WP:CFD/T

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Deletion of a category may mean that the articles and images in it are directly put in its parent category, or that another subdivision of the parent category is made. If they are already members of more suitable categories, it may also mean that they become a member of one category less.

How to use this page

Know if the category you are looking at needs deleting (or to be created). If it is a "red link" and has no articles or subcategories, then it is already deleted (more likely, it was never really created in the first place), and does not need to be listed here.
Read and understand Wikipedia:Categorization before using this page. Nominate categories that violate policies here, or are misspelled, mis-capitalized, redundant/need to be merged, not NPOV, small without potential for growth, or are generally bad ideas. (See also Wikipedia:Naming conventions and Wikipedia:Manual of Style.)
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Unless the category to be deleted is non-controversial – vandalism or a duplicate, for example – please do not depopulate the category (remove the tags from articles) before the community has made a decision.
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1. Alternately, use the rename template like this: {{cfr|newname}}
2. If you are concerned with a stub category, make sure to inform the WikiProject Stub sorting
Add new deletion candidates under the appropriate day near the top of this page.
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Special notes

Some categories may be listed in Category:Categories for deletion but accidently not listed here.

Discussion for Today

This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024_September_9

September 9

NEW NOMINATIONS

Category:Former objects

Propose merging Category:Former objects to Category:Former entities

Nominator's rationale: Would it be correct to call these "former objects"? After all, a mine being shut down doesn't make it disappear, and being smashed into a million pieces doesn't remove something from existence. I don't think this category makes that much sense, and is heavily overlapping either way, so it should be merged. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 12:20, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Islam and slavery

Propose deleting Category:Islam and slavery (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: purge all content that is region-based or language-based rather than religion-based. For comparison, the article Slavery in the United States is not in Category:Christianity and slavery either. Possibly rename to Category:Islamic views on slavery and do the same for other religions. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:03, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Medieval lighthouses

Propose merging Category:Lighthouses completed in the 12th century to Category:Transport infrastructure completed in the 12th century and Category:Medieval lighthouses
Propose merging Category:Lighthouses completed in the 13th century to Category:Transport infrastructure completed in the 13th century and Category:Medieval lighthouses
Propose merging Category:Lighthouses completed in the 14th century to Category:Transport infrastructure completed in the 14th century and Category:Medieval lighthouses

Nominator's rationale: merge, only 2, 1 and 3 articles, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:50, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]