Category talk:Categories by location

Some notes on interwiki compatibility

Some languages of Wikipedia apply a flat structure for countries, others use a hierarchy of continent/country. For example, the category "French music" might have a parent "Music by country" (flat) or "European music" (hierarchical) or both. Categories can be named "French music" or "Music in France". Some languages (including English) use "by nationality" for people and culture (music, literature) and "by country" for other categories.

Some languages use their word for "region" sometimes to mean cross-national regions and sometimes to mean continents or abstract locations. For example, the German de:Kategorie:Archäologie nach Region is subdivided by continent (and should have been named Archäologie nach Kontinent), but interwiki links to category:Archaeology by region.

en = English	by (geographic) location	by continent	by nationality	by country	by region
meaning	abstract top category	physical continent (Eurasia, North America, South America) or part of the world (America, Asia, Europe, Oceania)	nation state (used for people and culture) or ethnic nationality	nation state	cross-national region
Wikimedia Commons	by area (by location)	by continent		by country	by region
de = Deutsch	nach Ort (?)	nach Kontinent	nach Nationalität	nach Staat	nach Region
fr = Français	par lieu géographique	par continent	par nationalité	par pays	par région
pl = Polski		według kontynentów	według kraju (według narodowości)	według państw
ja = 日本語
it = Italiano		per continenti		per nazione per nazionalità	per regioni
nl = Nederlands	naar plaats	naar continent	naar nationaliteit	naar land	naar regio
pt = Português		por continente	por nacionalidade	por país	por região
es = Español	por ubicación	por continente	por nacionalidad	por país	por región
ru = Русский	по географическому расположению	по континентам	(по странам)	по странам	по регионам
sv = Svenska	efter (geografiskt) område	efter världsdel	efter nationalitet	efter land	efter region
zh = 中文
no = Norsk (Bokmål)	etter område		etter nasjonalitet	etter land	etter regioner
fi = Suomi		(alueittain)		maittain	alueittain
ca = Català		per continents	per origen	per país (per estat)
uk = Українська		за континентом		за країною	за регіоном
tr = Türkçe	Yerlerine göre	Kıtalarına göre	Milletlerine göre (Milletlere göre)	Ülkelerine göre	Bölgelere göre
ro = Română		după continent	după naţionalitate	după ţară
vo = Volapük
cs = Čeština		podle kontinentů	podle národností (podle národů)	podle zemí
hu = Magyar			nemzetiség szerint	ország szerint
eo = Esperanto	laŭ geografio		laŭ nacieco
sk = Slovenčina		podľa kontinentu	podľa štátu
da = Dansk	efter område	efter kontinent	efter nationalitet	efter land	efter region
id = Bahasa Indonesia	menurut lokasi geografis	menurut kawasan	menurut kewarganegaraan
ko = 한국어
he = עברית	לפי מקום	של יבשות OR לפי יבשות	לפי לאום	לפי מדינות OR של מדינות	לפי אזור (גאוגרפי)
ar = العربية
lt = Lietuvių		pagal žemynus	pagal šalis	pagal valstybes	pagal regionus
vi = Tiếng Việt	theo vị trí địa lý	theo lục địa	theo quốc gia
sr = Српски / Srpski		по континентима	по националности
sl = Slovenščina	po zemljepisni legi	po celinah	po državah	po narodnosti