Wikipedia:Categories for discussion
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Categories for discussion (CfD) is the central venue for discussing specific proposals to delete, merge, rename, or split categories and stub types in accordance with the guidelines for categorization, category naming, and stub articles.
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For general discussion about the category system, use other appropriate venues such as Wikipedia talk:Categorization, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories, and relevant WikiProjects' talk pages.
How to use CfD
For detailed instructions about using CfD, see § How to nominate a category for discussion below. Briefly, nominations are handled through one of two processes:
- Speedy renaming and merging, for uncontroversial proposals that meet specified criteria—see § Speedy renaming and merging below.
- Full discussion, for all other proposals. Discussions typically remain open for at least seven days and are closed once a rough consensus has formed or no objections to the nomination are raised.
Important: In general, do not depopulate a category when nominating it for CfD. If, during (or just prior to) the discussion, you modify the population of a category, or in other ways edit the category while it is subject to a CfD discussion, note that you did so in the CfD (for transparency), and be prepared to revert your edits upon community request. Such editing can hamper other editors' efforts to evaluate a category and participate in the discussion.
If you have an issue with a CfD closure, and discussion on the CfD closer's talk page does not resolve the issue, the process at Wikipedia:Deletion review is used to ask the community to review a CfD closure (as long as all steps are followed), to determine whether or not the close was reasonable and consistent with the spirit and intent of common practice, policies, and guidelines.
Wikipedia:Move review is used for a CfD closure that is limited in scope to renaming.
Current discussions
Closing procedure
After seven days, an administrator (or possibly a non-admin) will determine if consensus has formed, and close the discussion. If appropriate, the discussion instead may be relisted to allow for more discussion. Editors closing discussions must follow the administrator instructions and implement the result or log it at the Working page to ensure it is implemented. As noted at Wikipedia:Deletion process#Non-administrators closing discussions, non-admins may follow the process at Wikipedia talk:Categories for discussion/Working, and list discussion results there for an admin to review, and to log to the page directly.
Discussions awaiting closure
- List of links to individual open discussions (>7 days old): Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Old unclosed discussions - updated by User:AnomieBOT
- Full text of all open discussions (>7 days old): Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/All old discussions - powered by a Lua module parsing /Old unclosed discussions
- List of days with open discussions (>7 days old): included below from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Awaiting closure – powered by a Lua module parsing /Old unclosed discussions
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 17 (13 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 16 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 15 (7 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 14 (7 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 12 (8 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 11 (5 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 10 (6 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 9 (7 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 8 (4 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 7 (11 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 6 (8 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 4 (3 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 3 (8 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 2 (10 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 1 (4 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 28 (5 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 27 (9 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 26 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 25 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 23 (8 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 21 (5 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 20 (4 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 19 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 18 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 12 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 8 (3 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 7 (4 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 6 (4 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 4 (6 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 3 (3 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 February 2 (4 open)
How to nominate a category for discussion
Nomination procedure
Twinkle
You may use Twinkle to facilitate CfD nominations. To install Twinkle, go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets and check "Twinkle" in the "Browsing" section. Use the now-installed "XfD" (Start a deletion discussion) tab while viewing the page you want to nominate.
Twinkle only allows you to nominate a single category or stub template. For bundled nominations including multiple categories, see § MassCFD.
MassCFD
You can use the script User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/massXFD to automatically make mass nominations.
Manual nominations
| I | Preliminary steps.
Before nominating a category:
In the following special cases:
For further information, see Wikipedia:Categorization and Wikipedia:Manual of Style. |
| II | Edit the category.
Add one of the following templates at the beginning of the category page (not the talk page) of every category to be discussed. For nominations involving large numbers of categories, help adding these templates can be requested here.
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| III | Create the CFD section.
Click THIS LINK to edit the section of CfD for today's entries. Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) to copy and paste one of the templates below. When inserting category names into these template's parameters, except the
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Stub types
| I | Preliminary steps.
In general, a stub type consists of a stub template and a dedicated stub category. Before nominating a stub type for deletion, merging or renaming:
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| II | Edit the template.
Add one of the following tags at the beginning of the template to be discussed.
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| III | Create the CFD section.
Click THIS LINK to edit the section of CfD for today's entries. Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) and paste the following text (remember to update the default parameters):
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Notifying interested projects and editors
In addition to the steps listed above, you may choose to invite participation by editors who are likely to be informed about a nominated category. All such efforts must comply with Wikipedia's guideline against biased canvassing. In addition, to help make your messages about the CfD discussion clear, avoid Wikipedia-specific abbreviations, link to relevant policies or guidelines, and link to the discussion itself.
- Notifying related WikiProjects
WikiProjects consist of groups of editors who are interested in a particular subject. If a nominated category is within the scope of one or more WikiProjects, consider adding a brief, neutral note on their talk page(s) about the nomination. You may use {{subst:cfd notice|Category name|2026 March 25|CfD section name}} ~~~~ or write a personalized message.
Tagging the nominated category's talk page with a relevant WikiProject's banner will include the category in that WikiProject's Article Alerts if they subscribe to the system. For instance, tagging a nominated category with {{WikiProject Physics}} will add the discussion to Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Article alerts.
- Notifying substantial contributors to the category
While not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the good-faith creator and main contributors of the category that you are nominating for discussion. To find the creator and main contributors, check the category's page history or talk page. You may use {{Cfd notice}} to inform the category's creator and all other editors.
- Notifying other interested editors
It may be helpful to invite other subject-matter experts by posting a message on the talk page of the most closely related article, such as Protein family for Category:Protein families. You may use {{Cfdnotice}} for this.
Speedy renaming or speedy merging of categories may be requested if they meet one of the speedy criteria listed below. To nominate a category:
- Determine which speedy criterion applies.
- Tag the category page with
{{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}or{{subst:cfm-speedy|Merge target}}. - List the request along with a speedy criteria reason at § New requests.
Speedy renaming and merging
Speedy requests must state which of the narrowly defined criteria strictly applies. Hence, any other non-speedy criteria, even "common sense" or "obvious", may be suitable points but only at a full discussion at Categories for discussion.
The nomination and its discussion may get moved further down the page purely for organizational convenience. Categories that qualify for speedy deletion can be tagged with the regular speedy tags with no required delay or listing. Renaming under C2E may be processed instantly (at the discretion of an administrator) as it is a variation on G7.
Opposing
Requests generally take about 48 hours to process after listing if there are no objections. This delay allows other users to review the request to ensure that it meets the criteria and raise any objections.
To oppose a speedy request, insert this immediately under the nomination:
* '''Oppose''': Explain your objection. ~~~~
If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins who process speedy nominations. If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a regular CfD discussion. Unless you withdraw your opposition, the nomination may be turned into a regular CfD discussion.
Contested speedy requests become stale and can be untagged and delisted after 7 days of inactivity. Optionally, if the discussion may be useful for future reference, it may be copied to the category talk page, with a section heading and {{Moved from|. If the nominator wants to revive the process, this may be requested at CfD in accordance with its instructions.[[WP:CFDS]]|~~~~}}
Speedy criteria
The category-specific criteria for speedy renaming or merging are strictly limited to:
C2A: Typographic and spelling fixes
- Correction of spelling errors and capitalization fixes. Differences between American and British spelling (e.g. Harbours → Harbors) are not considered errors; however, if the convention of the relevant category tree is to use one form over the other, then a rename may be appropriate under C2C. If both spellings exist as otherwise-identical category names, they should be merged.
- Appropriate conversion of hyphens into en dashes or vice versa (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations).
- Correction of obvious grammatical errors, such as a missing conjunction (e.g. Individual frogs toads → Individual frogs and toads). This includes pluralizing a noun in the name of a set category, but not when disagreement might reasonably be anticipated as to whether the category is a topic or set category.
C2B: Consistency with established Wikipedia naming conventions and practices
- Expanding abbreviated country names (e.g. U.S. → United States).
- Disambiguation fixes from an unqualified name (e.g. Category:Washington → Category:Washington (state) or Category:Washington, D.C.).
C2C: Consistency with established category tree names
- Bringing a category into line with established naming conventions for that category tree, or into line with the various "X by Y", "X of Y", or "X in Y" categorization conventions specified at Wikipedia:Category names.
- This should be used only where there is no room for doubt that the category in question is being used for the standard purpose instead of being a potential subcategory.
- This criterion should be applied only when there is no ambiguity or doubt over the existence of a category naming convention. Such a convention must be well defined and must be overwhelmingly used within the tree. If this is not the case, then the category in question must be brought forward to a full CfD nomination.
- This criterion will not apply in cases where the category tree observes distinctions in local usage (e.g. Category:Transport in the United Kingdom and Category:Transportation in the United States).
C2D: Consistency with main article's name
- Renaming a topic category to match its eponymous page (e.g. Category:The Beatles and The Beatles).
- This applies only if the related page's current name (and, by extension, the proposed name for the category) is:
- unambiguous (so it generally does not apply to proposals to remove a disambiguator from the category name, even when the main article is the primary topic of its name, i.e. it does not contain a disambiguator); and
- uncontroversial, either because of longstanding stability at that particular name, or because the page was just moved (i) after a page move discussion resulted in explicit consensus to rename, or (ii) unilaterally to reflect an official renaming which is verified by one or more citations (provided in the nomination).
- C2D does not apply if the result would be contrary to guidelines at WP:CATNAME, or there is any ongoing discussion about the name of the page or category, or there has been a recent discussion concerning any of the pages that resulted in a no consensus result, or it is controversial in some other way.
- This criterion may also be used to rename a set category in the same circumstances, where the set is defined by a renamed topic; e.g. players for a sports team, or places in a district.
- Before nominating a category to be renamed per C2D, consider whether it makes more sense to move the article instead of the category.
- Just disagreeing with the article title is not enough reason to oppose a C2D request. Instead, if someone disagrees with the article title, they can start a WP:RM procedure on the article talk page and they can request the CFDS discussion be put on hold while the RM discussion is running. However, arguing that it is desirable to have the article and the category at different titles may be an adequate reason to oppose C2D.
C2E: Author request
- This criterion applies only if the author of a category requests or agrees to renaming within six months of creating the category.
- The criterion does not apply if other editors have populated or changed the category since it was created. "Other editors" includes bots that populated the category, but excludes an editor working with the author on the renaming.
C2F: One eponymous page
- This criterion applies if the category contains only an eponymous article, list, template or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories, where applicable.
- Nominations should use
{{subst:cfm-speedy}}(speedy merger) linking to a suitable parent category, or to another appropriate category (e.g. one that is currently on the article). When listing the nomination at WP:CFDS, you must manually add all the appropriate parent categories as targets if the member page is not already in them.
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When handling the listings:
- Make sure that the listing meets one of the above criteria.
- With the exception of C2E, make sure that it was both listed and tagged at least 48 hours previously.
- Make sure that there is no opposition to the listing; if there is a discussion, check if the opposing user(s) ended up withdrawing their opposition.
If the listing meets these criteria, simply have the category renamed or merged – follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions, in the section "If the decision is to Rename, Merge, or Delete"; to list it for the bots, use the Speedy moves section.
A nomination to merge or rename, brought forward as a full CfD, may be speedily closed if the closing administrator is satisfied that:
- The nomination clearly falls within the scope of one of the criteria listed here, and
- No objections have been made within 48 hours of the initial nomination.
The closure will be regarded as having been a result of a speedy nomination. If any objections have been raised, then the CfD nomination will remain in place for the usual 7-day discussion period, to be decided in accordance with expressed consensus.
For out of process deletions, check Category:Empty categories awaiting deletion. In some cases, these will need to be nominated for discussion and the editor who emptied the category informed that they should follow the CfD process. After renaming, copy and paste the listing to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working/Manual.Current requests
If the category does not match one of the above criteria or you are not sure it qualifies, do not list it here. Instead, use the main CfD process. Requests may be completed if more than 48 hours old; i.e., if the nomination was created before 23:10, 23 March 2026 (UTC). Currently, there are 189 open requests ().
To list it here, use the following format on a new line at the beginning of the list:
* [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~
If the current name should be redirected rather than deleted, use:
* REDIRECT [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~
If human action is required, e.g. updating templates that populate the category, use:
* NO BOTS [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~
Remember to tag the category page with: {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}
New requests
- Category:Korean reality competition television series to Category:South Korean reality competition television series – C2B, C2E Dresq23 (talk) 19:19, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Kuna de Wargandí to Category:Guna de Wargandí – C2D per Guna de Wargandí NerdyEpiscopalian (talk) 19:00, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Subcategory Category:Populated places in Kuna de Wargandí should be moved as well to Category:Populated places in Guna de Wargandí NerdyEpiscopalian (talk) 19:03, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Socialist People's Party (Denmark) politicians to Category:Green Left (Denmark) politicians – C2D: per Green Left (Denmark). Obi2canibe (talk) 15:48, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Leaders of the Socialist People's Party (Denmark) to Category:Leaders of the Green Left (Denmark)
- Category:Socialist People's Party (Denmark) MEPs to Category:Green Left (Denmark) MEPs
- Category:Prefects of the Vatican Secret Archives to Category:Prefects of the Vatican Apostolic Archive – C2D Vatican Apostolic Archive --Jahaza (talk) 14:51, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Spider taxa described by Embrik Strand to Category:Spider taxa named by Embrik Strand – Align with parent UtherSRG (talk) 14:16, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Prehistoric bryozoan genera to Category:Prehistoric Bryozoa genera – To align with parent categories UtherSRG (talk) 13:53, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Luxembourgian people to Category:Luxembourgish people – C2A: per both Luxembourg and Luxembourgers, the correct adjective is "Luxembourgish". BLPs already use this form. "Luxembourgian" is very rare. All subcategories (too many to list here) should be moved as well. MSport1005 (talk) 12:45, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Pinnotheroidea stubs to Category:Pinnotheridae stubs – C2C: per Category:Pinnotheridae. Mclay1 (talk) 09:47, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Tunicata stubs to Category:Tunicate stubs – C2D: per Tunicate. Mclay1 (talk) 08:54, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Bilaterian taxa to Category:Bilateria taxa – C2D: per Bilateria. Mclay1 (talk) 08:52, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Bilaterian phyla to Category:Bilateria phyla
- Category:Bilaterian families to Category:Bilateria families
- Category:Bilaterian genera to Category:Bilateria genera
- Category:Monotypic bilaterian genera to Category:Monotypic Bilateria genera
- Category:Prehistoric bilaterian genera to Category:Prehistoric Bilateria genera
- Category:Monotypic prehistoric bilaterian genera to Category:Monotypic prehistoric Bilateria genera
- Category:Bilaterian orders to Category:Bilateria orders
- Category:Bilaterian taxonomy to Category:Bilateria taxonomy
- Category:Communes of Hải Phòng to Category:Communes of Haiphong – WP:C2C, consistent with Category:Populated places in Haiphong Kynguyenvuonminh (talk) 04:59, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:LGBTQ rights in Niue to Category:Human rights in Niue, Category:LGBTQ rights in New Zealand, Category:LGBTQ in Niue, Category:LGBTQ rights by dependent territory, and Category:LGBTQ rights in Oceania – C2F: same as my previous proposal - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 02:11, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:LGBTQ rights in the Solomon Islands to Category:Human rights in the Solomon Islands, Category:LGBTQ in the Solomon Islands, Category:LGBTQ rights by country, and Category:LGBTQ rights in Oceania – C2F: upmerge; only article in here is the main one - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 02:10, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Monotypic prehistoric bryozoan genera to Category:Monotypic prehistoric Bryozoa genera – To align with rename of parent category UtherSRG (talk) 00:42, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- REDIRECT Category:Felids to Category:Felidae – C2D: per Felidae. Mclay1 (talk) 22:58, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Felids by region to Category:Felidae by region
- Category:Felids of Africa to Category:Felidae of Africa
- Category:Felids of Asia to Category:Felidae of Asia
- Category:Felids of India to Category:Felidae of India
- Category:Felids of Central America to Category:Felidae of Central America
- Category:Felids of Europe to Category:Felidae of Europe
- Category:Felids of North America to Category:Felidae of North America
- Category:Felids of South America to Category:Felidae of South America
- Category:Feline stubs to Category:Felidae stubs
- REDIRECT Category:Canids to Category:Canidae – C2D: per Canidae. Mclay1 (talk) 22:55, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Canid stubs to Category:Canidae stubs
- Category:Communes of Đà Nẵng to Category:Communes of Da Nang – WP:C2C, consistent with Category:Populated places in Da Nang and Category:Wards of Da Nang Kynguyenvuonminh (talk) 22:03, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:SUNY Downstate Medical Center to Category:SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University – C2D per SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University —BrechtBro (talk) 17:41, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:SUNY Downstate Medical Center faculty to Category:SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University faculty
- Category:SUNY Downstate Medical Center alumni to Category:SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University alumni
- REDIRECT Category:Indicatoridae to Category:Honeyguides – C2D: per Honeyguide. Merge duplicates. Mclay1 (talk) 14:45, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Uganda Protectorate to Category:Protectorate of Uganda – C2D: per Protectorate of Uganda. Mclay1 (talk) 14:29, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Uganda Protectorate people to Category:People from the Protectorate of Uganda
- Category:Attorneys general of the Uganda Protectorate to Category:Attorneys general of the Protectorate of Uganda
- Category:Uganda Protectorate judges to Category:Judges from the Protectorate of Uganda
- Category:Treaties of the Uganda Protectorate to Category:Treaties of the Protectorate of Uganda
- Category:Treaties extended to the Uganda Protectorate to Category:Treaties extended to the Protectorate of Uganda
- Category:Ugandan Cup to Category:Uganda Cup – C2D: per Uganda Cup. Mclay1 (talk) 14:25, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- REDIRECT Category:Ugandan Super League seasons to Category:Uganda Premier League seasons – C2C: per Category:Uganda Premier League Mclay1 (talk) 14:24, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Kazamaura, Aomori to Category:Kazamaura – C2D: per Kazamaura. Not ambiguous. Mclay1 (talk) 13:28, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Kama River to Category:Kama (river) – C2D: per Kama (river) Mclay1 (talk) 13:16, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Dams on the Kama River to Category:Dams on the Kama (river)
- Category:Populated places on the Kama River to Category:Populated places on the Kama (river)
- Category:Tributaries of the Kama to Category:Tributaries of the Kama (river)
- Category:Kakamigahara, Gifu to Category:Kakamigahara – C2D: per Kakamigahara. Not ambiguous. Mclay1 (talk) 13:15, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Kahant (Beta Israel) to Category:Kahens – C2D: per standard English plural of Kahen. Mclay1 (talk) 13:13, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- REDIRECT Category:Rhinobatidae to Category:Guitarfish – C2D: per Guitarfish. Mclay1 (talk) 12:37, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Chimaera to Category:Chimaera (genus) – C2D: per Chimaera (genus). Mclay1 (talk) 12:31, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- REDIRECT Category:Chimaeriformes to Category:Chimaeras – C2D: per Chimaera. Mclay1 (talk) 12:30, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- REDIRECT Category:Apple TV+ original programming to Category:Apple TV (streaming service) original programming – Reason: C2D per Apple TV (streaming service)
- REDIRECT Category:Apple TV+ original films to Category:Apple TV (streaming service) original films – Reason: C2D per Apple TV (streaming service)
- REDIRECT Category:Apple TV+ children's programming to Category:Apple TV (streaming service) children's programming – Reason: C2D per Apple TV (streaming service)
- Category:Films produced by Christoper Leggett to Category:Films produced by Christopher Leggett – C2A: Typo in title.Orenburg1 (talk) 08:52, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:SUNY technology colleges to Category:State University of New York technology colleges – C2C per Category:State University of New York —BrechtBro (talk) 03:22, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:SUNY university centers to Category:State University of New York university centers
- Category:SUNY shared governance organizations to Category:State University of New York shared governance organizations
- Category:Parasitic cnidarians to Category:Parasitic Cnidaria – C2D: per Cnidaria. Mclay1 (talk) 03:20, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Animal parasites of vertebrates to Category:Parasitic animals of vertebrates – C2C: per Category:Parasitic animals, Category:Parasitic animals of mammals, etc. Mclay1 (talk) 03:19, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Animal parasites of fish to Category:Parasitic animals of fish
- Category:Trematodes parasiting fish to Category:Parasitic Trematoda of fish
- Category:Animal parasites of humans to Category:Parasitic animals of humans
- Category:Trematode families to Category:Trematoda families – C2C: per Category:Trematoda. Mclay1 (talk) 03:05, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Trematode genera to Category:Trematoda genera
- Category:Canada mayoral navigational boxes to Category:Canada mayor navigational boxes – C2B: Similar to all other subcategories at Category:Mayor navigational boxes Epluribusunumyall (talk) 03:01, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- REDIRECT Category:Parasitic wasps to Category:Parasitoid wasps – C2D: per Parasitoid wasp. Mclay1 (talk) 01:44, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- REDIRECT Category:Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clones to Category:Famiclones – C2D: per Famiclone. Mclay1 (talk) 01:36, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- REDIRECT Category:Myliobatidae to Category:Eagle rays – C2D: per Eagle ray. Mclay1 (talk) 00:30, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Wonder Man (miniseries) episode redirects to lists to Category:Wonder Man (TV series) episode redirects to lists – C2D: With series' season 2 renewal, article was moved from Wonder Man (miniseries) to Wonder Man (TV series). Favre1fan93 (talk) 23:09, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:American addiction physicians to Category:American addiction medical doctors – C2C: per the various subcategories of Category:Medical doctors and CfD. Mclay1 (talk) 07:13, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
- Should be Category:American addiction medicine doctors as specialty is Addiction medicine and per above categories for the specialty Tropical medicine. Jahaza (talk) 15:38, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Canadian addiction physicians to Category:Canadian addiction medical doctors
- Should be Category:Canadian addiction medicine doctors as specialty is Addiction medicine and per above categories for the specialty Tropical medicine. Jahaza (talk) 15:38, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:American emergency physicians to Category:American emergency medical doctors
- Should be Category:American emergency medicine doctors as specialty is Emergency medicine and per above categories for the specialty Tropical medicine. Jahaza (talk) 15:38, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Canadian emergency physicians to Category:Canadian emergency medical doctors
- Should be Category:Canadian emergency medicine doctors as specialty is Emergency medicine and per above categories for the specialty Tropical medicine. Jahaza (talk) 15:38, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:American infectious disease physicians to Category:American infectious disease medical doctors
- Should be Category:American infections diseases medical doctors per Infectious diseases (medical specialty) per above categories for specialty Tropical medicine, except perhaps we could go with Category:American infectious diseases medicine doctors for consistency and euphony. Jahaza (talk) 15:54, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Canadian infectious disease physicians to Category:Canadian infectious disease medical doctors
- Should be Category:Canadian infections diseases medical doctors per Infectious diseases (medical specialty) per above categories for specialty Tropical medicine, except perhaps we could go with Category:Canadian infectious diseases medicine doctors for consistency and euphony. Jahaza (talk) 15:54, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:American osteopathic physicians to Category:American osteopathic medical doctors
- Prefer Category:American osteophatic medicine doctors per Osteopathic medicine in the United States. Jahaza (talk) 15:48, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:American pain physicians to Category:American pain medical doctors
- Should be Category:American pain medicine doctors as specialty is generally referred to as Pain medicine (see Pain Management#Pain medicine in the United States) and per above categories for the specialty Tropical medicine. Jahaza (talk) 15:38, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:American rehabilitation physicians to Category:American rehabilitation medical doctors
- Should be Category:American physical medicine and rehabilitation doctors as specialty is Physical medicine and rehabilitation and per above categories for the specialty Tropical medicine. Jahaza (talk) 15:38, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Canadian rehabilitation physicians to Category:Canadian rehabilitation medical doctors
- Should be Category:Canadian physical medicine and rehabilitation doctors or perhaps Category:Canadian physical and rehabilitation medicine doctors as specialty is Physical medicine and rehabilitation or outside the U.S. per article "physical and rehabilitation medicine" and per above categories for the specialty Tropical medicine. Jahaza (talk) 15:38, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:American sports physicians to Category:American sports medical doctors
- Should be Category:American sports medicine doctors as specialty is Sports medicine and per above categories for the specialty Tropical medicine. Jahaza (talk) 15:38, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Canadian sports physicians to Category:Canadian sports medical doctors
- Should be Category:Canadian sports medicine doctors as specialty is Sports medicine and per above categories for the specialty Tropical medicine. Jahaza (talk) 15:38, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Jahaza: These suggestions for the various fields don't align with their parents or siblings: Category:Sports medical doctors, Category:Australian sports medical doctors, etc. Category:Medical doctors is a subcategory of Category:Medicine; it's not Category:Medicine doctors. These requests are just to update physician to medical doctor per the CfD and the recent renaming of the whole tree. They could go either way really, but that would require renaming all the related categories. The reason Category:Tropical medicine doctors was named differently is because "tropical medical doctors" could sound like medical doctors who are tropical; that risk of ambiguity doesn't exist with the others. Mclay1 (talk) 23:03, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Should be Category:Canadian sports medicine doctors as specialty is Sports medicine and per above categories for the specialty Tropical medicine. Jahaza (talk) 15:38, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- REDIRECT Category:Murray-Darling basin to Category:Murray–Darling basin – C2A, C2D (Murray–Darling basin) Jjamesryan (talk | contribs) 14:10, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Fish of the Murray-Darling basin to Category:Fish of the Murray–Darling basin
- Category:Muslim Ethnic groups in the Caucasus to Category:Muslim ethnic groups in the Caucasus I guess, a typo during massive renaming per this request. --Altenmann >talk 00:40, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
Opposed requests
- Category:Andover and District Football League to Category:Association football clubs established in the 1890s – C2F. SMasonGarrison 23:36, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Historians of aviation to Category:Aviation historians – C2C: to match sister categories Category:Maritime historians, Category:Automotive historians, and Category:Railway historians. Omnis Scientia (talk) 13:40, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Omnis Scientia: oppose speedy, this conflicts with Category:Historians of transport, Category:Historians of technology etc. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:27, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw to Category:Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw – C2D: Match with its eponymous name Inajd Inajd0101 (talk) 20:54, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Gruppe of the Bundestag to Category:Groups of the Bundestag — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moondragon21 (talk • contribs) 18:48, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Moondragon21: What speedy criterion is this? Mclay1 (talk) 23:25, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- I did not tag the category for speedy deletion. Moondragon21 (talk) 23:28, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Moondragon21: This is speedy renaming. You added it here. But you're right that you haven't tagged the category, which also needs to be done if the category is going to be renamed. Mclay1 (talk) 23:31, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- Apologies never done this before so was unsure. Moondragon21 (talk) 23:33, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Moondragon21: This is speedy renaming. You added it here. But you're right that you haven't tagged the category, which also needs to be done if the category is going to be renamed. Mclay1 (talk) 23:31, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- I did not tag the category for speedy deletion. Moondragon21 (talk) 23:28, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose The main article is Parliamentary Gruppe. Armbrust The Homunculus 10:48, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
- That was recently renamed from Parliamentary group (Germany). Moondragon21 (talk) 00:57, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
- It's not the main article anyway. But either way, this request doesn't seem to meet any of the speedy criteria, so it should go to a full CfD. Mclay1 (talk) 02:48, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
- Okay. Moondragon21 (talk) 21:39, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
- It's not the main article anyway. But either way, this request doesn't seem to meet any of the speedy criteria, so it should go to a full CfD. Mclay1 (talk) 02:48, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
- That was recently renamed from Parliamentary group (Germany). Moondragon21 (talk) 00:57, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Moondragon21: What speedy criterion is this? Mclay1 (talk) 23:25, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Australian rules football podcasters to Category:Podcasters on Australian rules football – C2C: sibling is Category:Podcasters on American football SMasonGarrison 02:11, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: Australian rules football is not ambiguous like American football can be, so it doesn't need to deviate from the established format per C2C. Mclay1 (talk) 07:10, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1 @Dresq23 Well what are we supposed to do for Australian nationals? User_talk:Dresq23#Category:Australian_rules_football_podcasters SMasonGarrison 22:26, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- Rename: Per discussion, the category was meant to be for Australians (nationality) who podcast about the sport of Australian Rules Football and not the sport itself. I did not want to call it "Australian Australian Rules Football podcasters." Can be renamed to something like Category:Australian podcasters on Australian rules football. Dresq23 (talk) 22:28, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Dresq23 @Smasongarrison There is no need to make the category specifically for Australian people. Diffusing by nationality for that sport is not necessary, and it wouldn't make sense without a broader category for the sport. Mclay1 (talk) 23:20, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- To be clear on this, it can still fall within the parent category of Australian sports podcasters, correct?Dresq23 (talk) 23:28, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1's saying that same thing I am that as written it isn't specific to Australian sports podcasters. So adding the parent category of Australian sports podcasters isn't approipriate. SMasonGarrison 23:32, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Dresq23 Sorry forgot to tag youSMasonGarrison 23:32, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- In that case would have to then put all the Australian sports podcasters back into that parent category. Would sort of defeat the purpose of having the more specific category here, which was the initial purpose in making that category.Dresq23 (talk) 23:42, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- yep. but that's how categorization diffusion works unfortunately. SMasonGarrison 23:56, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- I think it would be fine to add it as a subcategory of Australian sport podcasters, like how Category:Military personnel of the American Civil War is a subcategory of Category:American military personnel by war – it doesn't use a nationality unlike all its siblings because the nationality is a given. If there are ever any articles on non-Australian Aussie rules podcasters, then we can revisit. Mclay1 (talk) 00:07, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
- yep. but that's how categorization diffusion works unfortunately. SMasonGarrison 23:56, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1's saying that same thing I am that as written it isn't specific to Australian sports podcasters. So adding the parent category of Australian sports podcasters isn't approipriate. SMasonGarrison 23:32, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- To be clear on this, it can still fall within the parent category of Australian sports podcasters, correct?Dresq23 (talk) 23:28, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Dresq23 @Smasongarrison There is no need to make the category specifically for Australian people. Diffusing by nationality for that sport is not necessary, and it wouldn't make sense without a broader category for the sport. Mclay1 (talk) 23:20, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: A future expansion of the category tree may be needed, as the sport continues to reach new audiences overseas—e.g. this recent viral streamer (red link)—but as at this point in time it seems distinctly unnecessary to specify Category:Australian rules football podcasters by nationality when each of the podcasters listed are Australians (barring one American-Australian and one British-Australian—both of whom are Australians by citizenship anyway) and the sport only exists in a professional capacity in one country. To me it would be the equivalent of having the hypothetical category "Turkish oil wrestling podcasters by country" when there might well only be one notable podcast on the topic and, as such, no current articles that would need to be diffused further (nor does such the category Turkish oil wrestling podcasters exist, so that might be a bad example). But following this logic, should we then be further disseminating Category:Australian Football League into Category:Australian rules football leagues by country? I wouldn't have thought so. Sean Stephens (talk) 04:57, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: Australian rules football is not ambiguous like American football can be, so it doesn't need to deviate from the established format per C2C. Mclay1 (talk) 07:10, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
On hold pending other discussion
- Category:Ambassadors of Kiribati to China to Category:Lists of ambassadors of Kiribati – C2F. AusLondonder (talk) 10:50, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose. Emptied out of process by the nominator (diff) which was reverted. C2F no longer applies. Specifically, the official title of such ambassadors is ambassador to the Republic of China, not Taiwan, and per the one-China policy they are the only ambassador of their country to China in any of its incarnations at any given time. Place Clichy (talk) 13:44, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
- On hold pending this discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:41, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose. Emptied out of process by the nominator (diff) which was reverted. C2F no longer applies. Specifically, the official title of such ambassadors is ambassador to the Republic of China, not Taiwan, and per the one-China policy they are the only ambassador of their country to China in any of its incarnations at any given time. Place Clichy (talk) 13:44, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
Moved to full discussion
- Category:European championships international draughts to Category:European Draughts Championships – C2C: per Category:European championships. Hillyrrr (talk) 02:53, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
- The name of the sport is international draughts, so it is probably better to discuss this at a full nomination. Ymblanter (talk) 06:25, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- The discussion is here. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:43, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- The name of the sport is international draughts, so it is probably better to discuss this at a full nomination. Ymblanter (talk) 06:25, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- Category:British humourous columnists to Category:British humorous columnists – C2A: Yes, this looks correct because of the British spelling of humour. However, according to the Oxford English Dictionary "humorous" is the correct spelling in all varieties of English. See Oxford English Dictionary See: https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/1187468962 🌿MtBotany (talk) 22:01, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose, "humourous" was good enough for Jonathan Swift, and he was a better writer than any of us. DuncanHill (talk) 22:30, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
- Seriously? Jonathan Swift has been dead for 280 years. As much as I admire historical research, you really ought to point to a modern dictionary if you are going to oppose this and are not making a joke. If you are joking, well played, you got me. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 23:00, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
- @DuncanHill: "Humourous" is definitely incorrect in modern English. "Humour columnists" might be better anyway, but would need a full CfD. Mclay1 (talk) 01:19, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
- Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:33, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose, "humourous" was good enough for Jonathan Swift, and he was a better writer than any of us. DuncanHill (talk) 22:30, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
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