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Contents 1 Speedy renaming and speedy merging 1.1 Speedy criteria 1.2 Add requests for speedy renaming here 1.3 Ready for deletion

[edit] Speedy renaming and speedy merging

Shortcut: WP:CFDS

Categories may be listed here if they fall under the criteria specified below. Deletion and de-listing may occur after 48 hours if there are no objections. They must be tagged with {{subst:cfr-speedy|new name}} so that users of the categories are aware of the proposal. This delay is to allow for objections over correct spelling, etc. to be made and to ensure that items are not listed here that do not meet the criteria.

Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g. "patent nonsense", "recreation", empty categories (that have been empty for four days) can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}}, and no delay is required for these.

Contested requests can be removed from this list after 48 hours. If the nominator wants to continue the process they need to submit the request as a regular CfD using the instructions above.

[edit] Speedy criteria

Criteria for speedy renaming or speedy merging are strictly limited to:

1. Typographical errors (such as, Brdiges → Bridges).
   • Note that differences between British and American spelling (for example, Harbours → Harbors) are not considered errors, but if both exist as otherwise-identical category names, they should be merged.
   • This includes grammatical corrections that have been approved for similar cases in a full CfD.
2. Capitalization fixes (such as, Characters In harry Potter → Characters in Harry Potter)
3. Conversions from singular to plural, or back (such as, Steamship → Steamships)
4. Non-conformance with "x by y", "x of y", or "x in y" categorization conventions specified at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (categories).
   • This should only be used where there is no room for any doubt whatsoever that the category in question is being used for the standard purpose instead of being a potential subcategory. It should not be assumed that an incorrectly formatted "radio stations" category was intended to be a "radio" category, or that an incorrectly formatted "archaeological sites" category was intended to be an "archaeology" category.
5. Expanding abbreviations for country names: The name of the country should appear as it does in the name of the article about that country (for example, US or U.S. in reference to the United States should be renamed to United States, but this criterion specifically does not apply to renames between the terms "American" and "United States").
6. Renames or merges to match a disambiguated parent category such as Category:Georgia (country) or Category:Georgia (U.S. state) from an unqualified name.

When the speedy rename procedure should not be used:

1. When proposing that the category name should be reformatted in addition to one of the speedy criteria
2. When proposing to change a country name to an adjective, or vice versa, as in United Kingdom to British, American to United States, Germany to German, Argentine to Argentina, etc.
3. When proposing a change that is based on a naming convention adopted by a specific WikiProject but does not otherwise meet any of the six speedy criteria listed above
4. When proposing a change that does not qualify under any of the six criteria above, regardless of whether or not the proposed change will bring the category into conformity with existing categories

Note: If the nominator decides to change a nomination based on comments, simply delete the old nomination and create a new one as long as it still meets the speedy criteria.

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[edit] Add requests for speedy renaming here

If the category and desired change do not match one of the six criteria listed above PRECISELY, do not list it here. Instead, list it in the main CFD section.

If you are in any doubt as to whether it qualifies, do not list it here.

Use the following format:

* [[:Category:OLD name]] to [[:Category:NEW name]] — ~~~~

Don't forget to tag the category with {{subst:cfr-speedy|new name}}

Please add new entries at the TOP of the list and sign and date stamp your entries with — ~~~~.

A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, the time stamp shown is 01:17, 4 July 2009 (UTC) or earlier.

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• Category:Pakistani Computer Scientists to Category:Pakistani computer scientists #2 — Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 01:08, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
• Category:Songs produced by J.R. Rotem to Category:Songs produced by J. R. Rotem. Uncontroversial change; adding a space between the J and R to match the parent article, J. R. Rotem. — Σxplicit 23:57, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
• Category:Singles by Paul Heaton to Category:Songs by Paul Heaton to match Songs by artist category convention. thisisace (talk) 18:47, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
• Category:Tbilisi: Economy to Category:Economy of Tbilisi. Standard category convention. Beagel (talk) 08:03, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

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Nominations with objections or that don't meet speedy criteria will be dropped from this list if not taken to a full CfD.

• Category:Australia national football (soccer) team to Category:Australia national association football team — The main article was recently moved from Australia national football (soccer) team to Australia national association football team. YeshuaDavid • Talk • 16:51, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
  • "Matching to main article" is not a speedy criterion and is sometimes controversial. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 05:04, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
• Category:Drought tolerant trees to Category:Drought-tolerant trees /Pzrmd (talk) 05:36, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Why? On google, 15 of the top 20 hits for drought-tolerant say "drought tolerant" not "drought-tolerant". Hesperian 06:44, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
• Category:Drought tolerant plants to Category:Drought-tolerant plants /Pzrmd (talk) 05:41, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Why? On google, 15 of the top 20 hits for drought-tolerant say "drought tolerant" not "drought-tolerant". Hesperian 06:44, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
    • You could call a plant a "drought plant" whatever that would mean. So the category as it is says drought, tolerant plants. But "drought-tolerant" makes it clear. Another example is "formal dance tickets," which is ambiguous; it could mean either "formal-dance tickets" where the the dance is formal, or "formal, dance tickets" where the tickets are formal. Also, good-looking glass and good looking-glass. (I know it's obvious what "drought tolerant plants" was supposed to mean.) Soft-spoken, well-read, good-looking, and stain-resistant are some examples. Google is *not* a good way to determine grammar/punctuation conventions. Pzrmd (talk) 18:19, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
      • I agree that the hyphen is correct and resolves the ambiguity. As it stands now, this could mean "tolerant plants" that are "drought"; or "plants" that are "drought tolerant". It's a small detail but one that I think is worthwhile fixing if an editor proposes it. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 21:50, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
        • Seems logical to me, too. Two-word adjectives placed before the noun (including, I note, "two-word") are hyphenated as standard on Wikipedia, and in grammar in general. Grutness...wha? 23:52, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Ready for deletion

Check Category:Empty categories awaiting deletion for out of process deletions. In most cases, these will need to be nominated for discussion and the editor who emptied the category informed that they should follow the WP:CFD process.

Once the renaming has been completed, copy and paste the listing to the Ready for deletion section of Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working/Manual.