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Category:Assamese people

DELETE: Unlike other ethnic categorizations like Bengalis, Gujratis, Tamils etc. of India, Assamese is neither a linguistic nor an ethnic category. It is rather a multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic, multi-religious political category^[1]. In many cases, the categorization is confusing and controvercial. For example, for centuries, Bodos were considered integral part of Assamese. However, for political reasons, in recent days, many Bodos distanced themselves from rest of Assamese. The definition of Assamese people is still in fluid state and is being hotly debated^[2]. Till the definition is finalized, the category is strongly recommended to delete.

Category:Greek statesmen

Delete "Statesman" is a non-neutral term for a politician one admires or wishes to flatter. There is no need to merge as both articles are already in other suitable categories. Honbicot 17:27, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Video game musicians

Delete as improper creator by project categorization, similar to the many categories for actors/directors/producers/etc. by series categories we've deleted. Otto4711 16:12, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Yamaha artists

Delete - this is a category for people who endorse Yamaha brand instruments. Categorizing people on the basis of commercial endorsement is trivial overcategorization. Otto4711 16:01, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Hammond organ players

Either delete (categorizing musicians by the brand name of their instruments is overcategorization) or rename to Category:Electronic organists . Otto4711 15:44, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Heresy

Delete, pure POV trap. starts edit wars. Category tags don't leave much room for the usual clarifications about who considers the subject heretical, why they consider the subject heretical, etc. but some editors insist that some religions are heretical and need the Heresy tag, seem to consider its removal or absence an endorsement of the religion's orthodoxy, and impose impossible standards on those wishing to remove the tag. Jacob Haller 14:41, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Heretical to what? It can be easily renamed for instant clarification and strict NPOV, but I'm not sure the articles would belong to a single new category. Anon166 15:54, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I agree that this category has problems. However, something can be salvaged if it was split up by religion: Category:Catholic heresies etc. Is this worthwhile? Sam Blacketer 17:09, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to see appropriate replacement categories (e.g. Doctrines condemned at Nicaea and Constantinople, Doctrines Condemned at Chalcedon, etc.). I'm willing to hold off deletion while people discuss replacement categories and until people create them. But the last time this came up for discussion, people proposed similar changes and nothing happened. The mere possiblity of creating new NPOV categories should not protect POV categories indefinitely. Jacob Haller 17:22, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Spokane films

Either delete as overcategorization (city by films set or shot there seems excessive) or split into categories set in and shot in either Spokane or, if the city level is deemed overcategorization, set in and shot in Washington. Otto4711 14:35, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Australian celebrities

To broad a category to be of any use. -- Longhair\^talk 12:37, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Nathanian 13:00, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:American Psychological Association

Rename to Category:American Psychological Association members, category is for members. -- Prove It ^(talk) 12:33, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete It can be presumed that nearly any notable American psychologist is a member. As it is, this is another one-member category. Mangoe 12:57, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Critics of religions

Delete per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 April 13#Category:Critics of Islam. --T. Anthony 11:44, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete all as as hopelessly vague per previous CFDs. Anyone other than a slavish adherent to orthodoxy is by definition a "critic" when they discuss anything to do with religion, which is why other "critics of" categories have been deleted. There is also a danger of these categories being used as "attack" categories, by which people who criticise one aspect of a religion get labelled as "critics of X", as if they deplored the entire faith. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per BrownHairedGirl Nathanian 12:59, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion professional wrestlers

Delete, Category is for wrestlers who have held a minor regional belt. The NWA has dozens of member organizations and all of them have their own heavyweight title. No reason for a category for one (especially since ALL world titles are lumped into one category. i.e. the NWA Title/WWE Title/WCW Title). TJ Spyke 08:06, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Honbicot 17:27, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Regent Broadcasting stations

Propose renaming Category:Regent Broadcasting stations to Category:Regent Communications radio stations

Nominator's Rationale: Rename, because (a) the name of the company is "Regent Communications" and not "Regent Broadcasting" and (b) use "radio stations" instead of "stations" for consistency (albeit it small) with the other categories in the mother category. JPG-GR 08:04, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Districts in Japan

Multiple districts in Japan with categories:

Delete, Unnecessary level of categorization. Most districts contain fewer than ten towns or villages. No prefecture has such an overwhelming number of towns or villages that the current categories by prefecture are not sufficient. Neier 05:13, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Lymphology

Category refers to esoteric biomedical field and contains only one stub and no full articles. Rustavo^{Talk/Contribs} 02:49, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Rock Star Legends That Have Attended Texan International Schools

Delete, as subjective and overly narrow. -- Prove It ^(talk) 00:25, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: even if serious category, which I doubt, hopeless over-categorization. Bencherlite 00:35, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: the only entry is a school and it seems ill-formed. Upon further examination this looks like graffiti. Therefore Speedy Delete Mangoe 02:42, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete this graffiti. Doczilla 07:12, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete as trivial and subjective, but not a speedy, because I don't see any applicable criteria in WP:CSD, and in partcular "graffiti" does not appear to be a speedy criterion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 07:29, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Birds of the Solomon Islands

Found two categories of the same thing. Birds of the Solomon Islands and Birds of Solomon Islands. Moved all pages to the larger category (Birds of Solomon Islands). Now other category needs to be deleted. Dixonsej

[1] People of Assam

[2] Assamese people

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