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:”’Nominator’s rationale:”’ Rename to match the main article, [[Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race]]. It was opposed at speedy a while ago because it was suggested the shorter name could be a better title for the article, but since then there has been no RM for the article. In lieu of any change to the article, the category name should match the article title. If the article is renamed in future, the category can be renamed again too. [[User:Mclay1|Mclay1]] ([[User talk:Mclay1|talk]]) 08:29, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

:”’Nominator’s rationale:”’ Rename to match the main article, [[Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race]]. It was opposed at speedy a while ago because it was suggested the shorter name could be a better title for the article, but since then there has been no RM for the article. In lieu of any change to the article, the category name should match the article title. If the article is renamed in future, the category can be renamed again too. [[User:Mclay1|Mclay1]] ([[User talk:Mclay1|talk]]) 08:29, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

*”’Rename”’ we should always be at least as clear with Category as will article names.[[User:Johnpacklambert|John Pack Lambert]] ([[User talk:Johnpacklambert|talk]]) 14:54, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

*”’Rename”’ we should always be at least as clear with Category as will article names.[[User:Johnpacklambert|John Pack Lambert]] ([[User talk:Johnpacklambert|talk]]) 14:54, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

* ”’Rename”’ per nom. [[User:Marcocapelle|Marcocapelle]] ([[User talk:Marcocapelle|talk]]) 20:41, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

==== Category:Diplomatic missions of El Salvador ====

==== Category:Diplomatic missions of El Salvador ====

Revision as of 20:41, 26 January 2026

January 26

NEW NOMINATIONS

Category:American military personnel by branch

Category:Barbara Whitman Award winner

Nominator’s rationale: Category for Barbara Whitman Award for early career theater directors is likely not defining for notable recipients WP:OCAWARD, and too soon to tell if recipients will become notable. category only contains one article, which itself may not meet notability guidelines. —BrechtBro (talk) 18:40, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I was probably being TOOSOON in setting this category up, but I think the other winners are notable. happy to compromise and delete the category for now? Lajmmoore (talk) 19:21, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tbh I don’t think any of the winners are notable yet, though I’m not familiar with them all. As an early career award the winners are almost definitionally not-yet-notable (and they seem to be steering it that way, the more notable names are some of the nominees: Tara Moses, Mei Ann Teo, etc. Fran de Leon is the new AD at Theater Mu). Notability can be a tough bar for stage directors, as interpretive rather than generative artists. —BrechtBro (talk) 20:08, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Ultimate Fighting Championship events at Madison Square Garden

Nominator’s rationale: Non-notable intersection of a specific sports company and an event venue. User:Namiba 17:58, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Logical intersection, same as for Category:Boxing matches at Madison Square Garden. More than 5 articles in it. Teterev53 (talk) 19:57, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Size is not the only determining factor. WP:NARROWCAT, WP:TRIVIALCAT, and WP:OCLOCATION are also guidelines. Moreover, there is no logical connection between a specific sports company (UFC) and this particular venue.–User:Namiba 20:04, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Companies based in Doraville, Georgia

Nominator’s rationale: Category containing only a single article, unhelpful for navigation. AusLondonder (talk) 17:20, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:June 2020 crimes in Oceania

Nominator’s rationale: There is only one article in the category. Shouldn’t need a merge to its other parent categories, since the article is already in Category:2020 crimes in New Zealand and Category:June 2020 in New Zealand. – numbermaniac 17:01, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yugoslav generals

Category:21st-century French military personnel

Category:People of the Cretan War from the Republic of Venice

Category:French military personnel of the Thirty Years War

  • Nominstor’s rationale Many of the people in the French and in the Swedish Armies during this war were mercenaries from other states, or otherwise not clearly Swedish or French nationals. This gers even more complex because there were several small states along France’s boundaries that were technically under the vassalage of the French king but were independent for all intents and purposes. For the War we want to sort people by what army thry served in. We can also put them in military from categories for their state of origin. We already have the Imperial Army personnel which is sorted by military served in. That is the closest to a “German” army we have in the 7 Years War. The German Category is a hodge podge of people who served in the military of various states like the Electorate of Brandenburg, the Electorate of Saxony, the Electorate of Bavaria and more. If any of these have enough articles to create a category we can do that but having the German category mix people from multiple militaries is not helpful.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:31, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Christoph Martin von Degenfeld was in the Imperial, French and Swedish armies during the war.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:41, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename/merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:24, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Patrol vessels

Nominator’s rationale: Redundant categories. Patrol boat reads: “A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is…” Gjs238 (talk) 14:38, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Organized crime groups in Azerbaijan

Nominator’s rationale: Category containing only a single article, which is about the “general term for organized criminal gangs that consist of ethnic Azerbaijanis”, not a specific organised crime group. AusLondonder (talk) 14:02, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Organized crime groups in Kuwait

Nominator’s rationale: Category containing only a single article, which is a redirect and not about a specific organised crime group, unhelpful for navigation. AusLondonder (talk) 13:58, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Organized crime groups in Afghanistan

Nominator’s rationale: Category containing only a single article, which is a redirect and not about a specific organised crime group, unhelpful for navigation. AusLondonder (talk) 13:54, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Diplomatic missions of Chad

Nominator’s rationale: Category containing only a single list article which is already appropriately categorised. AusLondonder (talk) 11:34, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Historic districts in Boone County, West Virginia

Nominator’s rationale: Category containing only a single article, which is already appropriately categorised. Not helpful for navigation. AusLondonder (talk) 11:18, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Houses in Boone County, West Virginia

Nominator’s rationale: Category containing only a single article, unhelpful for navigation. Only article is about a historic district, not a specific house. AusLondonder (talk) 11:16, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Ethnoreligious groups in the Republic of Ireland

Nominator’s rationale: a one-child category that is not useful for navigation, i.e. a useless intermediate layer. The target category is the only parent in which the content is not already present by other means. Place Clichy (talk) 10:53, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Romani by region

Nominator’s rationale: Children categories are about continent, not regions. May be eligible to WP:C2C per Category:Ethnic groups by continent, submitting it here to allow more discussion. Place Clichy (talk) 10:42, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Iditarod

Nominator’s rationale: Rename to match the main article, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. It was opposed at speedy a while ago because it was suggested the shorter name could be a better title for the article, but since then there has been no RM for the article. In lieu of any change to the article, the category name should match the article title. If the article is renamed in future, the category can be renamed again too. Mclay1 (talk) 08:29, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Diplomatic missions of El Salvador

Nominator’s rationale: Category containing only a list article and an individual embassy which has been proposed for deletion. Not helpful for navigation. AusLondonder (talk) 07:24, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:1879 Argentine novels

Nominator’s rationale: Upmerge for now. There is only 1-2 articles in each of these categories, which isn’t helpful for navigation. See previous CfD decisions about this categorization: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_March_2#Category:2007_Croatian_novels, Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2025_October_14#Category:Danish_novels_by_year, Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2025_October_21#Category:Swedish_novels_by_year, Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2025_November_14#Category:Afghan_novels_by_year. Οἶδα (talk) 05:53, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:NFL players who have posted a perfect passer rating

Nominator’s rationale: Not defining. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 04:52, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Physicians

  • Nominator’s rationale the corresponding article was moved a few months ago to medical doctor after a rename request. In general it is best to follow the decisions of article naming, especially when article names are worked out through extended discussion. We will need to follow this up with renaming many of the sub-cats, but a quick decision to follow the article at the top of the category tree would seem reasonable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:44, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Catrgory:United States Marine Corps Commandants

Category:Iranian generals by rank

Catrgory:Afsharid generals

  • Nominator’s rationale The article on the political unit these people held the rank of general under is entitled Afsharid Iran. Like other people defined by holding a doecific office the best way to categorize generals is Generals of Foo where Foo will match the name of our article for the authority under which they held that rank.John Pack Lambert (talk) 23:58, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename, the current name is really ambiguous as it might suggest that the category is about generals of the Afsharid dynasty, which is not really the case. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:39, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Iranian generals by dynasty

Category:Samanid generals

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