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Speedy renaming and speedy merging

Categories may be listed here if they fall under the criteria specified at Wikipedia:Category renaming and repeated 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.

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.
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 to match a disambiguated parent category such as Category:Georgia (country) or Category:Georgia (U.S. state) from an unqualified name are eligible for speedy renames.

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 that two or more changes should be made, each of which qualifies under the speedy criteria
3. 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.
4. 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
5. 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.

Add requests for speedy renaming here

If the category does not match one of the six criteria listed above PRECISELY, do not list it here, but list it in the main section instead. 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 16:15, 2 September 2008 (UTC) or earlier.

• Category:Arab American Gangs to Category:Arab American gangs. Caps. — Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 01:19, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

• Category:Pan-European Media Company to Category:Pan-European media companies. There is no company by this name, so it seems to just be poor grammar. --Eliyak T·C 18:46, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
• Category:Video game typing aid templates to Category:Video game typing-aid templates — Typo. In keeping with Category:Typing-aid templates. SharkD (talk) 01:12, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
• Category:Songs by Bob Merrill to Category:Songs written by Bob Merrill — To match other songs-by-songwriters cats. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 18:14, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Ready for deletion

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

Wikipedia content modification information:

• This page was last modified on 4 September 2008, at 14:38.

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