Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Category:Geek Holidays
According to [[1]], a page may require deletion if it is a "Completely idiosyncratic non-topic". This is. A.K.A.47 18:45, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- This should go on WP:CFD, but does seem a bit of a POV categorisation. Dunc|☺ 19:56, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Okay, it sounds dumb, and maybe it is, but it accurately categorizes its articles. If the articles are deleted, so should this cat, but until then... --A D Monroe III 02:33, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Change vote to Move to Category:Geek holidays, subcat of Category:Holidays. --A D Monroe III 01:55, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Note: If this is kept, it still needs to be moved to Category:Geek holidays per naming conventions. But I really think this material would be better served by a list. Category:Holidays does not seem to be overwhelmed by these, but if it was, how about something like Category:Joke holidays, comparable to Category:Joke religions (since you pretty much have to be a geek to be proposing a joke holiday!)? -Aranel ("Sarah") 15:10, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Should be moved to Category:Geek holidays, per above. It should also be a sub-cat of Category:Holidays. All the enries, right now, seem to be categorized into both Category:Geek Holidays and Category:Holidays. I don't think a list is an ideal replacement to the category. Even if a little silly, these are articles with some substance to them. They should be categorized together in some way. Dumping them straight into Category:Holidays isn't really appropriate. If there were a Category:Joke holidays, I'd be tempted to say this should be a sub-cat of that, in its own right. When I think of "joke holidays", I think of stuff like Festivus (although some may disagree with me on that), and "Call in Sick Because You're Feeling Well Day". (sorry, forgot to sign -- User:Azkar
Rename to Category:Geek holidays'and remove contents from Category:Holidays since this will be a child category. --ssd 00:49, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)- Reanme as per convention and then keep. They're not really jokes, in the same way that joke religions are jokes; "geek holidays" seems to fit best. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 05:29, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- I would prefer "Math and science holidays". -- Beland 07:32, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- rename to "Math and science holidays". If we're going to rename it anyway to fix spelling, may as well also improve the name. (good idea!) --ssd 16:13, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- rename to "Math and science holidays".
~leif☺ HELO 21:18, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC) - rename to "Mathematical and scientific holidays". Only one country in the world uses the horrible abbreviation "math" - every other English speaking country uses "Maths" (and so it will remain, presumably, until there is such a thing as a mathematic. See talk on Category: Math stubs, above). Grutness|hello?
11:04, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- For the record, at least two english-speaking countries use the "horrible abbreviation" you've mentioned. Please don't lump all of North America into "one country". I'm still in favour of "Geek holidays". These "holidays" are not, generally speaking, meant to be taken too seriously. In all likely-hood, they would only be observed by people who would self-describe as geeks. "Math and science holidays" or "Mathematical and scientific holidays" confers more formality than is probably necessary, or even appropriate. --Azkar 18:20, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- since all the Canadians I know use the term "maths", which other English-speaking North American country do you refer to? Grutness|hello? 01:04, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Really? I've lived in Canada my entire life, and have never heard someone say "maths".
- gah .. forgot to sign, again --Azkar 03:40, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Really? I've lived in Canada my entire life, and have never heard someone say "maths".
- Hm. may be a regional thing then - almost all the Canadians I know are from the Maritimes. It doesn't change the fact that almost every English-speaking country uses a different abbreviation. Grutness|hello? 07:15, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- since all the Canadians I know use the term "maths", which other English-speaking North American country do you refer to? Grutness|hello?
- For the record, at least two english-speaking countries use the "horrible abbreviation" you've mentioned. Please don't lump all of North America into "one country". I'm still in favour of "Geek holidays". These "holidays" are not, generally speaking, meant to be taken too seriously. In all likely-hood, they would only be observed by people who would self-describe as geeks. "Math and science holidays" or "Mathematical and scientific holidays" confers more formality than is probably necessary, or even appropriate. --Azkar 18:20, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
