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Speedy renaming orspeedy merging of categories may be requested if they meet one of thespeedy criteria listed below. To nominate a category:
{{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}} or{{subst:cfm-speedy|Merge target}}.Speedy requests must state which of the narrowly defined criteria strictly applies. Hence, any other non-speedy criteria, even "common sense" or "obvious", may be suitable points but only at a full discussion atCategories for discussion.
The nomination and its discussion may get moved further down the page purely for organizational convenience. Categories that qualify forspeedy deletion can be tagged with the regular speedy tags with no required delay or listing. Renaming underC2E may be processed instantly (at the discretion of an administrator) as it is a variation onG7.
Requests generally take about 48 hours to process after listing if there are no objections. This delay allows other users to review the request to ensure that it meets the criteria and raise any objections.
To oppose a speedy request, insert this immediately under the nomination:
*'''Oppose''': Explain your objection.~~~~
If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins whoprocess speedy nominations. If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a regular CfD discussion. Unless you withdraw your opposition, the nomination may be turned into a regularCfD discussion.
Contested speedy requests become stale and can be untagged and delisted after 7 days of inactivity. Optionally, if the discussion may be useful for future reference, it may be copied to the category talk page, with a section heading and{{Moved from|. If the nominator wants to revive the process, this may be requested atCfD in accordance withits instructions.[[WP:CFDS]]|~~~~}}
The category-specific criteria for speedy renaming or merging arestrictly limited to:
Bringing a category into line with established naming conventions for that category tree, or into line with the various "x by y", "x of y", or "x in y" categorization conventions specified atWikipedia:Category names
{{subst:cfm-speedy}} (speedy merger) linking to a suitable parent category, or to another appropriate category (e.g. one that is currently on the article). When listing the nomination atWP:CFDS, you must manually add all the appropriate parent categories as targets if the member page is not already in them. | Administrators andpage movers:Do not use the "Move" tab to move categories listed here!Categoriesare processed following the 48-hour waiting period and are moved by a bot. |
When handling the listings:
If the listing meets these criteria, simply have the category renamed or merged – follow the instructions atWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions, in the section "If the decision is toRename,Merge, orDelete"; to list it for the bots, use theSpeedy moves section.
A nomination tomerge orrename, brought forward as a fullCfD, may be speedily closed if the closing administrator is satisfied that:
The closure will be regarded as having been a result of a speedy nomination. If any objections have been raised, then the CfD nomination will remain in place for the usual 7-day discussion period, to be decided in accordance with expressed consensus.
For out of process deletions, checkCategory:Empty categories awaiting deletion. In some cases, these will need to be nominated for discussion and the editor who emptied the category informed that they should follow theCfD process. After renaming, copy and paste the listing toWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working/Manual.If the category does not match one of the above criteria or you are not sure it qualifies,do not list it here. Instead, use themain CfD process. Requests may be completed if more than 48 hours old; i.e., if the nomination was created before 14:51, 23 November 2025 (UTC). Currently, there are691 open requests (refresh).
To list it here, use the following format on a new line at thebeginning of the list:
*[[:Category:old name]] to[[:Category:new name]] – Reason~~~~
If the current nameshould be redirected rather than deleted, use:
* REDIRECT[[:Category:old name]] to[[:Category:new name]] – Reason~~~~
If human action is required, e.g. updating templates that populate the category, use:
* NO BOTS[[:Category:old name]] to[[:Category:new name]] – Reason~~~~
Remember to tag the category page with:{{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}
If this is opposed, then11th-century monarchs in Al-Andalus should at least be renamed to11th-century monarchs in al-Andalus per C2C with its parent category and C2A-OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』20:12, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Stub templates and categories should be listed atCategories for discussion, as these templates are merely containers for their categories,unless the stub template does not come with a category and is being nominated by itself.Since the changes are copyedits, I listed it in the speedy section. Please let me know if I misinterpreted anything -OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』16:48, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]