Wikipedia:Category names#Miscellaneous "of country"

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{{Guideline in a nutshell|Category names should be specific, neutral, inclusive, and follow certain conventions, such as :Category:Natural history of Venezuela, :Category:Hospitals in Denmark or :Category:Australian journalists.}}

This page contains a list of guidelines concerning naming conventions for categories. If you wish to propose a new naming convention for categories or modify an existing convention, please do so on the talk page.

General conventions

When naming a category, use sentence case, do not use title case. Specifically, do not capitalize regular nouns except when they come at the beginning of the category name.
Do not write the category structure in names. Example: "Monarchs", not "People – Monarchs". This includes creating categories that are subpages of other categories.
Choose category names that can stand alone, independent of the way a category is connected to other categories. Example: "Geography terminology stubs", not "Terminology" (a subcategory of "Geography stubs").

Project categories

Categories used for Wikipedia administration, are disambiguated by prepending with the word "Wikipedia" (no colon) if this is needed to prevent confusion with content categories. For example, :Category:Inactive project pages (where no confusion is likely), but :Category:Wikipedia tools (as distinct from the content category Tools).
All WikiProject categories should have "WikiProject" (or "WikiProjects") as part of the name. Note that this does not apply to the names of categories that projects might create for the use of assessments. In these cases, the advice given in Project Categories, which conforms to :Category:Wikipedia 1.0 assessments is advised, though not mandatory.
For geographical photo requests, the category name should be "Wikipedia requested photographs in xxx" as in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in England; see :Category:Wikipedia requested photographs by location.
For categorization in userspace, see {{section link|Wikipedia:Categorization|User pages}} and {{section link|Wikipedia:User categories|Naming conventions}}.

Naming conventions for article categories

{{see also|Wikipedia:Categorization#Choosing a name for the category}}

Standard article naming conventions apply: Generally, category names are based on what the subject is called in verifiable reliable sources (particularly for technical subjects), so that those sources may be used to support inclusion of information. When this offers multiple possibilities, editors choose among them by considering several principles: the ideal category name uses words and phrases which precisely identify the subject; it is neutral, short, natural, distinguishable and recognizable; and resembles names for similar categories.
Avoid subjective adjectives such as famous, large, or beautiful in category titles.
Avoid abbreviations. Example: ":Category:Military equipment of World War II", not "Category:Military equipment of WW2". However, acronyms that have become the official, or generally used, name (such as NATO) should be used where there are no other conflicts. Exceptions to this should be explained in the category description.
Because no two articles can have the same title, it is sometimes necessary to add distinguishing information, often in the form of a description in parentheses after the name. When a topic requires disambiguation, any category eponymously named for that topic should include the same form of disambiguation, even if no other articles are likely to have an eponymous category.
Naming guidelines for subcategories of :Category:Stub categories are listed at {{section link|Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Naming conventions|Stub categories}}.

==== Topic and set categories ====

{{Anchor|Topic category|Topic categories|TOPICCAT}}{{anchor|Set category|Set categories|SETCAT}}{{Shortcut|WP:TOPICCAT|WP:SETCAT}}

Topic categories are named after a topic (usually corresponding to the name of a Wikipedia article), and should be singular.
:For example, :Category:France contains articles relating to the topic France. Other examples: "Law", "Hillary Clinton".
Set categories are named after a class, and should be plural. A category may be explicitly labeled as such using the {{tl|Set category}} template.
: For example, :Category:Cities in France contains articles whose subjects are cities in France. Other examples: "Writers", "Villages in Poland".
Note that in some instances a topic category and a set category may have similar names{{snd}}the topic category name is singular and the set category name is plural. Be careful to choose the right one when categorizing articles.
:For example, Opera is a topic category (containing all articles relating to the topic), while Operas is a set category (containing articles about specific operas).
Sometimes, for convenience, the two types can be combined, to create a set-and-topic category
:For example, :Category:Voivodeships of Poland contains articles about particular voivodeships as well as articles relating to voivodeships in general.

Categorizing articles about people

{{Main|Wikipedia:Categorizing articles about people|Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people)}}

= Descent =

For categorizing people by ancestry or ethnicity, the format is: "FOOian people of BARian descent", where "FOOian" is the person's nationality (country of citizenship) and "BARian" is the person's ethnic ancestry (such as :Category:Irish people of Ghanaian descent and :Category:American people of German descent).

= Occupation =

Currently, Wikipedia supports categorizing people by occupation, such as: People by educational institution and People by company, as well as other more specific categories.

For categorizing people by occupation, the format is: FOOs, where FOO is the occupation name (such as :Category:Editors); or People in FOO or FOO people, where FOO is the topic of the occupation (such as :Category:People in agriculture‎ or :Category:Music people).

Occupation categories should not be divided into "current" or "former" categories. For example, :Category:Former child actors and :Category:Current Minnesota Twins players should not exist.

= Residence =

For categorizing people by place of residence, the format is: People from Foo (not "Natives of Foo"). Where the commonly used English name for residents of a place is well-known globally (usually the original place of that name), Fooite demonym categories should be {{tl|category redirect}}ed to People from Foo, in order to assist with automated categorization (for example, :Category:New Yorkers).

= Place of burial =

For categorizing people by place of burial, the format is: Burials at Foo Cemetery.

= Time periods =

By convention, a category name designating a time period with a number (in Arabic numerals) represents a calendar year in the Common Era. For categorizing people by years BCE, the format is: " BC", for example :Category:220 BC deaths.

For categorizing people by century, the format is: :Category:xx-century foos or :Category:xx-century BC foos.

Categories by country

All categories whose subcategories are categories by country (roughly all categories that are members of :Category:Categories by country) shall have a per-category naming convention which will apply to all of their subcategories. These naming conventions, their guidelines and their exceptions are listed here. Non-conformance to these naming conventions shall be treated as a criterion for "speedy category renaming" as defined on WP:CFD.

= Events =

Categories regarding events in countries (along with years and time) are named "... in country." This guideline applies to:

Millennia

- Centuries

- Decades

- Years

- Establishments

- Disestablishments

=Manufactured objects=

For categorizing permanently located manufactured objects by country, the format is: "... in country". This guideline applies to:

Airports

- American football venues

- Amusement parks

- Archaeological sites

- Art museums

- Association football venues

- Athletics (track and field) venues (mostly named "athletics" as per non-U.S. usage)

- Baseball venues

- Basketball venues

- Bridges

- Buildings and structures

- Casinos

- Castles

- Cities

- Forts

- Gardens

- Ghost towns

- Golf clubs and courses

- Horse racing venues

- Hotels

- Mosques

- Museums

- Palaces

- Parks

- Prisons

- Railway stations

- Reservoirs

- Roads

- Rugby union stadiums

- Schools

- Shopping malls (or shopping centres, based on local usage)

- Skyscrapers

- Sports venues

- Theatres

- Towns

- Universities and colleges ("Universities" categories are also legitimate in countries where universities and colleges are distinct, i.e. most countries, and are often a subcategory)

- Villages

- World Heritage Sites

- Zoos

=Landforms=

For categorizing landforms by country, the format is: "... of country". This guideline applies to:

Landforms (top category)

- Beaches

- Hills

- Islands

- Lakes

- Rivers

=Companies=

For categorizing "by country" subcategories of all by country categories, the format is: ... of country. This guideline applies to:

Airlines

- Banks

- Book publishing companies

- Companies

- Defunct companies

- Engineering companies

- Financial services companies

- Insurance companies

- Manufacturing companies

- Retail companies

=State-based topics=

For categorizing topics usually in the domain of the state, the format is: "... of country".

Administrative divisions

- Military units and formations

- Municipalities *

- National parks

- Postal systems

- Protected areas

Administrative divisions use the "of" format and settlements use the "in" format. Municipalities are usually found in non-English speaking countries as third tier administrative divisions covering the whole country including rural areas. In most cases, there are separate designations for settlements such as cities and towns. However where the designation "municipality" is used solely for urban settlements (example, Romania) or where it is the only official designation for cities and towns (example, Spain), the category takes the "in" form.

==Political office-holders==

For categorizing subcategories of by country, the format is:

... of country for those concerning holders of a specific office with jurisdiction over a country
... in country for those that group offices of a certain type, operating within a country

This guideline applies to:

Political office-holders

- Heads of government

- Heads of state

- Legislators

- Government ministers (or "cabinet secretaries" if that is local usage)

- minister lists

- Presidents

- Prime ministers

For categorizing specific jurisdictions within a country, province, state, or equivalent, the format is: ... of places in ...
For categorizing the specific jurisdiction, the format is: ... of place

This guideline applies to:

Mayors

=Sport=

For categorizing "by-country" subcategories of all by country, the format is: ... in country. This guideline applies to:

Athletics

- Association football (Australia, Canada and USA: "soccer")

- Cricket

- Golf

- Sport (or sports if that is local usage)

- Tennis

=Miscellaneous "of country"=

For categorizing subcategories of these categories, the format is: "... of country".

- Coins

- Fauna

- History

- Ships

- Weapons

=Miscellaneous "in country"=

For categorizing subcategories of these categories, the format is: "... in country".

- Crime

- Health

- Nature conservation

- Science and technology

- Television

- Tourism

- Transportation (or transport if that is local usage)

=Miscellaneous "involving country"=

For categorizing subcategories of these categories, the format is: "... involving country".

Battles

- Military operations

- Naval battles

- Sieges

- Wars

=Miscellaneous=

Aircraft ("manufactured by Foo") - Charities ("based in Foo") - Environmental organizations ("based in Foo") - Newspapers ("published in Foo") - Organizations ("based in Foo")

=Undecided by country=

The convention for these categories is yet to be decided. See the talk page for details. These will be moved up as consensus develops.

Films - :Category:Films by country
Magazines - :Category:Magazines by country
Law - :Category:Law by country (currently mostly "Fooish law")

=Technical categories=

For categorizing Images by country, the format is: "Images of country".
For categorizing Lists by country, the format is: "Country-related lists"
For categorizing Stubs by region, the format is: "Country stubs".

=How to name the country=

For "of country" and "in country" categories, the name of the country should appear as it does in the name of the article about that country, with a lowercase "the" if needed for grammatical purposes. Non-sovereign, disputed, supranational, and historical countries and geographic equivalents may be included if the articles to be categorized require it. For reference, see List of sovereign states, List of dependent territories, and the following list.

In category naming, country names should not be abbreviated (except to the extent that they are already in their respective article titles – for example, "United Kingdom", but not "UK" or "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland").

(Note: Links to articles are shown only for reference; links obviously cannot appear in the actual title of a category.)

of the Republic of the Congo for Congo-Brazzaville
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for Congo-Kinshasa (formerly Zaire)
of China (common name for the People's Republic of China)
of Taiwan (common name for the Republic of China)
See also: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Chinese)#Political NPOV
of the Republic of Ireland (for the modern-day state)
of Northern Ireland (for the modern-day country)
of Cyprus (Greek and Turkish Cyprus usually have combined categories)
of Samoa (independent country)
of American Samoa (U.S. territory)
of Russia (for the modern-day country)
of the Bahamas
of Bosnia and Herzegovina
of the British Virgin Islands
of the Cayman Islands
of the Central African Republic
of the Comoros
of the Cook Islands
of the Czech Republic
of the Dominican Republic
of Eswatini
of the Falkland Islands
of the Faroe Islands
of the Federated States of Micronesia
of the Gambia
of Georgia (country)
of the Isle of Man
of Ivory Coast
of Kosovo
of the Maldives
of Malta
of the Marshall Islands
of the Netherlands
of North Macedonia
of the Philippines
of the Pitcairn Islands
of Saint Kitts and Nevis
of Seychelles
of the Solomon Islands
of Ukraine
of the United Arab Emirates
of the United Kingdom
of the United States
of the United States Virgin Islands
of Vatican City
of Wallis and Futuna
of Western Sahara
of Azerbaijan
of Timor-Leste
of Yemen (the modern-day country that unified former North and South Yemen in the 1990s)
of North Korea
of South Korea
of Slovenia
of Croatia
of Serbia
of Montenegro

Supranational:

of the European Union
of Ireland (island-wide)
etc., on a case-by-case basis

Historical:

of the Irish Free State (historical material only)
of the Netherlands Antilles (former dependent territory only)
of the Soviet Union (former country only)
of Yugoslavia (former country only)
of Serbia and Montenegro (former country only)
etc., on a case-by-case basis

=Dealing with overlaps=

When historical and political complexities (such as mergers and splits) create articles that belong to two countries, do not create a "Foo of X and Y". Instead, list articles in both "Foo of X" and "Foo of Y"; for example, "Foo of Russia" and "Foo of the Soviet Union", not "Foo of Russia and the Soviet Union". The same applies for geographic features that cross national borders, for example "Foo of the United States" and "Foo of Canada", not "Foo of the United States and Canada".

Categories by nationality

All categories whose subcategories are categories by nationality (roughly all categories that are members of :Category:People by nationality or :Category:Works by nationality) shall have a per-category naming convention which will apply to all of their subcategories. These naming conventions, their guidelines and their exceptions are listed here. Non-conformance to these naming conventions shall be treated as a criterion for "speedy category renaming" as defined on WP:CFD. Changing these conventions shall require a consensual discussion either directly at WP:CFD or publicized there.

=Cultural topics=

National subcategories of these categories are named using the nationality rather than the country name, as they follow the national diasporas. However, the container categories are named "by country", e.g. :Category:Art by country and :Category:Culture by country.Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 October 18#Category:Culture by nationality

Art

- Cuisine

- Culture

- Literature

- Music

- Plays

Note that many other sub-topics of "Society" are named using the country name, and so are some cultural topics e.g. Architecture and Classical music.

= People by nationality =

For categorizing subcategories of People by nationality, the format is: "nationality ...".

Murderers

- Musical groups

- People by nationality and occupation

- People by occupation and nationality

- People

== Nationality and occupation ==

{{see also|Category:People by nationality and occupation|Category:People by occupation and nationality}}

For categorizing people by their nationality and occupation, the format is: "fooian fooers", such as :Category:Ethiopian musicians.

Concurrent citizenship may be reflected by categorizing the article by each nationality. For example, :Category:Canadian actors and :Category:American actors for a dual American–Canadian citizen. Categories that combine two nationalities with an occupation, generally should not be created.

The category description should mention the most commonly used names ("Fooians", or "Fooers"), which can be found in verifiable reliable sources.

The template {{tl|Fooian fooers}} can be used to provide navigation on each category page. For example:

align=center class="toccolours"

Classification: People: By occupation: Entertainers: Musicians: By nationality: Ethiopian

also: Ethiopia: People: By occupation: Entertainers: Musicians

Please note that this template may need to be modified for some categories. To avoid ambiguity, some nationalities are listed as "People of Foo" instead of "Fooian"; for example, "Georgian people" could mean either :Category:People from Georgia (country) or :Category:People from Georgia (U.S. state). For those categories, use {{tl|Fooers from Boo}}. For sub-categories of :Category:People from Northern Ireland by occupation, use {{tl|Fooers from Northern Ireland}}.
Similarly, some nationalities are listed as "Country people" instead of "Fooian people", such as :Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina musicians and :Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo musicians. In those cases the value used for "nationality" is the name of the country.

=How to name a nationality=

A list of adjectival forms of place names is available on Wikipedia. In situations where multiple adjectives are possible for a particular nationality (e.g., Argentine vs. Argentinean), discussions at categories for discussion have frequently opted for one alternative over another to ensure consistency in category naming. Note that the singular-form demonym and adjective for many nationalities are not interchangeable. (i.e., Icelander vs. Icelandic; New Zealander vs. New Zealand). Most category names use the adjectival form, not the noun-form demonym.

Some states do not possess unambiguous (i.e., "Congolese" for Democratic Republic of the Congo) or universally-applicable (i.e., "Bosnian" for Bosnia and Herzegovina) adjectives. In these circumstances, the format is: "Country FOO", where Country is the unamended name of the country.

The list below reflects the most recent consensuses on what form to use for particular nationalities. These adopted forms may be subject to change by consensus and proposals to do so can be made by nominating the affected categories at categories for discussion. References are included to discussions that have discussed particular name formats.

==Current nationalities==

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Abkhazian FOOs (Abkhazia)
Afghan FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Afghan (Afghanistan)
Albanian FOOs (Albania)
Algerian FOOs (Algeria)
American FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#American (United States)
American Samoan FOOs (American Samoa)
Andorran FOOs (Andorra)
Angolan FOOs (Angola)
Anguillan FOOsWikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 May 15#People by nationality sub-category pages (Anguilla)
Antigua and Barbuda FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua and Barbuda)
Argentine FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Argentine (Argentina)
Armenian FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 April 13#Armenian emigrants (Armenia)
Aruban FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Aruban (Aruba)
Australian FOOs (Australia)
Austrian FOOs (Austria)
Azerbaijani FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 May 27#Category:Azerbaijan surnames (Azerbaijan)
Bahamaian FOOs (The Bahamas)
Bahraini FOOs (Bahrain)
Bangladeshi FOOs (Bangladesh)
Barbadian FOOs (Barbados)
Belarusian FOOs (Belarus)
Belgian FOOs (Belgium)
Belizean FOOsWikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 August 23#Category:Music of Belize (Belize)
Beninese FOOs (Benin)
Bermudian (Bermuda)
Bhutanese FOOs (Bhutan)
Bissau-Guinean FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Bissau-Guinean (Guinea-Bissau)
Bolivian FOOs (Bolivia)
Bonaire FOOs (Bonaire)
Bosnia and Herzegovina FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Botswana FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Botswana (Botswana)
Brazilian FOOs (Brazil)
British FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#British (United Kingdom)
British Antarctic Territory FOOs (British Antarctic Territory)
British Indian Ocean Territory FOOs (British Indian Ocean Territory)
British Virgin Islands FOOs (British Virgin Islands)
Bruneian FOOsWikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 September 15#Brunei (Brunei)
Bulgarian FOOs (Bulgaria)
Burkinabé FOOs (Burkina Faso)
Burmese FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 June 17#Category:Burma football clubs (Myanmar)
Burundian FOOs (Burundi)
Cambodian FOOs (Cambodia)
Cameroonian FOOs (Cameroon)
Canadian FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Canadian (Canada)
Cape Verdean FOOs (Cape Verde)
Caymanian FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 April 5#Category:Cayman Islands footballers (Cayman Islands)
Central African Republic FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 July 26#Category:Central African people (Central African Republic)
Chadian FOOs (Chad)
Chilean FOOs (Chile)
Chinese FOOs (China)
Colombian FOOs (Colombia)
Comorian FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Comorian (Comoros)
Democratic Republic of the Congo FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Democratic Republic of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Republic of the Congo FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Republic of the Congo (Republic of the Congo)
Cook Island FOOs (for people);User:Good Olfactory/CFR#Cook Island Cook Islands FOOs (for inanimate things) (Cook Islands)
Costa Rican FOOs (Costa Rica)
Croatian FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 January 15#Category:Croatian people (Croatia)
Cuban FOOs (Cuba)
Curaçao FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 March 26#Category:Aruban people (Curaçao)
Cypriot FOOs (Cyprus)
Czech FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 August 7#Category:Czech writers (Czech Republic)
Danish FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Danish (Denmark)
Djiboutian FOOs (Djibouti)
Dominica FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Dominica (Dominica)
Dominican Republic FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic)
Dutch FOOs (Netherlands)
East Timorese FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#East Timorese (East Timor)
Ecuadorian FOOs (Ecuador)
Egyptian FOOs (Egypt)
Emirati FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 March 21#Category:United Arab Emirati people (United Arab Emirates)
English FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 January 15#Category:English people (England)
Equatoguinean FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Equatoguinean (Equatorial Guinea)
Eritrean FOOs (Eritrea)
Estonian FOOs (Estonia)
Ethiopian FOOs (Ethiopia)
Falkland Islands FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 June 10#Category:Falkland Islander people (Falkland Islands)
Faroese FOOs (Faroe Islands)
Fijian FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Equatoguinean (Fiji)
Filipino FOOs (for people);User:Good Olfactory/CFR#Filipino / Philippine Philippine FOOs (for inanimate things) (Philippines)
Finnish FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Finnish (Finland)
French FOOs (France)
French Guianan FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 September 21#Category:People from French Guiana (French Guiana)
French Polynesian FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 November 15#Category:French Polynesian people (French Polynesia)
Gabonese FOOsWikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 July 11#Category:Law of Gabon to Category:Gabonese law (Gabon)
Gambian FOOs (The Gambia)
FOOs from/of GeorgiaUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#from/of Georgia (country) (Georgia)
German FOOs (Germany)
Ghanaian FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 21#Category:People from Ghana (Ghana)
Gibraltarian FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 December 7#Category:Gibraltarian people (Gibraltar)
Greek FOOs (Greece)
Greenlandic FOOsWikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 May 6#Category:People of Greenland to Category:Greenlandic people (Greenland)
Grenadian FOOs (Grenada)
Guadeloupean FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Guadeloupe (Guadeloupe)
Guam FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 October 24#Category:Guamanian musical instruments (Guam)
Guatemalan FOOs (Guatemala)
Guinean FOOs (Guinea)
Guyanese FOOs (Guyana)
Haitian FOOsWikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 May 7#Haitian people (Haiti)
Honduran FOOs (Honduras)
Hong Kong FOOs (Hong Kong)
Hungarian FOOs (Hungary)
Icelandic FOOs (Iceland)
Indian FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Indian (India)
Indonesian FOOs (Indonesia)
Iranian FOOs (Iran)
Iraqi FOOs (Iraq)
Irish FOOs (Ireland)
Israeli FOOs (Israel)
Italian FOOs (Italy)
Ivorian FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Ivorian (Ivory Coast)
Jamaican FOOs (Jamaica)
Japanese FOOs (Japan)
Jordanian FOOs (Jordan)
Kazakhstani FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Kazakhstani (Kazakhstan)
Kenyan FOOs (Kenya)
I-Kiribati FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 October 31#Kiribati (Kiribati)
Kosovan FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 February 12#Kosovar or Kosovan people (Kosovo)
Kuwaiti FOOs (Kuwait)
Kyrgyzstani FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Kyrgyzstani (Kyrgyzstan)
Laotian FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Laotian (Laos)
Latvian FOOs (Latvia)
Lebanese FOOs (Lebanon)
Lesotho FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Lesotho (Lesotho)
Liberian FOOs (Liberia)
Libyan FOOs (Libya)
Liechtenstein FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Liechtenstein (Liechtenstein)
Lithuanian FOOs (Lithuania)
Luxembourgian FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Luxembourgian (Luxembourg)
Macau FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Macau (Macau)
Macedonian FOOs or North Macedonian FOOs or FOOS from/of North Macedonia (North Macedonia) per the specific naming conventionPer {{oldid2|1112438805|Adjectival form of North Macedonia|Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Macedonia) § Adjectival form of North Macedonia}}: "Article names, categories, and templates should avoid adjectival use altogether. The use of neutral formulations such as "of North Macedonia", "in North Macedonia," etc. is preferred."
Malagasy FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 April 16#Category:Madagascan archaeologists (Madagascar)
Malawian FOOs (Malawi)
Malaysian FOOs (Malaysia)
Maldivian FOOs (Maldives)
Malian FOOs (Mali)
Maltese FOOs (Malta)
Marshallese FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 29#Category:People of the Marshall Islands (Marshall Islands)
Mauritanian FOOs (Mauritania)
Mauritian FOOs (Mauritius)
Mexican FOOs (Mexico)
Federated States of Micronesia FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 January 21#Category:People of the Federated States of Micronesia (Federated States of Micronesia)
Moldovan FOOs (Moldova)
Monegasque FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Monegasque (Monaco)
Mongolian FOOs (Mongolia)
Montenegrin FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 July 2#Category:Montenegro chess players (Montenegro)
Montserratian FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 29#Category:Montserrat people (Montserrat)
Moroccan FOOs (Morocco)
Mozambican FOOs (Mozambique)
Namibian FOOs (Namibia)
Nauruan FOOs (Nauru)
Nepalese FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Luxembourgian (Nepal)
New Caledonian FOOs (New Caledonia)
New Zealand FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#New Zealand (New Zealand)
Nicaraguan FOOs (Nicaragua)
Nigerian FOOs (Nigeria)
Nigerien FOOs (Niger)
Niuean FOOs (Niue)
North Korean FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 January 15#Category:South African people (North Korea)
FOOs from/of Northern IrelandUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland)
Northern Mariana Islands FOOs (Northern Mariana Islands)
Norwegian FOOs (Norway)
Omani FOOs (Oman)
Pakistani FOOsWikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 June 3#Category:Women of Pakistan to Category:Pakistani women (Pakistan)
Palauan FOOs (Palau)
Palestinian FOOs (State of Palestine)
Panamanian FOOs (Panama)
Papua New Guinean FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Papua New Guinean (Papua New Guinea)
Paraguayan FOOs (Paraguay)
Peruvian FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 September 24#Booian Peruvians to Peruvian people of Booian descent (Peru)
Pitcairn Islands FOOs (Pitcairn Islands)
Polish FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Polish (Poland)
Portuguese FOOs (Portugal)
Puerto Rican FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 June 23#Category:People from Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
Qatari FOOs (Qatar)
FOOs from/of RéunionWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 September 6#Category:People from Réunion and Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 January 27#Réunionnais people (Réunion)
Romanian FOOs (Romania)
Russian FOOs (Russia)
Rwandan FOOs (Rwanda)
FOOs from/of Saba (Saba (island))
Sahrawi FOOs (Western Sahara)
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha FOOs (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
Saint Kitts and Nevis FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Saint Kitts and Nevis (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Saint Lucian FOOs (Saint Lucia)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 January 13#Category:Vincentian people (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Salvadoran FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Salvadoran (El Salvador)
Samoan FOOs (Samoa)
Sammarinese FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 December 16#Category:San Marinese Wikipedians (San Marino)
São Tomé and Príncipe FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 January 14#Category:People from São Tomé and Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Saudi Arabian FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Saudi Arabian (Saudi Arabia)
Scottish FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Scottish (Scotland)
Senegalese FOOs (Senegal)
Serbian FOOs (Serbia)
Seychellois FOOs (Seychelles)
Sierra Leonean FOOs (Sierra Leone)
Singaporean FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Singaporean (Singapore)
Sint Eustatius FOOs (Sint Eustatius)
Sint Maarten FOOs (Sint Maarten)
Slovak FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Slovak (Slovakia)
Slovenian FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Slovenian (Slovenia)
Solomon Islands FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Solomon Islands (Solomon Islands)
Somalian FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 October 12#Category:Somali people (Somalia)
Somaliland FOOs (Somaliland)
South African FOOs (South Africa)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands FOOs (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
South Korean FOOs (South Korea)
South Ossetian FOOs (South Ossetia)
South Sudanese FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 July 24#Category:Southern Sudan politicians (South Sudan)
Spanish FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Spanish (Spain)
Sri Lankan FOOs (Sri Lanka)
Sudanese FOOs (Sudan)
Surinamese FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 August 14#Category:People from Suriname (Suriname)
Swazi FOOs (Eswatini)
Swedish FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Swedish (Sweden)
Swiss FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 September 7#Swiss people (Switzerland)
Syrian FOOs (Syria)
Taiwanese FOOs (Taiwan)
Tajikistani FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Tajikistani (Tajikistan)
Tanzanian FOOs (Tanzania)
Thai FOOs (Thailand)
Tokelauan FOOs (Tokelau)
Tongan FOOs (Tonga)
Trinidad and Tobago FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago)
Tunisian FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 February 19#Category:People from Tunisia (Tunisia)
Turkish FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 October 14#Turks to Turkish people (Turkey)
Turkish Cypriot FOOs (Northern Cyprus)
Turkmenistan FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 April 17#Category:Turkmen people (Turkmenistan)
Turks and Caicos Islands FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 June 10#Category:Turks and Caicos Islander people (Turks and Caicos Islands)
Tuvaluan FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 May 19#Category:People from Tuvalu (Tuvalu)
Ugandan FOOs (Uganda)
Ukrainian FOOs (Ukraine)
United States Virgin Islands FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#United States Virgin Islands (United States Virgin Islands)
Uruguayan FOOs (Uruguay)
Uzbekistani FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Uzbekistani (Uzbekistan)
Vanuatuan FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 January 20#Ni-Vanuatu (Vanuatu)
Vatican City FOOs (Vatican City)
Venezuelan FOOs (Venezuela)
Vietnamese FOOs (Vietnam)
Wallis and Futuna FOOs (Wallis and Futuna)
Welsh FOOs (Wales)
Zambian FOOs (Zambia)
Zimbabwean FOOs (Zimbabwe)

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==Former nationalities==

In general, the formats for people of former nationalities is less settled. The list below represents examples which are reasonably well settled.

After September 2022, "of" is now deprecated and "from" will become the standard for former countries that have compound names.Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 September 4#Category:People of the Russian Empire

Therefore, for categorizing people of former nationalities with a compound name, the format is: "FOOs from Country".

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Austro-Hungarian FOOs (Austria-Hungary)
Byzantine FOOs (Byzantine Empire)
Czechoslovak FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Czechoslovak (Czechoslovakia)
Dutch Antillean FOOsWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 July 23#Category:Antillean baseball players (Netherlands Antilles)
Ancient Egyptian FOOs (Ancient Egypt)
East German FOOs (East Germany)
West German FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#West German (West Germany)
FOOs from the Ottoman EmpireWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 September 13#Ottoman people (Ottoman Empire)
Rhodesian FOOs (Rhodesia)
FOOs from the Russian EmpireWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 December 3#Russian Empire people (Russian Empire)
Serbia and Montenegro FOOsUse for the state that existed from 1992 to 2006. From 1992 to 2003, this state was officially known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia), but in categories "Yugoslav" is used only for the larger state that existed from 1918 to 1992.User:Good Olfactory/CFR#Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia and Montenegro)
Soviet FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Soviet (Soviet Union)
Republic of Venice FOOsUser:Good Olfactory/CFR#Republic of Venice (Republic of Venice)
North Yemeni FOOs (Yemen Arab Republic)
South Yemeni FOOs (South Yemen)
Yugoslav FOOsUse for the state that existed from 1918 to 1992. For the state that existed from 1992 to 2006 and was known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) from 1992 to 2003, use "Serbia and Montenegro FOOs".User:Good Olfactory/CFR#Yugoslav (Yugoslavia)

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Works of art categories by artist

All categories whose subcategories are categories by creative artist (roughly all categories that are members of :Category:Works by artist) shall have a per-category naming convention which will apply to all of their subcategories. These naming conventions, their guidelines and their exceptions are listed here. Non-conformance to these naming conventions shall be treated as a criterion for "speedy category renaming" as defined at WP:CFD. Changing these conventions shall require a consensual discussion either directly at WP:CFD or publicized there.

= Music by composer =

For categorizing music by composer, the format is: "Compositions by [composer]".

Compositions by composer

– Operas by composer

– Symphonies by composer

– Songs by composer

= Music by performer =

For categorizing music by performer, the format is: "[Performer] works".

Albums by artist

– Songs by artist

= Visual arts =

For categorizing articles of each type of work of an artist, the format is: "[type of work]s by [artist]" (for example, :Category:Paintings by Salvador Dalí). For categorizing subcategories of different types of work of an artist (for example, for paintings and sculpture), the format for the parent category is: "Works by Foo".

Paintings by artist

– Sculptures by artist

= Architecture =

For categorizing architecture by architect, the format is: "[Architect] buildings", with exceptions for architects involved in more than one type of work.

Buildings and structures by architect

= Literature =

For categorizing literature by writer, the format is: "[Work]s by [writer]".

Works by writer

– Novels by writer

– Books by writer

– Essay collections by writer

– Essays by writer

– Picture books by writer

– Plays by writer

– Poetry by writer

– Short stories by writer

– Short story collections by writer

= Stage and screen =

For categorizing stage and screen works by contributor, the format is: "[Works] by [person]".

– {{c|Films by screenwriter}}

– {{c|Plays by writer}}

– {{c|Television shows by writer}}

= Name of the artist =

The name used should match the name of the biography article about the person, including any disambiguator, e.g. :Category:Books by Peter Carey (novelist). The only exceptions are categories for visual arts, where the name used for the artist may instead match usage within the articles on the works; e.g. :Category:Paintings by Sergei Ivanovich Osipov does not have to follow the article name Sergei Osipov (artist).Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 September 28#Various author and painter categories

Works of art categories by subject

Category names of a subject should match the name for that subject within articles and citations (including spelling and capitalisation), rather than the name of the Wikipedia article on the topic. For example:

:Category:Entombment of Christ in art and :Category:Paintings of the Entombment of Christ, although the generic parent :Category:Burial of Jesus follows the article Burial of JesusWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 September 28#Entombment of Christ

Additionally, disambiguation is not always necessary if the subject is unambiguous. For example:

:Category:Venus in art and :Category:Temples of Venus, although the generic parent :Category:Venus (mythology) follows the article Venus (mythology)Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 September 28#Art of mythology

Notes

Category:Wikipedia categorization