Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 November 7

November 7

Category:Nova Scotian settler churches

• Propose deleting Category:Nova Scotian settler churches - Template:Lc1
  

Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT serving to group just two churches on a characteristic of only questionably WP:DEFINING status. While Nova Scotian Settlers were a historic factor in the settlement of Sierra Leone, there's little evidence that their descendants still identify as "Nova Scotian Settler" in any significant way -- so the fact that the original settlers were the original establishers of these two churches has little bearing on who does or doesn't attend them now. If there were five or ten such churches to categorize, then it might be acceptable -- but it's not needed for just two churches. Bearcat (talk) 23:34, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Category:Nova Scotian Settler (Sierra Leone)

• Propose deleting Category:Nova Scotian Settler (Sierra Leone) - Template:Lc1
  

Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary WP:SMALLCAT for a historical group, which consists solely of the group's head article and one arguably unnecessary subcategory for two churches. The volume of spinoff content needed to justify an eponymous category for this concept simply isn't there. And even if this were to be kept, it would still have to be renamed in the plural, rather than singular, form. Bearcat (talk) 23:12, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Category:Settler Town, Sierra Leone

• Propose deleting Category:Settler Town, Sierra Leone - Template:Lc1
  

Nominator's rationale: As with Maroon Town below, this is an eponymous two-item WP:SMALLCAT for an individual neighbourhood within Freetown, Sierra Leone -- the only actual contents here are the eponym, and one church that happens to be located in the neighbourhood. Category:Freetown is simply not large enough to require separate subcategories for each individual neighbourhood within it. Upmerge not needed, as both articles are already in either Category:Freetown or an appropriate subcategory. Bearcat (talk) 23:09, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Category:Sally Kellerman

• Propose deleting Category:Sally Kellerman - Template:Lc1
  

Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary eponymous category per WP:OCEPON. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 18:05, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

• Delete. The only contents here are her WP:BLP and two photographs of her, but that's not a legitimate basis for an eponymous category in and of itself. Bearcat (talk) 22:59, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Category:Ajahns

• Propose merging Category:Ajahns to Category:Buddhist monks

Nominator's rationale: Ajahn is an honorific title / form of address, and not a specific type of Buddhist practitioner. We don't categorise people by their terms of address, and we don't have Category:The Venerables or Category:Their Excellencies. Suggest upmerging to Buddhist monk. Paul_012 (talk) 14:04, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Category:Ayyas

• Propose deleting Category:Ayyas - Template:Lc1
  

Nominator's rationale: Ayya is an honorific title / form of address, and not a specific type of Buddhist practitioner. We don't categorise people by their terms of address, and we don't have Category:The Venerables or Category:Their Excellencies. All articles are already categorised under Category:Buddhist nuns or an appropriate subcat. Paul_012 (talk) 14:02, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Category:Maroon Town, Sierra Leone

• Propose deleting Category:Maroon Town, Sierra Leone - Template:Lc1
  

Nominator's rationale: Does an area of the city of Freetown need a category? I think not. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:23, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. While a city with a lot of spinoff content, such as New York City or London, might warrant subcategorizing things by borough for size control purposes, Category:Freetown is nowhere near large enough to actually require that sort of treatment — a two-item WP:SMALLCAT for an individual neighbourhood within the city is simply not necessary. Upmerge not needed, as the head article is already in Category:Freetown and the only other article is already in Category:Churches in Freetown. Bearcat (talk) 23:05, 7 November 2016 (UTC)