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Discussion for Today

This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024_December_25

December 25

Leftover mosques categories

• Propose merging Category:Mosques completed in 1678 (1) to Category:Mosques completed in the 1670s and Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1678
• Propose merging Category:Mosques completed in 1677 (1) to Category:Mosques completed in the 1670s and Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1677
• Propose merging Category:Mosques completed in 1675 (1) to Category:Mosques completed in the 1670s and Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1675

Nominator's rationale: Follow-up to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 December 12#Mosques 1200-1900; three single-member categories which were inadvertently excluded from the list. BlasterOfHouses (HouseBlaster's alt • talk • he/they) 06:43, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Category:Cestidae

• Propose merging Category:Cestidae to Category:Cestida

Nominator's rationale: Cestida is a monotypic order, containing only the family Cestidae. jlwoodwa (talk) 02:35, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Category:Deceased Everest summiters

• Propose splitting Category:Deceased Everest summiters to Category:Mountaineering deaths on Mount Everest and Category:Summiters of Mount Everest

Nominator's rationale: Selective merge. These are just summiters who are now deceased. For example, Rick Allen (mountaineer) died on K2. Gary Ball died on Dhaulagiri. ^SMason_Garrison 01:52, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Category:Deaths on Scottish mountains

• Propose renaming Category:Deaths on Scottish mountains to Category:Mountaineering deaths in Scotland

Nominator's rationale: From looking at the deaths, these are all Mountaineering deaths. Sibling is Category:Mountaineering deaths in Nepal. This is boardline CDC ^SMason_Garrison 01:47, 25 December 2024 (UTC)