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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 11 Templates 11.1 Ukraine's subdivision template 11.2 Ukrainian oblast navigational boxes 11.3 Project banner

[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 {{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 Oblast (edit talk links history) (see example at Volynska 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 Kiev Subdivision (edit talk links history) (see example at Pechersk)

[edit] Cities

• Infobox for cities: Template:Infobox City Ukraine (edit talk links history) (see example at Khmelnytskyi)
• Infobox for cities: Template:Infobox City Ukraine2 (edit talk links history) (see example at Odessa)
• Infobox for Crimean cities: Template:Infobox Crimean town (edit talk links history) (see example at Yalta)

[edit] Templates

• Template: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 {{Ukraine}} template if such is presented.
• Template:WikiProject Ukrainian subdivisions (edit talk links history) - links to this article, from articles' talk pages. Placed at the top of talk page.

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

• {{Ukraine}}

	Ukraine
	Administrative divisions of Ukraine: Cherkasy Oblast | Chernihiv Oblast | Chernivtsi Oblast | Autonomous Republic of Crimea | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Donetsk Oblast | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast | Kherson Oblast | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Kiev City | Kiev Oblast | Kirovohrad Oblast | Luhansk Oblast | Lviv Oblast | Mykolaiv Oblast | Odessa Oblast | Poltava Oblast | Rivne Oblast | Sevastopol City | Sumy Oblast | Ternopil Oblast | Vinnytsia Oblast | Volyn Oblast | Zakarpattia Oblast | Zaporizhia Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast
	Administrative centers of subdivision units: 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}} {{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}} {{Kiev}} {{Sevastopol}}
• Example: {{Kiev Oblast}}

	Administrative divisions of Kiev Oblast, Ukraine
	Raions: Baryshivskyi | Bilotserkivskyi | Bohuslavskyi | Boryspilskyi | Borodianskyi | Brovarskyi | Fastivskyi | Ivankivskyi | Kaharlytskyi | Kyievo-Sviatoshynskyi | Makarivskyi | Myronivskyi | Obukhivskyi | Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi | Poliskyi | Rokytnianskyi | Skvyrskyi | Stavyschenskyi | Taraschanskyi | Tetiivskyi | Vasylkivskyi | Volodarskyi | Vyshhorodskyi | Yahotynskyi | Zgurivskyi
	Cities: Berezan | Bila Tserkva | Bohuslav | Boryspil | Boiarka | Brovary | Bucha | Chornobyl | Fastiv | Irpin | Kaharlyk | Myronivka | Obukhiv | Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi | Prypiat | Rzhyschiv | Skvyra | Slavutych | Tarascha | Tetiiv | Ukrainka | Uzyn | Vasylkiv | Vyshhorod | Vyshneve | Yahotyn
	Urban-type settlements: Baryshivka | Borodianka | Hostomel | Ivankiv | Krasiatychi | Makariv | Rokytne | Stavysche | Volodarka | Zghurivka | more...
	Villages: Dvirkivschyna | Hornostaypil | more...

[edit] Project banner

• {{WikiProject Ukrainian subdivisions}}

Ukraine Portal WikiProject Ukrainian subdivisions is part of WikiProject Ukrainian subdivisions (talk), which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Ukrainian subdivision topics. If you would like to participate, you can edit this article, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of objectives.

edit - history - watch To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Ukrainian subdivisions (Talk) : Set up the WikiProject page. Post messages on the relevant project and user talk pages. Move in-progress discussion to this talk page. Add Template:WikiProject Ukrainian subdivisions to the top of all relevant articles' talk pages Add a stub for raion. Correct mistakes in List of cities in Ukraine Collect up-to-date vital statistics for entry into each oblast's infobox. Add infoboxes to all of the oblast' articles List raions for each oblast' page (some info at [2], see also: Raions of Ukraine). Add some stats to the infobox page. Retire Regions of Ukraine; delete or update all links to it (including links from non-English wikis). Administrative divisions of Ukraine can completely replace it now. Reorganize raion article (List of raions in Ukraine by subdivision and Raions of Ukraine)probably into one article.