Good Ol’factory's precedents for renaming categories. (By topic this list is, of course, far from "comprehensive" and only covers a few specific topics that I have been interested in over the months.)

Hall of fame inductees

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There has been CFD consensus that if a category is for members a hall of fame, "Foo Hall of Fame inductees" should be used.

Latter Day Saint

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There has been CFD consensus that "Latter Day Saint" is preferable to "Mormon" and "Latter Day Saint movement" is preferable to "Mormonism".

Nationality adjectives

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There has been CFD consensus for the following nationality adjectives, to be used in the format "Fooian Foo", where "Fooian" is the nationality adjective.

Afghan

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American

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Anguillan

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Argentine

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Armenian

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Aruban

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Azerbaijani

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Barbadian

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Belizean

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Bissau-Guinean

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Botswana

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British

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Bruneian

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Burmese

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Canadian

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Caymanian

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Central African Republic

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Comorian

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Republic of the Congo

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Cook Island

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Croatian

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Curaçao

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Czech

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Czechoslovak

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Danish

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Dominica

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Dominican Republic

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Dutch Antillean

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East Timorese

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Emirati

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English

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Equatoguinean

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Eritrean

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Falklands Islands

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Fijian

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Filipino / Philippine

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Finnish

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French Guianan

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French Polynesian

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Gabonese

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from/of Georgia (country)

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Ghanaian

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Gibraltarian

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Greenlandic

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Grenadian

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Guadeloupean

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Guam

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Haitian

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Indian

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Ivorian

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Kazakhstani

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I-Kiribati

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Kosovan

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Kyrgyzstani

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Laotian

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Lesotho

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Liechtenstein

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Luxembourgian

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Macau

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Macedonian

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Malagasy

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Marshallese

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Federated States of Micronesia

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Monegasque

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Montenegrin

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Montserratian

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Nepalese

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New Caledonia

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New Zealand

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Northern Ireland

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The latest consensus has been to avoid "Northern Irish" or any other "nationality" adjective for people from Northern Ireland. Instead, "people from Northern Ireland" or some similar variation is used.

North Korean

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Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009_January_15#Category:North_Korean_people (oppose "North Korean people" → "People from North Korea")

Pakistani

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Papua New Guinean

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Peruvian

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Polish

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Salvadoran

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Sammarinese

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São Tomé and Príncipe

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Saudi Arabian

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Scottish

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Serbia and Montenegro

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Singaporean

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Sint Maarten

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Slovak

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Slovenian

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Solomon Islands

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Somalian

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South African

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South Korean

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South Sudanese

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Soviet

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Spanish

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Surinamese

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Swedish

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Swiss

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Tajikistani

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Tunisian people

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Turkish people

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Turkmenistan people

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Turks and Caicos Islands

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Tuvaluan

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United States Virgin Islands

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Uzbekistani

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Vanuatuan

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Vatican City

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Republic of Venice

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Wallis and Futuna

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West German

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Yugoslav

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Place names

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There has been CFD consensus for the following place names.

Autonomous Region of Bougainville

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British India

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Burma

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Republic of the Congo

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Côte d'Ivoire

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East Germany

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East Timor

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Eastern Cape

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Free State (South African province)

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The Gambia

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Georgia (country) and Georgia (U.S. state)

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The Hague

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Northern Cyprus

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Northwest Territories

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Palestinian territories

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Queen Maud Land

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Russian Empire

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Samoa

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Sint Maarten

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Republic of Texas

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Victoria (Australia)

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Washington (state)

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Washington, D.C.

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Western Cape

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Yangon

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Yukon

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