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This deletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive. You can read the deletion policy or ask a question at the Village pump. If the circumstances surrounding this file have changed in a notable manner, you may re-nominate this file or ask for it to be undeleted. Category:Former buildings Should be renamed, maybe to Category:Repurposed buildings or some such. Although there is an explanation at the top of the category page, of course the name keeps drawing in content that belongs in Category:demolished buildings and draws in very little that belongs here. --Jmabel ! talk 18:15, 8 July 2008 (UTC) I dispute the argument that "the name keeps drawing in content that..." - what do you base that on? I do not object to a rename as such, though. Ingolfson (talk) 06:56, 9 July 2008 (UTC) Happy with a "Buildings by former use" rename. Ingolfson (talk) 13:42, 25 July 2008 (UTC) I agree with rename to Category:Repurposed buildings. I'm not a English speaker, but I take former buildings only as something, what isn't a building now – therefore demolished buildings. Former train station isn't a former building, if it isn't demolished. --ŠJů (talk) 13:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC) Support of Daniel's proposal (Bulding by former use). --ŠJů (talk) 20:49, 9 July 2008 (UTC) Rename to "Buildings by former use", with same subcats and no images in top-level category. I used a similar name for a category I recently created on enwiki; I think that makes it clear that the building is extant and avoids confusing neologisms like "repurposed". That category could be used, however, for buildings used for one purpose originally (like a school) but now converted to another. Daniel Case (talk) 16:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC) Good suggestion by Daniel. Support. Samulili (talk) 19:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC) I'm completely amenable to Category:Buildings by former use. - Jmabel ! talk 05:14, 15 July 2008 (UTC) At the English Wikipedia, Category:Former buildings and structures is a parent category for buildings that no longer exist, no matter how they were destroyed. It includes buildings that were deliberately demolished, but can also include those that collapsed, burned, etc. I think we can keep this and set up a separate "Buildings by former use" set of categories. - EurekaLott (talk) 21:49, 9 July 2008 (UTC) I have no problem keeping Category:Former buildings with this different meaning, which is of course precisely what the current note on the cat page says not to put there! - Jmabel ! talk 05:14, 15 July 2008 (UTC) Over a month later, the category still has a comment saying not to use it for exactly what we've agreed it would be appropriate for. - Jmabel ! talk 16:17, 6 September 2008 (UTC) Moved to Buildings by former use; note removed. Content will need to be recategorised manually. --O (谈 • висчвын) 21:50, 14 September 2008 (GMT)