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ENGVAR

I don't think we have ever had anything here explicitly referencing WP:ENGVAR (see also Wikipedia talk:Category names/Archive 10#ENGVAR). If I were to add something, it would probably these couple of points:

The national varieties of English guidelines apply to each individual category, independent of the way they are connected to other categories. In particular:
If a category has strong ties to a particular English-speaking nation, then its name should use that nation's variety of English. This includes each individual subcategory by country and subcategory by nationality (for example, compare Category:Footballers in the United Kingdom with Category:Soccer players in the United States).

Eponymous categories and topic categories should use the same variety of English as their respective main articles.

Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:19, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Zzyzx11 I was going to comment on this. Yes, I agree, but maybe double check with a RfC or VP link? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 22:22, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Piotrus: The closest that I know so far is Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 153 § RFC: spelling of "organisation"/"organization" in descriptive category names, where there was a 2019 proposal to do the opposite and standardi(s/z)e all of those categories one way or the other. That RFC ended in no consensus because opponents specifically cited WP:ENGVAR and MOS:TIES to keep the individual sub-categories tied to their respective English-speaking nations. In the two years since I made my original post, the issue of changing this from a commonly de facto practice to a specific de jure guideline here has been very low priority for me, but you are still free to start any further RFC/VP discussions. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (talk) 02:36, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Zzyzx11 It is not a priority for me either, but I think you can add the text above to the policy, citing consensus here (which can be challenged if anyone cares to disagree, which I think is not likely...). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:38, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Voter education

Request "Voter education" be added to list of available categories. This could be used to identify a function or activity as well as organizations or individuals that perform the function. Gumballhead1of2 (talk) 17:19, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 September 18 § Category:WikiProject X members

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 September 18 § Category:WikiProject X members. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:34, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 December 4 § Category:Fair use images

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 December 4 § Category:Fair use images. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:14, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Standardization

Shouldn't this cover the general practice that we like standardization in category names? Or is it covered somewhere else? @Marcocapelle _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 22:23, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Piotrus: it is adressed in speedy rename criteria but it would not harm to add it here too. Also adding that we do not always standardize. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:59, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Marcocapelle Since you are much more knowledgeable about this then I am - could you add this here? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:11, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I suppose we should first create a draft text and then ask more editors to have a look at it. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:15, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  @Marcocapelle Sounds good, please ping me and I'll be happy to comment. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:48, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]