Category talk:Aircraft carriers of Brazil

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Latest comment: 18 years ago15 comments11 people in discussion

Category:Brazilian aircraft carriers to Category:Aircraft carriers of Brazil

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the category above. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the category's talk page (if any). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was rename as nominated --Kbdank71 15:32, 5 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Per previous CfD, replace use of country adjective with noun.Joshbaumgartner 05:57, 25 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Oppose Sounds better as it is. Carina22 10:02, 25 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
Support, "sounding better" is POV, and consistency is more important. R adiant _>|< 14:36, 25 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
Opppose as above. I wish I hadn't started this process. As I recall most of them were "Fooish ships" to start with and they should all move that way. CalJW 21:35, 25 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
- Comment: What are the criteria in the choice between Fooian something and something of Foo? — Instantnood 21:55, 25 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
  - Comment: good question. i don t know what the need to not use Fooian something is?? -Mayumashu 03:58, 26 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
    - The main criterion is consistency. If all categories related to fruit are in the form "Apples from Germany", then you should not create "Spanish bananas". Radiant_>|< 16:46, 26 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
      - Then what decide how the majority should be named? — Insta ntnood 15:49, 27 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
        Happenstance, mostly. Discussion on CFD, otherwise. R adiant _>|< 10:18, 28 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
Support for consistency. Arniep 23:20, 27 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
Support --Jondel 08:45, 30 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
Comment See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (categories)#Miscellaneous "of country" for official policy. Military equipment (of which aircraft carriers are a descendent) are to be in the "... of country" format. In fact, official policy even states this matter should be a speedy. Joshbaumgartner 16:32, 30 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
Rename as proposed. --Vizcarra 15:33, 2 December 2005 (UTC)Reply
Support for consistency. - TexasAndroid 15:58, 2 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

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