Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 7

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Category:1967 disestablishments in the United Arab Republic occupation of the Gaza Strip

Nominator's rationale: Do we really need an isolated category like this? SMasonGarrison 21:10, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
  • More specific target per discussion below. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:12, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

A.E. Hansen

Nominator's rationale: Redundant category layers. The only contents of this tree is a category Category:Snowbird (sailboat) SMasonGarrison 20:58, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Category:Professional wrestlers who competed in MMA

Convert Category:Professional wrestlers who competed in MMA to article Professional wrestlers who competed in MMA
Nominator's rationale: This feels more like the subject of an article rather than an intersection between being a professional wrestler and a mixed martial artist SMasonGarrison 23:58, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, GoldRomean (talk) 02:56, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:08, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete Category. X sport who were also in y sport is not a category we do. Creating an article is dependent on having reliable sources that meet specific guidelines. I do not think we have the expertise at CfD to mandate articles. At least I have never seen a category that had enough sourcing to pass as an article. People are free to submit this proposed article to articles for creation whatever we say here.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:48, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Category:2026 Canadian provincial elections

Nominator's rationale: Subcategory of unclear necessity. There is no established scheme of subbing Canadian provincial elections down into their own separate subcategory ghetto -- except for this new creation, all Canadian provincial-level elections prior to 2026 are just in the "elections in Canada" categories, not in their own separate "Canadian provincial elections" subcategories. And with only ten provinces and three territories, there just aren't a huge number of Canadian provincial elections each year to warrant such a scheme anyway -- even with provincial elections filed in the national-level parent instead of a provincial-level category, the largest national-level category in the entire scheme still has less than 25 articles in it total, so they're just not large enough to need this on size grounds. But regardless, this is a scheme that would have to exist comprehensively across the board for all years or not at all, not a thing that's uniquely needed for 2026 alone. Bearcat (talk) 20:26, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom, but I would be alright with a Category:Provincial elections in Canada if someone created that. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:12, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom. But I agree with Marcocapelle that we should have a Category:Provincial and territorial elections in Canada

Category:Gay user templates

Nominator's rationale: Current name is a bit confusing, as the term "gay" can also be used more broadly for all homosexuals, or even all LGBTQ+ people in general. —Trilletrollet [ Talk | Contribs ] 19:24, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Support per nom, though some entries will need to first be moved to more appropriate categories like Category:LGBTQ user templates, which Trilletrollet appears to have at least started doing (thanks for handling that on my userbox by the way) ᴸᵃᶠᶠʸTaffer💬(they/she) 20:28, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Support nominated rename or rename to Category:Gay men user templates. All to be non-ambiguous, and the second suggested rename to align with the Gay man article. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 21:49, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Against it is not confusing to mistake Gay, Lesbian and LBTQ, they are different terms. Catfurball (talk) 20:35, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Rename to Category:Gay men user templates instead, and sorry to @Trilletrollet: I forgot that there was an article named Gay men. Catfurball (talk) 21:00, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Support. Gay means gay men within the LGBT community. The adjective "gay" also means carefree and merry — these templates are not about carefree and merry users. Pyxis Solitary (yak). ⚢ – not queer. 10:08, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Comment: Forgot to add it in the nom, but I think we should also move Category:Gay Wikipedians to Category:Gay male Wikipedians or Category:Gay men Wikipedians for the sake of consistency. —Trilletrollet [ Talk | Contribs ] 20:09, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Category:People of the 1113–1115 Balearic Islands expedition

Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only two subcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:50, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
Question: Would the final rung rule apply here because both of the categories are religions? Like maybe non-diffusing per EGRS? Christians of the 1113–1115 Balearic Islands expedition (10 P) Muslims of the 1113–1115 Balearic Islands expedition Thoughts? I'm not opposed to merging if EGRS doesn't apply. SMasonGarrison 19:14, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Merge nominee into parents, or merge subcategories into nominee?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:32, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Comment Subcategories tagged. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 21:17, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Category:Mass killings by ideology

Nominator's rationale: Since there is currently no parent category for Mass killing, broadening this category would allow the category to expand outside of the two subcategories. Mclay1 (talk) 07:54, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge to Category:Mass murders unless/until there is clear room for expansion for a renamed Category:Mass killings. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:26, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
    Going by the article Mass killing, there are plenty of examples. The category would also then clearly differentiate state-sanctioned killings from the crime of murder. Mclay1 (talk) 16:09, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
    • Ok, I am not against the proposed name by all means. Feel free to populate the category after the rename. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:20, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
    Either delete or totally split the tree from massacre and mass murder as is being discussed Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 8. I think it might be good to have all the state/militant group type killings in one category and the lone wolf type mass murders in another, as these are generally not discussed the same in sources. PARAKANYAA (talk) 20:26, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Category:Founders of Oxbridge colleges

Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only two subcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:14, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Category:The Presets members

Nominator's rationale: Not required to link the 2 sole members of a musical group when it is already mentioned in the individual and group's articles. LibStar (talk) 04:34, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Category:19th century in the Basque Country (autonomous community)

Nominator's rationale: rename, current name is anachronistic, the Basque autonomous community was established in the second half of the 20th century. Marcocapelle (talk) 01:06, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Rename per nom. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:01, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Category:State Unani Medical College Allahabad alumni

Nominator's rationale: Only one member, Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar. He became an Islamic scholar rather than a medical practitioner, so I don't think a merge to Category:Unani practitioners would be appropriate. There is no article on the college, which for the record is stated on the category page to be located in Prayagraj, formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad. Only two other colleges of Unani medicine have articles, and neither have alumni categories, so this is not part of a hierarchy on that topic. – Fayenatic London 22:21, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
I tried to look around through a Google search for some other prominent alumni, though the institution must have well known alumni in Unani medicne, but that isn't really something I can search for extensively. I couldn't find anything good. I don't have any issues if this category is deleted. signed, Aafi (talk) 03:34, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge Delete for now, this is not helpful for navigation. No objection to recreation of the category when a couple more articles can be added. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:19, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge per nom, just underpopulated. -- Just N. (talk) 13:22, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Merge to where?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:38, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
No clue what "merge" is being referred to. Οἶδα (talk) 23:22, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Roman sites in Burgundy

Nominator's rationale: merge, only 1 resp. 2 articles in these categories, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:15, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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