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The following is an alphabetical index of decisions made at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion.

Category Decision Discussion_log
Category:2000 AD locations delete, because the article was deleted at AFD (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nu Earth) leaving the category empty January 14
Category:2014 murders in Nigeria merge January 17
Category:2020 births delete with recreation permitted if it can be populated January 1
Category:20th-century Gambian educators dual upmerge to Category:Gambian educators and Category:20th-century educators. (non-admin closure) January 28
Category:Abby Wambach delete. (non-admin closure) January 28
Category:Abrahamic religions and LGBT topics merge. (non-admin closure) January 18
Category:Academic journal-related lists delete January 2
Category:Actors awarded British knighthoods rename January 30
Category:Actors from Dedham, Massachusetts merge January 5
Category:AFC Ajax Vrouwen players do not merge January 8
Category:AFC Ajax Vrouwen do not rename January 8
Category:Air Force templates rename January 13
Category:Alianza Lima templates merge January 13
Category:All Wikipedia List-Class vital articles do not merge January 23
Category:American animated television programs featuring anthropomorphic characters keep. No consensus for deleting or merging at this time. (non-admin closure) January 30
Category:American buskers rename as WP:ENGVAR. A redirect will be kept. – January 31
Category:American Civil War wargames delete January 3
Category:American Journal of Archaeology people delete January 1
Category:American Medical Association people delete January 2
American television series by network rename January 22
Category:Anastasia (1997 film) Merge to Category:Cultural depictions of Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia User:Ceyockey ( January 21
Category:Anesthesia organizations merge January 13
Category:Anglo-Saxon literature do not merge January 3
Category:Aqua Teen Hunger Force characters merge January 23
Category:Arabic-Hebrew songs merge January 1
Category:Architects by continent of work delete. – January 22
Category:Architects from Manchester do not merge. —  January 14
Category:Areas of computer science rename January 20
Category:Aryabhatta Knowledge University merge to Category:Universities in Bihar. – January 31
Category:ASCB 2008 Wikipedia workshop participants needing help delete January 7
Category:Bagmati Zone geography stubs rename. – January 25
Category:Black Belt (U.S. region) No consensus January 23
Category:Black Panther films Upmerge January 28
Category:Blechhammer prisoners of World War II delete January 22
Category:Broken heart delete January 21
Category:Bulgarian land delete January 3
Bunch of journal/magazine people categories no consensus, please renominate separately January 2
Category:Bus operators in the United Kingdom no consensus January 5
Category:Businesspeople from Enid, Oklahoma do not merge January 20
Category:Carl Spitzweg delete January 8
Category:Categories by psychoactive drug Rename January 25
Categories:Marine fauna of ... Australia to Marine fish of Australia keep; no consensus to rename at this time. Multiple users suggested creating subcategories for Marine fish instead. January 31
Category:Category:Polish-speaking countries and territories delete January 2
Category:Category:Slovene ethnic territory delete January 2
Cathedrals in Jerusalem Merge January 25
Category:Catholic missionaries in the Balkans merge January 19
Category:Catholic propagandists in the Balkans rename to Category:Catholic missionaries in the Balkans January 2
Category:Central College Dutch rename January 11
Chapters of the book of Isaiah selective merge as nominated January 3
Category:Chieftains of the Dúnedain delete. (non-admin closure) January 14
Category:Climate change skepticism and denial rename January 20
Category:Clube Ferroviário de Maputo players rename January 6
Category:Comenius University faculty rename. (non-admin closure) January 30
Category:Communist parties in Palestine (pre-1948) rename January 24
Category:Competitive video gaming techniques rename. (non-admin closure) January 30
Countries and territories by language family delete January 17
Countries and territories by language family delete January 8
Category:Countries by language delete January 17
Category:Crassuncus merge January 3
Category:Crocodile Dundee films merge to Category:Crocodile Dundee As that category was not included in the nomination a reverse merge cannot be processed now but a further renaming could be considered January 28
Category:Cultural depictions of Satan rename January 16
Category:Cycling clubs by country merge January 13
Category:Danish philosophy delete January 4
Category:DC Extended Universe singles rename January 20
Category:Deaths in Manchester keep January 14
Category:Depression (psychology) Option 4. (non-admin closure) ‑‑ January 31
Category:DiDi delete January 3
Category:Die Hard (film series) arcade and video games rename to Category:Die Hard video games January 8
Category:Die Hard (film series) rename January 8
Category:Disc golf by continent Delete/merge January 21
Category:Disc golf courses in Canada by province keep Category:Disc golf courses in Quebec, no consensus for the rest January 12
Distance education by country merge/delete as nominated January 11
Category:Distance education institutions based in Ireland rename January 11
Category:Dota 2 competitions rename January 4
Category:Doublespeak Award delete January 2
Category:Downtown campuses delete January 25
Category:Dragonlance deities merge January 23
Category:Draughtsmen no consensus. (See Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 December 20#Category:Drawers (artists) for links to previous related CFDs.) – January 23
Category:Dune species and races do not merge January 15
Category:Dungeons & Dragons constructs merge January 23
Category:Dungeons & Dragons dragons merge January 15
Category:Dungeons & Dragons fey merge January 23
Category:Dungeons & Dragons magical beasts do not merge January 24
Category:Dungeons & Dragons plants delete. For info, there is still a list at List_of_fictional_plants#In_Dungeons_&_Dragons, and I have put a redirect to that within Category:Dungeons & Dragons creatures. – January 24
Category:Dungeons & Dragons vermin delete January 15
Category:Dúnedain of the North merge. (non-admin closure) January 25
Category:Eberron creatures merge January 15
Category:English MPs 1553 rename January 8
Category:English teachers Rename. (non-admin closure) ‑‑ January 31
Category:Ents delete, emptying manually while considering recategorisation January 17
Category:Ethnic enclaves in Australia keep January 6
Category:Exotic Revival merge January 6
Category:Fauna of the Pacific Northwest merge to Category:Endemic fauna of North America or subcategories January 9
Category:Fictional characters involved in incest no consensus. There might be more support for a split to victims and perpetrators, although that may not catch all cases (are Turin and Niniel both victims?). Note: Category:Fictional victims of child abuse already exists, and I have added a link to that one. – January 28
Category:Film directors from Panadura delete January 7
Category:Films based on 2000 AD (comics) no consensus. – January 22
Category:Films directed by Dinesh D'Souza keep January 8
Category:Films featuring Broly delete. – January 28
Category:Finnish teachers merge. (non-admin closure) January 25
Category:Fishing manufacturers and suppliers Rename as nominated. (non-admin closure) ‑‑ January 31
Category:Fishing television channels Merge January 25
Category:Flora of the Plains-Midwest (United States) merge January 20
Category:Forgotten Realms locations do not merge January 7
Category:Forgotten Realms populated places merge, also to Category:Dungeons & Dragons populated places and Category:Forgotten Realms locations January 7
Category:Former Greek towns in Turkey keep January 14
Category:Former Walt Disney Company subsidiaries rename. (non-admin closure) January 30
Category:Gandaki Zone geography stubs rename January 23
General Staff Academy (Soviet Union) merge January 21
Category:Giant stripping shovels rename to Category:Stripping shovels January 3
Category:Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument rename January 8
Category:Grandmasters of the chess compositions rename to Category:Grandmasters for chess composition January 6
Category:Grape pests and diseases merge January 3
Category:Greek Vampire Creatures disperse and delete as specified in 'see' reference User:Ceyockey ( January 21
Category:Health and social care trusts rename January 20
Category:Heart Failure Society of America merge January 23
Category:High Commissioners of Bangladesh to Ireland rename January 20
Category:Hindu terrorism rename to Category:Hinduism-motivated violence in India January 17
Category:History of Australia topical overviews merge to Category:History of Australia by topic or relevant subcategories January 7
Category:HIV/AIDS research institutes rename January 13
Category:Hospitals affiliated with the Catholic Church merge/rename January 2
Category:Hostage dramas merge manually January 20
Category:Hotel Transylvania characters delete January 23
Category:Hybrid elm rename January 4
Category:IEEE people merge January 2
Category:Immigration detention centres and prisons in Australia rename to Category:Immigration detention centres and prisons of Australia. – January 25
Category:Immigration incidents delete January 25
Category:Indian family trees Delete January 26
Category:Industries in Thailand merge January 16
Category:Inspirational songs delete January 7
Category:Iranian Shia clerics who ceased wearing clerical clothing Merge January 21
Category:Issues delete January 13
Category:Istro-Romanians no consensus January 11
Category:Japanese female comics artists no consensus. – January 24
Category:Jewish engravers by nationality delete January 10
Category:Jewish television series Rename per option A January 24
Category:Journal of the American Medical Association people merge January 11
Category:Judge Dredd films merge to parents January 14
Category:Kharkiv River delete January 3
Category:Kim Possible characters merge January 23
Category:Kings of Arnor merge January 12
Category:Kings of Dale delete January 4
Category:Kings of Rohan merge to Category:Middle-earth Rohirrim, Category:Middle-earth rulers and Category:Fictional kings January 3
Category:Kourosh Yaghmaei delete. I have added links between the categories. – January 28
Category:Kurdish terrorism delete. The NPOV concerns have not been sufficiently addressed by those wanting to keep the category January 4
Category:Language and literature in Anglo-Saxon England merge January 11
Category:Language isolate countries and territories delete January 17
Category:Laurentian Bank of Canada people delete January 13
Category:Lazarus taxa delete. (non-admin closure) January 10
Category:LGBT-related films about religion rename. (non-admin closure) January 31
Category:Lists of fictional monarchs merge January 7
Category:Lists of The Simpsons characters Upmerge January 27
Category:Loredana Zefi concert tours delete January 14
Category:Magnavox gaming consoles rename to Category:Magnavox consoles. (non-admin closure) January 30
Category:Male sexual fluidity in film delete January 12
Category:Marvel Comics planets no consensus January 22
Category:Mega-City One Chief Judges merge to Category:Judge Dredd characters January 7
Category:Mega-City One judges merge, also to Category:Fictional judges January 7
Category:Mega-City One Justice Department delete January 7
Category:Members of the 22nd Knesset (2019–) rename January 11
Members of the Polish Sejm rename. (non-admin closure) January 18
Category:MGM/UA Premiere Network Delete. (non-admin closure) January 23
Category:Middle-earth bodies of water merge January 14
Category:Middle-earth deities Rename to Category:Middle-earth deities and spirits January 25
Category:Middle-earth hills merge January 14
Category:Middle-earth Orcs merge January 20
Category:Middle-earth regions speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn January 15
Category:Middle-earth wizards do not merge January 20
Category:Middle-earth words delete. (non-admin closure) January 18
Category:MMR vaccine controversy delete January 17
Category:Modern Thessalonica merge manually January 19
Category:Modern Turkic states rename January 25
Category:Monster Allergy characters merge to Category:Monster Allergy and Category:Fantasy television characters January 23
MPs for UK constituencies by party No consensus January 23
Category:Musta'li rename. (non-admin closure) January 30
NASCAR Truck Series categories rename January 17
Category:National Library of Australia people delete January 2
Native American women academics keep January 17
Category:Native Hawaiian people of Portuguese descent merge. (non-admin closure) January 25
Category:New Century Foundation delete. January 13
Category:Nigerian-Romanian people selectively merge (non-admin closure) January 31
Category:Northern Baptist College staff delete January 13
Category:Nostalgia songs rename. (non-admin closure) January 29
Category:Number-one films in the United States delete January 19
Category:Nupe festival delete January 5
Category:Nursing specialty organizations merge to Category:Nursing organizations or relevant subcategories January 9
Category:One-shot (comics) keep. (non-admin closure) January 30
Category:Operas by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė delete January 13
Category:Orchids diseases and pests merge manually January 7
Pages/Articles including recorded pronunciations delete all the sub-cats, which were manually added rather than through a template. Note that some language-specific subcats may have been partly populated by a template until this edit last month, when the template was changed to merge those member pages up to the parent. For the record, diffs showing former members are here and here. – January 27
Paid area disconnected railway stations delete. (non-admin closure) January 16
Category:Pakistani family trees Delete January 26
Category:Palestinian clergy nomination withdrawn. The merger proposal should be taken up in a new nomination January 12
Category:Palestinian terrorism no consensus January 17
Category:Parent categories delete January 7
Category:Pedagogues delete January 25
Category:People associated with James Joyce Listify then delete. Listed at WP:CFD/W/M. (non-admin closure) ‑‑ January 29
Category:People associated with Ludwig van Beethoven Listify then delete. Listed at WP:CFD/W/M. (non-admin closure) ‑‑ January 29
Category:People associated with Richard Trevithick delete January 27
Category:People associated with Thomas Telford Listify then delete. Listed at WP:CFD/W/M. (non-admin closure) ‑‑ January 29
Category:People banned from entering Ukraine delete January 31
Category:People diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder rename. (non-admin closure) January 29
Category:People diagnosed with Huntington's disease rename. (non-admin closure) January 29
Category:People from Manchester (district) delete and move contents, I.e. merge to Category:People from Manchester. – January 23
Category:People from Vistula Land delete but checking whether members belong in any of the mentioned categories while emptying January 16
Category:People with color blindness keep January 29
Category:Philatelic journals rename to Category:Philatelic periodicals January 1
Category:Physical punishments merge January 31
Category:Places named after horses Listify & delete January 27
Category:Poisonous fish delete, per precedent. Arguments about lethal dose and what it is poisonous for have not been adequately addressed January 12
Category:Polish Jewish culture in Canada delete/merge (they are equivalent) January 6
Category:Politicians convicted of embezzlement do not merge January 24
Category:Portal (video game series) rename January 4
Category:Post-apocalyptic games keep. —  January 14
Category:Principals of Hartley College dual upmerge. – January 31
Category:Principals of Jaffna Central College Dual upmerge January 31
Religion and sexuality Merge/rename January 25
Category:Requests for audio pronunciation delete January 27
Ridesharing companies merge January 19
Category:Robotboy characters rename, and merge the current member page to Category:Lists of animated science fiction television characters (a sub-cat of Category:Animated characters); the category can immediately be expanded to three pages with the lead article and the episode list. The other article Professor Moshimo was PRODded and has been redirected to the list, so it does not need to be included in the category. – January 23
Category:Russian Orthodox cathedrals in Jerusalem delete January 11
Category:Russian Orthodox churches in Jerusalem no consensus January 19
Category:Science fiction by women delete. (non-admin closure) January 16
Category:Science martyrs selective merge January 8
Category:Seafood red list delete January 20
Category:Seats of local government by country relisted at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2020_February_28#Category:Seats of local government by country January 30
Category:Seats of local government relisted at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2020_February_28#Category:Seats_of_local_government January 30
Category:Shotgun architecture in Tennessee no consensus January 12
Single-country languages delete January 24
Category:Songs from animated films rename. (non-admin closure) January 18
Category:Spectra Animation delete. (non-admin closure) January 18
Sport-related lists by country Option C There's clear consensus to standardise and this has the strongest support January 31
Category:Sri Lankan screenwriters by District delete January 7
Category:Styles of sovereigns rename to Category:Royal styles January 11
Subcategories under Category:Sports-related lists by country procedural close (see BrownHairedGirl) January 19
Category:Sulfur forms rename January 14
Category:Suraiya speedily converted (non-admin closure) January 25
Category:Sustainable fisheries merge as nominated January 20
Category:Taranaki war rename to Category:Taranaki wars January 1
Category:Television news programs by decade keep January 9
Category:Television stations in Roanoke, Virginia do not rename January 11
Category:Television stations in the Bluefield–Beckley–Oak Hill market merge (option B) January 19
Category:Television stations in the Hampton Roads market split January 19
Television task forces rename January 17
Category:Tevilat Kelim delete January 13
Category:The Jetsons characters merge January 23
Category:The Lancet people merge January 11
Category:The Railway Series populated places merge, then rename to Category:Thomas & Friends locations January 8
Category:Theravada Buddhist texts merge to Category:Theravada Buddhist texts. January 5
Category:Thessaloniki during Axis occupation rename January 17
Category:Transformers robot characters merge January 24
Category:User-created templates Delete January 25
Category:Valve Corporation do not rename January 4
Category:Video games with alternate endings no consensus January 3
Category:Wikipedia articles with nonstandard pronunciation delete (non-admin closure) January 27
Category:Wikipedia help overviews Delete January 25
Category:Wikipedia Loves X G7 deleted - as the creator, I requested speedy deletion. (non-admin closure) January 17
Category:Wikipedia:Christianity merge January 21
Category:Wikipedia:Treatment of wikipediholism merge January 21
Category:Wikipedians also known as Le Poisson de Trypto keep January 10
Category:Wikipedians confined to the peanut gallery no consensus January 10
Category:Wikipedians in this category delete. WP:SNOW deletion January 31
Category:Wikipedians interested in the Oakland Raiders rename January 22
Category:Wikipedians who don't like it when you edit their userpage keep January 10
Category:WikiProject Akwa Ibom delete January 19
Category:WikiProject Women music delete. (non-admin closure) January 18
Category:Women's football leagues in the Republic of Ireland do not rename January 1
Category:Works and media about fishing merge January 17
Category:Writers from Panadura delete January 7
Category:Yoruba farmers no consensus January 6