Categories may be listed for speedy renaming or speedy merging if they meet one or more of the criteria specified below. They must be tagged with {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}} so that users of the categories are aware of the proposal. A request may be processed 48 hours after it was listed if there are no objections. This delay allows other editors to review the request to ensure that it meets the criteria for speedy deletion, renaming, or merging, and to raise objections to the proposed change.
Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g. "patent nonsense", "recreation", categories that have been empty for four days) can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}}, and no delay is required to process these. Renaming under C2E can also be processed instantly as it is a variation on G7.
Contested requests become stale, and can be un-tagged and de-listed, 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 discussion from|[[WP:CFDS]]|2=~~~~}}. If the nominator wants to continue the process, they need to submit the request as a regular CfD in accordance with the instructions there.
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Speedy criteria
The category-specific criteria for speedy deletion, renaming, or merging are strictly limited to:
C1. Unpopulated categories
- That have been unpopulated for at least four days. This does not apply to disambiguation categories, category redirects, featured topics categories, categories under discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion (or other such discussions), or project categories that by their nature may become empty on occasion (e.g. Category:Wikipedians looking for help). Place {{Empty category}} at the top of the page to prevent such categories from being deleted.
- Tag category with {{Db-c1}}.
C2. Renaming or merging
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- C2A. Typographic and spelling fixes.
- Correction of spelling errors and capitalization fixes. Differences between British and American 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).
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- C2B. Enforcing 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.).
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- C2C. 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:Transportation in the United States and Category:Transport in the United Kingdom).
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- C2D. Facilitating concordance between a particular category's name and a related article's name.
- Renaming a topic category to match its eponymous article (e.g. Category:The Beatles and The Beatles).
- This applies only if the related article's current name (and by extension, the proposed name for the category) is unambiguous, and uncontroversial – either because of longstanding stability at that particular name or immediately following a page move discussion that had explicit consensus to rename. If the page names are controversial or ambiguous in any way, then this criterion does not apply.
- This criterion also does not apply if there is any ongoing discussion about the name of the page or category, or if there has been a recent discussion concerning any of the pages that resulted in a no consensus result.
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- C2E. Author request.
- This criterion applies only if the author of a category requests or agrees to renaming within 28 days 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, but excludes an editor working with the author on the renaming.
- For C2A to C2E, tag category with {{subst:Cfr-speedy|New name}} and list on WP:CFDS. Administrators may implement C2E cases without delay.
For any categories that are not speedy candidates, use Wikipedia:Categories for discussion.
- 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.
- If both these conditions are satisfied, the closure will be regarded as having been as 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.
Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here
If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria mentioned in C2, do not list it here. Instead, list it in the main CFD section.
If you are in any doubt as to whether it qualifies, do not list it here.
Use the following format on a new line at the beginning of the list:
* [[:Category:{old name here}]] to [[:Category:{new name here}]] – {reason for rename here} ~~~~
This will sign and datestamp an entry automatically.
Remember to tag the category with: {{subst:Cfr-speedy|New name}}
A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, if the time stamp shown is earlier than 20:12, 18 January 2016 (UTC). Currently, there are 53 open requests (. )
Current nominations
- Category:St. Anthony's F.C. players to Category:St Anthony's F.C. players – C2D: per St Anthony's F.C. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:12, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:St. Anthony's F.C. to Category:St Anthony's F.C. – C2D: per head article St Anthony's F.C. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:11, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Lists by region in the Philippines to Category:Lists by region of the Philippines – C2C: per Category:Regions of the Philippines. Armbrust The Homunculus 17:27, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Al-Khaleej Club (Saudi) players to Category:Khaleej FC players – C2D; per Khaleej FC. Hazel (talk) 15:36, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Al-Shoalah players to Category:Al-Shoulla F.C. players – C2D; per Al-Shoulla F.C.. Hazel (talk) 15:31, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Rugby union at the World Games to Category:Rugby sevens at the World Games – C2D: per Rugby sevens at the World Games. Armbrust The Homunculus 15:23, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Literary festivals in Burma to Category:Literary festivals in Myanmar – C2B: per Myanmar/Category:Myanmar. Armbrust The Homunculus 14:30, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Films directed by Kevin Macdonald to Category:Films directed by Kevin Macdonald (director) – C2D: per Kevin Macdonald (director) BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:20, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Films directed by John Mackenzie to Category:Films directed by John Mackenzie (film director) – C2D: per John Mackenzie (film director) BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:23, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Films directed by David Mackenzie to Category:Films directed by David Mackenzie (director) – C2D: per David Mackenzie (director) BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:16, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Films directed by David MacDonald to Category:Films directed by David MacDonald (director) – C2D: per David MacDonald (director) BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:14, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Allianz für Fortschritt und Aufbruch (Germany) to Category:Alliance for Progress and Renewal – C2D: main article Alliance for Progress and Renewal title is in English. Tim! (talk) 07:02, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Alumni of Royal Scottish Academy to Category:Alumni of the Royal Scottish Academy – C2A: grammar fix - missing word "the". Does a grammar fix fall under C2A? BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 05:05, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:People from Dollar to Category:People from Dollar, Clackmannanshire – C2D: per Dollar, Clackmannanshire BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:08, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Castles in City of Edinburgh to Category:Castles in Edinburgh – C2C: per Category:Edinburgh and its subcats BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 18:37, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Rock formations in Ellsworth Land to Category:Rock formations of Ellsworth Land – C2C: per Rock formations of Antarctica. Armbrust The Homunculus 15:30, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Monadnocks of the Carolina Piedmont to Category:Inselbergs of Piedmont (United States) – C2B: per Inselberg and Piedmont (United States). Armbrust The Homunculus 15:20, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Waterschapshuis to Category:Gemeenlandshuis – C2D: per Gemeenlandshuis. Armbrust The Homunculus 15:09, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Town halls in the Czech Republic to Category:City and town halls in the Czech Republic – C2C: per the convention in Category:Seats of local government. Armbrust The Homunculus 15:09, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Monadnocks to Category:Inselbergs (over redirect) – C2D per Inselberg, List of inselbergs. (This was tagged in October by User:Lappspira but not listed until now.) – Fayenatic London 13:35, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:People from Tăşnad to Category:People from Tășnad – diacritic fix 2601:19B:500:21EE:1C9E:28FB:2308:4213 (talk) 05:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:People from Găeşti to Category:People from Găești – diacritic fix 2601:19B:500:21EE:1C9E:28FB:2308:4213 (talk) 05:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:People from Buhuşi to Category:People from Buhuși – diacritic fix 2601:19B:500:21EE:1C9E:28FB:2308:4213 (talk) 05:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:People from Ocna Mureş to Category:People from Ocna Mureș – diacritic fix 2601:19B:500:21EE:1C9E:28FB:2308:4213 (talk) 05:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:People from Borşa to Category:People from Borșa – diacritic fix 2601:19B:500:21EE:1C9E:28FB:2308:4213 (talk) 05:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Gryffe Valley to Category:Strathgryffe – C2D: per Strathgryffe BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 04:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:City halls in Australia to Category:City and town halls in Australia – C2B in Category:Seats of local government. In Australia the usual term is Town Hall, hence the subcats of this one, but Brisbane and a few others have a City Hall. – Fayenatic London 23:52, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Films shot in Highland, Scotland to Category:Films shot in Highland (council area) – C2C: per Category:Highland (council area); also C2D per Highland (council area) BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:33, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Sportspeople from Highland to Category:Sportspeople from Highland (council area) – C2C: per Category:Highland (council area), Category:People from Highland (council area), etc and head article Highland (council area) BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:20, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Slovakian sport by year to Category:Slovak sport by year – C2C: Slovak is the more conventional per Category:Slovak sport by year Tim! (talk) 18:35, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
Opposed nominations
- Category:MediaCorp to Category:Mediacorp – C2D, per Mediacorp, capitalisation of name changed recently. Bbb2007 (talk) 22:40, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy Only recently moved and without discussion. Armbrust The Homunculus 14:54, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Concentration camps in the Yugoslav Wars to Category:Internment camps in the Yugoslav Wars – C2C. See Internment. Same with sub-categories. Zoupan 01:19, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy. Nom doesn't show how it meets C2C. May or may not be a good idea, but needs a full discussion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:38, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Internment camps. "Concentration camps" are mainly used for World War II extermination camps.--Zoupan 01:44, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- @Zoupan: The subcats of Category:Internment camps appear to use a variety of names. Needs a full discussion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:08, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- The issue was recently discussed in a broader context here. The discussion didn't attract much participation. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:48, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category is also untagged, BTW. Armbrust The Homunculus 15:24, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- @Zoupan: The subcats of Category:Internment camps appear to use a variety of names. Needs a full discussion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:08, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Internment camps. "Concentration camps" are mainly used for World War II extermination camps.--Zoupan 01:44, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy. Nom doesn't show how it meets C2C. May or may not be a good idea, but needs a full discussion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:38, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Rareware -> Rare
- Category:Rareware characters to Category:Rare characters – C2D: Renaming a topic category to match its eponymous article: Rare The1337gamer (talk) 16:03, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Rareware games to Category:Rare games – C2D: Renaming a topic category to match its eponymous article: Rare The1337gamer (talk) 16:03, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Rareware to Category:Rare – C2D: Renaming a topic category to match its eponymous article: Rare The1337gamer (talk) 16:02, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose these three as ambiguous. I suggest Category:Rare (company) characters, Category:Rare (company) games and Category:Rare (company). This follows a few others within Category:Video games by company e.g. Category:Athena (company) games, Category:Cave (company) games, Category:Grin (company) games. I acknowledge that those do follow the lead article in those cases, and that Rare was renamed per RM at Talk:Rare (with limited participation), but I think a full CFD for renaming to "Rare (company)" is the way to go. – Fayenatic London 21:42, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
- Strong oppose CDFS rename Clearly these are not functionally proper, since wikt:rare is a common and frequently found adjective, making these highly ambiguous and highly subject to abuse/miscategorization -- 70.51.44.60 (talk) 07:12, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:The Young Turks (talk show) to Category:The Young Turks – C2D: per The Young Turks. Armbrust The Homunculus 20:53, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose as ambiguous, see Young Turks (disambiguation). – Fayenatic London 21:07, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Criminal comedy films to Category:Crime comedy films – C2C: I got Category:Crime comedy films deleted per WP:G6. And because the film genres crime and comedy, when blended, make "crime comedy film" rather than "criminal comedy". Examples include the films Be Cool, Torchy Blane in Chinatown and Someone at the Door which are not written in their lead sections as "criminal comedy", rather "crime comedy". Kailash29792 (talk) 12:49, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy IMO C2C doesn't apply in this case (no category tree uses the proposed format), and this needs a full discussion. Armbrust The Homunculus 00:51, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
- I endorse that oppose. The proposed change may have merit, but it doesn't fit the speedy criteria. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:34, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy IMO C2C doesn't apply in this case (no category tree uses the proposed format), and this needs a full discussion. Armbrust The Homunculus 00:51, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
On hold pending other discussion
- None currently
Moved to full discussion
- Category:Sheffield Council elections to Category:Sheffield City Council elections – WP:C2D per Sheffield City Council elections. Number 57 21:26, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
- But the category contains Municipal elections as well as City Council elections. are you ignoring this or are you proposing to split the category. This probably applies to others in this raft of changes as well. Keith D (talk) 23:14, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Keith D: The council was renamed in 1973, so the category name should reflect the current name. It's the same as Category:West Lancashire Borough Council elections, (or at another level Category:Elections in Myanmar) where the current name is used for the category. Category:Preston City Council elections is an example where the council name has changed twice. Number 57 23:20, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
- Rather than rename the category it is probably better to restore the top level summary article back to where it was. Rather than mentioning the council type and just use the "<place> council elections" to avoid the problems which are confusing and clearly wrong for all of the articles in the set, thus the Preston one would be just "Preston council elections". This as was originally set up covers both City Council elections and Municipal Borough elections. Keith D (talk) 18:55, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- I completely disagree; the article names are appropriately named, and were renamed a while ago in order to better reflect their content ("Footown local elections" is not an accurate description of the article contents as the articles are specifically about the district council elections and do not cover other forms of local elections in the area - e.g. county or parish councils). There is no need to rename them to account for past names of the councils (just as we wouldn't rename Elections in Myanmar to ensure the title covered the period when the country was called Burma). Number 57 23:24, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Number 57: Now at full discussion. Armbrust The Homunculus 04:26, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
- I completely disagree; the article names are appropriately named, and were renamed a while ago in order to better reflect their content ("Footown local elections" is not an accurate description of the article contents as the articles are specifically about the district council elections and do not cover other forms of local elections in the area - e.g. county or parish councils). There is no need to rename them to account for past names of the councils (just as we wouldn't rename Elections in Myanmar to ensure the title covered the period when the country was called Burma). Number 57 23:24, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- Rather than rename the category it is probably better to restore the top level summary article back to where it was. Rather than mentioning the council type and just use the "<place> council elections" to avoid the problems which are confusing and clearly wrong for all of the articles in the set, thus the Preston one would be just "Preston council elections". This as was originally set up covers both City Council elections and Municipal Borough elections. Keith D (talk) 18:55, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Keith D: The council was renamed in 1973, so the category name should reflect the current name. It's the same as Category:West Lancashire Borough Council elections, (or at another level Category:Elections in Myanmar) where the current name is used for the category. Category:Preston City Council elections is an example where the council name has changed twice. Number 57 23:20, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
- But the category contains Municipal elections as well as City Council elections. are you ignoring this or are you proposing to split the category. This probably applies to others in this raft of changes as well. Keith D (talk) 23:14, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Wolverhampton Council elections to Category:Wolverhampton City Council elections – WP:C2D per Wolverhampton City Council elections. Number 57 21:26, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
- But the category contains Metropolitan Borough elections as well as City Council elections. are you ignoring this or are you proposing to split the category. This probably applies to others in this raft of changes as well. Keith D (talk) 23:14, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
- See my comments above re Sheffield. Current council name applies. Number 57 23:24, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Number 57: Now at full discussion. Armbrust The Homunculus 04:26, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
- See my comments above re Sheffield. Current council name applies. Number 57 23:24, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
- But the category contains Metropolitan Borough elections as well as City Council elections. are you ignoring this or are you proposing to split the category. This probably applies to others in this raft of changes as well. Keith D (talk) 23:14, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
Ready for deletion
Check Category:Empty categories awaiting deletion for out of process deletions. In some cases, these will need to be nominated for discussion and the editor who emptied the category informed that they should follow the WP:CFD process.
Once the renaming has been completed, copy and paste the listing to the Ready for deletion section of Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working/Manual.