Category talk:19th-century photographers from the Russian Empire

I think we should merge this to Photographers from the Russian Empire

The Russian Empire existed from 1721 to early 1917. The general rule is that we should not have by century categories unless we can get at least 3. With the short time the Russian Empire existed in the 20th century, it is not really worth having a category for people from the Russian Empire in the 2pth century. So at best we get 2 categories, and that goes against by century guidelines. Since photography does bot even start until the middle of the 19th century, we end up with only the 19th century Category. This is a category that had 4 articles earlier today. At least one of these people was also in the Soviet photographers category, meaning she worked in the 19th century, in the Russian Empire in the 20th century and then past the fall of that nation and into the rise of the Soviet Union. Centuries are not natural time breaks, while changes that lead to a new name and significant birder changes of a country are. I really think we should not divide occupational sub-categories of People from the Russian Empire by century, but if we do I think that we should limit such subdivisions to only those categories where we can reasonably have both an 18th and a 19th century category. Photographers clearly do not fit that description.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:56, 1 November 2023 (UTC)