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== Category:Candidates for speedy deletion by user ==

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:The result of the discussion was: {{Relisted}} at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 September 20. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 08:48, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose renaming :Category:Candidates for speedy deletion by user to :Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as author requested

:Nominator's rationale: Not every page here is a userpage, and the author of an article or template shouldn't be referred to as its "user". — Train2104 (talkcontribscount) 23:34, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

::*The "user" is referring to a user of Wikipedia. -- œ 17:26, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Support. Rationalizes the category naming system to match other Candidates for speedy deletion as ... categories. Categorizing as by user could be misinterpreted as intended to be broken out by creator or something silly like that. - 2/0 (cont.) 03:31, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Support but my English-o-meter makes me want to say "... for speedy deletion as requested by author" Skier Dude (talk 04:59, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
  • I know my suggested name sounds clumsy, but really any name that removes "user" and mentions the author requested it should be fine with me. — Train2104 (talkcontribscount) 02:38, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose. The meaning of the present category name was clear to me when I first saw it four years ago, as I imagine it is to most experienced Wikipedians. I've thought about the proposed change for the past week and do not see a real benefit from renaming the category. – Athaenara 05:18, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose Current name makes sense, proposed change is much more awkward. Conforming to the category naming system is a lousy reason to make such a change. Beeblebrox (talk) 08:03, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Literary series by number of entries ==

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:The result of the discussion was: Delete all. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 08:49, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

:{{Lc|Literary series by number of entries}}

:{{Lc|Literary series with four entries}}

:{{Lc|Literary series with five entries}}

:{{Lc|Literary series with six entries}}

:{{Lc|Literary series with seven entries}}

:{{Lc|Literary series with ten entries}}

:{{Lc|Literary series with more than ten entries}}

:Nominator's rationale: Delete - as with television series (nominated here) and film series (nominated here), non-defining of the literary series. There is no encyclopedic relationship between one series and another just because they both happen to have four or six or more than ten entires. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 22:51, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Support Though I somehow feel true trilogies of things are defining, but none of these. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:26, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete all totally arbitrary. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 03:01, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep some of these. The Alexandria Quartet for instance is obviously a work in 4 parts, and 4 is a defining characteristic of it. Palliser novels in contrast happened to end up with 6, so 6 is not defining. (Categories are determined by 'defining characteristics', not by anything else.) Occuli (talk) 10:31, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

:* I suggest populating :Category:Tetralogies which is currently a redirect to the four entries category. Being a tetralogy is a defining characteristic whereas happening to peter out at four is not. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 00:49, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Delete already - ten day old discussion, no arguments advanced for maintaining the category structure, structures for TV and film series by number of entries deleted, sack up and delete these already. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 09:24, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete. I agree that this is arbitrary and for that reason is material better addressed by lists. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:50, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Honorary doctorates of the University of Calcutta ==

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:The result of the discussion was: delete. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:{{Lc|Honorary doctorates of the University of Calcutta}}

:Nominator's rationale: Delete. We have always deleted categories for recipients of honorary degrees based on the category guidelines for awards. If this scheme were fully developed it would result in tremendous category clutter on the article pages of especially prominent individuals who often receive dozens of honorary degrees in a lifetime. A list of similar categories deleted is found here. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:34, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. As you say, we've discussed these categories repeatedly. I think we should consider adding this sort of category to the list of criteria for SPEEDY DELETION. Cgingold (talk) 01:59, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Agree with Cgingold - put it in the criteria as I can't think of anywhere I would except. Occuli (talk) 10:46, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Ancient Old Jade ==

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:The result of the discussion was: merge. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose merging :Category:Ancient Old Jade to :Category:Jade

:Nominator's rationale: Merge. The nominated category essentially duplicates the contents of {{Cat|Jade}}. There is not enough in {{Cat|Jade}} to subcategorize at this stage. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:26, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Merge per nom; both the articles need merging too. Possible copyvio. Johnbod (talk) 20:33, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Transportation in Kosovo ==

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:The result of the discussion was: no consensus. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose renaming :Category:Transportation in Kosovo to :Category:Transport in Kosovo

:Nominator's rationale: Rename. Be consistent. It is the only one in :Category:Transport in Europe to use "transportation" instead of "transport". And the two contained subcategories use "transport" too. TruckCard (talk) 21:26, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Rename not per nom but per [http://www.mtpt.org/?page=1&lang=2 Ministry of Kosovo]. Occuli (talk) 11:01, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

::That citation uses "Transportit" which is not helpful. --Bejnar (talk) 15:05, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Oppose under the rubric don't change what isn't broken. Neither of the terms is correct in the local languages. There should be no push for consistency on this topic transport/transportation for the obvious reason that has been laid out is so many of these CFDs. q.v. --Bejnar (talk) 15:05, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Lost ITV episodes ==

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:The result of the discussion was: delete. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:{{Lc|Lost ITV episodes}}

:Nominator's rationale: Delete - as with the BBC category below, this new category is holding series that are missing one or more episodes, which is non-defining of the series. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 21:16, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Middle-earth radio ==

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:The result of the discussion was: rename. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose renaming :Category:Middle-earth radio to :Category:Middle-earth radio adaptations

:Nominator's rationale: Rename ambiguous; could be read as meaning radio of Middle-earth which is absurd. In line with adaptations parent. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 21:13, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Lost BBC episodes ==

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:The result of the discussion was: procedural keep as nominator is blocked. If a split is warranted, that's at the discretion of editors which doesn't necessarily need CFD. — ξxplicit 06:36, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

:{{Lc|Lost BBC episodes}}

:Nominator's rationale: Delete - contrary to its name, the category is not only capturing articles about actual missing episodes of BBC programmes but BBC programmes which have been entirely lost through wiping and BBC programmes that are missing one or more episodes. Unless something changes radically in this CFD the very near future, missing some episodes is not an appropriate way to categorize articles. I reviewed everything that's in the category. Of what's currently housed there, 22 articles are for TV programmes that are completely lost (either broadcast before recording was possible or wiped), four articles are actual lost episodes, four are for lost one-off programmes and one is for a lost radio series. See breakdown here with some additional comments. I also removed about ten articles that made no mention of the programme's being lost in full or in part. There are also a few oddball articles like British television Apollo 11 coverage and The Goon Show episodes and archiving along with a couple of articles that are about lost episodes at the programme level like Doctor Who missing episodes. Everything else is for programmes that are simply missing some episodes. This category should be deleted as non-defining, with a new :Category:Lost BBC television programmes created for the completely gone series and a new :Category:Lost television episodes for the individual episode articles and the programme-level lost episodes articles. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 21:09, 9 September 2010 (UTC) Struck comment of indef-blocked sockpuppet. The nominator's opinion will be discounted in the closure decision per #3 WP:SK. QuAzGaA 16:15, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

:* There is only one article for a lost BBC radio programme (The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)) in the category so there doesn't really need to be a separate category just for it. I cross-catted it in :Category:Lost radio programs where it's one of two entries. Given the deletion of :Category:Television series with missing episodes I can't agree that creating two new categories which would be the children of a deleted parent category is an appropriate outcome. I went ahead and created :Category:Lost television episodes. Since I gleaned its contents from this category they are all BBC episodes but since there are probably non-BBC lost episodes that are notable I don't see the need to restrict it just to BBC episodes. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 22:25, 11 September 2010 (UTC) Struck comment of indef-blocked sockpuppet. The nominator's opinion will be discounted in the closure decision per #3 WP:SK. QuAzGaA 16:15, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

::*I seem to recall a discussion like this about a year ago. Can't seem to recall what it was. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:43, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Transport in Germany ==

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:The result of the discussion was: rename. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose renaming :Category:Proposed public transportation in Germany to :Category:Proposed public transport in Germany

:Propose renaming :Category:Proposed transportation infrastructure in Germany to :Category:Proposed transport infrastructure in Germany

:Nominator's rationale: Rename. Like :Category:Transport in Germany and 95% of related articles and categories. There are ca. 100 categories and articles that use "transport" and only these two categories use "transportation" TruckCard (talk) 18:36, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Support. Germany-related categories use the "transport" form throughout the whole categorization scheme. - Darwinek (talk) 19:17, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:John Bernard Partridge ==

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:The result of the discussion was: delete. — ξxplicit 06:36, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

:{{Lc|John Bernard Partridge}}

:Nominator's rationale: Category with only 1 article and 1 image: not useful. Magog the Ogre (talk) 13:39, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

:The category will grow as he was a significant artist. Creating the category now gives future uploaders somewhere to collect images of his work. Deleting the category in contrast adds no value to Wikipedia. Rcbutcher (talk) 13:45, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

* Delete - small category with little or no growth potential. Also an eponymous category for a person which should be avoided unless the material about the person is so complex that normal textlinks are insufficient for navigating it. If other PD images are uploaded they should be placed in a category that is image-specific, not a general category for the person. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 19:55, 9 September 2010 (UTC) Struck comment of indef-blocked sockpuppet. QuAzGaA 16:16, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Comment ) I do see some possibility for growth, but at the moment it seemed too small. If Rcbutcher thinks it's likely we'll upload more images for Mr. Partridge in the next 5 years before they will be eligible for commons, and can explain his reasoning well, I'd be willing to concede. Magog the Ogre (talk) 21:26, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete. Fails WP:OC#EPONYMOUS. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:52, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Brainstorm albums ==

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:The result of the discussion was: rename. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose renaming :Category:Brainstorm albums to :Category:Brainstorm (German band) albums

:Nominator's rationale: Rename. To disambiguate from :Category:Brainstorm (Latvian band) albums. Tassedethe (talk) 12:46, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Presidential Candidates Colombia 2010-2014 ==

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:The result of the discussion was: rename to {{Cat|Colombian presidential candidates}}. — ξxplicit 06:36, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

:{{Lc|Presidential Candidates Colombia 2010-2014}}

:Nominator's rationale: Delete. Category not needed for a single individual, and probably not a good idea to add to individuals anyway. This could lead to very large number of categories on the bios of career politicians . Tassedethe (talk) 12:27, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

:* Or, alternatively, rename to :Category:Columbian presidential candidates and populate, per most in :Category:Presidential candidates which are not subdivided by year. Occuli (talk) 01:23, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Leona Lewis ==

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:The result of the discussion was: keep. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:{{Lc|Leona Lewis}}

:Nominator's rationale: Delete. Eponymous category and therefore overcategorisation. Every article within the category can be accessed from the article Leona Lewis and the template {{tl|Leona Lewis}}. AnemoneProjectors 10:34, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep – it is some years since an eponymous musician category with 3 subcats has been deleted. (overcategorisation relates to category clutter, in other words potentially large numbers of articles being placed in tangentially related categories, rather than this elegant collection of 3 tightly defined subcats + 3 pages which evidently belong at the top level.) Occuli (talk) 12:29, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep - I have taken lesser eponymous cats to CFD (at most the main article, discography, navbox template, and subcats for albums and songs), resulting in no consensus or keep. This one not only has those but a third subcat (tours) and a list of awards page, making it more useful as an additional aid for users. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 16:59, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete - per WP:OC eponymous categories should be avoided unless normal textlinking is impractical because of the volume and complexity of the material. That is not the case here as the lead article is going to contain links to the material about albums, singles and tours, and the template further links the material. This arbitrary "three subcats and it stays" rule of thumb is just that, arbitrary. It's having a category for the sake of having it, not an actual useful aid to categorization. Overcategorization is not just about "category clutter". It's also about category maintenance and the overall utility of the category system. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 20:04, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep per Occuli, etc. It's no more "arbitrary" than any other common-sense rule of thumb that most editors have agreed on with regard to Categories. Cgingold (talk) 22:49, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

:* Of course it's completely arbitrary, especially when a leading proponent of this "rule of thumb" advocates keeping categories with only two subcats as well. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 22:58, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

::* Thanks - I note that we are keeping (or failing to muster a consensus to delete) such eponymous categories with just 2 subcats these days, in the absence of their eloquent arch-foe Otto4711. Here is another one with 2 subcats in 2010, which was a unanimous keep (apart from the nom): consensus can change, and I merely reflect this. Occuli (talk) 02:13, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

::* And another one in 2010. 2 is not arbitrary: it is the precise point at which LL-related categories move from singular to plural. Occuli (talk) 08:58, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep since it is useful to help navigate to other articles. Dew Kane (talk) 23:54, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
  • That's why we have a navigation template at the bottom the articles. AnemoneProjectors 00:22, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Boston Bulldogs seasons ==

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:The result of the discussion was: rename. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose renaming :Category:Boston Bulldogs seasons to :Category:Boston Bulldogs (NFL) seasons

:Nominator's rationale: Rename. Category is ambiguous as there are multiple teams known as the Boston Bulldogs. This matches :Category:Boston Bulldogs (NFL) players. Tassedethe (talk) 09:51, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Boston Bulldogs players ==

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:The result of the discussion was: rename. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose renaming :Category:Boston Bulldogs players to :Category:Boston Bulldogs (soccer) players

:Nominator's rationale: Rename. To match main article Boston Bulldogs (soccer) and to disambiguate from :Category:Boston Bulldogs (AFL) players and :Category:Boston Bulldogs (NFL) players. Tassedethe (talk) 09:49, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Pleas ==

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:The result of the discussion was: procedural keep. Nominator was blocked and there was insufficient discussion to justify a final decision. Category may be renominated without prejudice. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:21, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose renaming :Category:Pleas to :Category:Legal pleas

:Nominator's rationale: Rename - potentially ambiguous, although I don't know if any individual plea (e.g. for assistance) could become notable enough for its own article. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 07:08, 9 September 2010 (UTC) Struck comment of indef-blocked sockpuppet. The nominator's opinion will be discounted in the closure decision per #3 WP:SK. QuAzGaA 16:17, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep. A case of over-disambiguating. The parent article is Plea, and the only other article with the same title is Plea (insect), which redirects to Pleidae. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Female prisons in England ==

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:The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 10:29, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose renaming :Category:Female prisons in England to :Category:Women's prisons in England

:Propose renaming :Category:Female prisons in the United States to :Category:Women's prisons in the United States

:Propose renaming :Category:Female prisons in Texas to :Category:Women's prisons in Texas

:Nominator's rationale: Rename - prisons and other buildings have neither sex nor gender. Correct name is "Women's prisons". Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 06:35, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Rename All per nom. There's no such thing as a "Female prison" -- the standard term is "Women's prison". Cgingold (talk) 09:04, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Rename all per nom. Occuli (talk) 12:37, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Political parties in Tuvalu ==

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:The result of the discussion was: merge. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose merging :Category:Political parties in Tuvalu to :Category:Politics of Tuvalu

:Nominator's rationale: Merge. The sole contents, Elections and political parties in Tuvalu, states twice that there are no political parties in Tuvalu. Thus there is no need for this category. Good Ol’factory (talk) 06:13, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Execration texts ==

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:The result of the discussion was: merge to {{Cat|Ancient Levant}}. — ξxplicit 06:36, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

:{{Lc|Execration texts}}

:Nominator's rationale: Very narrow category with just one article and one list (marked for merger) and a subcat. with four entries. —Justin (koavf)TCM☯ 05:22, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

:Addendum This was added with Twinkle and it didn't quite work out, so: Delete as an overly small category. Also, propose deleting :Category:Execration text people. —Justin (koavf)TCM☯ 17:32, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • So what is the nom? If it is 'delete', what is to become of :Category:Execration text people (not to be confused with execrable text people)? Occuli (talk) 12:41, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Upmerge to Ancient Levant. I do not see the need to do anything with the people category, for which the article will become the main article, if it is not already. Peterkingiron (talk) 14:40, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Transportation in Venezuela ==

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:The result of the discussion was: no consensus. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose renaming :Category:Transportation in Venezuela to :Category:Transport in Venezuela

:Nominator's rationale: Rename. Like main article, related categories and related articles. TruckCard (talk) 01:53, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Support. It is
  • Transport in Venezuela
  • :Category:Rail transport in Venezuela
  • :Category:Water transport in Venezuela
  • :Category:Transport disasters in Venezuela
  • :Commons:Category:Transport in Venezuela TruckCard (talk) 01:56, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose Discussions over British English usage vs. Americanisms is usually fruitless. The solution is don't change it for consistency's sake. (Avoid hobgoblins!) Only change when an instance is undeniably one or the other. This is not such a case, therefore don't change it. In some of the examples given, such as :Transport in Venezuela the change in the article name from transportation to transport was made "for the purpose of consistency". Which is why we don't do this. --Bejnar (talk) 05:09, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Support to achieve consistency with the subcats. - Darwinek (talk) 09:25, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose until the related discussions finish. Does Venezuela favour US or UK usage in its official English? (These transport/ation cfds are becoming disruptive.) It was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transportation_in_Venezuela&action=history transportation] until 2008. Occuli (talk) 12:48, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Support - Transport is shorter to type. Tabletop (talk) 01:02, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose. If it is correct let it be. Changing to something that is not correct to make it shorter or to conform to some other usage is wrong. Vegaswikian1 (talk) 07:07, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Transportation in Iraq ==

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:The result of the discussion was: no consensus. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose renaming :Category:Transportation in Iraq to :Category:Transport in Iraq

:Nominator's rationale: Rename. Like the main article and most in :Category:Transportation in Asia.

::It is

::* Transport in Iraq

::* :Category:Transport disasters in Iraq

::* :Category:Rail transport in Iraq

::* :Category:Transport companies of Iraq

:: TruckCard (talk) 01:35, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Support. per nom. TruckCard (talk) 01:42, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose Discussions over British English usage vs. Americanisms is usually fruitless. The solution is don't change it for consistency's sake. (Avoid hobgoblins!) Only change when an instance is undeniably one or the other. --Bejnar (talk) 05:10, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Support to achieve consistency with the main article name. - Darwinek (talk) 09:25, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose – Iraq uses US Eng as any google search will reveal. Darwinek moved the main article from transportation in Iraq and it should be moved back (per eg [http://www.moc-krg.com/English/ ministry of transportation and communication]). Occuli (talk) 13:07, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose. If it is correct let it be. Changing to something that is not correct to make it shorter or to conform to some other usage is wrong. Vegaswikian1 (talk) 07:00, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Transportation in Iran ==

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:The result of the discussion was: no consensus. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose renaming :Category:Transportation in Iran to :Category:Transport in Iran

:Nominator's rationale: Rename. Like the main article and most in :Category:Transportation in Asia. TruckCard (talk) 01:34, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Support. per nom. TruckCard (talk) 01:43, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Support to achieve consistency with the main article name. - Darwinek (talk) 09:25, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose – Iran uses US Eng as any google search will reveal. Darwinek moved the main article from transportation in Iran and it should be moved back (per eg [http://www.mrt.ir/New/Main.asp Iran Ministry of Roads and Transportation]). Occuli (talk) 13:07, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Iran government is not relevant. Both words are fine. But consistency is needed. TruckCard (talk) 13:29, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

::* It's completely relevant. Why are you exempting the US from this tiresome campaign if local usage is irrelevant? Occuli (talk) 14:04, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

:::* Local != government. American English is not (yet) as prominent as one of the languages of Iran as it is as one of the languages of the United States. TruckCard (talk) 16:54, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Support in line with the main article which has been at "Transport" for over four years. Timrollpickering (talk) 09:48, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose. If it is correct let it be. Changing to something that is not correct to make it shorter or to conform to some other usage is wrong. If the main article is wrong, fix that. Vegaswikian1 (talk) 07:01, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose. as per Vegaswikian1 Consistency is a tool not a goal. Given the transport/transportation variance in English language usage, consistency on these titles cannot be achieved. To keep pushing these changes would appear to be disruptive. Let it be. --Bejnar (talk) 14:58, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Category:Transportation in Indonesia ==

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:The result of the discussion was: no consensus. — ξxplicit 04:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

:Propose renaming :Category:Transportation in Indonesia to :Category:Transport in Indonesia

:Nominator's rationale: Rename. Like the main article and most in :Category:Transportation in Asia. TruckCard (talk) 01:31, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

:: Also consistency allows editors to avoid [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Public_transport_in_Indonesia&action=history adding wrong category names]. TruckCard (talk) 01:43, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Oppose Discussions over British English usage vs. Americanisms is usually fruitless. The solution is don't change it for consistency's sake. (Avoid hobgoblins!) Only change when an instance is undeniably one or the other. --Bejnar (talk) 05:10, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Support to achieve consistency with subcats. - Darwinek (talk) 09:25, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Support -main article and subcats - good reason - my support is less less to do with Asia per se - more to do with using Southeast Asia wide issues wherever possible SatuSuro 10:55, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Support for consistency and ease of typing. Davidelit (Talk) 12:59, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose – as far as I can tell from a cursory search (eg [http://www.indonesia.go.id/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7755&Itemid=690 www.indonesia.go.id, Department of Transportation]) Indonesia uses 'transportation' is its official English (which should be our guide, not an insistence upon imposing an artificial consistency on South-East Asia). Occuli (talk) 13:01, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

:Comment The Ministry itself is inconsistent on its own website (eg http://www.dephub.go.id/read/news/general-news/430 and (http://www.dephub.go.id/read/news/general-news/1700)- "transport" is used on both. Davidelit (Talk) 15:34, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

  • Support in line with the main article which has been at Transport for well over two years. Timrollpickering (talk) 09:53, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose. If it is correct let it be. Changing to something that is not correct to make it shorter or to conform to some other usage is wrong. If the main article is wrong fix it instead. Vegaswikian1 (talk) 07:02, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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