Good Ol'factory's precedents for category deletion. Updated through CFDs of 2012 APRIL 24.

Alleged edit

Categories that use "alleged", "purported", "rumoured", "suspected", "accused", "possible", and other words that indicate bias.

Antagonists edit

Categories that label people or fictional characters as "antagonists".

Arbitrary edit

Categories that categorize by arbitrary inclusion criteria.

Arrested or convicted edit

Categories that categorize subjects by arrest incident or criminal conviction.

Awards edit

Categories that categorize subjects by award reception.

Awards: general edit

Academic and honorary degrees edit

Categories that categorize people by academic degree or honorary degree.

Hall of fame inductees edit

Categories that categorize people by induction into a hall of fame or walk of fame.

Award nominees edit

Categories that categorize award nominees.

Birthdate edit

Categories that categorize people by date of birth.

Birthplace edit

Categories that categorize people by place of birth.

Centric edit

Categories that inappropriately categorize subjects from the perspective of one or more cultural, national, ethnic, religious, occupational, or other groups.

Characters by age edit

Categories that categorize fictional characters by age or age group.

Comprehensive parent categories edit

Categories that include all of the individual articles that are included in various subcategories within the same topic

Controversial or banned edit

Categories that label subjects as "controversial" or categorize subjects that were banned somewhere.

Covers and parodies edit

Categories that categorize songs and artists that have been "covered" or parodied by others (and similar categories).

Crime victims edit

Categories that categorize subjects that have been victims of crimes and other abuses.

Cult edit

Categories that categorize subjects by "cult following".

Current or former edit

Categories that categorize subjects by an explicitly "current" or "former" status.

Death edit

Burials edit

Categories that categorize subjects according to burial place or burial method.

Cause of death edit

Categories that categorize subjects by cause of death.

Dead people edit

Categories that explicitly categorize only dead subjects.

Dead characters edit

Categories that categorize fictional characters who have "died" in fiction.

Deathplace edit

Categories that categorize people by place of death.

Time of death edit

Categories that categorize people by date (or other time) of death or by age at death.

Ethnicity edit

This list does not include precedents for "Jewish" or "African American" as ethnicities or for "multiracial" people. See #Jewish, #African American, and #Multiracial.

Categories that categorize subjects by ethnicity/race (or nationality) or by an intersection of ethnicity/race and another characteristic.

Ethnicity: general edit

African American edit

Categories that categorize subjects as African American.

Multiracial edit

Categories that categorize subjects as "multiracial" or of "mixed descent".

Film series edit

Gender edit

Categories that categorize subjects by gender.

Groups edit

Associations edit

Categories that categorize groups by association membership.

Companies and firms edit

Categories that categorize companies or firms by non-defining characteristic or intersection.

Musical groups edit

Categories that categorize musical groups by non-defining characteristic or intersection.

Schools edit

Categories that categorize schools, universities, and colleges by non-defining characteristics or intersections.

Heroes and anti-heroes edit

Categories that label subjects as "heroes" or "anti-heroes".

Icons and legends edit

Categories that label subjects as "icons" or "legends".

Jewish edit

See also #Ethnicity and #Religion.

Categories that involve categorizing Jewish subjects.

Living people edit

Categories that explicitly categorize only living subjects.

Marriage and family edit

Categories that categorize subjects by marital or familial status or relationship.

Marriage and family: general edit

Descendants and ancestors edit

Categories that categorize subjects as being children of or descended from someone else.

Fictional families edit

Categories that categorize fictional characters by fictional family or familial relationship.

Media about edit

Categories that categorize media by theme or meaning.

Films about edit

Categories that categorize films by theme, meaning, or subject.

Songs about edit

Categories that categorize songs by theme or meaning.

Other media about edit

Media by popularity or sales edit

Categories that categorize media or media artists by popularity or sales.

Media featuring or mentioning edit

Mentioned in a work edit

Categories that categorize subjects that are mentioned in a work.

Name edit

Namesakes edit

Categories that catetgorize subjects that are named after someone or something.

Shared name edit

Categories that categorize unrelated subjects that share a name or a naming feature.

Other categorization by name edit

Neologisms edit

Category names that contain neologisms.

People by activity or event edit

Categories that categorize subjects by activity or event.

People by blood edit

Categories that categorize subjects by blood type.

People by disease, disability, or drug use edit

Categories that categorize subjects by disease, disability, or drug use/addiction.

People by employment edit

People by employment: general edit

Two or more occupations edit

People by food or drink edit

Categories that categorize people by choice of food or drink.

People by group membership edit

Categories that categorize subjects by membership in a group.

People by handedness edit

Categories that categorize subjects by handedness.

People by hobby or fanship edit

Categories that categorize subjects by hobby participation, interest, or fanship involvement.
See Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Non-defining or trivial characteristic and Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Trivial intersection.

People by language edit

Categories that categorize subjects by spoken language.

People by internet use edit

Categories that categorize subjects by their use of the internet or specific internet sites.

People by opinion or political position edit

Categories that categorize subjects by an opinion or political position that the subject holds.

People by person edit

Categories that categorize people by reference to another person.

People by physical appearance edit

Categories that categorize real or fictional people by physical appearance.

People by breasts edit

People by clothing edit

People by eyes edit

People by hair edit

People by skin color edit

People by weight edit

People by other physical feature edit

People by product use edit

Categories that categorize subjects by use of a particular product or class of products.

People by sexual activity or love interest edit

Categories that categorize subjects by sexual activity (or lack of sexual activity) or by sexual partner or love interest.

People by wealth edit

Categories that categorize people by personal or family wealth.

Performers by performance edit

By actor edit

Categories that categorize subjects by actor appearance.

By media outlet edit

Categories that categorize subjects by connection to a particular media outlet.

By role or scene edit

See Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Performers by action or appearance.
See Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Performers by role or composition.

By character edit

Categories that categorize fictional characters by the actor who has portrayed them.

By venue edit

Categories that categorize performers by venue of performance.

By work edit

Categories that categorize performers by performance in a particular work.

By film edit

Categories that categorize performers by performance in a particular film (or series of films) or in a stage production.

By other series edit

Categories that categorize performers by performance in a media series (other than a series of films).

Reality TV participants edit

Categories that categorize people by appearance in a reality television series or game show.

By other work edit

Categories that categorize performers by media work or series (other than by film, stage production, television program, radio program, or by series of these).

Guest appearances and cameos edit

Categories that categorize performers by guest appearance or cameo appearance in a work.

Philias and phobias edit

Categories that categorize subjects by philia or phobia.

Places and venues edit

See Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Venues by event.

Political candidates edit

Categories that categorize subjects who were candidates for a political position.

Political spectrum edit

Categories that categorize subjects by vague or ambiguous placement on a political spectrum

Protagonists edit

Categories that label subjects as "protagonists".

Published lists edit

See Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Published list.

Recent edit

Categories that categorize subjects as being "recent".

Religion edit

This list does not include precedents for "Jewish" as a religion. See #Jewish.

Categories that categorize subjects by religion or lack of religion.

Religion: general edit

Former religion and converts edit

Categories that categorize people by former religion or by religious conversion status.

Performers by religion edit

Categories that categorize performers and entertainers by religion, former religion, or lack of religion.

Remainder categories edit

Categories that categorize subjects into "miscellaneous", "not otherwise specified", "other", or "remainder" category schemes.

Sexual orientation edit

Categories that categorize subjects by sexual orientation.

Songs by album edit

Categories that categorize songs by the album or type of album the song appears on.

Songs by performance edit

Categories that categorize songs by performance venue or use.

Sports by television network edit

Categories that categories sports or sports leagues by broadcast on television networks.

Sportspeople by event or teams edit

Categories that categorize sportspeople by an event, venue, or incident they participated in, a team or league they were a member of, or a country or other location they competed in.

Sportspeople by event or teams: general edit

Sportscasters by event or team edit

Sportspeople by trivial intersection edit

Sportspeople team captains edit

Subjective edit

Categories that categorize subjects by subjective inclusion criteria.

Subjective

Terrorism edit

Triple intersection edit

Villains edit

Categories that label subjects as "villains".

Pending edit