Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Category:Categories under Eccentrics

The following discussion comes from Wikipedia:Categories for deletion. This is an archive of the discussion only; please do not edit this page. -Kbdank71 20:09, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Categories under Eccentrics

While we are deleting Category:Eccentrics should we also delete Category:Compulsive Hoarders and Category:Misers? --ssd 05:34, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Delete Category:Misers, Category:Eccentrics, and Category:Compulsive Hoarders. All are POV and confusing. Rhobite 06:37, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Category:Misers, Category:Eccentrics, Category:Compulsive Hoarders, and Category:Loonies. -Kbdank71 14:45, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete all three. Category:Loonies should be renamed to Category:Official Monster Raving Loony Party members. -Sean Curtin 00:08, Mar 13, 2005 (UTC)

Category:Compulsive Hoarders

• Delete. Reason for deletion: category is too specific for significant content and content is organized in the compulsive hoarding article. Suggested resolution: The two articles could be re-categorized to Category:People_noted_for_being_in_rare_medical_or_psychological_categories or a new category child Category:People_with_anxiety_disorders or Category:People_with_psychiatric_disorders could be created to house these two (and more) articles. Courtland 06:25, 2005 Mar 11 (UTC)

Category:Misers

• Delete. Reason for deletion: "miser" is a "Stigmatizing name", which is specifically noted as something to avoid in the naming of categories for people (see Wikipedia:Categorization_of_people#Categories_for_persons.2C_other_than_.22Business_Card.22_categories). An alternative might be Category:Frugal people, but it really isn't an encyclopedic category even then. Courtland 07:12, 2005 Mar 11 (UTC)

Category:Loonies

Given the three above nominations, need more be said about this one? On second consideration, rather than delteing, should this be Category:British Loonies pollitical party or something? --ssd 05:41, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, derogatory and un-encyclopaedic name. If it is to be a category related to the Monster Raving Loony Party, then it should called as such rather than leaving it open to interpretation (and libel). Megan1967 02:09, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete -- Infrogmation 06:35, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)