Good Ol’factory's precedents for renaming categories. (By topic this list is, of course, far from "comprehensive" and only covers a few specific topics that I have been interested in over the months.)

Hall of fame inductees edit

There has been CFD consensus that if a category is for members a hall of fame, "Foo Hall of Fame inductees" should be used.

Latter Day Saint edit

There has been CFD consensus that "Latter Day Saint" is preferable to "Mormon" and "Latter Day Saint movement" is preferable to "Mormonism".

Nationality adjectives edit

There has been CFD consensus for the following nationality adjectives, to be used in the format "Fooian Foo", where "Fooian" is the nationality adjective.

Afghan edit

American edit

Anguillan edit

Antigua and Barbuda edit

Argentine edit

Armenian edit

Aruban edit

Azerbaijani edit

Barbadian edit

Belizean edit

Bissau-Guinean edit

Bosnia and Herzegovina edit

Botswana edit

British edit

Bruneian edit

Burmese edit

Canadian edit

Caymanian edit

Central African Republic edit

Comorian edit

Democratic Republic of the Congo edit

Republic of the Congo edit

Cook Island edit

Croatian edit

Curaçao edit

Czech edit

Czechoslovak edit

Danish edit

Dominica edit

Dominican Republic edit

Dutch Antillean edit

East Timorese edit

Emirati edit

English edit

Equatoguinean edit

Eritrean edit

Falklands Islands edit

Fijian edit

Filipino / Philippine edit

Finnish edit

French Guianan edit

French Polynesian edit

Gabonese edit

from/of Georgia (country) edit

Ghanaian edit

Gibraltarian edit

Greenlandic edit

Grenadian edit

Guadeloupean edit

Guam edit

Haitian edit

Indian edit

Ivorian edit

Kazakhstani edit

I-Kiribati edit

Kosovan edit

Kyrgyzstani edit

Laotian edit

Lesotho edit

Liechtenstein edit

Luxembourgian edit

Macau edit

Macedonian edit

Malagasy edit

Marshallese edit

Federated States of Micronesia edit

Monegasque edit

Montenegrin edit

Montserratian edit

Nepalese edit

New Caledonia edit

New Zealand edit

Northern Ireland edit

The latest consensus has been to avoid "Northern Irish" or any other "nationality" adjective for people from Northern Ireland. Instead, "people from Northern Ireland" or some similar variation is used.

North Korean edit

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009_January_15#Category:North_Korean_people (oppose "North Korean people" → "People from North Korea")

Pakistani edit

Papua New Guinean edit

Peruvian edit

Polish edit

Saint Kitts and Nevis edit

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines edit

Salvadoran edit

Sammarinese edit

São Tomé and Príncipe edit

Saudi Arabian edit

Scottish edit

Serbia and Montenegro edit

Singaporean edit

Sint Maarten edit

Slovak edit

Slovenian edit

Solomon Islands edit

Somalian edit

South African edit

South Korean edit

South Sudanese edit

Soviet edit

Spanish edit

Surinamese edit

Swedish edit

Swiss edit

Tajikistani edit

Trinidad and Tobago edit

Tunisian people edit

Turkish people edit

Turkmenistan people edit

Turks and Caicos Islands edit

Tuvaluan edit

United States Virgin Islands edit

Uzbekistani edit

Vanuatuan edit

Vatican City edit

Republic of Venice edit

Wallis and Futuna edit

West German edit

Yugoslav edit

Place names edit

There has been CFD consensus for the following place names.

Autonomous Region of Bougainville edit

British India edit

Burma edit

Republic of the Congo edit

Côte d'Ivoire edit

East Germany edit

East Timor edit

Eastern Cape edit

Free State (South African province) edit

The Gambia edit

Georgia (country) and Georgia (U.S. state) edit

The Hague edit

Northern Cyprus edit

Northwest Territories edit

Palestinian territories edit

Queen Maud Land edit

Russian Empire edit

Samoa edit

Sint Maarten edit

Republic of Texas edit

Victoria (Australia) edit

Washington (state) edit

Washington, D.C. edit

Western Cape edit

Yangon edit

Yukon edit