Category talk:National histories

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[edit] Unnecessary category?

What is the difference between this category and Category:History by country ?

That category includes the national history categories, not the national history articles. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 21:57, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

But why is it necessary to have both? - TheMightyQuill 03:24, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I think that this is a necessary category for histories of "country-less" nations: Jews, Incas, Kurds, Gypsies, "History of the Turkic peoples", etc. nations that are not synonymous with contemporary countries, even if they may have had states of their own in the past. it should be a "master-category" for both "Category:History by ethnic group" and "Category:History by country". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.153.189.88 (talk) 17:15, June 27, 2007 (UTC)

Then I think a name change is appropriate to make this distinction readily visible, e.g. "Histories of non-sovereign nations" or "Histories of diasporic nations" or something to the same effect. __meco 08:33, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree that this category should be deleted. There's already Category:History by ethnic group for national histories that aren't those of states. "History by country" and "History by ethnic group" should be linked by a see also link. --AdamSommerton 22:21, 11 November 2007 (UTC)