This is a (work in progress) to be a comprehensive list of all individual user categories that have been nominated for discussion at CFD, UCFD, and DRV. If the result was to merge, delete, or rename, such categories have a community consensus determining that they should not exist, and therefore should not be recreated without first going through a deletion review resulting in overturning deletion. It also lists categories that should exist only as parent categories, with no individual users supposed to be populating them. Discussions closed with the result of "relisting" are excluded from this list, but their relisted counterpart is included.

The purpose of this list is to make it easy to spot exact recreations of deleted content, as well as making it easier to search for other substantially similar categories that would meet the G4 speedy deletion requirement.

Key edit

Green Precedent still in effect
Red Precedent no longer valid
Yellow Mixed or ambiguous precedent
White No precedent established due to a relisting or speedy deletion[1]

CFD/UCFD discussions edit

2012 edit

Discussion Type Date Wikipedians... Topic 2 Category Outcome
CFD 2012-01-16 by editing philosophy (Wikifauna) Joke/nonsense Delete all
CFD 2012-01-16 by editing habit Joke/nonsense Category:Known Talk Page Stalkers Delete
CFD 2012-01-16 by editing philosophy (Wikifauna) Joke/nonsense Category:Wikipedian WikiZombies Delete
CFD 2012-01-16 by editing philosophy (Wikifauna) Joke/nonsense Category:Wikipedian WikiHunters Delete
CFD 2012-01-16 by Wikipedia project Category:Users with Online Ambassador mentors Delete
CFD 2012-01-16 by language (0-level) "Not" category Category:User yue-hk-0 Delete
CFD 2012-01-16 by programming language (native speaker) Joke/nonsense Category:User ocaml-N Delete
CFD 2012-01-16 by language Delete all
CFD 2012-01-16 by Wikipedia issue Delete all
CFD 2012-01-15 by education "Not" category Category:Wikipedians who did not finish High School Delete
CFD 2012-01-15 by website Narrow scope Category:WikiQueerians Delete
CFD 2012-01-15 by ethnicity Wikipedians by nationality Delete all
CFD 2012-01-12 by programming language (native speaker) Joke/nonsense Category:User pas-N Delete
CFD 2012-01-12 by like/dislike or "fans" Wikipedians by individual person Category:User Encourages Messi Delete
CFD 2012-01-12 by Wikipedia project Category:Imposter Verification Team Speedy delete, author's request
CFD 2012-01-09 by language Category:User simple-3 Merge
CFD 2012-01-06 by philosophy Category:Wikipedians who believe in reincarnation Delete


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  • Wikipedians by service award categories (17 total) (Link) (Delete)

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User Category DRV decisions edit

Discussion Type Date Wikipedians... Topic 2 Category Outcome
DRV 2013-08-28 by operating system Category:Wikipedians who use Microsoft Windows Relist at CfD
DRV 2012-10-24 by "Not" category Category:Wikipedians who are not a Wikipedian Overturn to keep
DRV 2012-08-27 by sexual orientation Category:Gay Wikipedians Relist at CfD
DRV 2012-08-27 by sex by gender Category:Female Wikipedians Relist at CfD
DRV 2010-12-01 by programming language (native speaker) Category:User css-N Deletion endorsed
DRV 2010-11-13 by Wikipedia award Relist at CfD
DRV 2009-10-25 by Wikipedia issue Category:Wikipedians who say CfD is broken Relist at CfD
DRV 2009-09-08 by profession Category:Wikipedian singer-songwriters Relist at CfD
DRV 2009-02-04 by language Overturn to keep
DRV 2008-06-05 by medical condition Category:Dyspraxic Wikipedians Deletion endorsed
DRV 2008-04-22 by operating system Deletion endorsed
DRV 2008-04-10 by Wikipedia editing preference Category:User Follyglot Deletion endorsed
DRV 2008-03-18 by activity Category:Wikipedians who play German-style board games Deletion endorsed
DRV 2008-03-12 by radio series Deletion endorsed[1]
DRV 2008-03-06 by Wikipedia activity Category:Wikipedian random page patrollers Overturn to no consensus, defaulting to keep
DRV 2008-03-04 by Wikipedia philosophy by joke category Category:Rouge admins Deletion endorsed
DRV 2008-03-02 by language
User jer and subcategory
Deletion endorsed
DRV 2008-02-28 by support or opposition to something Category:Wikipedians who support Hezbollah Speedy deletion endorsed
DRV 2008-01-21 by sexual orientation Category:Queer Wikipedians Deletion endorsed
DRV 2008-01-08 by sexual orientation Category:Queer Wikipedians Deletion endorsed


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  1. ^ a b The speedy deletion process does not create binding precedent in most cases. For instance, a category that becomes empty during the nomination and is speedy deleted as empty would not set deletion precedent. Likewise, a nomination being closed due to an author requesting deletion during the discussion would not create deletion precedent. A grey area exists here for nominated categories where a clear consensus has formed to delete, but an author comes in and preemptively requests deletion. Categories under such circumstances, as determined to the best of our ability, will be marked as having mixed/ambiguous precedent (technically WP:CSD#G4 would not apply, but a speedy deletion would likely be upheld at deletion review). In some cases, a speedy deletion does constitute good precedent, such as a speedy deletion due to vandalism or nonsense - presumably a re-creation of such a user category would still meet the original reasons for deletion. Categories speedy deleted under such circumstances will be marked as having precedent still in effect. Cite error: The named reference "Speedy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d While the exact category in question had not been previously deleted, the closing admin determined that a past discussion regarding similar categories served as speedy deletion precedent.


i. ^ a Categories include Category:Asexual Wikipedians, Category:Pansexual Wikipedians, Category:Polyamorous Wikipedians, Category:Bisexual Wikipedians, Category:Homoflexible Wikipedians, Category:Heteroflexible Wikipedians, Category:Femme Wikipedians, Category:Lipstick lesbian Wikipedians, Category:Gay Wikipedians, Category:Bear cub Wikipedians, Category:Lesbian Wikipedians, Category:Queer Wikipedians, Category:Genderqueer Wikipedians, and Category:Transsexual Wikipedians.