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Discussion for Today

This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025_February_19

February 19

Category:Bangladeshi colorectal surgeons

• Propose merging Category:Bangladeshi colorectal surgeons to Category:Colorectal surgeons

Nominator's rationale: Only 1 entry. Also merge with Category:Bangladeshi surgeons.

Also propose merging:

• Category:German colorectal surgeons to Category:Colorectal surgeons and Category:German surgeons.
• Category:New Zealand colorectal surgeons to Category:Colorectal surgeons and Category:New Zealand surgeons.
• Category:Singaporean colorectal surgeons to Category:Colorectal surgeons and Category:Singaporean surgeons. LibStar (talk) 01:11, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
• Merge per nom. In fact all other siblings may be merged too, this is a very specialist occupation and does not require diffusion at all. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:03, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Category:New Democratic Party of Canada politicians

• Propose renaming Category:New Democratic Party of Canada politicians to Category:New Democratic Party politicians

Nominator's rationale: Category doesn't need to be disambiguated, the main article New Democratic Party isn't and the only other party by the same name is a minor one in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Official party name doesn't include of Canada unlike the Liberals or Conservative. If the category has to be disambiguated it should be renamed Category:New Democratic Party (Canada) politicians to reflect the official party name, otherwise the Category:New Democratic Party politicians is prefered. Epluribusunumyall (talk) 00:24, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

• Rename somehow, considering the fact that another party with the same name exists I would prefer Category:New Democratic Party (Canada) politicians over Category:New Democratic Party politicians. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:07, 19 February 2025 (UTC)