Wikipedia:WikiProject Ukraine/Subdivisions

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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Ukrainian subdivisions. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

Contents 1 Scope 2 Parentage 3 Descendant WikiProjects 4 Similar WikiProjects 5 Participants 6 Goals 7 General strategy and discussion forums 8 Links 8.1 General 8.2 Coats of arms 8.3 Geographical location 8.4 Image sources 8.5 Wikipedia 9 Article structure 9.1 Oblasts 9.2 Raions 9.3 Cities 10 Infoboxes 10.1 Oblasts 10.2 Raions 10.3 Cities, towns, villages, etc 11 Templates 11.1 Ukraine's subdivision template 11.2 Ukrainian oblast navigational boxes

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject on Ukrainian subdivisions initially aims to organize and structure articles on Administrative divisions of Ukraine.

It touches on, and could expand to include other topics in modern and historic Ukrainian political geography: Ukraine and Ukrainian historical regions, oblasts, cities (list), Autonomous Republic of Crimea, raions (list), towns (list), and villages.

[edit] Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is WikiProject Countries. See also WikiProject Cities.

[edit] Descendant WikiProjects

No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

[edit] Similar WikiProjects

Similar WikiProjects are:

• WikiProject Russian federal subjects
• WikiProject Polish Voivodships

[edit] Participants

• AlexPU (talk · contribs) (inactive)
• Genyo (talk · contribs) (inactive)
• Mzajac (talk · contribs) (inactive)
• DDima (talk · contribs)
• Tufkaa (talk · contribs) (inactive)
• MapLover (talk · contribs) (inactive)
• Steschke (talk · contribs) (contributed a political map)

[edit] Goals

1. Complete the article Administrative divisions of Ukraine
2. Template infobox for each oblast', city and Krym
3. Collect vital statistics for each

[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

Main discussion: talk page of the project

[edit] Links

[edit] General

Verkhovna Rada — Regions of Ukraine and their divisions Ukrainian Census 2001 — Census statistics for the 2001 census [edit] Coats of arms Commons:Category:Coats of arms of Ukraine vector-images.com — Flags and coats of arms of Ukraine heraldy.com.ua — Ukrainian heraldy geraldika.ru — Ukrainian heraldy [edit] Geographical location fallinggrain.com — Geographical locations of locations in Ukraine

maps.vlasenko.net — Topographical maps of locations in Ukraine [edit] Image sources Commons:Category:Ukraine and all its subcategories List of image sources [edit] Wikipedia Administrative divisions of Ukraine — details about the administrative divisions List of cities in Ukraine — list of all the cities and their statistics Raions of Ukraine — list of all the raions, their administrative centers, and statistics List of urban-type settlements in Ukraine by subdivision — list of all the urban-type settlements and their statistics Romanization of Ukrainian — the simplified Ukrainian National system is used for transliterating place names in Wikipedia articles; see also WP:UKR.

[edit] Article structure

[edit] Oblasts

• {{Infobox}}
• Introduction: should contain the significance, location, name of the oblast in English, and Ukrainian (with translit.), and other vital statistics.
• Geography: overview section should give information on the following items: area, location, border information (border length, list of federal subjects with common border, list of bordered foreign countries, list of bordered seas/lakes), the highest point and lowest points, maximum N→S distance, maximum E→W distance, and the average elevation. It should also contain notable features such as mountains, rivers, natural resources, etc.
  • Climate: subsection should contain information about the climate and the temperature ranges for various times of the year.
  • Vegetation: subsection should contain information about the vegetation native to the region and other relevant information.
• An administrative Map of the oblast should be included with at the largest settlements (i.e. cities) indicated.
• History: should include descriptions of historical events related to the oblast, even if they occurred before the oblast's establishment.
• Administrative subdivisions: should provide an overview of the oblast's administrative structure; further subsections should include a list of raions and a list of major settlements with their status (city, town, village, etc.).
• Demographics: should contain information on the population (number of people, urban/rural population, male/female population, number of females per 1,000 males, average age, households statistical information, average life expectancy, etc.). Most of the information is available from the Ukrainian Census, 2001 data.^[1]
• Economy: should be an overview of the oblast's economy.
  • Industry: subsection should contain information on the major industries of the oblast, the number of industrial enterprises, the main types of natural resources of the oblast, and other relevant information.
  • Agriculture: subsection should contain information on the agriculture of the oblast, the number of agricultural institutions, the main agricultural exports/inports of the oblast, and other relevant information.
  • Transportation subsection should contain information on the railroads and automobile road lengths, main airports, ports, etc.
• Tourism: should contain any relevant information on tourism in the oblast; points of interest, historic monuments, etc.
• Culture and religion: should contain any relevant cultural and religious information.
• Education: should have educational information, a list of higher institutions and universities, etc.
• See also: should contain relevant links to other articles, namely Administrative divisions of Ukraine. But it's preferable to provide the relevant links within the main text.
• References:
• External links: should contain a list of websites related to the oblast (including the official website). Each link should have a note on which language the website is in (for instance: {{uk icon}}). Always give links to the English sites (or versions) first, then to Ukrainian/Russian sites.
• Templates: should contain the corresponding {{oblast}} template and {{Administrative divisions of Ukraine}} template.
• Categories and interwiki links: should contain relevant categories, and all interwiki links, escpecially Ukrainian ones.

[edit] Raions

• Essentially similar to oblast (above).

[edit] Cities

[TBD]

[edit] Infoboxes

• Previous work on these at /Infobox. See also Wikipedia:Infobox.

[edit] Oblasts

• Infobox for oblasts: Template:Infobox Ukrainian oblast (edit talk links history) (see example at Zakarpatska Oblast)
  • Approve a finalized format
  • Wikify
  • Create a template
  • Compile information
  • Insert into each article

[edit] Raions

• Infobox for raions: Template:Infobox Ukrainian raion (edit talk links history) (see example at Boryspilskyi Raion)
• Infobox for Crimean raions: Template:Infobox Crimean region (edit talk links history) (see example at Alushta municipality)
• Infobox for Kiev raions: Template:Infobox Settlement (edit talk links history) (see example at Pechersk)

[edit] Cities, towns, villages, etc

• Infobox for cities: Template:Infobox Settlement (edit talk links history) (see examples at Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, and Yalta)

[edit] Templates

• Template:Administrative divisions of Ukraine (edit talk links history) - links to all the oblasti, municipalities and Krym. Placed at the end of an article.
• Template:Oblast (edit talk links history) - serves as a "form" to be used for all oblast navigational templates. Placed at the end of an article, but above the {{Administrative divisions of Ukraine}} template if such is presented.

Note: Insert a template by placing its name in double braces: {{ }}. Link to a template normally, using double brackets: [[ ]].

See also: Category:Ukrainian navigational boxes for the list of Ukrainian navigational templates.

[edit] Ukraine's subdivision template

• {{Administrative divisions of Ukraine}}

v • d • e Administrative divisions of Ukraine Capital: Kiev Oblasts Cherkasy · Chernihiv · Chernivtsi · Dnipropetrovsk · Donetsk · Ivano-Frankivsk · Kharkiv · Kherson · Khmelnytskyi · Kiev · Kirovohrad · Luhansk · Lviv · Mykolaiv · Odessa · Poltava · Rivne · Sumy · Ternopil · Vinnytsia · Volyn · Zakarpattia · Zaporizhia · Zhytomyr Cities with special status City of Kiev · City of Sevastopol Autonomous Republic Autonomous Republic of Crimea Administrative centers Cherkasy · Chernihiv · Chernivtsi · Dnipropetrovsk · Donetsk · Ivano-Frankivsk · Kharkiv · Kherson · Khmelnytskyi · Kiev · Kirovohrad · Luhansk · Lutsk · Lviv · Mykolaiv · Odessa · Poltava · Rivne · Sevastopol · Simferopol · Sumy · Ternopil · Uzhhorod · Vinnytsia · Zaporizhia · Zhytomyr

[edit] Ukrainian oblast navigational boxes

• {{Cherkasy Oblast}} {{Chernihiv Oblast}} {{Chernivtsi Oblast}} {{Dnipropetrovsk Oblast}} {{Donetsk Oblast}} {{Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast}} {{Kharkiv Oblast}} {{Kherson Oblast}} {{Khmelnytskyi Oblast}} {{Subdivisions of Kiev Oblast}} {{Kirovohrad Oblast}} {{Luhansk Oblast}} {{Lviv Oblast}} {{Mykolaiv Oblast}} {{Odessa Oblast}} {{Poltava Oblast}} {{Rivne Oblast}} {{Sumy Oblast}} {{Sumy Oblast}} {{Vinnytsia Oblast}} {{Volyn Oblast}} {{Zakarpattia Oblast}} {{Zaporizhia Oblast}} {{Zhytomyr Oblast}} {{Subdivisions of Crimea}} {{Subdivisions of Kiev}} {{Sevastopol}}
• Example: {{Subdivisions of Kiev Oblast}}

Template:Subdivisions of Kiev Oblast