Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Castles in America

Properly named (yet mysteriously empty) Category:Castles in the United States already exists. Postdlf 04:39, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Summary after 2 weeks — 3:1 for Delete => move to Section 5.2 below

• 6 Delete: Kbdank71; Greg Robson; Wincoote; Bryan; Alensha; Grutness
• 2 Keep: oirvine; MadreBurro

• Delete. -Kbdank71 14:05, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - move entries into Category:Castles in the United States Greg Robson 15:31, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• I recommend more radical surgery. Delete both castles categories. All the entries are for pseudo castles, and I don't believe America has any real castles so it isn't a helpful category. Then rename category:houses in the United States as category:Historic houses in the United States and merge these into it. Wincoote 14:58, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep redirect to Category:Castles in the United States They may not be "castles" in the truest sense of the word, but they look like castles and are called castles in their formal names. Also, some people may look for the category as "Castles in America" redirecting will make finding the catergory easier oirvine 02:12am, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • At the very least it should be a subcategory of the houses category, or some of the most famous houses in America are likely to stay missing from that. Wincoote 14:04, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete this one, and keep Castles in the United States. A castle is a castle even if it's never been besieged by men with swords. Bryan 18:51, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • A castle is a military installation. Non-military castles are fakes. Anyone can call their house a castle if they wish because the word isn't legally protected, just as they can call it a palace. But it isn't a castle or a palace. Anyway, I've put it in the houses category. Wincoote 18:34, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • That's one of the meanings for "castle", but another (from American Heritage Dictionary via [1]) is "A large ornate building similar to or resembling a fortified stronghold." It doesn't have to actually be a military installation to fit the definition. Bryan 02:33, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete both, create a category titles Palaces in the United States. Alensha 22:19, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and redirect as oirvine states. MadreBurro 17:54, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, but move entries into Category:Castles in the United States. Just because they're not "true castles" in the sense that they are designed to withstand attack, doesn't mean that they aren't designed to look like they are traditional castles (as Bryan said). Bannerman's is one I can think of which clarly falls into this category. Grutness|^hello? 13:04, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)