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Discussion for Today
[edit]- This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024_August_17
August 17
[edit]NEW NOMINATIONS
[edit]Virgin Mary in art
[edit]- Propose renaming Category:Virgin Mary in art (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) to Category:Mary, mother of Jesus, in art
- Propose renaming Category:Statues of the Virgin Mary (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) to Category:Statues of Mary, mother of Jesus
- Propose renaming Category:Sculptures of the Virgin Mary (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) to Category:Sculptures of Mary, mother of Jesus
- Propose renaming Category:Prints of the Virgin Mary (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) to Category:Prints of Mary, mother of Jesus
- Propose renaming Category:Paintings of the Virgin Mary (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) to Category:Paintings of Mary, mother of Jesus
- Nominator's rationale: Per Category:Mary, mother of Jesus category tree. The use of "Virgin Mary" has been discussed countless times (for example here) and there's a reason why the main article is called Mary, mother of Jesus, so rather than rehash that for every other article and category named after her, it feels best to follow the lead of the main article. The defining aspect of the artworks are that they are of Mary, mother of Jesus, regardless of the artists' beliefs on the doctrine of Mary's virginity. Her being a virgin is not defining for every artwork. Mclay1 (talk) 16:21, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Category:Paintings of the Assumption of the Virgin
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Per Category:Assumption of Mary and Assumption of Mary. Even though most of the paintings in the category are called Assumption of the Virgin, this is a category for any paintings of the Assumption of Mary, regardless of title. Also, the use of "Virgin Mary" has been discussed countless times (for example here) and there's a reason why the main article is called Mary, mother of Jesus, so rather than rehash that for every other article and category named after her, it feels best to follow the lead of the main article and use a more neutral name. Mclay1 (talk) 16:06, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Category:Non-registered political parties in Finland
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: There is no such legal concept as "non-registered party" in Finland. Anyone or anything can call itself a "non-registered party"; the term is pure wikipuffery. Jah77 (talk) 14:09, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Category:Asbury Park Press people
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Category with just two entries one of which is the newspaper itself. Lost in Quebec (talk) 13:48, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Category:Nicknames of Donald Trump
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: All 7 pages in this category are redirects. 2 redirect to List_of_nicknames_of_presidents_of_the_United_States#Donald_Trump and the other 5 redirect to Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York. Of the latter, 2 are defamatory, ShitzInPantz and von ShitzInPantz; however, both were retained as Redirect pages after Speedy RfD and then Prod RfD decisions, so there is no need for them here. FeralOink (talk) 09:13, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Category:Vehicle simulation MOGs
[edit]- Propose merging Category:Vehicle simulation MOGs to Category:Multiplayer vehicle operation games
- Nominator's rationale: A very similar category already exists. The desired category for merging is for practically the same thing. QuantumFoam66 (talk) 05:00, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Category:Wikipedia files of no use beyond Wikipedia
[edit]- Nominator's rationale: Better reflect what this category is for: Files useful on other language Wikipedias should still be moved to Commons (and thus do not belong in this category, which indicates that the file should not be moved to Commons). HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 01:45, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
I agree with the renaming proposed by HouseBlaster because the criteria given for inclusion in the category is "Files in this category should not be moved to Wikimedia Commons because they are only of specific use within the English Wikipedia." (That is a different reason than the one given by proposer.) NOTE: Templates {{esoteric file}} and {{userspace file}} add files to this category so they must be dealt with too, if the category is renamed.--FeralOink (talk) 09:30, 17 August 2024 (UTC)