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Do we really need this cat? We need Category:Aircraft by type. I can see value to Category:Parked aircraft. But this category, and children, is surely just making navigation paths needlessly deep and leading to a duplication into permanent SMALLCAT cats like Category:Parked Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador. This does not add any value to our editors. Maybe for some very widespread types where it can act to diffuse large categories it can, but not as a general requirement on all type cats. If anyone's looking for specific types when parked, use the tools to look directly for that intersection. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:28, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Keep: Deletion of this entire index is too broad a stroke for the issues as described, and more detail is needed before making such a move.

@Andy Dingley  Question, or actually a few:

1. Parked Cessna 208 has 111 files in it, so I am sure you can agree this is not a small category, and there are others with even more. Presumably, this is what you mean by "Maybe for some very widespread types"? Are you okay with retaining such categories?
2. Do you have a specific example of the duplication you are finding?
3. What is this "general requirement" you mention? I'm not aware of any such rule forcing the creation or use of these kinds of categories. Can you supply an example or link to where this is laid out?

 Comment There can be several good reasons to retain categories even if they are small (even with a single file). That is not to say that all small categories should be retained, just that being small is not in and of itself automatically a reason to delete a category. I would like to know more about why these categories are a problem before we take to eliminating this index and/or its contents. Josh (talk) 15:25, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment closing as there is no consensus and there has been no reply or discussion; feel free to reopen if there is something new. Josh (talk) 03:59, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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