Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 March 3

March 3

Category:College fraternity members

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:27, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Propose deleting Category:Sigma Pi members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deleting Category:Sigma Alpha Epsilon members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deleting Category:Delta Chi members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deleting Category:Delta Upsilon members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deleting Category:Phi Delta Theta members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deleting Category:Kappa Sigma members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deleting Category:Acacia members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deleting Category:College fraternity members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: Non defining tree. These are associations. ^SMason_Garrison 23:55, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep, categories group together strong associations and defining backgrounds of individuals between biographical articles. - Epluribusunumyall (talk) 00:30, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NONDEF / WP:OCASSOC. –Aidan721 (talk) 01:14, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, mere membership of an organization is hardly ever a defining characteristic. We can have categories for chairs though. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:42, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep With this logic, could this not also apply to categories of university alumni? Editchecker123 (talk) 23:15, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Interesting point. Maybe yes. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:30, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I believe there is a difference. Simply belonging to a fraternity does not define a level of involvement and, therefore, may or may not be a defining characteristic. However, graduating from a college or university does specify a certain level of activity and can also define an individual's academic focus. Thus, being an alumnus is a defining characteristic. Rublamb (talk) 20:53, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Membership in these organizations is for life and is commonly mentioned in biographies and obituaries. Granted it is weak, but these categories do meet the threshold for a defining characteristic, rather than a trivial characteristic, especially when reviewing the examples provided in WP:NONDEF. Furthermore, these categories are not an arbitrary or fabricated grouping. Many books have been published that list membership in either specific or collective Greek letter organizations. Rublamb (talk) 21:03, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Ships of the Isle of Wight Railway

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The result of the discussion was: merge. ✗plicit 03:53, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Category:Ships of the Isle of Wight Railway to Category:Rail transport on the Isle of Wight

Nominator's rationale: Only one page. RanDom 404 (talk) 16:15, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per nom but I don't think rail ferries count as merchant ships. Rather merge to Category:Rail transport on the Isle of Wight. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:18, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@RanDom 404: thoughts? it's lio! | talk | work 07:27, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- They meanwhile changed the target to Category:Rail transport on the Isle of Wight. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:31, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:28, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards to Category:Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards

Nominator's rationale: To match Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards. Fuddle (talk) 02:02, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rename per WP:C2D, this could have been listed at speedy. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:31, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Van de Werve

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:House van de Werve. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:29, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Van de Werve to Category:House van de Werve

Nominator's rationale: Per House van de Werve per C2D. This is a followup to this unsuccessful nomination, but here the artlcle name and the suggested new target match. Mike Selinker (talk) 00:26, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rename per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:36, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Spoelberch

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:House of Spoelberch. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:29, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Spoelberch to Category:House of Spoelberch

Nominator's rationale: To match article House of Spoelberch per C2D. This is a followup to this unsuccessful nomination, where, in this case, the article matches the suggested category name. Mike Selinker (talk) 00:23, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rename per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:37, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:People from Africa (Roman province)

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 March 26#Category:People from Africa (Roman province)