Commons:Categories for discussion/2024/05/Category:Vashti McCollum
Does this category have potential to be populated? Cc. @Minerva97 and Billinghurst: , who seem to disagree. —Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 02:58, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Minerva97: I don't know. When I created it, many years ago, it contained this photo which @Joofjoof: nominated for deletion in spite of being substantially a PD photo. In this case there's no need to discuss, report the empty category to an admin for the deletion. -- Blackcat
17:09, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
Delete As I said, this person passed away 18 years ago. If the category wasn't populated yet, it won't be populated too soon. So , in my opinion, it should be deleted. If, at any point, an image appears under a free license that is uploaded to the project, simply recreate the category. Minerva97 (talk) 17:22, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
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Comment @Mdaniels5757: please don't misquote me. The speedy deletion criteria is "[if] a category is empty and is obviously unusable, unlikely to be ever meaningfully used", and as such a WD attached category is less likely to meet the criteria for speedy deletion. This deletion process is what I pointed the user to use if they felt that a deletion was necessary. I have no specific knowledge nor attachment to the category. I will note that I also don't typically see much point in hastening these linked categories to death as it doesn't particularly serve a functional purpose and any re-creation also requires a relinking at WD, and recategorisation, so it is more than "simply recreate" [all of which is not a long conversation for here.] — billinghurst sDrewth 12:08, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Deleted, empty category, no sign of being populated soon. If at some future time we have media relevant to the topic, no objection to restoration. Not useful at present. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 01:07, 17 July 2024 (UTC)