Commons:Categories for discussion/2021/12/Category:Gambia

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Category:Gambia

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Should this be at Category:The Gambia? And even if we leave the base category alone, its sub-categories somewhat randomly use either in/of/from "the Gambia" or just in/of/from "Gambia." -- Themightyquill (talk) 21:54, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I support without "the". Easier categorization. Even Category:Philippines is without "the" --Estopedist1 (talk) 11:07, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Even if you support without "the" for the base category, would you still agree that subcategories should use it (e.g. Category:Buildings in the Gambia like Category:Buildings in the Philippines)? - Themightyquill (talk) 09:26, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support moving to "The Gambia" because that seems to be the official name, at least when used in English. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:20, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Support rename to Category:The Gambia. This is different from the United States or the Philippines, in that 'The' is very clearly stated by the country in question to be a distinct part of their name, not just a required article for grammatical use.  Support using 'the' before 'Gambia' in all sub-categories, per Themightyquill. Josh (talk) 06:21, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've done some but there are many left to be moved. Maybe we can get a bot to do this. - Themightyquill (talk) 20:01, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Ruthven: Would you be able to help with this? - Themightyquill (talk) 11:09, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Themightyquill Sure. I see that part of Categories of the Gambia are already with the "the". Ruthven (msg) 11:28, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I've started Commons:Categories for discussion/2022/03/Category:Bahamas but as noted there we probably be keep the lower case "the" in the sub categories. Regarding the in/of/from I'd use in/of/from the Gambia. Crouch, Swale (talk) 11:49, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done: per discussion. Keeping "Gambia" when the category starts with that word, e.g. "Gambia by year", adding "the" everywhere else. Ruthven (msg) 11:45, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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