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The result of the discussion was:keep. (I note that the categories were not tagged for deletion with {{subst:cfd}} on the main category page. This doesn't affect the outcome here, but it does mean that the discussion perhaps didn't attract as many comments as it otherwise would had. I mention it just to be thorough and to serve as a general reminder to nominators to tag the categories they nominate on the main category page, not on the category talk page.)Good Ol’factory(talk)00:47, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
These categories are completely absurd. None of these have ever had more than 1 district, and Delaware is the only one of these with the potential for multiple ones, as it is the only state. As for the *Congressional districts of the Philippines, it has not even been part of the U.S. for 70 years or so. All of these are irrelevant, and until there is are least two districts for a given state/territory, it should not have a category titled 'Congressional districts of *insert name here*.' ToaNidhiki0519:53, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: That applies to categories with a few members; these only have 1 each, and a category should, by definition, have more than 1 member. It is common sense to delete these. ToaNidhiki05
Oppose per Koavf. Deleting these categories will hinder readers who go to the main category for congressional districts. This is an international encyclopedia, and even if there is just one in the category, having them is not causing any trouble. To quible that "districts" is plural and categories should always have multiple articles sounds like a red herring. Having consistent naming structures and categories for all districts, including territories, assists readers not familiar with American government.DCmacnut<>20:31, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: There is a category called Category:At-large United States congressional districts that is intended for these. There is no need for a separate category for each of these; that assumption is ridiculous. I still se no reason to keep these. ToaNidhiki0520:45, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: That category is primarily used for the dozens of defunct At-large congressional districts (though I'm surprised Delaware is the only "current" district listed). Again, the central point is that these proposed deletions are relevant categories and serve a purpose as part of the broader categoriziation of congressional districts.DCmacnut<>20:54, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I think it makes more sense to have a category with only one article in it than it does to have a Category:Congressional districts of XXX for only 49 of the 50 states. — JPMcGrath (talk) 02:40, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Hmm - both name forms have their problems. "Local politicians" is a fairly meaningless concept given the old adage that "all politics are local". "Councillors" doesn't easily cover directly elected Mayors and aldermen (and separate categories will be a nightmare). How about local government politicians? Timrollpickering (talk) 20:05, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Vernon, that's a very good point. It makes more sense to me to keep these as category of office-holders, not just of candidates and activists, because as Timrollpickering points out, all politicians are local in some sense, and the defining characteristic being captured in this category is that these people are holders of elected office in local govt. So that makes up my mind: Rename to foo councillors, and use a headnote in the category to stress that it includes aldermen and mayors. --BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (contribs) 15:45, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's rationale: Extremely provocative / bad idea for a cat; irrelevant, personal life info (BLP) and term 'RastafarianISM' is taken as patently offensive by Rastafarians - amazing people cannot even read our articles and learn something from them! Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 02:30, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Query – given that we have Category:Converts from Christianity (to all of which the 'irrelevant, personal life info (BLP)' rationale would apply) is there a rename which is not 'patently offensive by Rastafarians'? (The article is Rastafari movement. Incidentally the Bob Marley article does not support his presence in 'Converts to Rastafarianism from Christianity' as there is no info that he was initially 'Christian' and there is info that he was baptised in 1980. Does the Rastafari movement consider itself necessarily non-Christian anyway?) Occuli (talk) 08:21, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose "Converts from Christianity to Rastafari" would be an improvement, but it is still problematic, as they are not necessarily always considered mutually exclusive by all the adherents, as you pointed out. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 15:32, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Could one rename Category:Converts to Rastafarianism to "Converts to Rastafari" and merge the other one into it? Or do you argue that Category:Rastafarians is sufficient and that the category system does not lend itself to encapsulating the progress of an individual from one calling to another? I expect we could find 'converts from X to Y and then Z' with a bit of digging. Occuli (talk) 16:53, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
As for Bob Marley, whenever asked when or how long he's been Rasta, he would always insist that he became a Rastafarian at the beginning of creation, and thus did not ever "convert"...! At any rate, Category:Converts to Rastafari might be okay, but then it would largely duplicate Category:Rastafarians, since as you pointed out again, it is a rather "new" movement. A few exceptions might be younger generation people like Marley's kids who were born into it. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 21:55, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Rename one and delete the other. Rename to maybe Category:Converts to the Rastafari movement to keep inline with the main article's name and delete the latter; technically, since Rastafari(anism) is a religious movement, someone can be both a Rasta and a Christian simultaneously (as, in fact, Bob Marley was.) —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:08, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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