Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 April 13

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: relisted at CFD 2014 April 24. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:32, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging:

• Category:Czech people of World War II to Category:Czechoslovak people of World War II
• Category:Slovak people of World War II to Category:Czechoslovak people of World War II
• Category:Czech collaborators with Nazi Germany to Category:Czechoslovak collaborators with Nazi Germany
• Category:Slovak collaborators with Nazi Germany to Category:Czechoslovak collaborators with Nazi Germany

Nominator's rationale: From 1918 to 1991, the country was Czechoslovakia. The Czech Republic and Slovakia did not exist as separate countries. The demonym of Czechoslovakia was Czechoslovak.Hoops gza (talk) 21:48, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• keep as is. A look at the parent category structure shows that these are nationality categories, not country categories. Czech people and Slovak people are different nationalities and so are appropriately currently categorized here. Hmains (talk) 22:11, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - The parent category structure is not real proof of anything. These categories might have been falsely created based on modern geographical locations of the people's places of birth/residence. I'm no expert on Czechoslovakia, but I'm not sure that Czechia and Slovakia were even separate states during the time of Czechoslovakia, which would mean that they were not separate nationalities at that time. Perhaps someone with more knowledge in the field knows.Hoops gza (talk) 22:42, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Again, these are about nationalities, not countries, so they have nothing to do with what you are stating. Hmains (talk) 23:29, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose there was a puppet state of Slovakia during WWII. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 23:13, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Keep the contextual timeline. For WWII, Czechoslovak is the appropriate demonym. Laurel Lodged (talk) 16:55, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Czechoslovak is the right term. For what we are defining here, Czech and Slovak do not work. The nationality was Czechoslovak. This really reflects the presentist bias in creating categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:53, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Just have both (oppose). Have the Czech and Slovak categories be subcategories of the Czechoslovak ones. Since Czechoslovakia was pretty much dismembered during the war, with a puppet Slovak state existing for some of the time, I think it's probably OK to use both forms of categorization. The nationality that existed pre-war was Czechoslovak, but people still identified as being of Czech or Slovak nationality. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:39, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the 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 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: rename. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 22:10, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose merging Category:People from Newburg, West Virginia to Category:People from Preston County, West Virginia

Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. Small community with just 1 entry. ...William 20:53, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge per nom. Kennethaw88 • talk 02:18, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.