User talk:HReuter/Categories related to coins of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Categories in Commons related to coins of Brunswick-Lüneburg

In Commons, there exist a number of categories related to the coins of the former German Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg; formerly we had the following hierachy (with annotations in italics):

• Category:Coins_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire (982-1806; OK)
  • Category:Coins_of_Hanover_(Holy_Roman_Empire) (meanwhile all media allocated elsewhere, deletion of category requested)
  • ... (others)
• Category:Coins_of_the_German_States (1806-1872; OK)
  • Category:Coins_of_Brunswick (meanwhile split in two subcategories, virtually all media allocated to either of them)
  • Category:Coins_of_Hanover (meanwhile all media allocated elsewhere, deletion of category requested)
  • Category:Coins_of_Hanover_(Holy_Roman_Empire) (meanwhile all media allocated elsewhere, deletion of category requested)
  • ... (others)
• Category:Coins_of_the_Principality_of_Lüneburg (1269-1705, formerly orphaned; meanwhile repositioned, cf. below)

This way they did not well match the complex subdivision of said Duchy and, hence, its coins. So as to better reflect the structure of this area, the following revision of said categories is proposed:

• Category:Coins_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire (982-1806, unchanged)
  • Category:Coins_of_the_Duchy_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg (982-1806, newly created)
    • Category:Coins_of_the_Principality_of_Calenberg (1494-1692; newly created)
    • Category:Coins_of_the_Principality_of_Lüneburg (1269-1705; repositioned here)
    • Category:Coins_of_the_Electorate_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg (1692-1806; newly created)
    • Category:Coins_of_the_Principality_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1291-1806; newly created)
    • ... (going forward, possibly others to reflect minor subareas, as need be)
  • ... (others)
• Category:Coins_of_the_German_States (1806-1872, unchanged)
  • Category:Coins_of_the_Kingdom_of_Hanover (1814-1866; newly created)
  • Category:Coins_of_the_Duchy_of_Brunswick (1814-1918; newly created)
  • ... (others)

The following category is retained for convenience, but only with the two new subcategories already proposed above, and without any directly allocated media:

• Category:Coins_of_Brunswick (meanwhile split in two subcategories, all media allocated to either of them)
  • Category:Coins_of_the_Principality_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1291-1806; newly created)
  • Category:Coins_of_the_Duchy_of_Brunswick (1814-1918; newly created)

The new category names have been chosen in accordance with the respective major areas/periods mentioned in the fundamental article Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, insofar as relevant media already exist in Commons; the nomenclature is open to amendment whenever a medium not yet covered should appear.

While I am basically aware of the problems associated with any such restructuring of catagories, in the case at hand the transition is quite feasible, as there are only about 20 relevant media at this point.

Any comments welcome -- Thanks, HReuter (talk) 01:20, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Seems ok with me.--Kresspahl (talk) 14:44, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

And for me. --DR (talk) 12:40, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks everybody -- I have meanwhile made the changes basically as first proposed, and updated the language of the above text accordingly. HReuter (talk) 21:24, 30 October 2015 (UTC)