Speedy
- Category:Wikipedians Proud to be American to Category:Wikipedians proud to be American. To match category:Wikipedians proud to be British.--Mike Selinker 12:00, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete both Wikipedia is not a social club. 132.205.44.134 01:49, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians Proud to be English to Category:Wikipedians proud to be English.--Mike Selinker 12:00, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians Proud to be Georgian to Category:Wikipedians proud to be Georgian.--Mike Selinker 12:00, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians Proud to be Swede to Category:Wikipedians proud to be Swedish.--Mike Selinker 12:00, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- Merge all the "proud to be <nationality>" cats to the corresponding nationality cats. - jc37 21:34, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'm fine with that too.--Mike Selinker 09:06, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
- Ditto. Merge into the nationality categories. It might be useful to know the nationality of a fellow Wikipedian, but I don't really need to know whether he's proud to be of that nationality or not :) --kingboyk 15:30, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
September 20
Nominated for deletion. Could probably be speedy deleted as inflammatory and divisive, but what the hell, let's try process. This frankly combative category only serves to attempt to continue the userbox wars long after the peace accord has been agreed upon. --Cyde Weys 04:28, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete a relic of a now dead conflict. Not useful. --Doc 14:44, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete as divisive and not useful. ++Lar: t/c 14:46, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete. Also we should delete category:Wikipedians that support the SUS, which is a subcategory of this.--Mike Selinker 15:22, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
September 17
More soccer categories
- category:Wikipedians who support Blackpool F.C. to category:Wikipedian Blackpool F.C. fans
- category:Wikipedians who support Fenerbahce to category:Wikipedian Fenerbahçe SK fans
- category:Wikipedians who support SC Freiburg to category:Wikipedian SC Freiburg fans
- category:Wikipedians who support Portsmouth FC to category:Wikipedian Portsmouth F.C. fans
- category:Wikipedians who support St Johnstone F.C. to category:Wikipedian St. Johnstone F.C. fans
- category:Wikipedians who support RC Strasbourg to category:Wikipedian RC Strasbourg fans
Some new ones, created between the last nomination and its implementation. The abbreviation always matches the league's conventions.--Mike Selinker 20:59, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. --Cswrye 17:59, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete all, how is what football club you support relevant? You realize there's hundreds of football clubs? What is the point in this? --Cyde Weys 14:34, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename all. I think we need a proper debate on user categories before zapping something like this, which is way less trivial than whether somebody has weetabix for breakfast or not. --kingboyk 15:32, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename to Category:Wikipedians in Esperanto organizations. -- ProveIt (talk) 19:48, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
- rename.--Mike Selinker 03:18, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. This category doesn't seem like it's used very much though. --Cswrye 17:58, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
September 15
Category:Wikipedians who use the Open Directory Project
- Moved from WP:CFD without opinion. -- nae'blis 02:23, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Category:Wikipedians who use the Open Directory Project to Category:Wikipedians who contribute to the Open Directory Project
- Rename, Renamed as part of bulk change in Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_August_31#Wikipedians_by_website_and_software. During the discussion, multiple people commented that there is a difference between "using" and "contributing" or "editing". This name more accurately describes what ODP editors do. —Wrathchild (talk) 13:08, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
Category:IP addresses with rotating users
Category:IP addresses with rotating users (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- This category was nominated for deletion by User:Cswrye at Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_August_27#Wikipedians_who_required_user_interventions with reason "Category:IP addresses with rotating users is currently empty except for a template, and I think that it means the same thing as Category:Shared IP." (which was moved by that CFD to Category:Shared IP addresses), but nobody else (including the closer) mentioned it. Delete per original nom. The template has been unused for months. TimBentley (talk) 04:22, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete for the reasons mentioned in my original nomination. --Cswrye 17:56, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
September 14
Category:Psychology Wikipedians
Category:Psychology Wikipedians into Category:Wikipedian psychologists
- Merge - This category was uncategorized until I found it. Based on the description, it looks like it is intended for professionals in psychology, so a merge into Category:Wikipedian psychologists seems more appropriate than a merge into Category:Wikipedians interested in psychology. —Cswrye 19:29, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
- Merge.--Mike Selinker 09:14, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
September 13
- Merge into Category:Wikipedians for Denver 2008, for 2008 Democratic National Convention. -- ProveIt (talk) 14:49, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. —Cswrye 19:35, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
September 12
I'm not sure which way to go on degrees. We have a couple options:
- Wikipedians with Ph.D. degrees
- Wikipedians with Doctor of Philosophy degrees
- Wikipedians with Doctorates of Philosophy
- Wikipedian Doctors of Philosophy (don't much like that one)
And maybe others. Anybody have any opinions on which way to go here? I'll withdraw and relist when I get some advice.--Mike Selinker 20:49, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- I think I prefer the first option, since it could standardize nicely to Category:Wikipedians with Foo degrees. Perhaps there could be subcats for Bachelors and Masters? -- ProveIt (talk) 23:35, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Not necessarily a subcat. For instance I have a Ph.D. but no Bachelors or Masters degree. Most graduate students at CalTech do not get a Masters degree unless they need it for a summer job pay increment or are about to fail out of the Ph.D. program. — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 00:55, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
- I also prefer Category:Wikipedians with Ph.D. degrees. I know that abbreviations in category names are usually frowned upon, but this is a situation where the abbreviation is much more recognizable than the term itself that I think it's okay. If we still want to avoid abbreviations, Category:Wikipedians with Doctor of Philosophy degrees would be my second choice. --Cswrye 02:39, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- I prefer the first option also, but I would like to add that it's primarily populated by {{user degree}} using a parameter "PhD", so it might be difficult to substitute. Cateogry:Wikipedians with PhD degrees (without the periods) might be easier to implement. (This would involve moving all the Category:User degree/* categories.) — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 16:20, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- I prefer the first as well, and the lack of periods would seem to be fine, as long as the case is correct (PhD, vs PHD) compare to RPh (Registered Pharmacist). - jc37 21:34, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete --Doc 14:46, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Just completing the thought from the closed nomination below. I'm fine with either delete, rename, or a different rename to category:Wikipedians interested in ninjas.--Mike Selinker 20:52, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- This is part of the Pirates versus Ninjas silliness, isn't it? Delete it as nonsense. - EurekaLott 21:20, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'm okay with a delete in this case since it was probably meant as a joke category. If it is renamed, I would prefer Category:Wikipedians interested in ninjas because I doubt that many of the users currently in this category really are ninjas (although I could be wrong). --Cswrye 02:39, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- If renamed, rename to Category:Wikipedians interested in ninjas. --musicpvm 16:41, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename category:Wikipedians interested in ninjutsu (See Ninja for spelling). (Let's drop the ninja vs pirate thing, as probably divisive). - jc37 21:34, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete --Doc 14:46, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
September 11
Debabelization, part 1
rename:
- category:User anime-1 to category:Wikipedians who like anime
- category:User anime-2 to category:Wikipedians who like anime
- category:User anime-3 to category:Wikipedians who like anime
- category:User anime-4 to category:Wikipedians who like anime
- category:User anime-N to category:Wikipedians who like anime
- category:User cvg-1 to category:Wikipedians who play computer and video games
- category:User cvg-2 to category:Wikipedians who play computer and video games
- category:User cvg-3 to category:Wikipedians who play computer and video games
- category:User cvg-4 to category:Wikipedian professional computer and video game players
- category:User cvg-5 to category:Wikipedian professional computer and video game players
- category:User cvg-N to category:Wikipedians addicted to computer and video games
- category:Pilot-1 users to category:Wikipedian pilot students
- category:Pilot-2 users to category:Wikipedian pilot students
- category:Pilot-3 users to category:Wikipedian pilots
- category:Pilot-4 users to category:Wikipedian pilots
- category:Pilot-5 users to category:Wikipedian pilots
- category:Pilot-N users to category:Wikipedian pilots
and delete:
I’ve nominated these as such because I’m pushing for the limitation of the Babel template to ONLY languages (computer or spoken). Babel makes sense for languages, because Wikipedia is a site that requires translation and coding; its purpose was to link people who had different skills in languages so that the creation of an international and well-coded Wikipedia could proceed. But it makes less sense for movie preferences, games, piloting, and (ulp) musical instruments. If these pass, I’ll propose changing all category:User instruments categories to normal Wikipedian categories. But only if. (Note: All user boxes will be preserved, but it may change where they point to.)--Mike Selinker 04:22, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Comment - Ok, you just confused the heck out of me. I think I can isolate it to this sentence:
- "I’m pushing for the limitation of the Babel template to ONLY languages"
- What do you mean by "babel template"? - jc37 04:50, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Babel (see Wikipedia:Babel) is a system for rating users by a specific level of proficiency in something. It was created for languages because Wikipedia needs translation, and users could go to each other for help. Here and there, though, it crept into other user categories, in my opinion in an inappropriate manner.--Mike Selinker 06:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Ok, I think I understand now. It's was the numeric structure of babel box organization that you were talking about. - jc37
- Babel (see Wikipedia:Babel) is a system for rating users by a specific level of proficiency in something. It was created for languages because Wikipedia needs translation, and users could go to each other for help. Here and there, though, it crept into other user categories, in my opinion in an inappropriate manner.--Mike Selinker 06:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename all, although I do have a couple of suggestions. I would suggest Category:Wikipedian professional computer and video game players instead of Category:Wikipedians professional computer and video game players to match the other profession categories. Also, I would support deleting Category:User anime-0, Category:User cvg-0, and Category:Pilot-0 users, but if they are kept, I like your suggested names. --Cswrye 05:01, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- I would also support deleting those, and for that matter all preference-based "do not like" categories (as opposed to political or lifestyle choices like vegetarianism or pro-life positions). I fixed the typo.--Mike Selinker 06:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- I've been trying to think of an example where the "not" categories are useful, but other than disclosing a bias, I can't think of any. And personally, I think it's possible for someone to dislike something, and still have an NPOV about it. So starting to agree with deletion of the Wikipedian "not" categories (except languages/programming languages). Since it's just the three of us so far, and we're in agreement, perhaps change the nom? - jc37 06:40, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- OK, we'll try it (renominated above), but if we get any objections, I'll probably change it back, and then I might nominate all of them after all the renaming is done.--Mike Selinker 06:56, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- These are the ones that I could find that might fit the description: category:Wikipedians who dislike George W. Bush, category:Wikipedians who dislike piercings, category:Wikipedians who dislike tattoos, category:Wikipedians who do not care what their astrological sign is, category:Wikipedians who do not drink soda, category:Wikipedians who do not eat cheese, category:Wikipedians who do not eat high fructose corn syrup, category:Wikipedians who do not like Slayer, category:Wikipedians who do not like iPods, category:Wikipedians who don't believe in IQ, category:Wikipedians who hate Internet Explorer, category:Wikipedians who hate hip hop, category:Wikipedians who do not use Mozilla Firefox, category:Wikipedians who do not use Internet Explorer, category:Wikipedians that dislike Wikipedia:German userbox solution, category:Wikipedians that dislike history, category:Wikipedians that don't believe in Santa. The Bush, IQ, userbox, and Santa ones seem more legit to me for some reason.--Mike Selinker 08:01, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose I don't like the new naming shceme. I think the Babel structure used here and elsewhere is fine. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 01:48, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. PresN 05:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose I agree with CyberSkull. Havok (T/C/c) 06:51, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Comment - With the exception of the language categories, the Babel structure is hardly used at all, making these categories very inconsistent with what is used elsewhere. Also note that it is policy according to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (categories) that user categories must have "Wikipedian" or "Wikipedians" somewhere in the name. --Cswrye 13:55, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename all - TexasAndroid 14:35, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete all "zero" level Wikipedian categories. (Also known as the "not" categories - "Wikipedians who do/are not...") If you add together all who do something, plus all those who do not do that something, you get a list of all Wikipedians : ) If no concensus to delete, Rename per nom. However, for technical professions, just as computer operation, pilot, etc. retain the babel system. In short:
- Delete zero level categories.
- Merge cvg, and anime, per nom (but drop the "professional cvg cat, and merge all cvg to the single cat).
- Rename pilots cats to category:Wikipedian pilots - x (where "x" = the babel number).
- - jc37 21:34, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- I see the not/dislike categories aren't tagged (officially nominated) yet, but I agree with jc37's raionale for deletion on those. As for your current renaming noms, Mike, support - rename all. --kingboyk 14:11, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete --Doc 14:47, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Category:RC scripted users
Category:RC scripted users to Category:Wikipedians who use RC script
- Rename, The new name makes it a bit more clearer on what the list is about. @kshay 07:47, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename - much clearer. RC scripted users? Newbies might think users can be rc scripted, e.g. its a flag on the account of some sort. This clarifies things. --59.167.105.5 11:31, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
September 10
Misc. "Users" categories
- category:User Zodiac/Taurus to category:Taurus Wikipedians
- category:User Zodiac/Gemini to category:Gemini Wikipedians
- category:User Zodiac/Capricorn to category:Capricorn Wikipedians
- category:User Zodiac/Aquarius to category:Aquarius Wikipedians
- category:User coffee to category:Wikipedians who drink coffee
- category:User cocacola to category:Wikipedians who drink Coke
- category:User tea to category:Wikipedians who drink tea
- category:User sushi to category:Wikipedians who eat sushi
- category:User OS/Linux to category:Wikipedians who use GNU/Linux
- category:User emacs to category:Wikipedians who use Emacs
- category:User Cat owner to category:Wikipedians who own cats
- category:User paranoid to category:Paranoid Wikipedians
- category:User split infinitive:Yes to category:Wikipedians who use split infinitives
- category:User deviantArt to category:Wikipedians who use DeviantART
- category:Users who play SimCity to category:Wikipedians who play SimCity
- category:Users who play ARGs to category:Wikipedians who play alternate reality games
- category:Users who like the Boondocks to category:Wikipedians who like The Boondocks
- category:User Decatur, AL to category:Wikipedians in the Huntsville-Decatur Area, Alabama
- category:Users who know New Zealand is not part of Australia to category:Wikipedians interested in New Zealand
- category:User Megastructure to category:Wikipedians interested in megastructures
- category:User green energy to category:Wikipedians who support green energy
- category:User reference converter to category:Wikipedians who convert reference tags
- category:User please be nice to category:Wikipedians who encourage civility
- category:User mothering sunday to category:Wikipedians who celebrate Mother's Day
- category:User St Georges Day to category:Wikipedians who celebrate St. George's Day
- category:User undeletion to category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles
Preparing to tackle the language and musical instrument categories, I cleaned out about 100 empty categories beginning with User or Users that replicated new Wikipedian ones, but these remained. The ones at the top I’m pretty confident about (though obviously if the food and drink categories go away, the drink ones here will too), but as it goes along I had to make up a few new names. Suggest alternatives.--Mike Selinker 21:04, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Comment The Boondocks is also a cartoon now. So perhaps "like" is better than "read" in this case. - jc37 21:11, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename per nom (Boondocks excepted temporarily) - jc37 21:11, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename all EXCEPT The Boondocks. It's a cartoon also(and a pretty popular one based on the ratings). TJ Spyke 00:11, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Sure, I even watch it. I amended that nomination.--Mike Selinker 00:40, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- That's better, I support renaming that one now as well. TJ Spyke 00:41, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Sure, I even watch it. I amended that nomination.--Mike Selinker 00:40, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Comment Great job as usual Mike. What will you do with all the free time you'll have once you're finished with all the Wikipedian categories? (And don't tell me you're going to disneyland : ) - jc37 01:22, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Oh, I don't know. Probably create categories for every individual and band in category:Albums by artist. (Ducking.)--Mike Selinker 03:27, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename all, except I do have a couple of suggestions. Based on the userboxes, it looks like they should be spelled "St George's Day" instead of "St Georges Day" and "Mother's Day" instead of "Mothering Sunday". --Cswrye 05:13, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- I amended those. The article Mothering Sunday is really confusing to me. Maybe someone from the UK can figure out what these users would want this category to be called.--Mike Selinker 14:44, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete starsigns, drinks categories, St Georges Day, Mothering Sunday, split infinitives. Rename others. --kingboyk 09:00, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Just so you know, the starsigns are a tip of the iceberg at category:Wikipedians by astrological sign.--Mike Selinker 14:44, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Comment "admins who undelete" is just plain silly, all admins can (and at times, do) that. I don't like "Users who encourage civility" either; someone who states "I encourage civility" sounds sanctimonious rather than civilized. >Radiant< 21:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- I would welcome another suggestion for category:User undeletion. I don't really understand what's being offered in that category.--Mike Selinker
- Admins who are willing to userfy deleted articles (myself included). I guess it works as I occasionally get userfication requests from folks I've never heard of. --kingboyk 21:58, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- "userfy"? This word exists?--Mike Selinker 22:05, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Yes. But only in geek speek ;) An alternative might be "Wikipedia administrators who are willing to provide a copy of deleted articles". Or, given the recent controversy on WP:ANI, just delete it. I'm not too bothered. --kingboyk 22:10, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- I amended it to a version of that. I'm also willing to see it deleted.--Mike Selinker 03:27, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Glossary#U is your friend. ☺ Uncle G 12:41, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- Yes. But only in geek speek ;) An alternative might be "Wikipedia administrators who are willing to provide a copy of deleted articles". Or, given the recent controversy on WP:ANI, just delete it. I'm not too bothered. --kingboyk 22:10, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- "userfy"? This word exists?--Mike Selinker 22:05, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Admins who are willing to userfy deleted articles (myself included). I guess it works as I occasionally get userfication requests from folks I've never heard of. --kingboyk 21:58, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- I remember the controversy that spawned Category:User undeletion. But Category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles is not the answer, because it would be either highly misleading or redundant. As Radiant! says, most administrators, if asked, will undelete material (if proper reasons are given that relate to work on encyclopaedia articles, or to access by non-administrators during discussion or dispute resolution), as long as we are sure that doing so will not make available content that violates the basic copyright, privacy, libel, and other policies that are part of the very raison d'être of the deletion tools that we are entrusted with as administrators in the first place. I have. Uncle G 12:41, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- I would welcome another suggestion for category:User undeletion. I don't really understand what's being offered in that category.--Mike Selinker
- Update. I added some more fugitives.--Mike Selinker 03:56, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete all. Not needed. --Kbdank71 10:47, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete --Doc 14:45, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedians by diet
- Category:Wikipedians who do not drink soda (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who do not eat cheese (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink beer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink coffee (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink green tea (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink Islay malts (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink kalimotxo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink milk (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink mint tea (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink oolong (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink rakia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink root beer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink soy milk (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink tea (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink vodka (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat apples (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat bananas (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat brownies (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat cake (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat chocolate (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat cucumbers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat donuts (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat gingerbread cookies (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat ham (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat muffins (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat oranges (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat pasta (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat pasties (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat peanut butter cookies (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat pears (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat pie (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat pizza (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat popcorn (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat potato chips (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat strawberries (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat sushi (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat waffles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who love hamburgers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who prefer rare steak (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians by beverage (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians by diet (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Wikipedians who keep Halal (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Commercial
- Category:Wikipedians who eat at Bertucci's (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat at Burger King (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat at KFC (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat at McDonald's (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat at Subway (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat at Taco Bell (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink Slurpees (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (Exclusive to 7-11, I presume)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink Coke (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink Pepsi (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who drink R.C. Cola (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat M&M's (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedians who eat Swedish Fish (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Addition:
- Category:Wikipedians who enjoy their eggs with the sunny side up (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) kingboyk 11:14, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Not included, may need to be moved if the others are deleted, or nominated for deletion seperately:
- Category:Wikipedians interested in cooking (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Fruitarian Wikipedians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Vegetarian Wikipedians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedian chefs (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Pesco/pollo vegetarian Wikipedians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Strong Delete all. Quite simply, these categories are unencyclopedic, trivial and useless.
The longer rationale: Whilst I have no strong objection to people placing userboxes on their pages about these things (although I prefer the GUS), categorising users by whether or not they like strawberries or drink coffee adds nothing to the encyclopedia and makes us look amateurish. This is not MySpace folks, it's an enyclopedia.
In general, we don't categorise user pages. There are exceptions to this, such as WikiProject memberships, hobbies and recreational interests which might genuinely aid with bonding or the formation of WikiProjects, whether a user is an admin or not, and so on. Categorising a user based on whether they like their steak rare or burnt just isn't one of those exceptions.
This nomination covers the entire Category:Wikipedians by diet, with the exception of the vegetarian and cooking categories which I feel are not at the same level - cooking is a hobby/occupation, vegetanariasm is a serious lifestyle choice unlike Pepsi v Coke or McD vs Burger King. --kingboyk 12:33, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- I've struck the halal and kosher entries per comments below. --kingboyk 18:17, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- I've added Category:Wikipedians who enjoy their eggs with the sunny side up, which was miscategorised. I think it's fair to add it as it's the same deal and doesn't need any special seperate consideration. --kingboyk 11:14, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete as per nom., but treat the Helal and Kosher ones in the same way as the Vegetarian ones. Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:22, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Weak keep, Silly, but "mostly harmless"; people are using them. -- ProveIt (talk) 13:38, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Keep. I don't consider these less important than one's political beliefs, musical preferences, or video game habits. It seems harmless and rather likable to me.--Mike Selinker 13:41, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete the categories that are not excluded - I'm usually a big supporter of user categories, but I agree with kingboyk's reasoning on this. An editor's food preferences are not going to help with writing any articles. I do think it is good to keep the ones that were excluded since they refer to more general lifestyle choices that reflect knowledge about a variety of topics, and they don't tend to lend themselves to overcategorization like the individual food categories. However, I strongly agree with keeping Category:Wikipedians who keep Halal and Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher since those are also major lifestyle choices that can affect more articles than individual foods. I'm okay with keeping Category:Wikipedians by diet as the main category for the few categories that we are keeping (unless someone has a better suggestion for where to put them), but all of the individual food categories can go. You can see more of my reasoning behind this at WP:USERCAT. --Cswrye 14:21, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Keep Sugarpine 15:26, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Strong delete The category namespace is for articles, not user trivia. Martin 16:24, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Keep qwm 17:41, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Comment - While my first inclination is to "Keep" all, since these are similar to other interests/preferences that help wikipedians know preference/interest/bias which I feel can generally be helpful in developing the encyclopedia, I don't think mundane food preference in this case is notable enough. Whether I eat apples or not isn't likely to make as much difference in editing the article on apples. (And I would not oppose the deletion of the associated userboxes, for the same reasons.) In short:
- Keep the dietary specific ones.
- Keep the commercial ones (Pepsi, McDonald's, etc)
- Keep all the beverage and candy ones - they are useful and helpful, since they are more about a consistant preference, typically exclusive to other choices.
- Delete the rest
- - jc37 18:14, 10 September 2006 (UTC) - (udate by jc37 21:34, 13 September 2006 (UTC))
- Delete, This is a vanity category and serves no encyclopedic purpose. OscarTheCat 21:14, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Rama's arrow 21:34, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- At least move the maintenance of Wikipedian categories etc away from the maintenance of encyclopedic matter. Regards, David Kernow 01:25, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete all (except the excluded ones). They're pretty harmless, but these characteristics are just too trivial to deserve categories. And there is no limit to the number. Users will continue to create them for every food that exists on this planet. They serve absolutely no use. --musicpvm 02:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete, useless. Punkmorten 09:47, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- By the way, if this nomination passes and some of the big ones are kept (vegetarian, halal, kosher), I would recommend category:Wikipedians by diet become category:Wikipedians by dietary philosophy, and then anything that makes sense as a lifestyle choice would make sense under that. If the coffee drinkers want to start a movement called "coffeeterians" or something, great. But otherwise, if it's not a philosophy, it wouldn't go in there.--Mike Selinker 14:59, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Excellent idea. --kingboyk 15:25, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Keep All They add personality to editors, it's easier to talk to users/admins/etc then under less ridged conditions for some users. Adds comfort level.Hackajar 15:13, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Comment, if all these are not deleted, the first two "do not eat" categories should at least be deleted. It is ridiculously trivial for users to categorize themselves by what they do NOT eat. --musicpvm 16:45, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Keep All, and for what it's worth the nomination's categorization as important or unimportant is completely random and meaningless. To me, vegetarianism or keeping halal is trivial compared to, say, beer -- and there's quite a large Wikiproject associated with beer, so it should still fit into the relevant exceptions or whatever and stay. Silly nom, but anyway: keep all. --Daniel11 17:32, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Erm, no. If there's already a WikiProject Beer then the category you're looking for is Category:WikiProject Beer participants. That's helpful to the Wikipedia infrastructure. The categories I've nominated are not and the only silly thing round here is these categories, thank you very much. --kingboyk 17:43, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- I disagree. Clearly people with a common interest like homebrewing or beer consumption, which are pursued as seriously as homosexuality or any of the other things that are "legitimate," are conducive to users communicating and working together on Wikipedia topics -- in addition to the Beer Project, which is also useful as a concrete piece of infrastructure for organizing Wikipedia editing, but is not the only useful kind of infrastructure. IMHO. --Daniel11 18:15, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Or, for instance, Category:Wikipedians who listen to The KLF ;) --Daniel11 18:26, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Lol, good shot! Affinity to a band is rather more lifechanging than liking strawberries though isn't it?! :) Let me just state now, though, in case these categories do get deleted - my beverages of choice are coffee and real ale (but not at the same time). --kingboyk 22:02, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Well, at least you've got good taste in beverages. ;) I agree with your example, but I think to make a general rule of it won't work as it depends so strongly on particular cases. E.g., the Beatles probably had a deeper effect on many people than strawberries, but beer seems a lot more meaningful than the Cheeky Girls. Not that there's anything wrong with strawberries or Cheeky Girls. Anyway, got to run, but I think at least some of those categories above are useful, at the very least the beer one! --Daniel11 22:39, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Wow. Thank you, Daniel11, for introducing me to the Cheeky Girls in your comment above. I have now acquired a copy of "The Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)", and am listening to it, while consuming a beer. I'm not sure which is more meaningful. "Worst pop record of all time," huh? Wow. -GTBacchus(talk) 22:48, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- You should get the video. If you like that kind of thing, which I do :) They're not misnamed, put it that way. --kingboyk 23:03, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Ok, I saw it, and... it was kind of good, but it kind of sapped my will to live, much more than the song alone did. I think I'll say delete per nom. I'm in favor of letting Somnabot keep his "This user drinks beer" userbox, but there really isn't any need for these categories, and when we have to expend bot resources for managing these user categories (see WP:AN#User Categories), it's time to cut out a bunch of chaff. This user doesn't eat chaff. Maybe cheeky chaff... -GTBacchus(talk) 23:26, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- You should get the video. If you like that kind of thing, which I do :) They're not misnamed, put it that way. --kingboyk 23:03, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Wow. Thank you, Daniel11, for introducing me to the Cheeky Girls in your comment above. I have now acquired a copy of "The Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)", and am listening to it, while consuming a beer. I'm not sure which is more meaningful. "Worst pop record of all time," huh? Wow. -GTBacchus(talk) 22:48, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Well, at least you've got good taste in beverages. ;) I agree with your example, but I think to make a general rule of it won't work as it depends so strongly on particular cases. E.g., the Beatles probably had a deeper effect on many people than strawberries, but beer seems a lot more meaningful than the Cheeky Girls. Not that there's anything wrong with strawberries or Cheeky Girls. Anyway, got to run, but I think at least some of those categories above are useful, at the very least the beer one! --Daniel11 22:39, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'm beginning to think that this will have a better chance of passing, if relisted with the the beverages, and commercial brands withdrawn (though they could be nominated later I presume). What do you think? - jc37 22:33, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- In theory I have no objections, but I'm not really persuaded by the argument in favour of keeping the commercial categories. If anything I think they serve as an advertisement and are more deserving of deletion than the others. If you want to split the listing - or renominate - I don't mind, but I can't speak for the other participants of course :) --kingboyk 10:18, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Well, We're already hearing from beer... The idea is that inclusion in the category will show interest / bias. And as such, such categories are helpful to the editing community. Beer is an extension of that commercial preference (you don't think cola drinkers feel the same?). I'm starting to waver on the restaurant chain ones, however. Other than McD's and BK, there doesn't seem to be direct competition. I am guessing that most of us eat at whatever ones are nearby/convenient, just at different times. Compare to the cola drinker who won't drink anything but Pepsi, or the person who must have their Coke in the morning. The same goes for chocolate candy eaters - M&Ms, hershey bars, and so on. (Modifying my vote above. - jc37 21:34, 13 September 2006 (UTC))
- In theory I have no objections, but I'm not really persuaded by the argument in favour of keeping the commercial categories. If anything I think they serve as an advertisement and are more deserving of deletion than the others. If you want to split the listing - or renominate - I don't mind, but I can't speak for the other participants of course :) --kingboyk 10:18, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Lol, good shot! Affinity to a band is rather more lifechanging than liking strawberries though isn't it?! :) Let me just state now, though, in case these categories do get deleted - my beverages of choice are coffee and real ale (but not at the same time). --kingboyk 22:02, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Erm, no. If there's already a WikiProject Beer then the category you're looking for is Category:WikiProject Beer participants. That's helpful to the Wikipedia infrastructure. The categories I've nominated are not and the only silly thing round here is these categories, thank you very much. --kingboyk 17:43, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Strong Keep -- Although there is possibly limited potential for these categories, I feel that they at least create a better sense of community. Plus, I love my "This user drinks beer" Userbox. If developed properly the majority of the above categories could very well be instrumental or otherwise useful. Somnabot 18:33, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- We're not here to build a community, we're here to build an encyclopedia. I love my "This user drinks beer" Userbox too, but why do we need a category for it? --Kbdank71 10:54, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete - as if Users couldn't just list this kind of thing themselves; I don't think there's a need for a centralized list so I can browse people who drink root beer. Lambertman 12:33, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete all per nom. Angus McLellan (Talk) 20:54, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete. We are building an encyclopedia, not swapping snippets of our lives with each other. Steve block Talk 22:38, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete - Candidates for WP:BJAODN. -- Rick Block (talk) 23:43, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete all, except halal and kosher categories, per above. --bainer (talk) 00:25, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete all except those which are directly associated with a Wikiproject. --tjstrf 02:27, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete all per nom. Keep your "I eat apples" userboxes if you really need to tell the world that, but a category grouping all apple eaters (or swedish fish eaters, or RC cola drinkers, etc, etc) are not needed. --Kbdank71 10:52, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete all per nom. the wub "?!" 11:18, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete --Doc 14:45, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Umbrella: Homosexual Wikipedians
September 9
Rename to Category:Wikipedian World Wrestling Entertainment fans, to match Category:Wikipedian Major League Baseball fans.-- ProveIt (talk) 19:20, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Michael 06:23, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename to already existing category:Wikipedians who like WWE. It's over in category:Wikipedians interested in television.--Mike Selinker 09:07, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Merge into Category:Wikipedians who like WWE, per Mike Selinker. -- ProveIt (talk) 13:52, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Merge- per Mike S. - jc37 21:34, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
September 8
Wikipedians by alma mater
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:University of Melbourne to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Melbourne
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:Oxford Falls Grammar School to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Oxford Falls Grammar School
- category:RMIT students to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:University of Sydney to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Sydney
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:University of Technology, Sydney to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Technology, Sydney
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:University of Western Australia to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Western Australia
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queen's to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queen's University at Kingston
- category:Wikipedian Undergraduates of University of Ottawa to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Ottawa
- category:Wikipedians at McGill to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: McGill University
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: SAIT to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:Catholic education to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Catholic schools
- category:Capuchin alumni to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Franciscan Capuchin schools
- category:Christian Brother (Irish) alumni to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Congregation of Christian Brothers schools
- category:Christian Brother alumni to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Christian Brother schools
- category:Jesuit alumni to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Jesuit schools
- category:Marist Brother alumni to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Marist Brother schools
- category:Salesian alumni to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Salesian schools
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: EMBL to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg
- category:Alumni of Somaiya Vidhyavihar, University of Mumbai to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Somaiya Vidhyavihar, University of Mumbai
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queen's University to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queen's University, Belfast
- category:Wikipedians attending Archbishop Temple School to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Archbishop Temple School
- category:Wikipedians of Tokyo Institute of Technology to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Tokyo Institute of Technology
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: ITESM to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
- category:Wikipedians of Korea University to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Korea University
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: EPFL to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- category:Bogazici Alumni to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Boğaziçi University
- category:Wikipedians who are Caians to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- category:Wikipedians who study at Manchester Metropolitan University to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Manchester Metropolitan University
- category:United World College Wikipedians to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: United World College
- category:Charter School of Wilmington Students & Alumni to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Charter School of Wilmington
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of California at Santa Barbara to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of California, Santa Barbara
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Columbus State University
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:Emory University to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Emory University
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:Hampshire College to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Hampshire College
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Harvard to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Harvard University
- category:User uhm to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Hawaii at Manoa
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:Loyola University Chicago to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Loyola University Chicago
- category:Users who attend, or attended, Michigan Tech to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Michigan Technological University
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Missouri - Columbia to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Missouri–Columbia
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:City University of New York to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: City University of New York
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:University of North Dakota to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of North Dakota
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:University of Oklahoma to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Oklahoma
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:Oklahoma State University to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Oklahoma State University
- category:Wikipedians of Pfeiffer University to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Pfeiffer University
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Salk to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Salk Institute
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:Tulane University to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Tulane University
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Washington University to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Washington University in St. Louis
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Washington University in St. Louis: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Washington University in St. Louis
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Wisconsin to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Wisconsin-Madison
- category:Wikipedians by high school to category:Wikipedians by alma mater (sort by country)
- category:Bellaire High School Students & Alumni to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Bellaire High School
- category:Hamden Hall Students to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Hamden Hall
- category:Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas Students to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas
- category:Richard Gahr High School Students to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Richard Gahr High School
- category:Users who are Old Cheltonians to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Cheltenham College
- category:Users who attend LFHS to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Lake Forest High School
- category:Wikipedian Whitgiftians to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Whitgift School
- category:Wikipedians by alma mater:Brisbane Boys' College to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Brisbane Boys' College
- category:Wikipedians by high school: Ben Davis High School to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Ben Davis High School
- category:Wikipedians by high school: St. John’s School to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: St. John’s School
- category:Wikipedians from Garneau to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Garneau Catholic High School
- category:Wikipedians:Live Oak High School, Morgan Hill, California to category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Live Oak High School
A lot of simple fixes here to a simple template. “Alma mater” is used consistently in these categories to mean “current or former student,” and makes no claim about what kind of school it is. So category:Wikipedians by high school makes no sense because many things we call high schools are in category:Wikipedians by alma mater.--Mike Selinker 00:39, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- Rename all per nom. --Cswrye 19:56, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- Comment Some of the above institutions are in the UK, where the term "alma mater" is not widely used (if at all). Support move for categories which already have "alma mater" in their title, and for US institutions. Bluap 18:30, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Comment - How about just - category:Wikipedian graduates of <school name> <school type> or <school type> of <school name> (depending on usage) ? - jc37 21:16, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Quite honestly, I would prefer "Wikipedians from (school)" to include current and former students, but I don't want to nominate hundreds of categories for change based on that. If someone else does, we can talk about it.--Mike Selinker 21:54, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Well, I think the name(s) should have "attended" or "graduated" in it/them (I don't think "from" is correct semantically). And we might as well do it now, rather than have to do this twice... I think one way in which we can expedite the process with be to edit the involved user boxes. If you would like to propose them all for the rename, I'll volunteer to make the UBX changes (presuming we can find them all - WP:GUS is making finding UBXs much more difficult). - jc37 22:06, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- We're not agreed on what they should say, and I really don't want to go through them again unless there's clear consensus here on a new structure.--Mike Selinker 07:52, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Understood. I'm just interested in accuracy, and since there is a "question" about the applicability of the phrase "alma mater". I think we should go with the more common usage (which would be: "graduated", or at least "attended". - jc37 21:34, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- The simplest possible format would be category:Korea University Wikipedians. That would get both current and former students, and faculty as well (which seems okay here). Nonetheless, it's still a daunting task to nominate them all. I'd really prefer to get all these into one format, and then talk about changing everything later.--Mike Selinker 12:35, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose per WP:UE and per Bluap's comment. Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:11, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose. There's a college from my home town in that list, and we don't use the term "alma mater" nor do we call school-leavers "graduates". --kingboyk 15:33, 20 September 2006 (UTC)