Wikipedia:WikiProject Organizations/Categorization
New categorization scheme proposed
edit- This categorization scheme, assembles all organizations through the four main super-categories of Geography, Field, Ideology and Type. All sub-categories and articles will likely have parental categories that belong to more than one 'super-category', and more than one category within them. That being said, the main navigational structure should be location. Each category within field, ideology and type super-categories should have sub categories corresponding to respective location at all levels.
Organizations by Field
editAcademic organizations
editEducational organizations
editScientific organizations
editAgricultural science organizations
editBiology organizations
editChemistry organizations
editEngineering organizations
editMathematics organizations
editPhysics organizations
editBusiness organizations
edit- Note that by filing all these subcategories under "business", what would we do with non-profit advocacy, regulatory, and other bodies on the same subject that are not conducting business? I think that these items should be under "subject" and that "business organizations" should be considered a "purpose"; so that "companies" trees should be subcatted under "business orgs" (as their purpose) and also under a relevant subject (as their subject). Thoughts? --Lquilter (talk) 16:34, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Industry organizations
editCommunications organizations
edit= Internet organizations =
edit= Postal organizations =
edit= Telegraph organizations =
edit= Telephone organizations =
edit= Television organizations =
editDefense organizations
edit= Military =
edit= Defense Contractors =
editEnergy organizations
edit= Nuclear organizations =
edit= Wind organizations =
edit= Solar organizations =
edit= Oil & gas organizations =
edit= Coal organizations =
editFood organizations
edit=Agricultural organizations=
edit=Fisheries organizations=
editFinancial organizations
editMarket organizations
editConsumer organizations
editTrade organizations
editCivic organizations
editCultural organizations==
editArts organizations
editPerforming arts organizations
edit=Dance organizations=
edit=Film organizations=
edit=Music organizations=
edit=Theatrical organizations=
editGraphic arts organizations
edit=Painting organizations=
edit=Photography organizations=
edit=Sculpture organizations=
editLiterary arts organizations
editEthnic organizations
editLatino organizations
editReligious organizations
editSexual organizations
editYouth organizations
editMen's organizations
editWomen's organizations
editEnvironmental organizations
editWater organizations
editGovernment organizations
editHealth organizations
editMedical organizations
editHolistic organizations
editHumanitarian organizations
editLegal organizations
editNon government organizations (NGO)
editProfessional organizations
editRecreational organizations
editSports organizations
editInternational sport organizations
edit= International sport committees =
edit= International sport federations
editRacing organizations
edit= Auto racing organizations =
editOutdoors organizations
edit= Hiking organizations =
editMartial arts organizations
editVehicle organizations
editMotorcyclists organizations
editTrade organizations
editOrganizations by Geography
editOrganizations by region
editOrganizations of Africa
editOrganizations of the Americas
editOrganizations of the Americas by region
edit= Organizations of North America =
edit== Organizations of Canada ==
edit=== Organizations of Canada by region ===
edit==== Organizations based in Alberta ====
edit===== Organizations based in Edmonton =====
editOrganizations of Asia Pacific
editOrganizations of Europe
editOrganizations of the Middle East
editOrganizations by country
editOrganizations of Canada
editOrganizations of Canada by region
editOrganizations based in Alberta
edit= Organizations based in Edmonton =
editOrganizations by city
editOrganizations based in Edmonton
editOrganizations by Ideology
edit- Aren't all organizations based on an ideology or shared interest or shared belief or shared commitment of some sort? What is the common theme between political, religious, and philosophical? How could we distinguish it, for instance, from civil rights groups? Or would we want to? (I guess those would be political?) --Lquilter (talk) 16:32, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Political organizations
editPolitical parties
editReligious organizations
editPhilosophical organizations
editOrganizations by Kind
editThis will be one of the more challenging super-categories to organize. For now I'm going to quickly list all the types of organizations I can find, and with others hopefully a scheme will emerge.
- I think in general this category should be better thought of as legal status and activity. We can evade this public/private distinction; I'm not sure that it's helpful for wikipedia categories. --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Private
edit- I wouldn't have this; it's not clear what it means. Many organizations define themselves as "private" with a fairly open membership policy; other organizations are privately owned but have membership open to the public; and so on. --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
For-profit organizations
edit- I think this is probably one of four fundamental categories in a Category:Organizations by legal status category: "for-profit organizations", "non-profit organizations", "governmental organizations", and "religious organizations" (which are not necessarily non-profit in all jurisdictions). Other specific legal statuses should also be included, such as "criminal" and "corporate". --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Institutional organizations
editPublic
edit- I wouldn't have this; it's not clear what it means. Many organizations define themselves as "private" with a fairly open membership policy; other organizations are privately owned but have membership open to the public; and so on. --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Non-profit organizations
edit- I think this is probably one of four fundamental categories in a Category:Organizations by legal status category: "for-profit organizations", "non-profit organizations", "governmental organizations", and "religious organizations" (which are not necessarily non-profit in all jurisdictions). Other specific legal statuses should also be included, such as "criminal" and "corporate". --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Council organizations
edit- What would this be? I think "council" is a little vague. --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Union organizations
edit- Organizations that are part of unions or are comprised of unions? --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Community organizations
editConferences
edit- Do we need a tree for Category:Organized events? Maybe as part of Category:Events? --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Protests
edit- Could fit within Category:Organized events. --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Societies
edit- Same issue as "associations" below -- seems to imply peer-societies, social societies, interest societies, professional societies, but in practice is often used as a synonym for organization or association. --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Corporations
edit- Could fit within Category:Organizations by legal status --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Charitable
edit- This is sometimes considered a purpose (e.g., medical, health, welfare), and sometimes considered a legal status, synonymous with 501c3 in the US. I think with that ambiguity we should avoid this term and stick to "non-profit" as much as possible. --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Associations
edit- It seems to me that this term is rather vague: Although I think of it more as peer-associations, as in, associations of union members, professional associations, etc., it is also used in the States as a synonym with organization. --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Lobby
edit- This is an activity -- I think it should be part of Category:Organizations by activity. --Lquilter (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Militant
editDiscussion of proposed scheme
editProposed basic set of categories for each organization
editI'm proposing that the categories for each organization cover the following basic topics: its "birth", "death", "location", "legal status/organization", and "purpose". Note that legal status & purpose can be combined in various ways -- for instance, "professional associations" are both within legal structure (non-profit) and activity.
- Purpose - subject (e.g., Category:Science organizations)
- Purpose - activity (e.g., Category:Lobbying organizations)
- Legal structure / status (e.g., Category:Non-profit organizations, Category:Governmental organization, Category:For-profit organizations, etc.)
- Year of establishment, e.g., Category:Organizations established in 1900
- Year of disestablishment if appropriate, e.g., Category:2001 disestablishments (eventually we should have an organizations disestablished in year tree)
- Organizations by location/geography
Within the above proposal, most of the "organizations by field" are "subject" categories and that tree is being filled in -- Category:Organizations by subject. I believe that Category:Organizations by kind is better thought of as Category:Organizations by activity and Category:Organizations by legal status, and hopefully those terms are a bit more descriptive than "kind". Category:Organizations by geography is clearly the location category.
Thoughts?