Categories may be listed for speedy renaming or speedy merging if they meet one or more of the criteria specified below. They must be tagged with {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}} so that users of the categories are aware of the proposal. A request may be processed 48 hours after it was listed if there are no objections. This delay allows other editors to review the request to ensure that it meets the criteria for speedy renaming or merging, and to raise objections to the proposed change.

Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g. "patent nonsense", "recreation", categories that have been empty for seven days) can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}}, and no delay is required to process these. Renaming under C2E can also be processed instantly as it is a variation on G7.

Contested requests become stale, and can be un-tagged and de-listed, after 7 days of inactivity. Optionally, if the discussion may be useful for future reference, it may be copied to the category talk page, with a section heading and {{moved discussion from|[[WP:CFDS]]|2=~~~~}}. If the nominator wants to continue the process, they need to submit the request as a regular CfD in accordance with the instructions there.

Speedy criteria

The category-specific criteria for speedy renaming, or merging are strictly limited to:

C2A. Typographic and spelling fixes.

• Correction of spelling errors and capitalization fixes. Differences between British and American spelling (e.g. Harbours → Harbors) are not considered errors; however if the convention of the relevant category tree is to use one form over the other then a rename may be appropriate under C2C. If both spellings exist as otherwise-identical category names, they should be merged.
• Appropriate conversion of hyphens into en dashes or vice versa (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations).

C2B. Enforcing established Wikipedia naming conventions and practices.

• Expanding abbreviated country names (e.g. U.S. → United States).
• Disambiguation fixes from an unqualified name (e.g. Category:Washington → Category:Washington (state) or Category:Washington, D.C.).

C2C. Bringing a category into line with established naming conventions for that category tree, or into line with the various "x by y", "x of y", or "x in y" categorization conventions specified at Wikipedia:Category names.

• This should be used only where there is no room for doubt that the category in question is being used for the standard purpose instead of being a potential subcategory.
• This criterion should be applied only when there is no ambiguity or doubt over the existence of a category naming convention. Such a convention must be well defined and must be overwhelmingly used within the tree. If this is not the case then the category in question must be brought forward to a full Cfd nomination.
• This criterion will not apply in cases where the category tree observes distinctions in local usage (e.g. Category:Transportation in the United States and Category:Transport in the United Kingdom).

C2D. Facilitating concordance between a particular category's name and a related page's name.

• Renaming a topic category to match its eponymous page (e.g. Category:The Beatles and The Beatles).
• This applies only if the related page's current name (and by extension, the proposed name for the category) is unambiguous, and uncontroversial – either because of longstanding stability at that particular name or because the page was just moved after explicit consensus to rename was reached at a page move discussion. If the page names are controversial or ambiguous in any way, then this criterion does not apply.
• This criterion also does not apply if there is any ongoing discussion about the name of the page or category, or if there has been a recent discussion concerning any of the pages that resulted in a no consensus result.

C2E. Author request.

• This criterion applies only if the author of a category requests or agrees to renaming within six months of creating the category.
• The criterion does not apply if other editors have populated or changed the category since it was created. "Other editors" includes bots that populated the category, but excludes an editor working with the author on the renaming.

• A nomination to merge or rename, brought forward as a full CfD, may be speedily closed if the closing administrator is satisfied that:
  • The nomination clearly falls within the scope of one of the criteria listed here,
  • And no objections have been made within 48 hours of the initial nomination.

• If both these conditions are satisfied, the closure will be regarded as having been as a result of a speedy nomination. If any objections have been raised then the CfD nomination will remain in place for the usual 7-day discussion period, to be decided in accordance with expressed consensus.

Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here

If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria mentioned in C2, 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 on a new line at the beginning of the list:

* [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~

This will sign and datestamp an entry automatically.

Remember to tag the category with: {{subst:Cfr-speedy|New name}}

A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, if the time stamp shown is earlier than 17:03, 7 June 2024 (UTC). Currently, there are 321 open requests (refresh).

Current nominations

• Category:Christian Orthodox cemeteries to Category:Eastern Orthodox cemeteries – C2C: per Category:Eastern Orthodoxy. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:55, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Category:Christian Orthodox lay societies to Category:Eastern Orthodox lay societies
  • Category:Orthodox orders and societies merge to Category:Eastern Orthodox orders and societies
• Category:Northern Irish football referees to Category:Football referees from Northern Ireland – C2C: per convention of Category:People from Northern Ireland and Category:Sportspeople from Northern Ireland. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:41, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Category:Northern Irish surgeons to Category:Surgeons from Northern Ireland – C2C: per convention of Category:People from Northern Ireland. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 03:10, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Category:Northern Irish far-right politicians to Category:Far-right politicians from Northern Ireland – C2C: per convention of Category:People from Northern Ireland. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:18, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Category:Ascoli Calcio 1898 to Category:Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898 – C2D (the whole cat tree) matching the club's article. Matthew_hk tc 18:17, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Category:Women's sports in North America to Category:Women's sport in North America – C2C: per parent Category:Sport in North America and sibling Category:Men's sport in North America. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:23, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  Oppose at least speedy. Subcategory of Category:Women's sports by continent, the top category of the tree is Category:Women's sports and the main article is Women's sports. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:01, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  @Armbrust: Technically, you are right. But it makes little sense to have Category:Men's sport in North America (singular) as the sibling of Category:Women's sports in North America (plural). Life would be a lot simpler for both readers and editors if we stopped indulging the "sport/sports" thing as an ENGVAR issue, and just standardised on one form of the other. But that would take a wider discussion, and I don't think I could be bothered. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:05, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Category:Trade of China to Category:Trade in China – C2C Sawol (talk) 09:46, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Category:Defunct visitor attractions in London to Category:Defunct tourist attractions in London – C2B per Tourist attractions/Category:Tourist attractions. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:34, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Category:Defunct visitor attractions in Nottinghamshire to Category:Defunct tourist attractions in Nottinghamshire
  • Category:Defunct visitor attractions in Cornwall to Category:Defunct tourist attractions in Cornwall
  • Category:Defunct visitor attractions in Scotland to Category:Defunct tourist attractions in Scotland
• Category:Interfaith to Category:Interfaith dialogue – C2D; Interfaith dialogue. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:23, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Category:Christian and Hindu interfaith topics to Category:Christian and Hindu interfaith dialogue added 10:18 January 6
  • Category:Christian and Islamic interfaith topics to Category:Christian and Islamic interfaith dialogue
  • Category:Christian and Jewish interfaith topics to Category:Christian and Jewish interfaith dialogue
  • Category:Hindu and Islamic interfaith topics to Category:Hindu and Islamic interfaith dialogue
  • Category:Islamic and Jewish interfaith topics to Category:Islamic and Jewish interfaith dialogue
    • Comment in support: At first glance I thought this might be narrowing the topic, but there are parent categories for wider matters of relations between the various faiths, and the proposed renamings will be helpful to clarify the existing intention and usage of these categories. – Fayenatic London 10:34, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Opposed nominations

Following my successful CFD nomination for "Populated waterside places" (the first entry at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 December 8), which covered all child categories with "populated [adjective] places" in the name, I was instructed to bring all affected categories here. Here's the list:

This is basically C2C, because CFD has established a new naming convention for the tree. However, it's not exactly a normal CFDS, since I just came here as a technically simple place to get the CFD result enforced; I don't think we ought to accept any objections. Nyttend (talk) 01:54, 8 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose. The nominator Nyttend is right: this is not C2C, because the de facto convention remains in place. These categories should have included in the full CFD discussion in December, so that all affected categories were tagged for the attention of readers. CFD/S is for upholding existing naming conventions, not to function as a backdoor for avoiding a CFD listing of 200 categories. These need a full discussion, and tagging all 200 categories for that full discussion will hopefully gather more participation than the single !vote at the previous discussion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:32, 8 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Category:Members of constitutional conventions to Category:Members of constitutional conventions (political meeting) – C2B: per Constitutional convention (political meeting)/Category:Constitutional conventions (political meeting). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:26, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  Why the caps? Pppery 00:42, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

   Fixed. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:01, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  Oppose. Sorry Armbrust, but while this does clearly fits C2B, it's also horribly ugly. I also doubt that it is really necessary. Nobody can be a member of a Constitutional convention (political custom), so the current title is unambiguous. I don't think we need let the guideline force us into such superfluous verbosity. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:41, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Category:Delta Force series to Category:Delta Force (video game series) - C2D Delta Force (video game) ; also PRECISION, since there are many Delta Force series, including a famous Chuck Norris film series. -- 65.94.168.229 (talk) 05:28, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  Oppose speedy Delta Force (video game series) doesn't exists, and thus C2D doesn't apply. Also Delta Force (video game) isn't the main article of the category. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:44, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Category:Hisar, India to Category:Hisar (city) – C2D: per Hisar (city). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:10, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Category:Buildings and structures in Hisar, India to Category:Buildings and structures in Hisar (city)
  • Category:Hospitals in Hisar to Category:Hospitals in Hisar (city)
  • Category:Education in Hisar, India to Category:Education in Hisar (city)
  • Category:Schools in Hisar, India to Category:Schools in Hisar (city)
  • Category:Universities and colleges in Hisar, India to Category:Universities and colleges in Hisar (city)
  • Category:Neighbourhoods in Hisar, India to Category:Neighbourhoods in Hisar (city)
  • Category:Organisations based in Hisar, India to Category:Organisations based in Hisar (city)
  • Category:People from Hisar, India to Category:People from Hisar (city)
  • Category:Tourism in Hisar, India to Category:Tourism in Hisar (city)
  • Category:Archaeological sites in Hisar, India to Category:Archaeological sites in Hisar (city)
    • Per below, WP:PLACEDAB prefers countries to generic words as disambiguators, so if anything the article should be renamed in line with the category hierarchy.Le Deluge (talk) 13:57, 20 December 2016 (UTC) Update - it looks like the article was moved without discussion from Hisar, India in October 2015 in an attempt to distinguish from Hisar District, but in general Indian cities/districts seem to fit the old format.Le Deluge (talk) 14:04, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Category:Research institutes in Hisar to Category:Research institutes in Hisar, India – C2B/C2C Category:Hisar, India Le Deluge (talk) 15:45, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  Oppose Main article is at Hisar (city). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:04, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  WP:PLACEDAB prefers countries to generic words as disambiguators, so if anything the article should be renamed in line with the category hierarchy.Le Deluge (talk) 13:57, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency) is also in India. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:08, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  A Lok Sabha constituency could only be in India. There seems to be a general ability to cope with the city taking a geographical identifier and then derivatives not needing to be dabbed if there's an obvious primary topic - see eg Carlisle, Cumbria and Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency) for a UK example, and it seems common with Indian districts. In this case if you look at Hisar dab page, we've got a major city in an English-speaking country with a population of 300k versus some villages in Iran and a military acronym. It's pretty obvious what geographical derivatives are attached to.Le Deluge (talk) 14:22, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  Another way of looking at it is that the city is clearly the primary meaning of Hisar, India, so there's no reason that it should not be name of the article for the city, even if it is not 100% unambiguous. This would be in line with the normal way that article names work. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 14:33, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  @Good Olfactory:Feel free to make a move request for the city's article; otherwise, I se non reason to do this move. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 03:51, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  I was speaking neither in opposition nor in support of the nomination for the categories. I was commenting on the discussion related to the article name. It sounds to me like there might be some support for changing the article name back. Some reasons to perhaps not proceed in renaming the category immediately above, however, are (1) it has been formally opposed by another user, and (2) there are nominations on this same page, relating to the same city, which are proposing something different than what is being proposed for this one. It sounds to me like it all needs to go to a full category discussion, absent an RM on the article. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 04:02, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Category:Educational organisations based in Saudi Arabia to Category:Educational organisations in Saudi Arabia – C2C. Rathfelder (talk) 22:54, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Category:Educational organisations based in the United Kingdom to Category:Educational organisations in the United Kingdom
  • Category:Educational organisations based in Northern Ireland to Category:Educational organisations in Northern Ireland
  • Category:Educational organisations based in New Zealand to Category:Educational organisations in New Zealand
  • Category:Educational organisations based in London to Category:Educational organisations in London
  • Category:Educational organisations based in Egypt to Category:Educational organisations in Egypt
  • Category:Educational organizations based in the United States to Category:Educational organizations in the United States
  • Category:Educational organizations based in the Czech Republic to Category:Educational organizations in the Czech Republic
  • Category:Educational organizations based in Taiwan to Category:Educational organizations in Taiwan
  • Category:Educational organizations based in Punjab to Category:Educational organisations in Punjab
  • Category:Educational organizations based in Nigeria to Category:Educational organizations in Nigeria
  • Category:Educational organizations based in Israel to Category:Educational organizations in Israel – C2C. Rathfelder (talk) 22:39, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Oppose – C2C supports 'based in' per Category:Organizations by country (a format decided by cfd in 2006). Oculi (talk) 00:33, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    It was probably meant as C2C per the convention in Category:Educational organizations by country. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:00, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    There are a much larger number of categories of the form "Educational institutions in Foo", "Educational institutions established ..." etc. I have no strong view either way, but I think there should be consistency.Rathfelder (talk) 16:21, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

On hold pending other discussion

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Ready for deletion

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