Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/User/Archive/January 2009

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January 21

Category:User kv-0

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The result of the discussion was: Delete - jc37 09:19, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

0-level category, which have been unanimously deleted per Wikipedia:User_categories_for_discussion/Archive/Topical_index#Wikipedians_by_0-level_language_knowledge. VegaDark (talk) 01:22, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete/speedy delete as nom. VegaDark (talk) 01:22, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per VegaDark, level-0 categories are useless. Icewedge (talk) 21:18, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Everyone is presumptively level-0 at everything for which they do not specify otherwise. The alternative is everyone having a few hundred categories explaining all the languages they don't speak. bd2412 T 09:03, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:User singer-songwriters

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The result of the discussion was: delete. –Black Falcon ^(Talk) 06:51, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Improper naming convention, at minimum needs a rename to use "Wikipedian" instead of user, and to conform with the current naming convention of Category: Wikipedians by profession. Also wouldn't oppose deletion as I don't particularly think categorizing by profession is a good idea (WP:NOR issues come up in the discussion around the logic of keeping such categories). VegaDark (talk) 01:22, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to Category:Wikipedian singer-songwriters or delete as nom. VegaDark (talk) 01:22, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - simply a category intersection. - jc37 09:21, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wikipedians who want to be cremated

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The result of the discussion was: Delete - jc37 09:22, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not helpful to categorize desires per much precedent at Wikipedia:User_categories_for_discussion/Archive/Topical_index#Wikipedians_by_desire. VegaDark (talk) 01:22, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as nom. VegaDark (talk) 01:22, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Lebanese-American Wikipedians

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Wizardman 06:22, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnicity combination category, all have which been either deleted or double upmerged per Wikipedia:User_categories_for_discussion/Archive/Topical_index#Wikipedians_by_ethnicity_and_nationality. VegaDark (talk) 01:22, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or double upmerge (to Category:American Wikipedians and Category:Lebanese Wikipedians) as nom. VegaDark (talk) 01:22, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Insane Wikipedians

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The result of the discussion was: Đэλш†£ - jc37 09:28, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Such categories have been deemed not appropriate for Wikipedia per unanimous precedent at Wikipedia:User_categories_for_discussion/Archive/Topical_index#Wikipedians_by_medical_condition. Likely joke category, anyway. VegaDark (talk) 01:22, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as nom. VegaDark (talk) 01:22, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Deleteper ^nom. –Pomte 03:20, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Straitjacket and confine in a padded room. —MarsJenkar (talk | contribs) 18:35, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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January 12

Category:Wikipedians who use a MacBook Air

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:12, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposing deletion of Category:Wikipedians who use a MacBook Air.

Nominator's rationale: This category does not assist in the construction of the encyclopedia and has little potential for promoting collaboration. - Stepheng3 (talk) 21:14, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Wikipedia:User_categories_for_discussion/Archive/Topical_index#Wikipedians_by_computer_hardware. VegaDark (talk) 02:45, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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January 9

Category:1980 user births

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The result of the discussion was: speedy delete as substantially similar re-creation of previously deleted content (see Wikipedia:User categories for discussion/Archive/August 2007#Category:Wikipedians by year of birth). VegaDark (talk) 21:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Propose deletion of Category:1980 user births.

Nominator's rationale: This category does not assist in the construction of the encyclopedia. It presents little or no opportunity for promoting collaboration. - Stepheng3 (talk) 08:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Totally unnecessary, as there's a template for ages of users. -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^T ^C 20:21, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

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January 7

Category:Wikipedians who use the iPhone

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The result of the discussion was: speedy delete as substantially similar to previously deleted content {see Wikipedia:User categories for discussion/Archive/June 2007#Category:Wikipedians with iPhones. VegaDark (talk) 02:05, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Propose deletion of Category:Wikipedians who use the iPhone.

Nominator's rationale: This category does not assist in the construction of the encyclopedia. It presents little or no opportunity for promoting collaboration. - Stepheng3 (talk) 01:21, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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January 3

Category:Silly Wikipedians

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Icewedge (talk) 08:14, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Propose deletion of Category:Silly Wikipedians.

Nominator's rationale: This is a pointless category which simply fills up cruft. Wikipedia is not a social networking site; such a "category" serves no purpose. Categories which are "jokes/nonsense" are explicitly prohibited by WP:Overcategorization/User categories. Tb (talk) 08:34, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Useless category, not the type of category we have or should have on Wikipedia. VegaDark (talk) 10:22, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Per WP:Overcategorization/User categories#Inappropriate types of user categories: "Categories that are jokes/nonsense. This includes... [categories] created primarily for humourous or satirical purposes". Scapler (talk) 20:48, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above, plus the category has only one user at the moment. —MarsJenkar (talk | contribs) 15:38, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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January 2

Category:WikiProject Prison Break participants

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The result of the discussion was: delete--Aervanath (talk) 12:53, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:WikiProject Prison Break participants to Category:Prison Break Task Force participants

Nominator's rationale: per the taskforcification of the wikiproject NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 00:06, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Moved from 2008 December 23 CfD. Thanks, — Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 02:39, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to Category:WikiProject Television/Prison Break task force participants to match the naming convention of current task force categories. This needs the first part to indicate it is a Wikipedian category, also "task force" shouldn't be capitialized. VegaDark (talk) 10:22, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
See also the outcome here for a related category. The result was similar to the proposal by VegaDark except "Television" wasn't included there. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 22:13, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Close. This is a Project, not a task force. -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^T^C 20:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- Huh? It was a project, but has now become a task force of WikiProject Television. VegaDark (talk) 02:45, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Rename to "<topic> task force participants" (thus without the WikiProject delimeter and slash). A task force can actually potentially fall under more than one WikiProject. While this may not be the case in this instance, let's not start a precedent that might cause a need for undoing later. - jc37 09:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- But does that adequately convey that this is a user category? "Wikiproject" at the start would normally be an indicator of this, without that it is less clear. VegaDark (talk) 00:43, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Question: Do any of the other Wikiproject TV task forces have participant categories, and what are they named? I only found one, and it was still named Wikiproject foo participants (no mention of wikiproject TV). I guess I'm wondering if this is needed (especially since the member list is already at Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Prison Break --Kbdank71 21:32, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Valid question (and point). Technically, anyone who is a participant in a task force/work group, is a participant of one or more WikiProjects which are "parents" to that task force/work group. And task forces/work groups are supposed to be about something more focused or specific than the general Wikiproject. Based on that I think we should probably put a quick halt on all task force/work group category memberships. Duplicative, and has a great potential to "bloat" significantly. - jc37 09:52, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Good points, no objection to that either. VegaDark (talk) 18:05, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
To clarify: Delete per my above comments. - jc37 02:36, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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