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Discussion for Today
[edit]- This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025_January_5
January 5
[edit]NEW NOMINATIONS
[edit]Category:10th-century churches in Russia
[edit]- Propose renaming Category:10th-century churches in Russia to Category:10th-century churches in Alania
- Nominator's rationale: rename and re-parent, these churches were established in Alania and have no ties with Kievan Rus' or the later Russian Empire. Culturally they were part of the Middle East. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:46, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Shortening of MPBL category names
[edit]- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League awards to Category:Category:MPBL awards
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League most valuable player awards to Category:Category:MPBL most valuable player awards
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League divisions to Category:Category:MPBL divisions
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League Finals to Category:Category:MPBL finals
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League lists to Category:Category:MPBL lists
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League players to Category:Category:MPBL players
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League players by club to Category:Category:MPBL players by club
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League playoffs to Category:Category:MPBL playoffs
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League rivalries to Category:Category:MPBL rivalries
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League seasons to Category:Category:MPBL seasons
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League seasons by team to Category:Category:MPBL seasons by team
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League teams to Category:Category:MPBL teams
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League former teams to Category:Category:MPBL former teams
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League templates to Category:Category:MPBL templates
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League champions navigational boxes to Category:Category:MPBL champions navigational boxes
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League roster templates to Category:Category:MPBL roster templates
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League roster navigational boxes to Category:Category:MPBL roster navigational boxes
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League season by team templates to Category:Category:MPBL season by team templates
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League statistics templates to Category:Category:MPBL statistics templates
- Propose renaming Category:Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League team templates to Category:Category:MPBL team templates
- Nominator's rationale: All articles related to the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League use the abbreviation "MPBL". Also, the league's name in full might be too long for categories. MarcusAbacus (talk) 06:53, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Category:Defunct cable television channels in Canada
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Local terminology Mvcg66b3r (talk) 03:46, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Category:Cable television channels in Canada
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Local terminology Mvcg66b3r (talk) 03:44, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Category:Ships built in Kirkland, Washington
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: WP:OVERLAPCAT and WP:SYNTH
- The only thing in this category is Category:Ships built at Lake Washington Shipyard and none of the 48 ships in that subcategory were built in Kirkland. Rather, they were built at the Lake Washington Shipyard which was in unincorporated King County with the official location listed as "Houghton" on the ship registries. That company quit building new ships around 1945, Houghton was incorporated as a city in 1948, and Houghton merged into Kirkland in 1968. Parent Category:History of Kirkland, Washington more accurately describes the location. - RevelationDirect (talk) 02:35, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Background We previously deleted other overlapping categories for this same shipyard at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 March 21#Category:Ships built in Houghton, Washington. - RevelationDirect (talk) 02:35, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:12, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Category:Actors of European descent in Indian films
[edit]- Propose merging Category:Actors of European descent in Indian films to Category:Expatriate actors in India
- Propose merging Category:European actresses in India to Category:Expatriate actresses in India
- Nominator's rationale: There's no need to isolate actresses of European decent from other expatriate accesses SMasonGarrison 02:33, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- This is more complicated than it initially seems. Category:Actors of European descent in Indian films also contains non-expatriate actors, e.g. Tom Alter. And in addition there is a third category that should be included in the nomination, Category:Actresses of European descent in Indian films. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Category:Evans family (Paramount Pictures)
[edit]- Propose renaming Category:Evans family (Paramount Pictures) to Category:Evans family (show business)
- Nominator's rationale: This seems too specific, as most of these people are not directly involved with Paramount except by family connection to Robert Evans. Mike Selinker (talk) 01:04, 5 January 2025 (UTC)