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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.
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
editFor 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
editClosing procedure
editAfter 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
edit| V | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
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| CfD | 3 | 12 | 164 | 0 | 179 |
| TfD | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 37 |
| MfD | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| FfD | 2 | 6 | 70 | 0 | 78 |
| RfD | 0 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 117 |
| AfD | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 34 |
- 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 May 31 (5 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 30 (7 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 29 (3 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 28 (3 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 27 (11 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 26 (5 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 25 (7 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 24 (8 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 23 (14 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 21 (8 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 20 (7 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 19 (3 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 18 (19 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 17 (20 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 16 (5 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 15 (8 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 14 (6 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 13 (20 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 12 (5 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 30 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 28 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 25 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 22 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 20 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 14 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 5 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 4 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 March 30 (3 open)
How to nominate a category for discussion
editNomination procedure
editTwinkle
editYou 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
editManual nominations
edit| 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
edit| 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
editIn 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 June 8|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 and merging
editSpeedy 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 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
editRequests 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
editThe category-specific criteria for speedy renaming or merging are strictly limited to:
C2A: Typographic and spelling fixes
edit- 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
edit- Conforming with Wikipedia policies and guidelines.
- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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.
| Administrators and page movers: Do not use the "Move" tab to move categories listed here!Categories are processed following the 48-hour waiting period and are moved by a bot. |
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
editIf 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 04:54, 6 June 2026 (UTC). Currently, there are 132 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
edit- Category:2024 Premier Volleyball League season to Category:2024–25 Premier Volleyball League season – C2D following discussion. MarcusAbacus (talk) 04:11, 8 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:2024 Premier Volleyball League season by team to Category:2024–25 Premier Volleyball League season by team
- Category:2024–25 Premier Volleyball League season to Category:2025–26 Premier Volleyball League season
- Category:2024–25 Premier Volleyball League season by team to Category:2025–26 Premier Volleyball League season by team
- Category:Los Angeles Metro Busway route templates to Category:Los Angeles Metro Busway line templates – C2C. OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 00:36, 8 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Burials at St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham to Category:Burials at St Mildred's Church, Whippingham – Use British English spelling, consistent with the topic main article name. Walco1 (talk) 22:03, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:TV3 (Sweden) original programming to Category:TV3 (Swedish TV channel) original programming – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:50, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:TV4 (Sweden) original programming to Category:TV4 (Swedish TV channel) original programming – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:49, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Deportivo Toluca F.C. Reserves and Academy footballers to Category:Toluca FC Reserves and Academy footballers – C2D. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 09:43, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Nine Radio to Category:Tapt Media – C2D: per Tapt Media. Happily888 (talk) 21:50, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Detroit Grand Prix to Category:Detroit Grand Prix (Formula One) – C2D. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 21:01, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- * Category:Goa liberation movement to Category:Goan independence movement – Per C2D, see corresponding article Goan independence movement Rejoy2003(talk) 14:20, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Filipino families of Chinese descent to Category:Filipino families of Chinese ancestry – C2C: Please rename the category from Filipino families of Chinese descent to Filipino families of Chinese ancestry. Toniker0501 (talk) 14:17, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Rail transport organizations based in the United Kingdom to Category:Rail transport organisations based in the United Kingdom – C2C: Use British English spelling, consistent with parent Category:Transport organisations based in the United Kingdom and siblings thereof. Liam McM 11:23, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Burials at Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey to Category:Burials at Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey – C2D: per Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey. Mclay1 (talk) 07:59, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Female superiority to Category:Feminist movements and ideologies, Category:Feminist theory, Category:Feminist philosophy, Category:Feminist ethics, Category:Misandry, Category:Supremacism, Category:Matriarchy, and Category:Men's rights – C2F: Contains only the eponymous article after the subcategory was deleted at CfD. Mclay1 (talk) 07:34, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Economic history of the Confederate States of America to Category:Economy of the Confederate States of America – C2D: per Economy of the Confederate States of America. It's all history so the current name is redundant. Mclay1 (talk) 05:49, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Monocots to Category:Monocotyledons – C2D: per Monocotyledon. Mclay1 (talk) 05:36, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Monocots by location to Category:Monocotyledons by location
- Category:Monocots by country to Category:Monocotyledons by country
- Category:Monocots of Australia to Category:Monocotyledons of Australia
- Category:Monocot families to Category:Monocotyledon families
- Category:Monocot genera to Category:Monocotyledon genera
- Category:Monotypic monocot genera to Category:Monotypic monocotyledon genera
- Category:Monocot subfamilies to Category:Monocotyledon subfamilies
- Category:Monocot diseases to Category:Monocotyledon diseases
- Category:Monocot stubs to Category:Monocotyledon stubs
- Category:Computers Designed in the United States of America to Category:Computers designed in the United States of America – C2A. Dmoews (talk) 05:04, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup to Category:AVC Women's Volleyball Cup – C2D: AVC Women's Volleyball Cup. ꕥ 𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 ꕥ →𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚖𝚎← 04:55, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup to Category:AVC Men's Volleyball Cup – C2D: AVC Men's Volleyball Cup. ꕥ 𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 ꕥ →𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚖𝚎← 04:54, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mekong River to Category:Mekong – C2D: per Mekong. Not ambiguous. Mclay1 (talk) 04:31, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Bridges over the Mekong River to Category:Bridges over the Mekong
- Category:Dams in the Mekong River Basin to Category:Dams in the Mekong Basin
- Category:Islands of the Mekong River to Category:Islands of the Mekong
- Category:Populated places on the Mekong River to Category:Populated places on the Mekong
- Category:Tributaries of the Mekong River to Category:Tributaries of the Mekong
- Category:Bridges over the Euphrates River to Category:Bridges over the Euphrates – C2C: per Category:Euphrates. Also C2D per Euphrates. Mclay1 (talk) 04:29, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Tigris River to Category:Tigris – C2D: per Tigris. Not ambiguous. Mclay1 (talk) 04:27, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Bridges over the Tigris River to Category:Bridges over the Tigris
- Category:Dams on the Tigris River to Category:Dams on the Tigris
- Category:Populated places on the Tigris River to Category:Populated places on the Tigris
- Category:Tributaries of the Tigris River to Category:Tributaries of the Tigris
- Category:Kosi Region to Category:Kosi region – C2D: per Kosi region. Mclay1 (talk) 02:35, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Santiago High School (Garden Grove, California) to [[:]] – C2F: Nowhere to merge, since the category has no parents. See also Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_5#Category:Santiago_High_School_alumni. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:54, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Buildings and structures of the University of Aberdeen to Category:University of Aberdeen buildings and structures – C2C: per the hundreds of siblings in Category:Buildings and structures by university or college. Mclay1 (talk) 11:12, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Buildings and structures of the University of Edinburgh to Category:University of Edinburgh buildings and structures
- Category:Buildings and structures of the University of Cambridge to Category:University of Cambridge buildings and structures
- Category:Buildings and structures of Durham University to Category:Durham University buildings and structures
- Category:Buildings and structures of Imperial College London to Category:Imperial College London buildings and structures
- Category:Buildings and structures of Lancaster University to Category:Lancaster University buildings and structures
- Category:Buildings and structures of the University of Leeds to Category:University of Leeds buildings and structures
- Category:Buildings at the University of Manchester to Category:University of Manchester buildings and structures
- Category:Buildings and structures of Newcastle University to Category:Newcastle University buildings and structures
- Category:Buildings and structures of the University of Oxford to Category:University of Oxford buildings and structures
- Category:Buildings and structures of the University of Reading to Category:University of Reading buildings and structures
- Category:Buildings and structures of the University of York to Category:University of York buildings and structures
- Oppose all These are pretty consistent for the UK (bar a stray one for Sheffield) and the order for university categories is being debated again. It would be wrong to speedy move these against the recent trend and sentiment in the latest discussions. Timrollpickering (talk) 13:00, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Sinking of RMS Titanic to Category:Sinking of the Titanic – C2D: per Sinking of the Titanic. Mclay1 (talk) 07:51, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose as parent category is Category:RMS Titanic. - The Bushranger One ping only 08:31, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
- @The Bushranger That doesn't mean this category shouldn't match its main article, as with Category:Lifeboats of the Titanic and Category:Crew of the Titanic. Also, the main article of the parent is Titanic, so it should also be renamed. Mclay1 (talk) 16:03, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1: Even if true, which may or may not be the case, it absolutely demonstrates that this is not something that can be done speedily. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:25, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
- @The Bushranger: What do you mean? How does that demonstrate that? This is a clear case of C2D. Mclay1 (talk) 02:23, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1: C2D is not a mandate, especially when it conflicts with C2C. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:56, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- @The Bushranger: This isn't a case of C2C. "RMS" is not disambiguation that has been deliberately added to the tree; it's just from the old names of the articles that hasn't been updated yet. And if the name of the parent is your only issue, do you have an objection to speedily renaming that one too? Mclay1 (talk) 03:01, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1: This requires a full discussion either way. - The Bushranger One ping only 03:03, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- It shouldn't. Mclay1 (talk) 03:08, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1: This requires a full discussion either way. - The Bushranger One ping only 03:03, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- @The Bushranger: This isn't a case of C2C. "RMS" is not disambiguation that has been deliberately added to the tree; it's just from the old names of the articles that hasn't been updated yet. And if the name of the parent is your only issue, do you have an objection to speedily renaming that one too? Mclay1 (talk) 03:01, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1: C2D is not a mandate, especially when it conflicts with C2C. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:56, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- @The Bushranger: What do you mean? How does that demonstrate that? This is a clear case of C2D. Mclay1 (talk) 02:23, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1: Even if true, which may or may not be the case, it absolutely demonstrates that this is not something that can be done speedily. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:25, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
- @The Bushranger That doesn't mean this category shouldn't match its main article, as with Category:Lifeboats of the Titanic and Category:Crew of the Titanic. Also, the main article of the parent is Titanic, so it should also be renamed. Mclay1 (talk) 16:03, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina templates to Category:The Citadel templates – C2D: per The Citadel. Mclay1 (talk) 09:52, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina schools, colleges, and departments to Category:The Citadel schools, colleges, and departments
- Category:The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina student organizations to Category:The Citadel student organizations
- Oppose speedy The Citadel is ambiguous and therefore C2D doesn't apply. Armbrust The Homunculus 12:50, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Armbrust: The main category is already at Category:The Citadel, so that opposition doesn't make sense. Even if you're for some reason objecting to C2D, C2C still applies. The Citadel is also the only educational institution listed on that dab page, so I can't see how the second two could possibly be ambiguous. Mclay1 (talk) 15:59, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
- Support, this is a standard application of WP:C2C. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:36, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
- No, that's not the case. C2C says "Such a convention must be well defined and must be overwhelmingly used within the tree.", but in this case only the parent category uses that short format. Armbrust The Homunculus 13:26, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Armbrust: That's incorrect. The parent category has 6 subcategories (not including the sport categories) that also don't use the disambiguation that just these three categories use. Furthermore, it is a standard application of C2C to rename subcategories to follow the convention of the parent category, regardless of how many subcategories there are still using the old format. That's what we do after the parent is renamed. If that wording of C2C is confusing, then it should be updated. Mclay1 (talk) 14:46, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
- No, that's not the case. C2C says "Such a convention must be well defined and must be overwhelmingly used within the tree.", but in this case only the parent category uses that short format. Armbrust The Homunculus 13:26, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
- Support per WP:C2C. Οἶδα (talk) 02:51, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
- Support, this is a standard application of WP:C2C. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:36, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Armbrust: The main category is already at Category:The Citadel, so that opposition doesn't make sense. Even if you're for some reason objecting to C2D, C2C still applies. The Citadel is also the only educational institution listed on that dab page, so I can't see how the second two could possibly be ambiguous. Mclay1 (talk) 15:59, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy The Citadel is ambiguous and therefore C2D doesn't apply. Armbrust The Homunculus 12:50, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
Opposed requests
edit- Category:19th-century Unitarian Universalist church buildings to Category:Unitarian Universalist church buildings completed in the 19th century
- Category:20th-century Unitarian Universalist church buildings to Category:Unitarian Universalist church buildings completed in the 20th century
- @Mclay1: Granted, year and decade subcats use "completed in", but Category:21st-century religious buildings and structures by country and everything in it begins "21st-century". Has there been a full CFD consensus to change all the century hierarchy? It will make for very long names for the intersections of century, country and denomination, which we don't have for years/decades. – Fayenatic London 22:07, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Fayenatic london: I'm not sure if this has ever been discussed at CfD. I can take the country/century categories there if you want. I think the Unitarian Universalist categories and the Category:Religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by century container category should speedy move to be consistent with their parents though. Mclay1 (talk) 04:28, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you, I think that would be helpful. So I oppose speedy for all above & below starting "Category:Xth century", and support the two ending "by century". – Fayenatic London 13:17, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Fayenatic london: I'm not sure if this has ever been discussed at CfD. I can take the country/century categories there if you want. I think the Unitarian Universalist categories and the Category:Religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by century container category should speedy move to be consistent with their parents though. Mclay1 (talk) 04:28, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1: Granted, year and decade subcats use "completed in", but Category:21st-century religious buildings and structures by country and everything in it begins "21st-century". Has there been a full CFD consensus to change all the century hierarchy? It will make for very long names for the intersections of century, country and denomination, which we don't have for years/decades. – Fayenatic London 22:07, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
- Category:13th-century religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom to Category:Religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom completed in the 13th century
- Category:14th-century religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom to Category:Religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom completed in the 14th century
- Category:15th-century religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom to Category:Religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom completed in the 15th century
- Category:16th-century religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom to Category:Religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom completed in the 16th century
- Category:17th-century religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom to Category:Religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom completed in the 17th century
- Category:18th-century religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom to Category:Religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom completed in the 18th century
- Category:19th-century religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom to Category:Religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom completed in the 19th century
- Category:20th-century religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom to Category:Religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom completed in the 20th century
- Category:21st-century religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom to Category:Religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom completed in the 21st century
- Category:20th-century Unitarian Universalist church buildings to Category:Unitarian Universalist church buildings completed in the 20th century
- Category:Slave owners from the District of Columbia to Category:Slave owners from Washington, D.C. – C2A: norm is for people to from Washington, D.C, not District of Columbia SMasonGarrison 01:27, 30 May 2026 (UTC)
- This is really annoying of me but the District used to have three cities, Alexandria Washington and Georgetown, before the retrocession of Alexandria to Virginia. This overlaps with the period when slavery was legal. That's why you sometimes see "Washington City" in old records. Like George Washington Parke Custis was at Arlington which was the District of Columbia in his day but is now Virginia. And the Franklin and Armfield Office is now in Alexandria Virginia but used to be Alexandria, District of Columbia. IDK. Just wanted to explain that's why it was like that. It's all good either way. jengod (talk) 01:50, 30 May 2026 (UTC)
- That makes sense. The current name also aligns with the parent Category:History of slavery in the District of Columbia and the article Slavery in the District of Columbia. I think this one should stay as it is. I've created a redirect from Washington DC. Mclay1 (talk) 14:02, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
- This is really annoying of me but the District used to have three cities, Alexandria Washington and Georgetown, before the retrocession of Alexandria to Virginia. This overlaps with the period when slavery was legal. That's why you sometimes see "Washington City" in old records. Like George Washington Parke Custis was at Arlington which was the District of Columbia in his day but is now Virginia. And the Franklin and Armfield Office is now in Alexandria Virginia but used to be Alexandria, District of Columbia. IDK. Just wanted to explain that's why it was like that. It's all good either way. jengod (talk) 01:50, 30 May 2026 (UTC)
On hold pending other discussion
edit- REDIRECT Category:Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth to Category:Alumni of St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth
- The alumni category should wait for the result of its CfD. Mclay1 (talk) 12:30, 29 May 2026 (UTC)
Moved to full discussion
edit- Category:Mass media in Seattle to Category:Mass media in the Seattle metropolitan area – C2D: Per Seattle metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 20:00, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Radio stations in Seattle to Category:Radio stations in the Seattle metropolitan area – C2D: Per Seattle metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 19:59, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mass media in Charleston, South Carolina to Category:Mass media in the Charleston metropolitan area, South Carolina – C2D: Per Charleston metropolitan area, South Carolina Mvcg66b3r (talk) 19:54, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mass media in Sacramento, California to Category:Mass media in the Sacramento metropolitan area – C2D: Per Sacramento metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:45, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Television stations in Sacramento, California to Category:Television stations in the Sacramento metropolitan area – C2D: Per Sacramento metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:44, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Radio stations in Sacramento, California to Category:Radio stations in the Sacramento metropolitan area – C2D: Per Sacramento metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:43, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mass media in Madison, Wisconsin to Category:Mass media in the Madison metropolitan area – C2D: Per Madison metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:39, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Television stations in Madison, Wisconsin to Category:Television stations in the Madison metropolitan area – C2D: Per Madison metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:37, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Radio stations in Madison, Wisconsin to Category:Radio stations in the Madison metropolitan area – C2D: Per Madison metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:37, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Television stations in Green Bay, Wisconsin to Category:Television stations in the Green Bay metropolitan area – C2D: Per Green Bay metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:33, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mass media in Green Bay, Wisconsin to Category:Mass media in the Green Bay metropolitan area – C2D: Per Green Bay metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:32, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Radio stations in Green Bay, Wisconsin to Category:Radio stations in the Green Bay metropolitan area – C2D: Per Green Bay metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:31, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mass media in Duluth, Minnesota to Category:Mass media in the Twin Ports – C2D: Per Twin Ports Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:28, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Radio stations in Duluth, Minnesota to Category:Radio stations in the Twin Ports – C2D: Per Twin Ports Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:28, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Television stations in Duluth, Minnesota to Category:Television stations in the Twin Ports – C2D: Per Twin Ports Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:27, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Television stations in Austin, Texas to Category:Television stations in Greater Austin – C2D: Per Category:Radio stations in Greater Austin Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:02, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Television stations in San Antonio to Category:Television stations in Greater San Antonio – C2C: Per Category:Radio stations in Greater San Antonio Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:01, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Television stations in Milwaukee to Category:Television stations in the Milwaukee metropolitan area – C2C: Per Category:Radio stations in the Milwaukee metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 16:57, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Television stations in Jackson, Mississippi to Category:Television stations in the Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi – C2C: Per Category:Radio stations in the Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi Mvcg66b3r (talk) 16:54, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Television stations in Houston to Category:Television stations in Greater Houston – C2C: Per Category:Radio stations in Greater Houston Mvcg66b3r (talk) 16:53, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Television stations in Denver to Category:Television stations in the Denver metropolitan area – C2C: Per Category:Radio stations in the Denver metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 16:52, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Television stations in Chicago to Category:Television stations in the Chicago metropolitan area – C2C: Per Category:Radio stations in the Chicago metropolitan area Mvcg66b3r (talk) 16:50, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose All of these being done via speedy; the TV station cats can have a different structure than the radio staion cats, and C2D does not apply the ones that change from city-based to metropolitan-area-based since articles exist for both. Please take to full discussion.UnitedStatesian (talk) 20:35, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mvcg66b3r: are you planning to take this to full discussion? Marcocapelle (talk) 21:22, 18 May 2026 (UTC)
- Yes, how? It's a lot of categories. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 21:24, 18 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mvcg66b3r: User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/massXFD or manually. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:28, 18 May 2026 (UTC)
- Can't you do it for me? It's kind of complicated as it is. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 21:42, 18 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mvcg66b3r: I am sorry, it is no less complicated for me. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:06, 19 May 2026 (UTC)
- I can tag them, but I am not willing to go to CfD and propose a motivation, since I do not have any opinion on the matter. If somebody tags one cat and mentions the others, I can tag the rest. Ymblanter (talk) 20:48, 19 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mvcg66b3r: I am sorry, it is no less complicated for me. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:06, 19 May 2026 (UTC)
- Can't you do it for me? It's kind of complicated as it is. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 21:42, 18 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mvcg66b3r: User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/massXFD or manually. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:28, 18 May 2026 (UTC)
- Yes, how? It's a lot of categories. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 21:24, 18 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mvcg66b3r: are you planning to take this to full discussion? Marcocapelle (talk) 21:22, 18 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose All of these being done via speedy; the TV station cats can have a different structure than the radio staion cats, and C2D does not apply the ones that change from city-based to metropolitan-area-based since articles exist for both. Please take to full discussion.UnitedStatesian (talk) 20:35, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Military specialisms to Category:Military careers – C2D: Main article is Military career. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 22:18, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
- The target is a disambig, so probably we need more discussion of this item.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:03, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
- Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:25, 18 May 2026 (UTC)
- The target is a disambig, so probably we need more discussion of this item.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:03, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Chernobyl (city) in fiction to Category:Chernobyl, Ukraine, in fiction – C2C: Chernobyl, Ukraine - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 23:43, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Films set in Chernobyl (city) to Category:Films set in Chernobyl, Ukraine
- Category:People from Chornobyl to Category:People from Chernobyl, Ukraine
- Oppose speedy There is no clear convention to use "Chernobyl, Ukraine", as only Category:Chernobyl, Ukraine uses that disambiguation. Armbrust The Homunculus 13:56, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Armbrust: But that's how C2C works. There's no reason for the child categories to be different to the parent category. Or are you planning to start a CfD for the parent? Mclay1 (talk) 02:46, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- By that logic it would make more sense to rename the parent category to Category:Chernobyl (city). Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 02:52, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- Should we move this to CFD then? - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 04:35, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- @OpalYosutebito Probably a good idea. Category:Chernobyl, Ukraine was unilaterally moved from Category:Chernobyl (city) in 2016. I don't think any disambiguation is needed anyway. There's no realistic chance of confusion with Category:Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty). Mclay1 (talk) 07:43, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- We have Category:Chernobyl disaster and subcats though. Ymblanter (talk) 21:07, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- Those topics are related so anything related to the disaster being put in the parent category for the place isn't going to result in complete miscategorisation. Mclay1 (talk) 01:44, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- @OpalYosutebito: are you planning to move this to full discussion? Marcocapelle (talk) 11:54, 14 May 2026 (UTC)
- Those topics are related so anything related to the disaster being put in the parent category for the place isn't going to result in complete miscategorisation. Mclay1 (talk) 01:44, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- We have Category:Chernobyl disaster and subcats though. Ymblanter (talk) 21:07, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- @OpalYosutebito Probably a good idea. Category:Chernobyl, Ukraine was unilaterally moved from Category:Chernobyl (city) in 2016. I don't think any disambiguation is needed anyway. There's no realistic chance of confusion with Category:Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty). Mclay1 (talk) 07:43, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- Should we move this to CFD then? - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 04:35, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- By that logic it would make more sense to rename the parent category to Category:Chernobyl (city). Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 02:52, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Armbrust: But that's how C2C works. There's no reason for the child categories to be different to the parent category. Or are you planning to start a CfD for the parent? Mclay1 (talk) 02:46, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy There is no clear convention to use "Chernobyl, Ukraine", as only Category:Chernobyl, Ukraine uses that disambiguation. Armbrust The Homunculus 13:56, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- Category:Mass killings by ideology to Category:Mass murder by ideology – C2C: parent is Mass murder SMasonGarrison 20:19, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Smasongarrison: It should be Category:Mass murders by ideology per the other subcategories of Category:Mass murder. Mclay1 (talk) 01:07, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
- Good catch. I wasn't sure if it should be plural or not. :) SMasonGarrison 01:10, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose rename: The rename is inappropriate for most of the mass killings on Wikipedia, "murder" is a specific crime, it does not include all killings. A very large proportion of mass killings on Wikipedia occurred in active war zones, most definitions of murder exclude warfare. Even if the victims are civilians, very few war crimes are classified as "murder", these crimes have other names. Murder is also usually a crime at the national or state level, so given the only current subcategories are "by regime" the killers are the same people who wrote the laws around murder, and would determine that their own actions are legal. Late Night Coffee (ping me) 04:37, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- @LateNightCoffee: We don't have a main category for mass killings. Perhaps this should be renamed Category:Mass killings to broaden it, considering there are currently only two subcategories? Mclay1 (talk) 13:05, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1 we should probably bring this to full.SMasonGarrison 13:54, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- Full discussion here. Mclay1 (talk) 07:57, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mclay1 we should probably bring this to full.SMasonGarrison 13:54, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- @LateNightCoffee: We don't have a main category for mass killings. Perhaps this should be renamed Category:Mass killings to broaden it, considering there are currently only two subcategories? Mclay1 (talk) 13:05, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Smasongarrison: It should be Category:Mass murders by ideology per the other subcategories of Category:Mass murder. Mclay1 (talk) 01:07, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
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