User:Sbb1413/Places

This page shows my proposed category scheme for all types of Category:Places, including Category:Populated places and Category:Subdivisions. Individual place categories should also adhere this scheme.

Parent categories

• Category:Geography
  • Category:Places

Countryside

Category:Countryside

• Category:Fields
• Category:Forests
• Category:Villages
  • Category:Hamlets

Populated places

Category:Populated places

• Category:Former populated places
  • Category:Formerly populated places
• Category:Settlements
  • Category:Urban settlements
    • Category:Cities
      • By population
        • Category:Megacities
        • Category:Million cities
    • Category:Towns
  • Category:Villages
    • Category:Hamlets
• Category:Temporary populated places
• Category:Urban areas
  • Category:Megalopolises
  • Category:Metropolitan areas
  • Category:Urban agglomerations
    • Category:Conurbations
    • Category:Megacities
  • Category:Urban settlements
    • Category:Cities
      • By population
        • Category:Megacities
        • Category:Million cities
    • Category:Towns

Subdivisions

Category:Subdivisions

• Category:City subdivisions
• Category:Country subdivisions
• Category:Regions
  • Category:Continents
  • Category:Cultural regions
  • Category:Geographic regions
  • Category:Historical regions
• Category:Territories
  • Category:Capital territories
  • Category:Countries
    • Category:City-states
    • Category:Constituent countries
    • Category:Dependent territories
    • Category:Sovereign states
  • Category:Federal territories
  • Category:Non-self-governing territories
  • Category:States
    • Category:City-states
    • Category:Constituent states
    • Category:Quasi-states
    • Category:Sovereign states
    • Category:States with limited recognition

Alternative proposal

In this proposal, Category:States is converted into a dab page between Category:Countries and Category:Constituent states. This can make categorization of country-level territories easier.

Category:Subdivisions

• Category:City subdivisions
• Category:Country subdivisions
• Category:Regions
  • Category:Continents
  • Category:Cultural regions
  • Category:Geographic regions
  • Category:Historical regions
• Category:Territories
  • Category:Capital territories
  • Category:Countries
    • Category:City-states
    • Category:Constituent countries
    • Category:Dependent territories
    • Category:Quasi-states
    • Category:Sovereign states
    • Category:States with limited recognition
  • Category:Federal territories
  • Category:Non-self-governing territories

"Topic by country" types and subtypes

The following types and subtypes are to be implemented in all wrappers of {{Topic by country}}, as well as its companions {{Country category}} and {{Topic by country-gb}}. Originally built for countries in mind, these templates are applicable for most types of places.

• City (populated place)
  • City
  • Metro (metropolitan area)
  • Municipality
  • Town
  • Village
• Constituent (country or city subdivision)
  • City
  • Country
• Continent
• Country (country or state)
  • City (city-state)
  • Dependent (dependent territory)
  • Empire
  • Limited (limited recognition)
  • Monarchy
  • Republic
  • Sovereign (sovereign country)
• Region
  • Geographic
  • Cultural

The templates should use "place" instead of "country" in their names to avoid confusion.