Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 February 26#Historical events categories

:The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

:The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 12:09, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose deleting {{lc|John Robson (politician)}}

:Nominator's rationale: WP:SHAREDNAME. This is an eponymous category for a person, but two of the three other things here are just stuff that was named after him, which is not a valid basis for a category, and after those were removed there wouldn't be enough stuff left to justify it. Bearcat (talk) 22:36, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Support – When I had originally created this category, it was populated by an additional subcategory for places named after John Robson. In a separate discussion, that category was deleted alongside all the subcategories in :Category:Places named after Canadian politicians (discussion). Because of this loss of the subcategory, I agree that the current eponymous category is not really all that helpful anymore. RedBlueGreen93 22:42, 26 February 2025 (UTC)
• I should add. Delete per WP:G7. RedBlueGreen93 02:07, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:49, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

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:The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

:The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

:The result of the discussion was: manual merge and delete. Move items from "Category:Historical events in Foo" to "Category:History of Foo" as appropriate, move any items to "Category:Events in Foo" relating to sports and festivals and whatnot, and delete "Category:Historical events in Foo". -- Beland (talk) 01:38, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events by country}} to :Category:Events by country

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events by dependent territory}} to :Category:Events by dependent territory

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events by continent}} to :Category:Events by continent

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Abkhazia}} to :Category:Events in Abkhazia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Afghanistan}} to :Category:Events in Afghanistan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Albania}} to :Category:Events in Albania

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Algeria}} to :Category:Events in Algeria

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Andorra}} to :Category:Events in Andorra

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Angola}} to :Category:Events in Angola

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Antigua and Barbuda}} to :Category:Events in Antigua and Barbuda

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:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Argentina}} to :Category:Events in Argentina

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Armenia}} to :Category:Events in Armenia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Australia}} to :Category:Events in Australia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Austria}} to :Category:Events in Austria

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Azerbaijan}} to :Category:Events in Azerbaijan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Bahamas}} to :Category:Events in the Bahamas

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Bahrain}} to :Category:Events in Bahrain

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Bangladesh}} to :Category:Events in Bangladesh

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Barbados}} to :Category:Events in Barbados

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Belarus}} to :Category:Events in Belarus

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Belgium}} to :Category:Events in Belgium

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Belize}} to :Category:Events in Belize

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Benin}} to :Category:Events in Benin

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Bhutan}} to :Category:Events in Bhutan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Bolivia}} to :Category:Events in Bolivia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Bosnia and Herzegovina}} to :Category:Events in Bosnia and Herzegovina

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Botswana}} to :Category:Events in Botswana

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Brazil}} to :Category:Events in Brazil

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Brunei}} to :Category:Events in Brunei

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Bulgaria}} to :Category:Events in Bulgaria

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Burkina Faso}} to :Category:Events in Burkina Faso

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Burundi}} to :Category:Events in Burundi

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Cambodia}} to :Category:Events in Cambodia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Cameroon}} to :Category:Events in Cameroon

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Canada}} to :Category:Events in Canada

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Cape Verde}} to :Category:Events in Cape Verde

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Central African Republic}} to :Category:Events in the Central African Republic

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Chad}} to :Category:Events in Chad

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Chile}} to :Category:Events in Chile

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in China}} to :Category:Events in China

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Colombia}} to :Category:Events in Colombia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Comoros}} to :Category:Events in the Comoros

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo}} to :Category:Events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Republic of the Congo}} to :Category:Events in the Republic of the Congo

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Costa Rica}} to :Category:Events in Costa Rica

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Croatia}} to :Category:Events in Croatia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Cuba}} to :Category:Events in Cuba

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Cyprus}} to :Category:Events in Cyprus

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Czech Republic}} to :Category:Events in the Czech Republic

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Denmark}} to :Category:Events in Denmark

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Djibouti}} to :Category:Events in Djibouti

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Dominica}} to :Category:Events in Dominica

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Dominican Republic}} to :Category:Events in the Dominican Republic

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Ecuador}} to :Category:Events in Ecuador

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Egypt}} to :Category:Events in Egypt

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in El Salvador}} to :Category:Events in El Salvador

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Equatorial Guinea}} to :Category:Events in Equatorial Guinea

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Eritrea}} to :Category:Events in Eritrea

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Estonia}} to :Category:Events in Estonia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Eswatini}} to :Category:Events in Eswatini

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Ethiopia}} to :Category:Events in Ethiopia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Fiji}} to :Category:Events in Fiji

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Finland}} to :Category:Events in Finland

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in France}} to :Category:Events in France

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Gabon}} to :Category:Events in Gabon

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Gambia}} to :Category:Events in the Gambia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Georgia (country)}} to :Category:Events in Georgia (country)

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Germany}} to :Category:Events in Germany

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Ghana}} to :Category:Events in Ghana

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Greece}} to :Category:Events in Greece

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Grenada}} to :Category:Events in Grenada

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Guatemala}} to :Category:Events in Guatemala

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Guinea}} to :Category:Events in Guinea

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Guinea-Bissau}} to :Category:Events in Guinea-Bissau

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Guyana}} to :Category:Events in Guyana

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Haiti}} to :Category:Events in Haiti

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Honduras}} to :Category:Events in Honduras

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Hungary}} to :Category:Events in Hungary

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Iceland}} to :Category:Events in Iceland

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in India}} to :Category:Events in India

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Indonesia}} to :Category:Events in Indonesia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Iran}} to :Category:Events in Iran

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Iraq}} to :Category:Events in Iraq

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Republic of Ireland}} to :Category:Events in the Republic of Ireland

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Israel}} to :Category:Events in Israel

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Italy}} to :Category:Events in Italy

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Ivory Coast}} to :Category:Events in Ivory Coast

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Jamaica}} to :Category:Events in Jamaica

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Japan}} to :Category:Events in Japan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Jordan}} to :Category:Events in Jordan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Kazakhstan}} to :Category:Events in Kazakhstan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Kenya}} to :Category:Events in Kenya

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Kiribati}} to :Category:Events in Kiribati

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Kosovo}} to :Category:Events in Kosovo

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Kuwait}} to :Category:Events in Kuwait

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Kyrgyzstan}} to :Category:Events in Kyrgyzstan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Laos}} to :Category:Events in Laos

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Latvia}} to :Category:Events in Latvia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Lebanon}} to :Category:Events in Lebanon

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Lesotho}} to :Category:Events in Lesotho

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Liberia}} to :Category:Events in Liberia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Libya}} to :Category:Events in Libya

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Liechtenstein}} to :Category:Events in Liechtenstein

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Lithuania}} to :Category:Events in Lithuania

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Luxembourg}} to :Category:Events in Luxembourg

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Madagascar}} to :Category:Events in Madagascar

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Malawi}} to :Category:Events in Malawi

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Malaysia}} to :Category:Events in Malaysia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Maldives}} to :Category:Events in the Maldives

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Mali}} to :Category:Events in Mali

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Malta}} to :Category:Events in Malta

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Marshall Islands}} to :Category:Events in the Marshall Islands

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Mauritania}} to :Category:Events in Mauritania

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Mauritius}} to :Category:Events in Mauritius

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Mexico}} to :Category:Events in Mexico

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Federated States of Micronesia}} to :Category:Events in the Federated States of Micronesia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Moldova}} to :Category:Events in Moldova

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Monaco}} to :Category:Events in Monaco

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Mongolia}} to :Category:Events in Mongolia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Montenegro}} to :Category:Events in Montenegro

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Morocco}} to :Category:Events in Morocco

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Mozambique}} to :Category:Events in Mozambique

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Myanmar}} to :Category:Events in Myanmar

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Namibia}} to :Category:Events in Namibia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Nauru}} to :Category:Events in Nauru

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Nepal}} to :Category:Events in Nepal

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Netherlands}} to :Category:Events in the Netherlands

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in New Zealand}} to :Category:Events in New Zealand

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Nicaragua}} to :Category:Events in Nicaragua

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Niger}} to :Category:Events in Niger

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Nigeria}} to :Category:Events in Nigeria

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in North Korea}} to :Category:Events in North Korea

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in North Macedonia}} to :Category:Events in North Macedonia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Northern Cyprus}} to :Category:Events in Northern Cyprus

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Norway}} to :Category:Events in Norway

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Oman}} to :Category:Events in Oman

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Pakistan}} to :Category:Events in Pakistan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Palau}} to :Category:Events in Palau

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Palestine}} to :Category:Events in Palestine

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Panama}} to :Category:Events in Panama

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Papua New Guinea}} to :Category:Events in Papua New Guinea

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Paraguay}} to :Category:Events in Paraguay

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Peru}} to :Category:Events in Peru

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Philippines}} to :Category:Events in the Philippines

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Poland}} to :Category:Events in Poland

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Portugal}} to :Category:Events in Portugal

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Puntland}} to :Category:Events in Puntland

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Qatar}} to :Category:Events in Qatar

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Romania}} to :Category:Events in Romania

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Russia}} to :Category:Events in Russia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Rwanda}} to :Category:Events in Rwanda

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Saint Kitts and Nevis}} to :Category:Events in Saint Kitts and Nevis

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Saint Lucia}} to :Category:Events in Saint Lucia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} to :Category:Events in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Samoa}} to :Category:Events in Samoa

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in San Marino}} to :Category:Events in San Marino

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in São Tomé and Príncipe}} to :Category:Events in São Tomé and Príncipe

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Saudi Arabia}} to :Category:Events in Saudi Arabia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Senegal}} to :Category:Events in Senegal

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Serbia}} to :Category:Events in Serbia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Seychelles}} to :Category:Events in Seychelles

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Sierra Leone}} to :Category:Events in Sierra Leone

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Singapore}} to :Category:Events in Singapore

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Slovakia}} to :Category:Events in Slovakia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Slovenia}} to :Category:Events in Slovenia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Solomon Islands}} to :Category:Events in the Solomon Islands

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Somalia}} to :Category:Events in Somalia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in South Africa}} to :Category:Events in South Africa

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in South Korea}} to :Category:Events in South Korea

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in South Sudan}} to :Category:Events in South Sudan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Soviet Union}} to :Category:Events in the Soviet Union

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Spain}} to :Category:Events in Spain

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Sri Lanka}} to :Category:Events in Sri Lanka

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Sudan}} to :Category:Events in Sudan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Suriname}} to :Category:Events in Suriname

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Sweden}} to :Category:Events in Sweden

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Switzerland}} to :Category:Events in Switzerland

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Syria}} to :Category:Events in Syria

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Taiwan}} to :Category:Events in Taiwan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Tajikistan}} to :Category:Events in Tajikistan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Tanzania}} to :Category:Events in Tanzania

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Thailand}} to :Category:Events in Thailand

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Timor-Leste}} to :Category:Events in Timor-Leste

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Togo}} to :Category:Events in Togo

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Tonga}} to :Category:Events in Tonga

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Trinidad and Tobago}} to :Category:Events in Trinidad and Tobago

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Tunisia}} to :Category:Events in Tunisia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Turkey}} to :Category:Events in Turkey

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Turkmenistan}} to :Category:Events in Turkmenistan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Uganda}} to :Category:Events in Uganda

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Ukraine}} to :Category:Events in Ukraine

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the United Arab Emirates}} to :Category:Events in the United Arab Emirates

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the United Kingdom}} to :Category:Events in the United Kingdom

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the United States}} to :Category:Events in the United States

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Uruguay}} to :Category:Events in Uruguay

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Uzbekistan}} to :Category:Events in Uzbekistan

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Vanuatu}} to :Category:Events in Vanuatu

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Vatican City}} to :Category:Events in Vatican City

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Venezuela}} to :Category:Events in Venezuela

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Vietnam}} to :Category:Events in Vietnam

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Western Sahara}} to :Category:Events in Western Sahara

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Yemen}} to :Category:Events in Yemen

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Yugoslavia}} to :Category:Events in Yugoslavia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Zambia}} to :Category:Events in Zambia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Zimbabwe}} to :Category:Events in Zimbabwe

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Northern Ireland}} to :Category:Events in Northern Ireland

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Ireland}} to :Category:Events in Ireland

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Africa}} to :Category:Events in Africa

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Asia}} to :Category:Events in Asia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Europe}} to :Category:Events in Europe

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in North America}} to :Category:Events in North America

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Oceania}} to :Category:Events in Oceania

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in South America}} to :Category:Events in South America

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Anguilla}} to :Category:Events in Anguilla

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Bermuda}} to :Category:Events in Bermuda

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Cayman Islands}} to :Category:Events in the Cayman Islands

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Cook Islands}} to :Category:Events in the Cook Islands

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Falkland Islands}} to :Category:Events in the Falkland Islands

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Faroe Islands}} to :Category:Events in the Faroe Islands

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Gibraltar}} to :Category:Events in Gibraltar

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Guadeloupe}} to :Category:Events in Guadeloupe

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Guernsey}} to :Category:Events in Guernsey

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Isle of Man}} to :Category:Events in the Isle of Man

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Jersey}} to :Category:Events in Jersey

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in New Caledonia}} to :Category:Events in New Caledonia

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Niue}} to :Category:Events in Niue

:* Propose merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in the Pitcairn Islands}} to :Category:Events in the Pitcairn Islands

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:Nominator's rationale: All events are historical by nature. Non-defining intersection here. Merge up to the Events tree. There is no :Category:Historical events. –Aidan721 (talk) 21:32, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• My point of view is slightly different here but I suppose we can get to some sort of consensus anyway. An "event" can either be anything that happened in a certain period (as in the nominated categories above) or it can mean an organized event, e.g. a cultural event or a sports event. Those are very different things. I would rather argue that we should not categorize anything that happened as an event at all, as being too vague and too different from the other meaning of event, and that we should use events categories only for organized events. And that in turn would imply largely deleting the nominated categories, except that the Disasters, Disablishments and Establishments subcategories should be moved back to History. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:29, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
• Merge per Marcocapelle. As I stated in the months-by-event in CfD, the label has no added meaning because every point in spacetime is an event — the only restriction here is the exclusion of current and future events. We may also need to rename the target categories to reflect the proposal to restrict its scope to organized events, such as :Category:Diplomatic conferences in Albania (which isn't in the merge target). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 12:45, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
• Comment: Agree with Marcocapelle in that the events tree is unhelpfully vague and needs reorganisation from the top. --Paul_012 (talk) 06:44, 28 February 2025 (UTC)
• Support Marcocapelle's proposal - sounds like WP:TNT to me... - jc37 02:22, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
• Merge/delete per nom, "historical" is probably not that useful a category word in general. CMD (talk) 09:19, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
• Merge, per above and nom. QalasQalas (talk) 08:17, 26 March 2025 (UTC)
• Follow-up nomination: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2025_March_15#Events_by_chronology. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:32, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose - Not every event is historical or has the same weight in a nation's history. For example, :Category:Entertainment events in Senegal is totally different from :Category:Historical events in Senegal. This is just one example, and there are many more one could find. Merging them would make it extremely hard for the public to locate articles germane to historical events. It would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack, which defeats the whole purpose of our categorization system. Tamsier (talk) 10:24, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

:* {{ping|Tamsier}} do you have an opinion on my alternative proposal? Marcocapelle (talk) 12:25, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

:*:I think your proposal is sound, and I doesn't see a problem with it. Tamsier (talk) 12:43, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

• Doesn't Marcocapelle's proposal need amending from "delete" to "manual merge"? As User:LaundryPizza03 points out, some organised events e.g. :Category:Diplomatic conferences in Albania are not in the target, but should be. – Fayenatic London 22:40, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Right, so the alternative is for example:

::* Propose manually merging {{cl|Category:Historical events in Abkhazia}} to :Category:Events in Abkhazia and :Category:History of Abkhazia.

:: Note to closer: I can help with amending the full nomination when desired. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:38, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

::: I have stricken the latter, with a manual merge (no usage of bot) there is no point in expanding the list of nominations. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:16, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

• Comment. I not not agree with nominator that all events are historical by nature. A "historical event" is an event that would be described or discussed in a history book. A murder might be historical if, for example, a prominent person were murdered or the murder caused riots. But a routine murder of a spouse or gang member would probably not be historical, even if it warranted a Wikipedia article, unless it affected the course of human history. A history book might briefly mention the annual Brixton darts tournaments, but would be unlikely to discuss the 1987 Brixton darts tournament. There could be a Wikipedia article lovingly describing every detail of the 1987 Brixton event, but unless something very unusual happened it woud not be a historical event. Aymatth2 (talk) 16:08, 24 March 2025 (UTC)
• : It sounds like you want the adjective "historical" to mean "historically notable" or "historically relevant". On Wikipedia, events are notable, or else they don't have a stand-alone article. And as we are talking about the categorisation of articles, your comments are pretty much moot. - jc37 19:18, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

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:The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

:The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

:The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:42, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose merging :Category:May 2025 in Albania to :Category:May 2025 in Europe

:* Propose deleting :Category:2025 in Albania by month

:Nominator's rationale: The rest of the month categories for Albania were deleted via consensus of this recent discussion. Same rationale applies. –Aidan721 (talk) 20:35, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Merge per nom. Merging to :Category:2025 in Albania is not necessary, the articles are already in that category. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:56, 26 February 2025 (UTC)
• :{{re|Aidan721}} response? it's lio! | talk | work 03:18, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
• ::Nothing to respond to. It's in agreement with my nomination. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:28, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

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:The result of the discussion was: rename to :Category:Blade (comics) video games. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 03:18, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose renaming :Category:Video games based on Blade to :Category:Blade (comics) video games

:Nominator's rationale: "Blade" is not a singular work for something to be based on. ★Trekker (talk) 16:03, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Rename also as a simple case of WP:C2C. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:41, 26 February 2025 (UTC)
• Rename The scope becomes much clearer this way. Dimadick (talk) 15:55, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

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:The result of the discussion was: delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 18:32, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose deleting {{lc|Michael Johnson (sprinter)}}

:Nominator's rationale: Delete; only three articles, one of which is eponymous. No objection to recreation if there are more articles related to Michael Johnson. Omnis Scientia (talk) 14:24, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Keep, added two new category members that could be expanded into articles. There's enough potential other members as well to justify this category --Habst (talk) 14:52, 26 February 2025 (UTC)
• Delete, we do not categorize things named after someone, see WP:SHAREDNAME. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:42, 26 February 2025 (UTC)
• :@Marcocapelle This case doesn't fit SHAREDNAME "Unrelated subjects" though, because unlike the "Jackson" example where there's no relation except the name, the track and field meet is dedicated to the subject who specialized in track and field, and the physical running track has a bronze statue of Johnson at its side. Statues are almost always categorized under the name tree of the subject. See for example WP:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 June 18#Category:Usain Bolt which was kept after a CfD. --Habst (talk) 13:11, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
• :* Statues of is ok, fields named after is not. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:04, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
• :*:The field includes a bronze a statue of the subject, so maybe another potential category member could be added for that. Also the Michael Johnson track isn't a field, it's a running track that has references to the subject (like the statue) beyond just a namesake. --Habst (talk) 23:21, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
• Delete Three articles and two redirects is not enough to support a category. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:43, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

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:The result of the discussion was: rename to :Category:Mythological corvids. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 03:20, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose renaming :Category:Legendary crows to :Category:Mythological crows

:Nominator's rationale: rename, almost all articles are about mythology rather than about legends. See also this discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:20, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

::I would suggest an alternative of "Mythological corvids". The category includes both crows and ravens, and corvid encompasses them both. Another user even made the suggestion on the category's talk page back in 2020. RaidRexx (talk) 15:46, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

::* That is fine with me. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:43, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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:The result of the discussion was: dual merge to :Category:Kenyan footballers and :Category:Association football players by populated place. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:51, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose merging :Category:Kenyan footballers by populated place to :Category:Kenyan footballers

:Nominator's rationale: Subcategory with just one entry. Also merge to :Category:Association football players by populated place Lost in Quebec (talk) 09:51, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Dual merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:44, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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:The result of the discussion was: disperse between :Category:People in counterterrorism and :Category:Scholars of terrorism. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:20, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose merging :Category:Counterterrorism theorists to :Category:Scholars of terrorism

:Nominator's rationale: 1) theorists is a weird category here. What makes someone a theorist? None of the articles I could find used the word "theorist".

:2) counterterrorism and terrorism are for academic purposes very tied, a lot of academic focus on terrorism is obviously on how to prevent terrorism. Most people in either category could fit in the other and vice versa, there is no rhyme or reason for who goes where.

:This seems to be an excuse to include a few journalists and political advisors who talk about terrorism... somewhere. Maybe scholars is not the right word for these people, but "theorists" certainly is not. Fundamentally I have no clue what is supposed to go in this category versus the parent one. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:19, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Disperse between :Category:People in counterterrorism and :Category:Scholars of terrorism, as nom says many articles aren't about scholars at all. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:27, 26 February 2025 (UTC)
• :{{re|PARAKANYAA}} thoughts? it's lio! | talk | work 07:14, 8 March 2025 (UTC)
• ::@HKLionel Good to me. PARAKANYAA (talk) 07:16, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

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:The result of the discussion was: merge to :Category:Scholars of terrorism. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:52, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose merging :Category:Historians of terrorist organizations to :Category:Scholars of terrorism

:Nominator's rationale: Weird division, also only three people, most of the people in the subcategories aren't historians. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:13, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:30, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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:The result of the discussion was: merge to :Category:Scholars of terrorism. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:53, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose merging :Category:Historians of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to :Category:Scholars of terrorism

:Nominator's rationale: Almost no one in this category is actually a historian. Most are journalists or other kinds of academics. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:12, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Merge, also a kind of WP:PERFCAT, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is just one of many topics that these people have written about. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:33, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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:The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:44, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose deleting {{lc|Historians of al-Qaeda}}

:Nominator's rationale: Neither of these people are historians. Also only 2 people. Subcat already has consensus to delete. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:08, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:35, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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:The result of the discussion was: rename to :Category:Fellows of the Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:55, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose renaming :Category:Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni to :Category:Fellow of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons

:Nominator's rationale: More specific name because of Fellowship (FCPS). Niasoh ❯❯❯ Wanna chat? 13:30, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

• If renamed I suppose it should be "fellows" in plural. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:51, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
• Rename to :Category:Fellows of the Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons; the article also seems to use a definite article with the university name. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:45, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

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• Sure, with "the" it is more natural language. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:26, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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:The result of the discussion was: no consensus. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 19:09, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose merging :Category:Television news anchors from insular areas of the United States to :Category:American television news anchors

:Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:58, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose. The people in this category do not work in the American television news market, but in that of one of its insular areas. "American" here [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_television_anchors_by_populated_place refers to the place of work] as opposed to source of the news or nationality of the anchor. Also, :Category:Television news anchors from insular areas of the United States has the potential of growing in subcategories beyond the current :Category:Puerto Rican news anchors (e.g., :Category:U.S.V.I. news anchors, :Category:American Samoan news anchors, and :Category:Guamanian news anchors). At one point :Category:Educators from insular areas of the United States had, too, only one subcategory, :Category:Puerto Rican educators. So, the presence of a single category as an argument for merging the category is a non-argument. Mercy11 (talk) 21:23, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
• :Citation needed for people from the insular areas somehow not still counting as American Bearcat (talk) 19:58, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
• ::Agreed. Also, I seem to have a vague recollection that there a previous CfD discussion on this concerning "insular areas". I'll see if I can find it. - jc37 20:19, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
• ::: Bearcat - I found what I was thinking of: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_October_1#Category:Film_actresses_from_insular_areas_of_the_United_States. And it's not the only one, I found several others going back the past few years as well (for example: :Special:WhatLinksHere/Category:People_by_insular_area_of_the_United_States). I think we may need to take a look at the tree of :Category:Insular areas of the United States, and whether it should be just treated like other countries' subcats of :Category:Dependent territories by country, and possibly merged to :Category:Territories of the United States. - jc37 20:33, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

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::{{re|Marcocapelle|Mercy11|Bearcat}} any further thoughts? it's lio! | talk | work 07:16, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

• American" here only referring to the place of work as opposed to nationality of the anchor is at odds with all other American people categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:22, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

:*Sorry, but that's not what the record shows. Let me explain.

::Any categorization in this subtree has, at least since 2006, always revolved around place of work, not nationality. ":Category:American television anchors by populated place", makes this clear when it states in [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:American_television_anchors_by_populated_place&oldid=1179870546 its introduction] "The following is a list of television news anchors organized by the city in which they worked". Again, place of work (aka, news market) and not nationality is the basis of the categorization. So, merging the specific and more precise :Category:Television news anchors from insular areas of the United States into the more global and generic :Category:American television news anchors would go against this years' old practice. BTW, the practice isn't new: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:American_television_anchors_by_populated_place&oldid=58760096 this 2006 version] of the same :Category:American television anchors by populated place, already stated in its introduction, "The following is a list of television news anchors organized by the city in which they worked". That, once more, demonstrates that editors have been using the news market (American, British, Korean, etc.), as opposed to nationality of TV station owner, location of headquarters of the news broadcaster, nationality of anchor, source of the news, etc., as the criteria for the category. Mixing news anchors from the Insular Areas news market with the American news market anchors would break that location/news market practice since they are a different market on multiple levels: cultural and language being two examples. There are tons of American people categories where people from the Insular Areas are listed as a subcategory under American people category ("FOO people from Insular Areas of the United States" under "American FOO people"). Some examples of this by-place-not-by-nationality practice are :Category:Politicians by insular area of the United States, :Category:People in sports from insular areas of the United States, :Category:Educators from insular areas of the United States, :Category:Models from insular areas of the United States, and :Category:Lawyers from insular areas of the United States. You can do your own search to find the hundreds if not thousands more. In general, people from the insular areas have been handled differently in WP categories from those from the American mainland; some places -like PR and NMI- are handled as their own country (population and square area, for example, aren't included in the mainland US Census or US square area tallies). The CIA WFB, for instance, lists PR and NMI as countries [https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/] [https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/northern-mariana-islands/]. Regrettably, to add to their own confusion, some editors confuse being an American citizen with being an American. So, there are tons of reasons to keep the people from the Insular areas as a subcategory of the corresponding American parent but not in the same Category as the non-Insular Areas Americans, aka, mainland Americans. For these, and perhaps many other, reasons the proposed merge should not occur. Mercy11 (talk) 17:13, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

::* When it is about populated places, I definitely support categorizing people by place of work rather than by place of birth. But that does not make people from insular areas less American. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:02, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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:The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:28, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose deleting {{lc|The Unguided albums}}

:Nominator's rationale: Populated only by redirects. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 01:31, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:36, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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:The result of the discussion was: merge all. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:56, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:* Propose merging :Category:Cambodian plastic surgeons to :Category:Plastic surgeons

:Nominator's rationale: Only 1 entry. Also merge with :Category:Cambodian surgeons.

Also propose merging:

• :Category:Colombian plastic surgeons to :Category:Plastic surgeons and :Category:Colombian surgeons.
• :Category:Croatian plastic surgeons to :Category:Plastic surgeons and :Category:Croatian surgeons.
• :Category:Dominican Republic plastic surgeons to :Category:Plastic surgeons and :Category:Dominican Republic surgeons.
• :Category:Plastic surgeons from Georgia (country) to :Category:Plastic surgeons and :Category:Surgeons from Georgia (country).
• :Category:Irish plastic surgeons to :Category:Plastic surgeons and :Category:Irish surgeons
• :Category:Israeli plastic surgeons to :Category:Plastic surgeons and :Category:Israeli surgeons
• :Category:Japanese plastic surgeons to :Category:Plastic surgeons and :Category:Japanese surgeons
• :Category:Nigerian plastic surgeons to :Category:Plastic surgeons and :Category:Nigerian surgeons
• :Category:Palestinian plastic surgeons to :Category:Plastic surgeons and :Category:Palestinian surgeons
• :Category:Singaporean plastic surgeons to :Category:Plastic surgeons and :Category:Singaporean surgeons
• :Category:Slovenian plastic surgeons to :Category:Plastic surgeons and :Category:Slovenian surgeons
• :Category:South African plastic surgeons to :Category:Plastic surgeons and :Category:South African surgeons

LibStar (talk) 01:22, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

:Merge all per nomination. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 01:34, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:38, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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