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1) For every category of thingsFoo in the Republic of Ireland, one should create an associated parent categoryFoo in Ireland, and if there are relevant articles, a sister categoryFoo in Northern Ireland.
In graphical terms, for (almost) every major category, it should look more or less like this:
[Foo by Country] [Foo in Europe] _________|_____________|____________________ | | | | | [Foo in Ireland] [Foo in the United Kingdom] | | | | [Foo in the Republic of Ireland] [Foo in Northern Ireland]
Cases where the above does not apply:
An examples, to illustrate the above:
Blank sort keys should be used, so that forFoo in Ireland,Foo in the republic of Ireland andFoo in Northern Ireland show up as the first categories. SeeCategory:Politics of Ireland for an example.
2) If a category contains only things which are in RoI, it should not be called 'Foo of Ireland' (a sub-cat calledFoo of the Republic of Ireland should be created instead.)
Examples:
3) Pages should always be diffused into the most specific category. For example, a currently-functioning hotel should always be placed either inCategory:Hotels in the Republic of Ireland orCategory:Hotels in Northern Ireland, andCategory:Hotels in Ireland should be empty, or almost so.
4) The categories titledCategory:Foo of Ireland are usually reserved for articles that are island-wide in scope, cover organizations/entities/etc that are All-Ireland/32 county/etc, or if the category is historical in nature.
5) The special categoryCategory:All-Ireland organisations can be used for organizations that have an island-wide scope.
6) Northern Ireland should not appear as a sub-category of Republic of Ireland.
7) Items in the Republic of Ireland should not appear as a sub-category of the United Kingdom.
8) In general, theFoo in Ireland categories should only be placed in the category for the more general subject in Ireland,not in theFoo by country andFoo in Europe trees; instead, Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom should be categorized underFoo by country andFoo in Europe, for consistency. However, there may be some exceptions, where the most relevant category is Ireland, such asCategory:Religion in Ireland.
9) Due to the special history and politics of Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland categories should always be dual-parented by both British and Irish parent categories. Thus,Foo in Northern Ireland categories should be placed in bothFoo in the United Kingdom/British foo andFoo in Ireland/Irish foo accordingly.