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Speedy renaming or speedy merging of categories may be requested only if they meet a speedy criterion, for example WP:C2D (consistency with main article's name) or WP:C2C (consistency with established category tree names). Please see instructions below.
- Determine which speedy criterion applies
- Tag category page with
{{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}
or{{subst:cfm-speedy|Merge target}}
- List request along with speedy criteria reason under "Current requests" below on this page
Please note that a speedy request must state which of the narrowly defined criteria strictly applies. Hence, any other non-speedy criteria, even "common sense" or "obvious", may be suitable points, but only at a full discussion at WP:Categories for discussion.
Request may take 48 hours to process after listing if there are no objections. This delay allows other users to review the request to ensure that it meets the speedy criteria for speedy renaming or merging, and to raise objections to the proposed change.
Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g., "patent nonsense", "recreation") can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}}
with no required delay. Empty categories can be deleted if they remain empty 7 days after tagging with {{db-empty}}. Renaming under C2E may also be processed instantly (at the discretion of an administrator) as it is a variation on G7.
To oppose a speedy request you must record your objection within 48 hours of the nomination. Do this by inserting immediately under the nomination:
- Oppose, (the reasons for your objection). ~~~~
You will not be able to do this by editing the page WP:Categories for discussion. Instead, you should edit the section WP:Categories for discussion#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here or the page WP:Categories for discussion/Speedy#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here (WP:CFDS). Be aware that in the course of any discussion, the nomination and its discussion may get moved further down the page purely for organizational convenience – you may need to search WP:CFDS to find the new location. Participate in any ongoing discussion, but unless you withdraw your opposition, a knowledgeable person may eventually bring forward the nomination and discussion to become a regular CFD discussion. At that stage you may add further comments, but your initial opposition will still be considered. However, if after seven days there has been no support for the request, and no response from the nominator, the request may be dropped from further consideration as a speedy.
Contested speedy requests become stale, and can be untagged and delisted after 7 days of inactivity. Optionally, if the discussion may be useful for future reference, it may be copied to the category talk page, with a section heading and {{moved discussion from|[[WP:CFDS]]|2=~~~~}}
. If the nominator wants to revive the process, this may be requested at WP:Categories for discussion (CfD) in accordance with its instructions.
If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins who process the Speedy page. If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a full CFD discussion.
Speedy criteria
The category-specific criteria for speedy renaming, or merging are strictly limited to:
C2A: Typographic and spelling fixes
- Correction of spelling errors and capitalization fixes. Differences between British and American spelling (e.g. Harbours → Harbors) are not considered errors; however if the convention of the relevant category tree is to use one form over the other then a rename may be appropriate under C2C. If both spellings exist as otherwise-identical category names, they should be merged.
- Appropriate conversion of hyphens into en dashes or vice versa (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations).
- Correction of obvious grammatical errors, such as a missing conjunction (e.g. Individual frogs toads → Individual frogs and toads). This includes pluralizing a noun in the name of a set category, but not when disagreement might reasonably be anticipated as to whether the category is a topic or set category.
C2B: Consistency with established Wikipedia naming conventions and practices
- Expanding abbreviated country names (e.g. U.S. → United States).
- Disambiguation fixes from an unqualified name (e.g. Category:Washington → Category:Washington (state) or Category:Washington, D.C.).
C2C: Consistency with established category tree names
Bringing a category into line with established naming conventions for that category tree, or into line with the various "x by y", "x of y", or "x in y" categorization conventions specified at Wikipedia:Category names
- This should be used only where there is no room for doubt that the category in question is being used for the standard purpose instead of being a potential subcategory.
- This criterion should be applied only when there is no ambiguity or doubt over the existence of a category naming convention. Such a convention must be well defined and must be overwhelmingly used within the tree. If this is not the case then the category in question must be brought forward to a full Cfd nomination.
- This criterion will not apply in cases where the category tree observes distinctions in local usage (e.g. Category:Transportation in the United States and Category:Transport in the United Kingdom).
C2D: Consistency with main article's name
- Renaming a topic category to match its eponymous page (e.g. Category:The Beatles and The Beatles).
- This applies only if the related page's current name (and by extension, the proposed name for the category) is:
- unambiguous (so it generally does not apply to proposals to remove a disambiguator from the category name, even when the main article is the primary topic of its name, i.e. it does not contain a disambiguator); and
- uncontroversial, either because of longstanding stability at that particular name, or because the page was just moved (i) after a page move discussion resulted in explicit consensus to rename, or (ii) unilaterally to reflect an official renaming which is verified by one or more citations (provided in the nomination). C2D does not apply if the result would be contrary to guidelines at WP:CATNAME, or there is any ongoing discussion about the name of the page or category, or there has been a recent discussion concerning any of the pages that resulted in a no consensus result, or it is controversial in some other way.
- This criterion may also be used to rename a set category in the same circumstances, where the set is defined by a renamed topic; e.g. players for a sports team, or places in a district.
- Before nominating a category to be renamed per WP:C2D, consider whether it makes more sense to move the article instead of the category.
C2E: Author request
- This criterion applies only if the author of a category requests or agrees to renaming within six months of creating the category.
- The criterion does not apply if other editors have populated or changed the category since it was created. "Other editors" includes bots that populated the category, but excludes an editor working with the author on the renaming.
C2F: One eponymous page
- This criterion applies if the category contains only an eponymous article, list, template or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories, where applicable. Nominations should use
{{subst:cfm-speedy}}
(speedy merger) linking to a suitable parent category, or to another appropriate category (e.g. one that is currently on the article).
Admin instructions
When handling the listings:
- Make sure that the listing meets one of the above criteria.
- With the exception of C2E, make sure that it was both listed and tagged at least 48 hours previously.
- Make sure that there is no opposition to the listing; if there is a discussion, check if the opposing user(s) ended up withdrawing their opposition.
If the listing meets these criteria, simply have the category renamed or merged – follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions, in the section "If the decision is to Rename, Merge, or Delete"; to list it for the bots, use the Speedy moves section.
Applying speedy criteria in full discussions
- A nomination to merge or rename, brought forward as a full CfD, may be speedily closed if the closing administrator is satisfied that:
- The nomination clearly falls within the scope of one of the criteria listed here, and
- No objections have been made within 48 hours of the initial nomination.
- If both these conditions are satisfied, the closure will be regarded as having been a result of a speedy nomination. If any objections have been raised then the CfD nomination will remain in place for the usual 7-day discussion period, to be decided in accordance with expressed consensus.
Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here
If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria mentioned in C2, do not list it here. Instead, list it in the main CFD section.
If you are in any doubt as to whether it qualifies, do not list it here.
Use the following format on a new line at the beginning of the list:
* [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~
If the current name should be redirected rather than deleted, use:
* REDIRECT [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~
To note that human action is required, e.g. updating a template that populates the category, use:
* NO BOTS [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~
Remember to tag the category page with: {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}
A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, if the time stamp shown is earlier than 04:26, 7 October 2024 (UTC). Currently, there are 45 open requests (. )
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Current requests
Please add new requests at the top of the list, preferably with a link to the parent category (in case of C2C) or relevant article (in case of C2D).
- Category:Palestinian War Correspondents to Category:Palestinian War Correspondents – C2B; should be lower case - Anomalous+0 (talk) 07:16, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Wikiproject Paraguay articles to Category:WikiProject Paraguay articles – C2B per Wikipedia:Category names#Project categories and C2C with other categories in Category:Articles by WikiProject. I made a mistake on my previous nomination of this category and incorrectly capitalized WikiProject. Template:WikiProject Paraguay will need to be updated when this category is moved. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 01:54, 8 October 2024 (UTC) - Category:PopCap games to Category:PopCap Games games – C2D: The company's name is "PopCap Games" QuantumFoam66 (talk) 01:13, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Dutch chief executives in the healthcare industry to Category:Dutch healthcare chief executives – C2C: siblings are all FOOian healthcare chief executives Mason (talk) 00:00, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Lists of statutory instruments of Scotland to Category:Lists of Scottish statutory instruments – The name of the legislation is Scottish statutory instruments, not "statutory instruments of Scotland", which creates ambiguity because Scotland is also covered by Statutory instrument (UK) which are a separate thing. All the pages in the category were renamed to reflect this, so the category should too. DotCoder (talk) 18:14, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- I have only tagged the category now Ymblanter (talk) 05:31, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Kim Jong-hyun (singer) to Category:Jonghyun – C2D: Main article was recently moved to Jonghyun. Artemisia (talk) 14:18, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Kim Jong-hyun (singer) albums to Category:Jonghyun albums
- Category:Kim Jong-hyun (singer) compilation albums to Category:Jonghyun compilation albums
- Category:Kim Jong-hyun (singer) EPs to Category:Jonghyun EPs
- Category:Songs written by Kim Jong-hyun (singer) to Category:Songs written by Jonghyun
- Category:Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs (Philippines) to Category:Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines – C2D: The renaming of the position back in 2020, was never realized Hariboneagle927 (talk) 01:58, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Noblewomen in the Holy Roman Empire to Category:Noblewomen of the Holy Roman Empire – C2C: parent is Nobility of the Holy Roman Empire and the norm is of, instead of from. (I'm equally fine with Noblewomen from the Holy Roman Empire) Mason (talk) 20:28, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose several of its daughter categories use in. Such as Countesses in the Holy Roman Empire. The normal present is actually to use from. Of is normally used in actual titles, like Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. This may need more discussion but the general trend has been to use in when it is not clearly a title.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:27, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Pages using WikiProject LGBT studies with unknown parameters to Category:Pages using WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies with unknown parameters – C2D: One more tracking category I missed in the earlier move request Raladic (talk) 20:04, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Women in the World Wars to Category:Women in the world wars – C2D: Main article was recently moved to "Women in the world wars" WikiEditor50 (talk) 19:27, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Computer humor to Category:Computer humour – C2D: To match Computer humour. AusLondonder (talk) 17:02, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum to Category:NEOS (Austria) – C2D: Main article has been renamed NEOS (Austria). Obi2canibe (talk) 13:06, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Inventions of the Indus Valley civilisation to Category:Inventions of the Indus Valley Civilisation – C2C: Restore previous name following failed 2022 move request, match parent cat Category:Indus Valley Civilisation AusLondonder (talk) 05:48, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Indus Valley civilisation sites to Category:Indus Valley Civilisation sites – C2C: Restore previous name following failed 2022 move request, match parent cat Category:Indus Valley Civilisation AusLondonder (talk) 05:47, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Indus Valley civilisation in popular culture to Category:Indus Valley Civilisation in popular culture – C2C: Restore previous name following failed 2022 move request, match parent cat Category:Indus Valley Civilisation AusLondonder (talk) 05:46, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
Opposed requests
- Category:Aromanticism in fiction to Category:Fiction about aromanticism – C2C with e.g. Category:Fiction about asexuality – Fayenatic London 10:10, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- The asexual category was moved without discussion. I'd propose moving to "Aromantic fiction", "Asexual fiction", and Bisexual fiction, based on Category:Gay fiction and Category:Lesbian fiction. Web-julio (talk) 16:31, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support this alternative proposal for consistency as @Web-julio pointed out. Raladic (talk) 19:53, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- The asexual category was moved without discussion. I'd propose moving to "Aromantic fiction", "Asexual fiction", and Bisexual fiction, based on Category:Gay fiction and Category:Lesbian fiction. Web-julio (talk) 16:31, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:X-Factor (comics) to Category:X-Factor members – make more sense. Lililolol (talk)
- Oppose, not eligible for Speedy renaming. Also, this would change the scope, and would exclude various non-character pages e.g. All-New X-Factor and Trial of Magneto. No objection to creation of subcat Category:Members of X-Factor (comics) instead. – Fayenatic London 10:22, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Sexual assault in sports to Category:Sexual abuse in sports – C2C: Sexual assault redirects to Sexual abuse. Moreover, many of the pages in only belong in the wider category of Sexual abuse Mason (talk) 18:46, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Sexual assault is a stand-alone article that does not redirect to sexual abuse, the definition of which states
Sexual abuse is a term used for a persistent pattern of sexual assaults.
I don't think they mean the same, but I'm hesitant to open up a full discussion on such a sensitive topic. It does seem that sexual assault doesn't have its own category, but does it need to? NLeeuw (talk) 20:48, 29 September 2024 (UTC)- I was referring to the category Category:Sexual assault Mason (talk) 01:29, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Sexual assault is a stand-alone article that does not redirect to sexual abuse, the definition of which states
- Category:Novels by John Green (author) to Category:Books by John Green – C2C and C2D: Allows inclusion of his non-novel The Anthropocene Reviewed; matches brother Category:Books by Hank Green (both novels); dab unneeded for John Green. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 18:42, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose, the proposal would lead to removal of these novels from the tree of Category:American novels by writer which is not helpful. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:45, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose removal of qualifier, as John Green (disambiguation) has many people by this name, of whom at least John Patterson Green also wrote a book. There are sufficient novels to keep a novels category, and as there is a parent Category:Works by the Green brothers which allows easy navigation to The Anthropocene Reviewed, there is no need for an intermediate parent "Books by John Green (author)". Instead, nominate Category:Books by Hank Green for renaming to Category:Novels by Hank Green. – Fayenatic London 09:19, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- I have now nominated the Hank Green category, see above. – Fayenatic London 10:29, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Category:Apple TV games to Category:tvOS games – C2D. Consistent with the main article of tvOS, like Category:iOS games for iOS. MimirIsSmart (talk) 12:36, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- I think all such nominations get objected; @Gonnym: Ymblanter (talk) 21:38, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- To be honest I don't know enough on this subject. Is the fact that they were released on the operation system (tvOS) the notable fact, or the fact that they were released on the hardware the notable fact? Nintendo Switch games are notable for being released on the hardware and not on the Nintendo 3DS system software OS, which is why the category is at Category:Nintendo Switch games. This question by itself makes this not not speedy-able. Gonnym (talk) 23:08, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Ymblanter: do you formally oppose this nomination? If you don't it can be speedied after all. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:45, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, let us process it after 48h. Ymblanter (talk) 18:49, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Ymblanter: do you formally oppose this nomination? If you don't it can be speedied after all. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:45, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- To be honest I don't know enough on this subject. Is the fact that they were released on the operation system (tvOS) the notable fact, or the fact that they were released on the hardware the notable fact? Nintendo Switch games are notable for being released on the hardware and not on the Nintendo 3DS system software OS, which is why the category is at Category:Nintendo Switch games. This question by itself makes this not not speedy-able. Gonnym (talk) 23:08, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- I think all such nominations get objected; @Gonnym: Ymblanter (talk) 21:38, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
On hold pending other discussion
Moved to full discussion
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