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The result of the discussion was:delete. Kbdank71 14:26, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – yes, we have Category:FA-Class India articles with various subcats but this goes on talk pages. Is there an equivalent of upmerge? Occuli (talk) 14:35, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I now see it has been created today so 'delete' as redundant. Occuli (talk) 19:03, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
To elaborate: we already have to monitor what's contained in Category:Featured articles to catch and remove random user-'promoted' additions. It would be impossible to monitor an entire additional category scheme—which has the potential to be enormous—to ensure that only actual FAs are represented as Featured. Maralia (talk) 02:58, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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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. Kbdank71 14:24, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: I'm not sure exactly what the purpose of this category is. It contains a few articles related to the GNU Free Documentation License, but most of its contents appear to have been added because they themselves are licensed using the GFDL. (It also has subcategories for GFDL-licensed sounds and images.) I'm not sure that we need a category for that - aren't *all* pages on Wikipedia licensed under the GFDL? Many pages have been placed here by Template:GFDLSource - perhaps that template shouldn't be adding articles to this category. Or perhaps the category should be renamed to reflect what it actually contains. Robofish (talk) 23:31, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kbdank71 13:34, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Question. Since the template is used to populate the category, and since there is an issue with the name, is deletion of the category an option? I noticed that there are several subcategories, so deletion may not be an option. Vegaswikian (talk) 05:24, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Deletion would be an option, yes. I'm not sure it's the best one, since even if the GFDL-licensed articles are removed, there might still be some value in having a category for articles related to the GFDL. Then again, they could just be recategorised elsewhere, and there aren't that many of them anyway. As for the subcategories, I think they can be preserved while deleting the main category. Robofish (talk) 00:50, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Capitals serving as first-level administrative divisions[edit]
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The result of the discussion was:delete. Kbdank71 14:23, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Neither category nor list seem very complete to me - Paris? - but the list is much larger with more details. Johnbod (talk) 22:46, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, Île-de-France (region) is the first level administrative division of France that encompasses not only Paris, but a significant swath of territory well outside of the French capital. Paris is a department, a second-order administrative division. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 00:14, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well the departments have been there 200 yrs, & the regions about 5 minutes, so what is first-level or first-order, or more important, well, who knows. The Mayor of Paris is a vastly more important figure than the head of the Ile de France. Johnbod (talk) 02:31, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep seems defining for the subjects, some of them have upleveled legislative or executive governments that function both at the city level and at the first-level administrative division level. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 00:14, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete; the list is sufficient here. Bearcat (talk) 15:05, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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