Category talk:Republics of Russia

Category:Republics of Russia
Brought this here more as a discussion of how to handle this than an outright deletion request, tho deletion is certainly one option. I came across Category:ta:Republics of Russia and I see no problem with having a category for the subdivisions of Russia. However, the republics aren't the only or even the most common first-order subdivision of Russia. The oblasts are the most common and there also krais, federal cities, autonomous okrugs, and one autonomous oblast. Collectively they are termed federal subjects. So my question is, should we: My personal preference is to create Category:Federal subjects of Russia as a generic category, with no preference as to whether we keep a separate category for Category:Republics of Russia. — Carolina wren discussió 19:25, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) Leave things as they are for now.
 * 2) Create a category for the federal subjects as they have on Wikipedia, Category:Federal subjects of Russia, and keep Category:Republics of Russia.
 * 3) Replace Category:Republics of Russia with  Category:Federal subjects of Russia.


 * I favour option 2. †  ﴾(u):Raifʻhār (t):Doremítzwr﴿ 20:04, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Don't forget category branches for Category:Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Category:Guberniyas of the Russian Empire, Category:Principalities of Rus’, and so on. Do we really need to spend time on this encyclopedic activity? Wikipedia has already categorized these places (1, 2, 3). Let's categorize words and names here, and do some systematic linking between the two projects to leverage Wikipedia's existing rich categories. —Michael Z. 2010-04-17 18:24 z 
 * We have analogous categories like Category:US States. I think we should keep it at least for now. If ever we have some rules on topical categories beyond very basic rules, this might get renominated. But it might not. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:54, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Kept for no consensus. Mglovesfun (talk) 15:46, 11 March 2011 (UTC)