Ambassadors of Algeria like most other Ambassadors categories is actually quite small. 2. The consensus has clearly developed that we do not keep very narrow categories that do not help navigation. A specific category needs to be large enough to aid navigation to exist. There is no rule a category needs to be fully diffused. We only diffuse categories from a parent that are large enough to aid navigation on their own.John Pack Lambert (talk) 10:39, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Comment There are only 43 articles in Category:Ambassadors of Algeria. That is clearly not enough to mandate mass diffusion into super narrow categories. Multiple recent decisions have resulted in merging these narrow categories into their parents.John Pack Lambert (talk) 10:49, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge the first one for sure as it properly belongs in Category:Diplomatic conferences in Algeria which in turn is a subcategory of Category:Foreign relations of Algeria. And purge the non-resident ambassador. We may revisit merging ambassadors categories of size 2 in a later stage because there are undoubtedly plenty of those. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:48, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Afghanistan–Kyrgyzstan relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 17:47, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: CASA-1000 is an energy project that will connect four countries, and it is in five of the six possible bilateral relations pairs. (The exception is Category:Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan relations.) This one otherwise contains only an expatriate sportspeople category with one entry (Amredin Sharifi), who is an Iranian national and has played for at least four countries. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 02:43, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete I actually created the expatriate category back in 2020. I should have reviewed the case more closely.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:46, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete Single-article categories serve no navigational purpose. AusLondonder (talk) 04:47, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:37, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Afghanistan–Tonga relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:30, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: The only content is September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion, where the Taliban attacked a British military base where Tongan officers (and several other nationalities) were stationed. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 02:37, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep. A battle between Afghans and Tongan military is relevant to international relations. Place Clichy (talk) 02:40, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
    You have previously nominated categories for deletion in recognition that single-article categories are useless. Why don't you recognise that here? AusLondonder (talk) 04:04, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete This was not "a battle between Afghan and Tongan military". It was an attack on a British facility. It does not go into categories for every nationality of people who were present in the facility. That is over categorization.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:48, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
    They did shoot at each other, though. That's not trivial. Place Clichy (talk) 02:56, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete Categories containing only a single article are not helpful for navigation. The article is also already in a category relating to Tonga - Category:Military history of Tonga. AusLondonder (talk) 04:07, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete per AusLondonder. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:35, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Afghanistan–Holy See relations

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Allegations of third-party involvement in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:30, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: The article Allegations of third-party involvement in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War is in 18 bilateral relations categories, some of which have few or no other contents. In contrast to previous cases where a large number of bilateral categories were removed, it is less clear how to declutter the categorization of this article, since each third-party country is (allegedly) involved separately from the others. Otherwise:
  • Afghanistan–Armenia contains only Armenians in Afghanistan
  • Afghanistan–Azerbaijan is empty
  • Armenia–Pakistan contains the main article and a descent category
  • Azerbaijan–Serbia contains the main article and expatriate and descent categories.
  • Azerbaijan–Syria contains the main article and Islamic Resistance Movement of Azerbaijan.
Category:Armenia–Serbia relations is also borderline, but the other three direct articles clearly belong. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 02:30, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Permanent representatives to the United Nations in Vienna

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The result of the discussion was: Rename to "at Vienna", no consensus to merge * Pppery * in solidarity 18:53, 27 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Rename to match main article at United Nations Office at Vienna, then merge all the national subcategories, all of which have four or fewer pages. The only subcategories not included are those already at CfD. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:58, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Rename and Merge per nom. It is time we stopped building these whole collections of overly narrow categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:51, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Rename to at Vienna but do not merge. I am sympathetic to aligning these category names to match United Nations Office at Vienna. However these diplomats have distinct offices that are different from their country's representative in New York. Also, merging as proposed would remove this content from the categories for expatriates in Vienna. It is maybe a result expected by the nomination, but in this case it would be wrong, because these diplomats are unambiguously expatriates (not migrants or passers-by) and based in Austria. Place Clichy (talk) 02:54, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. I have no objection adding the articles to expatriates categories too, per Place Clichy. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:25, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Oppose placement in expatriate categories. We should not clutter fooian Expatriates in boo categories with people who were reps to a UN office that just happened to be located in boo. I think this is a first step to needless overcategorization.John Pack Lambert (talk) 22:45, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Ambassadors of the Philippines to Palau

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:26, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Contains only a single article. I am not sure if this position is resident. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:49, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge This category as it is right now is too narrow to aid navigation.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:54, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:19, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Ambassadors to Abkhazia

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The result of the discussion was: alt merge. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 01:34, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Altogether, there are three articles for the entire country: one list (List of ambassadors of Russia to Abkhazia) and two biographies (Semyon Grigoryev from Russia and Oleg Botsiev from South Ossetia). I'm hesitant to upmerge Category:Ambassadors to Abkhazia because both positions are resident. On the flipside, Category:Ambassadors of Abkhazia contains only Igor Akhba. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:47, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Also, related Category:Ambassadors of South Ossetia to Russia (0) may also be upmerged. Place Clichy (talk) 03:14, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Category:Lists of ambassadors by mission country should contain lists that cannot be subcategorized, and it does. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:39, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
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Ambassadors to Monaco (and assorted others)

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The result of the discussion was: delete/merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 01:30, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Each of these contains only one to three people, and are likely all non-resident positions. Most missions to Monaco seem to be non-resident positions with mission to its much larger neighbor, France. Where a destination other than Monaco is included, it is usually because the only article is in one of the nominated categories for Monaco. In particular, all of the ones beginning in Lesotho contain only Lineo Ntoane. Many of the parent bilateral relations categories are otherwise empty or contain only a main article (such as Indonesia–Monaco relations). One resident position with two articles was also swept up during this purge. Those with four or more pages to Monaco, I'm not sure, but if resident they might be upmerged. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:40, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete or Merge per nom. We might be about to reach the point where there are fewer Ambassadors categories than Ambassadors articles. Maybe. But I am probably too optimistic.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:44, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Comment I have corrected the Food and Agriculture Organization category target. I'd suggest cleaning up this category next, since it also contains a large number of subcategories for representatives from various countries. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:51, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge/delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:14, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Japan–Monaco relations

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 00:40, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Only contents are Japanese Garden, Monaco, which has nothing to do with Japan. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:51, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete, this is not about bilateral relations. Marcocapelle (talk) 01:01, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete the article does not belong here at all.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:40, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep. The garden very much has to do with Japan. Place Clichy (talk) 03:15, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete Category containing only a single article, useless for navigation. Planting plants from Japan in a garden is not part of bilateral relations. If I plant a cactus from Mexico in my garden is that an act of bilateral relations with Mexico? This is absurd. AusLondonder (talk) 04:24, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Characters who use magic categories

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Category:Abu Nidal attacks in the 1980s

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). GoldRomean (talk) 18:28, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Isolated category that's too narrow to be useful SMasonGarrison 00:27, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Merge per nom, no evident need to diffuse by decade. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:48, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge for now. I would not object complete diffusion to three decade categories, but in its current state it is not useful. Marcocapelle (talk) 01:04, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Parliamentary districts of the Diet of Japan established in 1947

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 01:31, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Dual upmerge, isolated category SMasonGarrison 01:17, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
Can you provide more rationale here as to why its isolation means it should be deleted? Benboy250 (talk) 01:54, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
I have now created Category:Parliamentary districts of the Diet of Japan established in 2022 and Category:Parliamentary districts of the Diet of Japan established in 1994 so the category is no longer isolated. Benboy250 (talk) 02:13, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
@Benboy250 neither of those years are close in time to 1947. Please slow down in why you are doing because I've found a ton of mistakes. SMasonGarrison 22:27, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep, the fact that the category contains no less than 60 articles outweighs the isolation. Marcocapelle (talk) 02:55, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:21, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Palestinian emigrants to Finland

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Category:Radio stations in Laughlin, Nevada

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Category:Backgammon organizations

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) GoldRomean (talk) 17:08, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Category containing only one actual article on an organisation, World Backgammon Federation, and two redirects back to the same article. Not helpful for navigation. AusLondonder (talk) 15:26, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Contents were added, but there is no consensus on whether they belong.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:10, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
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Category:Publications

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Category:Jatiya Sangsad

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The result of the discussion was: reverse merge, and redirect Category:Parliament of Bangladesh to Category:Jatiya Sangsad. Unanimous consensus for some type of merge, and consensus (5 to 2) for the reverse direction, primarily per WP:C2D. Processed manually. (non-admin closure) Staraction (talk · contribs) (please ping on reply) 21:57, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Nominator's rationale: Same category. No need to have it. Mehedi Abedin 21:17, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
  • Reverse merge per article title Jatiya Sangsad. Marcocapelle (talk) 04:54, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. Against Reverse merge, b/c who outside the caste of Bangla politicians would understand Jatiya Sangsad. We contribute to Wikipedia for our normal, non-special users! -- Just N. (talk) 21:33, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
  • Reverse merge I don't think using a foreign-sounding name instead of a generic descriptor inhibits navigation; compare for example Category:National Diet (Japan) and Category:Seimas (Lithuania). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:13, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, GoldRomean (talk) 22:53, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I have tagged Category:Jatiya Sangsad.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 00:36, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
  • With merging in either direction a redirect should be kept. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:03, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Why an additional relist? Don't we have a good number of opinions already, which pretty much go in the same direction? Place Clichy (talk) 03:26, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
    I'm not convinced that there is consensus on the direction of the merge. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 04:06, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Reverse merge as Common name, and I do not think the user saying "caste of Bangla" has an issue with Bundestag, which is in German, a language with roughly a quarter as many native speakers as Bengali. But of course I am not a part of the "normal, non-special users".Vinegarymass911 (talk) 00:08, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
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