- Other relevant articles may include History of Wikipedia, Wikipedia:History of Wikipedian processes and people or Wikipedia:Historic debates.
 WikiProject History
Welcome to the History WikiProject on the English Wikipedia! We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to history. If you would like to join us, please feel free to add your name to the list of project members 
WikiProject History Goals
The goals of this wikiproject is to improve Wikipedia's coverage of history by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles. It is to provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of history. It is to serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to history in Wikipedia. It is to maintain the history portal and its sub-portals It is to answer queries about history on the reference desk, especially the humanities reference desk. | [edit] Structure 
WikiProject History Structure
- WikiProject History has developed several structural features to help manage our work
- Coordinators are responsible for maintaining the administrative aspects of the project
- Departments host work on several specialized tasks, including article quality assessment, detailed article and content review, and offline publication.
- Task forces are more informal groups for collaboration on specific topics within history.
- WikiProject history recently expanded into Wikibooks
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WikiProject History Scope
Most articles within Category:History and its sub-categories are within our scope. There are already several other history projects with more specific scopes so the majority of our work is on articles that do not seem to fall into other projects' scopes. For further clarification: - Articles with a "History" section, however long, are not in our scope
- "History of..." articles are within our scope
The list of history topics lists of basic history topics are some articles that are in this projects scope. The latter list is not intended to be a comprehensive treatment of the subject, but rather an overview. The Lists of topics are intended to be comprehensive and to include links to every article related to the subject on Wikipedia. See List of mathematics topics and List of psychology topics as examples. A number of lists and meta-lists are maintained in Wikipedia: | 
WikiProject History Basics
The list of basic history topics is intended to provide an overview of the coverage of history on Wikipedia. It is rapidly becoming one of the best history browsing tools on Wikipedia. The List of history topics page provides a history link for every subject for which there is a list on that page, still has some redlinks. Some of those redlinks can be edited to point to existing article sections (in the main article for the corresponding subject), while the rest need articles or sections created so that they can be pointed to them.
[edit] Vital articles These articles need to gain featured status as soon as possible: [edit] Opentasks Feel free to add any articles needing improvement you come across here: [edit] Article alerts
- Good article reassessment
- Peer review
- Did you know
- See also: Wikipedia:Timeline standards
| [edit] Organization [edit] Coordination 
Project coordinators
The project coordinators are generally responsible for maintaining all of the procedural and administrative aspects of the project, and serve as the designated points-of-contact for procedural issues. They are not, however, endowed with any special executive powers. | Coordinators | | For purposes of helping coordinate project activities, the users listed below have indicated a willingness to perform such functions. Please feel free to contact them directly if you have questions regarding this project which either haven't been responded to here or regarding any other matters you believe are relevant to this project. | [edit] Responsibilities The primary responsibility of the project coordinators are the maintenance and housekeeping work involved in keeping the project and its internal processes running smoothly; this includes a variety of tasks, such as keeping the announcement and open task lists updated, overseeing the assessment and review processes, managing the proposal and creation of task forces, and so forth. There is fairly little involved that couldn't theoretically be done by any other editor, of course, in only a few places have the coordinators been explicitly written into a process, but since experience suggests that people tend to assume that someone else is doing whatever needs to be done, it has proven beneficial to formally delegate responsibility for this administrative work to a specified group. The coordinators also have several additional roles. They serve as the project's designated points of contact, and are explicitly listed as people to whom questions can be directed in a variety of places around the project. In addition, they have (highly informal) roles in leading the drafting of project guidelines, overseeing the implementation of project decisions on issues like category schemes and template use, and helping to resolve disputes and keep discussions from becoming heated and unproductive.
| [edit] Departments The Assessment department finds historical articles for the first time and rate them on quality and importance scales.
The Collaboration department serves to improve articles that have been assessed by the assessment department by assigning large groups of editors to improve those articles. Help can be requested for an article you are working on or you have found abandoned. A list of open tasks can also be found here
The Review department carries out peer reviews on historical articles and nominates articles for good and featured status. It also carries out A-Class reviews on articles within our scope.
The Outreach department acts as a central location for various member outreach work, including project newsletters, recruitment and welcoming banners, and other related initiatives.
Task forces are used to focus attention on specific areas with a project's scope. WikiProject History has no task forces yet. Some may be introduced to work on specific areas if needed.
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WikiProject History Participants
[edit] Userboxes The Outreach Department acts as a central location for various member outreach work, including project newsletters, recruitment and welcoming banners, and other related initiatives. To join this project simply add your name at members. [edit] Userboxes WikiProject History maintains a number of userboxes:
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[edit] Welcoming If you see a new member, it is a good idea to place our welcome message on their talk page: [edit] Newsletter The newsletter hasn't really been organized yet. A concept issue is available. [edit] Current issue
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[edit] Members - Spool 26 (talk · contribs) -- History of Europe, the Near East, & Asia.
- Pecopteris (talk · contribs) -- Interested in Ancient times and Middle Ages.
- Alarob (talk · contribs) -- The "Atlantic world" of the early modern period, especially the American South and Caribbean. Also, everything else.
- AMK152 (talk · contribs)
- ArchiveMaker (talk · contribs) (The First Crusade and early 1100s)
- Balin42632003 (talk · contribs) -- Mostly Medieval, Colonial America, British History, and Military History.
- Behemothing (talk · contribs)Modern Europe with a focus on France; colonial/imperial history within Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, India, and formerly-French Indochina; decolonization and nationalism.
- Beit Or (talk · contribs)
- Benedict of Constantinople (talk · contribs) Classical History, especially Greece and Rome, to the Middle Ages, to the Napoleonic Era.
- BFDhD (talk · contribs) - Areas of contribution: Ohio, Brooklyn/New York City, post-Reconstruction, U.S. immigration histories.
- BlackJack (talk · contribs) – British history from the English Civil War to the 1960s
- Bms4880 (talk · contribs) — History of southeastern US, but familiar with methodology and world history
- BradMajors (talk · contribs) (mostly colonial New York history)
- BSTemple (talk · contribs) - England, Lincolnshire , Military History WW1 & WW2 - Generally Improving History Articles
- Cgingold (talk · contribs)
- Crisstti (talk · contribs) Slavery and abolition of slavery, Chilean history, XX century history.
- Ctifumdope (talk · contribs)
- Doug (talk · contribs) (Colonial America, history of Agriculture, history of Eastern Europe, history of the Middle East}
- Ealdgyth (talk · contribs) | Talk 02:46, 9 September 2007 (UTC) -Ancient and Medieval history, especially English Medieval history.
- Eley (talk · contribs)
- Esskater11 (talk · contribs) (Military history mostly)
- Faithlessthewonderboy (talk · contribs) - American history to 1840, Polish history, Medieval history, British history, history of European nobility.
- FlyFearles (talk · contribs) (North American history)
- FitzColinGerald (talk · contribs) - Anything related to the French Third Republic and the German Third Reich interests me greatly.
- Franky210 (talk · contribs)
- - Freechild (talk · contribs) Hyper-local histories of urban areas, extremely rural areas, and urban neighborhoods.
- gabeAB (talk · contribs)
- georgequizbowl08 (talk · contribs)
- Ghostexorcist (talk · contribs) -- I am primarily interested in Asian and Persian history, but I love reading about the Crusades and the Civil War.
- Goldkingtut5 (talk · contribs) -- I am interested in the Medieval ages.
- Gr8opinionater (talk · contribs)
- Hstrypcfr (talk · contribs) American History (esp. 20th cent.) , English/British, European History, Medieval history (esp. arms and armour). I also have a passion for ancient history, religious history, and politics.
- Iceberg2229 (talk · contribs) I'm particularly interested in North American history and economics.
- irasocol (talk · contribs) My best skills would lie in Irish history, French history since 1870, Central European History - the Holy Roman Empire and the successors to that state and its bordering nations - as well as the history of the New York City area.
- Jagged 85 (talk · contribs) - Asian and Mediterranean history, military history, and the history of science, mathematics, and technology
- Jim Hardie (talk · contribs) - mainly modern history with an emphasis on popular culture, especially sport; also ancient Greece
- John Carter (talk · contribs) (former warlordjohncarter)
- Justizin (talk · contribs) History of art, probably also technology, science, mathematics
- Kaly99 (talk · contribs)
- Kanogul (talk · contribs) (American history, recent world history, Ancient Rome and Greece)
- KEncyclopediaB (talk · contribs) (Western European History and U.S. History)
- Kevinbrowning (talk · contribs)
- Kyriakos (talk · contribs) (mainly Greek and Byzantine military history but have all round knowledge)
- Law soma (talk · contribs) – Asian especially Japanese, South American and Mediterranean history. However, my English is poor.
- Litany (talk · contribs)
- LordAmeth (talk · contribs) I'm a graduate student in Japanese history, though I hold a strong interest in Southeast Asia and Polynesia as well. (Pre-modern and early modern Japan)
- LuciusValens (talk · contribs)
- Malachirality (talk · contribs)
- Marek69 (talk · contribs)
- Math Champion (talk · contribs)
- Merbabu (talk · contribs) - probably mostly Indonesian "histories" (which is what I've been working on for 18months) and any related. Also, a sprinkling of architectural histories. Other histories from time to time, particularly my own Australian.
- Monsieurdl (talk · contribs) (Any history, interests include antiquity, 1500-1800 in North America, World War I & II)
- Mrjeremister (talk) 06:17, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
- Nasica (talk · contribs)
- Nathraq (talk · contribs) - Roman late Republic/early Principate, Germanic and Gallic Tribes; writings from Livius, Tacitus, and G.J. Caesar
- Neddyseagoon (talk · contribs)
- Nefirious (talk · contribs) - Ancient Roman History, Medieval Warfare, South Asian History and European History
- New Rock Star (talk · contribs)
- Nick Dowling (talk · contribs)
- Parkwells (talk · contribs) US 19th century history, esp. post-Reconstruction, and early 20th c.
- Passawuth (talk · contribs) (South East Asian & European history)
- PaxEquilibrium (talk · contribs)
- philbuck222 (talk · contribs)
- Phoenix-wiki (talk · contribs)
- pinkbunhead (talk · contribs)
- Ragesoss (talk · contribs) -- especially late-19th and 20th century American history and the history of science (history of science, technology and medicine; American history)
- Ramirez72 (talk · contribs) - Mainly on Mexican, Amerindian history and others. My main objectives is to improved the article to the next level.
- Ray3055 (talk · contribs) British Victorian History. Inventions, companies, computing/communications technology.
- Rjc5000 (talk · contribs)(Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, Persian Oil 1901-1955, History of Racism in advertising 1910-1950)
- Reddi (talk · contribs) Most Western and Middle East; Weak on Asian
- Redmarkviolinist (talk · contribs)History, possibly of technology.
- Revolving Bugbear (talk · contribs) (formerly Che Nuevara) I specialize in WWI and inter-war Europe
- Rzafar (talk · contribs) - Primary focus is on the British East India Company in the area now part of Pakistan (1800 - 1849). Additional interest in the British in the region until 1947.
- SatuSuro (talk · contribs) -- Australian Maritime History project, Tasmania, and Central Java.
- Sassf (talk · contribs)
- Shudde (talk · contribs) (anything that catches my interest)
- sm8900 (talk · contribs) Hope to help to track and record various historical events.
- S.Skinner (talk · contribs) I'm a History Student from the UK. My main areas are European and Russian History from 1000 to present and Scottish History from 700-present.
- SteveMcCluskey (talk · contribs) -- History of science; Medieval history
- The Transhumanist (talk · contribs) -- Overviews and surveys of history, List of basic history topics, timelines, and history's representation on other reference pages.
- TomStar81 (talk · contribs) (Principly interested in military history. Will help where I can (school work permitting))
- UnDeadGoat (talk · contribs)
- LikeHolyWater (talk · contribs) -Anything about World War's I and II, The October Revolution, or Greek and Roman Mythology.
- Hexagon1 (talk · contribs) 09:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
- Νεοπτόλεμος ( talk | email | contribs ) - Greece, Russia, Mexico, World Wars, just about anything
- Nathraq (talk · contribs) Roman History(late republic-early principate), Ancient Europe, American Civil War, Ancient Balkans
- 8th_best_thing (talk · contribs)
- EA210269 (talk · contribs) General interest in history, but specifically in Bavarian and German history
- The Quill (talk · contribs) General interest in history, but specifically in European History, specializing in English History up to the Act of Union 1800.
- Erik the Red 2 (talk · contribs) Ancient Greece and Rome, Dark Ages
- Noah03 (talk · contribs)
- ActionMan12 (talk · contribs)
- Titirius (talk · contribs) History of the Roman Republic and early empire, the hellenes and the 'barbarians' of that time. History of Belgium.
- Bsimmons666 (talk) 14:24, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
- Leonard(Bloom) 22:39, 21 August 2008 (UTC) Labor history and civil rights movements, mostly, but political history is also a specialty.
- Buaidh (talk · contribs) History of North America
- Cdmajava (talk · contribs) - Interested in Ancient History from Greece and Sparta to the Medieval Ages to the Renessance to the Colonization of the Americas and WW I and II. I like History...
- Peter Isotalo (talk · contribs) Mostly cultural history with a special interest in culinary history.
- The Scythian
- Goodmorningworld (talk · contribs)
- Major Bloodnok (talk · contribs)General Interest, especially European C19th onwards.
- Empireheart (talk · contribs) Like to get involve in sourcing and fact checking
- Omnipedian (talk · contribs) Classical History articles fact-checking, Origins and History of Ancient Civilizations in general
- Master&Expert (talk · contribs) - 100th member w00t! Primarily Europe, Africa, Russia, and The Middle East, depending on what I feel like editing.
- zeng8r (talk · contribs) I'm mainly interested in local history, but I plan to polish those articles until they're at least certified good
- Presidentman (talk · contribs) General Interest, especially good at US history, particularly about presidents and states, etc.
- Mike J B (talk · contribs) a wide variety, but mostly United States history now; Greeks, Romans and Byzantines interest me a lot too
- OlEnglish (talk) 01:52, 13 December 2008 (UTC) I love history, especially ancient, bronze age, iron age topics interest me the most.
- Casemander (talk · contribs), specifically interested in the history of Northampton, Massachusetts, from it's humble beginnings in 1654 to the present day, along with an interest in general colonial American history.
- what9999999333 (talk · contribs)
- Indianu11 (talk · contribs), General Interest with emphsis on WW2
- Nico the Hun (talk · contribs), Great interest on White Hun History.
- JanderVK (talk · contribs) Mainly European history, some Japanese and American.
- Wikiwatcher1 (talk) 08:33, 18 January 2009 (UTC) General
- Anatheron (talk) 02:34, 19 January 2009 (UTC) Generally civilizations between 1500b.C and 476a.C. Also contemporary numismatics.
- AUburnTiger (talk) 23:15, 21 January 2009 (UTC)Primarily interested in British history, but have some experience in multiple disciplines.
- Xerxes2004 (talk · contribs)Early North American History, American Indian History, Canadian/Fur Trade History
- Par4d0x (talk · contribs)Mainly European history (Wars and Scandinavia)
- Leodmacleod (talk · contribs)Colonial America, especially Texas and Louisiana, General U.S., especially Post-War Era and it's cultural movements, General European History, but especially Great Britian.
- Flaviusvulso (talk · contribs)Ancient Rome
- Filper01 (talk · contribs) History of Europe
- TomasBat (talk · contribs) -- Middle Ages, History as a whole/in general
- Tad Lincoln (talk) 05:25, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
- MarquisCostello (talk) 01:02, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
- user:nameless.org-- nameless.org Greek mythology, military history, Pre-Colombian history, history of the world, science history, civil war history and Europe history
- Yeshua David (talk · contribs) British , European, Jewish and general history.
- Sickfish (talk · contribs) mainly ancient Rome and Greece (mythology, art, architecture, writers etc.) also Europe in WWII
- Funandtrvl (talk · contribs) --17:42, 18 April 2009 (UTC) General
- Auntieruth55 (talk) 22:56, 21 April 2009 (UTC)European history, German history. Immigration history. Pennsylvania
- Seth Moko (talk) 02:10, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
- DAFMM All types of history especially ancient (Romans, Neolithic etc.) and Napoleonic Wars (in particular the Navy and Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald.
- Wabash Canoe (talk) History articles related to the United States Constitution
- User:Rhymson (talk) History of the Americas,United States History,History of Latin America,Intellectual History,History of religion in the United States
- HeatherSmithfield (talk · contribs) - Historical Clothing
- 0 (talk · contribs) May 2009 (UTC) - Ancient Civilisations (Ancient China, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome), Middle Ages, U.S. History, Australian History and the Renaissance.
- The Wandering Traveler (talk · contribs) - Pre-hispanic History of the Philippines, Chronological lists of Filipino monarchs, biographies and histories of Spanish and American (including military governors) governor-generals of the Philippines.
- Mr_pand (talk · contribs) - European history and Native Americans
- Gloryify (talk · contribs) - medieval western European history and ancient Mediterranean
- Gsmgm (talk · contribs) - General, will peek in on reference desk sometimes
- Bmatthewshea (talk · contribs) — Always love anything about history.
- Joe9320 of the Wikipedia Party | Contact the Embassy 04:01, 3 July 2009 (UTC) - Ancient History- be it Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Roman or Egyptian. Also, history of individual countries.
- Helvetica45 (talk · contribs) - Huge fan of General History, with special interest in Military History, History of Religion, Medieval and History of the world.
- WVRMad Interested in anything remotely linked to the word History!
- Jack1755 (talk) 17:47, 19 August 2009 (UTC) - Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom
- Jminthorne (talk · contribs)
- Sverez (talk) 21:41, 3 September 2009 (UTC) - French Revolution/Napoleonic era, as well as Ancient Rome
- Spencergreenwood (talk) 12:14, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
- Secthayrabe (talk) -All types of history especially ancient Persian,Roman,Greek and Indian.Will help with any artical if needed (I have started a book on History of Iran)
- Sgt.tibbs1977 (talk) 13:45, 31 August 2009 (UTC) - Interest in Social History - crime, credit/debt, and development as well as discourse analysis.
- Chdouglas (talk · contribs) Chdouglas (talk) 14:50, 6 September 2009 (UTC) - Social Credit
- PostTaylor (talk · contribs) PostTaylor (talk) 16:16, 24 September 2009 (UTC) - Historiography and the philosophy of history.
- Er-vet-en (talk) 16:02, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
- Decendant (talk · contribs) 19:51, 8 October 2009 -Love all history, mainly interested in Ancient/Classical periods, Medieval Europe, and Pre-Columbian America.
- Mjquinn_id (talk · contribs) Mjquinn_id (talk) 19:05, 25 October 2009 (UTC) - Templates and Categories.
- EarthCom1000 (talk) 11:16, 15 November 2009 (UTC) - Anything really but british history and roman history are my strong points.
- User:Intro96 Intrested in all history and quite knowledgable about it.
[edit] Members inactive for more than 6 months Please add your name to the active list if you return. - Aldous Hooplah (talk · contribs)
- CrnaGora (talk · contribs)
- Great Legacy (talk · contribs)
- Londium (talk · contribs) - Mainly British, European and Middle Eastern history (Ancient, Medieval and Modern).
- Patricknoddy (talk · contribs)
- PerfectStorm (talk · contribs)
- Phnx2ashes (talk · contribs) --Classical, Medieval, Colonial-American History, and Mythology.
- Oggy (talk · contribs) -- British and a bit of German history
- Sideshow Bob (talk · contribs)
- Sir james paul (talk · contribs) I LOVE history.
- Warlordjohncarter (talk · contribs)
- Wootking (talk · contribs)
- Xylyx (talk · contribs)
- Zaparojdik (talk · contribs) I'm interested in Turkish and formely Ottoman countries histories. Also period of rising Islam.
- BillyJack193 (talk) 18:31, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Templates 
WikiProject History Templates See also category: History and events templates [edit] Project banner The banner {{WikiProject History}} should be added to the talk pages of all relevant articles.  | This article is within the scope of WikiProject History, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the subject of History on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. | |  ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale. | | ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. | | | [edit] Infobox Historical Event The Infobox {{Infobox Historical Event}} should be added to the pages of notable events.
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The following articles have been selected for inclusion in one or more release versions of Wikipedia. Please help ensure that these articles remain of the highest possible quality. The following articles have all been featured in the Main page Did You Know section: [edit] Categories 
WikiProject History Categories
Every article on a historical topic should be assigned to as specific a sub-category under the Category:History as possible, as well as to any non-history categories to which it belongs. Since Wikipedia has tens of thousands of articles on historical subjects, they shouldn't all be placed directly in Category:History; there is an elaborate hierarchy of historical categories, described here, and only the lowest-level category need be assigned. [edit] Category tree
Category:History contains only the most general articles, such as History and History of the world. Other historical articles appear in one or more sub-categories [edit] Category names The category for the history of the modern nation X should be called "History of X" or "History of the X" and included. The history of subject Y should be categorized under "History of Y". But the alternate name "Xish history" is acceptable. When a country no longer exists, there's no need to have a separate "History of" category for it. For example, since we have Category:Ancient Rome, there's no need for a category "History of Ancient Rome". When "History of X" becomes large (more than fifty articles, say), create sub-categories and move articles to them. Standard sub-categories include: - "Political history of X"
- "Economic history of X"
- "Religious history of X"
- "Legal history of X"
- "Cultural history of X"
- "Military history of X"
- "Presidents/Prime ministers/Monarchs/Heads of State/Rulers of X" (delete as appropriate)
Don't create sub-categories until you have enough articles to populate them. As a rough guide, it's not worth creating a sub-category unless you have five articles to put in it. "Y history of X" should be a sub-category of both "History of X" and of "History of Y". For example, Category:Military history of the United Kingdom is a sub-category of both Category:Military history and of Category:History of the United Kingdom. [edit] Organization of national histories Few nations have neat histories: most have changed name, constitution and boundaries over their history. This section gives advice on creating sub-categories to reflect these changes. Using the United Kingdom as an example: - Have separate history categories for each major geographical part and historical predecessor of that nation: Category:History of Wales, Category:History of England, Category:History of Scotland, Category:History of Great Britain, Category:History of Northern Ireland, etc.
- Use the common names where possible even if this creates ambiguity. For example, England is both a historical nation and a geographical region: logically speaking we might prefer a category named like "History of England (1066-1707)", but unfortunately no-one is likely to use such a category name unless they are familiar with the categorization scheme. So Category:History of England must do for both.
- A geographical subdivision includes the categories for its parts; a historical subdivision includes the categories for its predecessors. This might create loops in the categories, for example Category:History of Ireland is in Category:History of the Republic of Ireland by the historical rule, and the latter is in the former by the geographical rule. This does no harm.
- The category "History of X" always belongs to the category for "X", if it exists. So Category:History of England belongs to Category:England.
- Put events in the most specific categor(ies) to which they apply. So the Wars of Scottish Independence go in both Category:History of England and Category:History of Scotland, but Category:Seven Years' War goes in Category:History of Great Britain.
Here's an incomplete diagram showing these historical categories and how they relate in the category system: History | .---------+------------------. | | History by nation History by period | | .----------+-----------+ .--. | | | | | | United Kingdom Republic of Ireland | Ancient history | | | | | | | .----------+-------+ | | `------------+----+ | | | | | | | | | .----+-----. | Great Britain | | `-------. Ireland <-------' | | | | | `------. | | | | +----------+-------+---. | `----+--' | Ancient Rome | | | | | | | | England Scotland | Northern Ireland | | | | | | | `-+--------' `-----------+----------------+--. | | | | | Wales Ancient Britain Roman Britain (This diagram is far from complete: there is a Category:British Empire, not shown. Category:History of the United Kingdom is in Category:United Kingdom and so on. And there are many sub-categories. But it illustrates the principles.) [edit] Don't over-categorize Having added an article to, say, Category:Military history of the United Kingdom, there's no need to also add that article to Category:Military history, Category:History of the United Kingdom, Category:United Kingdom or Category:History. The category hierarchy expresses the fact that every article about the military history of the UK is an article about military history and an article about the UK. [edit] Parentage |
