Wiktionary:Votes/2011-08/Categories of names 2

Categories of names 2

 * Voting on:
 * Restricting Category:en:Rivers to English names of rivers, or opening it to terms relating to rivers in general.
 * (Nile is a name of river; tributary, river and water are merely relating to rivers.)
 * Restricting or opening all categories listed below in the same manner.
 * (Category:en:Continents with names of continents, Category:en:Languages with names of languages, etc.)
 * Restricting or opening all foreign language versions of these categories in the same manner.
 * (Category:fr:Continents with French names of continents, etc.)
 * This is the list:
 * Category:en:Continents
 * Category:en:Countries
 * Category:en:Deserts
 * Category:en:Islands
 * Category:en:Lakes
 * Category:en:Mountains
 * Category:en:Oceans
 * Category:en:Peninsulas
 * Category:en:Rivers
 * Category:en:Seas
 * Category:en:Constellations
 * Category:en:Dwarf planets
 * Category:en:Planetoids
 * Category:en:Planets
 * Category:en:Stars
 * Category:en:Languages
 * Category:en:Writing systems
 * Category:en:Biblical characters
 * Category:en:Fictional characters
 * Category:en:Gods
 * Category:en:Individuals
 * Category:en:Mythological figures
 * Category:en:Personifications
 * Category:en:Individuals
 * Category:en:Mythological figures
 * Category:en:Personifications


 * Vote starts: 00:01, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Vote ends: 23.59, 1 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Vote created: --Daniel 23:41, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Discussion:
 * [[Image:Wikt rei-artur3.svg|20px]] WT:BP
 * [[Image:Wikt rei-artur3.svg|20px]] Votes/2011-07/Categories of names
 * [[Image:Wikt rei-artur3.svg|20px]] Wiktionary talk:Votes/2011-08/Categories of names 2

Restrict en:Rivers to names of rivers

 * 1) [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]] Support --Daniel 06:30, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]] Support —CodeCat 20:42, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]] Support H. (talk) 09:22, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]] Support Liliana • 13:53, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * 5) [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]] Support &mdash;Internoob 03:33, 12 September 2011 (UTC) I assume the entries that get removed will be put into the most appropriate parent category instead of being outright removed?
 * Most certainly. Putting entries into the most appropriate categories has always been an objective. I can't foresee exactly whether other contributors will choose to do that immediately, though. For dwarf planet and nova remnant it could be Category:en:Astronomy. For god and goddess it could be Category:en:Religion and Category:en:Mythology. --Daniel 15:21, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]] Late support, after the end of the vote, which was on 1 October 2011 (UTC). --Dan Polansky 16:43, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) [[Image:Symbol oppose vote.svg|20px]] Oppose  Mglovesfun (talk) 16:24, 7 October 2011 (UTC), which I believe is the same as the previous option Open en:Rivers to terms related to rivers as Category:Rivers says "The following is a list of terms related to rivers." Per personal preference, simply enough. Mglovesfun (talk) 16:24, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * NB feel free to discount this as the vote officially ended 6 days ago. Mglovesfun (talk) 16:44, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * "Open en:Rivers to terms related to rivers" and "Oppose" absolutely were not synonyms when this vote was active. (and never will be)
 * "Oppose" is basically "Don't fix the problem!" or "I see no problem. If it ain't broken, don't fix it!"
 * Or, more optimistally, it is "I want to fix the problem, but neither solution is a good solution. I want more discussions and ideas."
 * Long story short, "Oppose" is a strong "Abstain". If this option won, then nothing would happen: the categories would still neither be open nor restricted; they would just be a mess without clear boundaries. Even Category:en:Rivers was messy enough. It's description is what you said, but last time I checked before the end of the vote, its contents were restricted to names of rivers only. --Daniel 18:02, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Decision
passed 6-1-0 -- Liliana • 03:58, 10 October 2011 (UTC)