Category talk:Realms

Technically, a "realm" is just another word for kingdom. We already have a Category:Monarchies, so I believe this category is unnecessary. There is also already a Category:Countries. ➳ Quin 01:28, December 24, 2012 (UTC)

The three geographical layers of the Underdark are also not realms, although they may contain realms. ➳ Quin 01:30, December 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * This being the Forgotten Realms, "realm" may have acquired something of a particular meaning in the setting, being used for lands and regions and so on, IIRC. But that's vaguely defined and difficult to confirm, and I agree that none of what currently populates the category counts as a realm by any definition. I'm in favour of removing it. -- BadCatMan (talk) 03:05, December 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * I have reintroduce this category specifically for dwelling places of deities (usually on the outer planes from 2nd edition, which feature very prominently in Planescape. Now I have realized that the 2nd edition deity books like Faiths & Avatars actually use the name "domain" for this. "Realms" is a bit confusing, as it is exactly not whatever is meant by Realms in "Forgotten Realms". On the other hand, "domains" would be a bit confusing with the deity domains of 3rd edition (and a bit with what us usually called a deity's "portfolio"). So what should we do? Keep "realms"? Or just use "domains", as it is the proper Realms' sourcebook 2nd edition term and then just create a disambiguation page to explain? Daranios (talk) 19:27, January 18, 2016 (UTC)


 * Fourth edition used "dominion" for the plane of a greater deity and "realm" for the region of the Elemental Chaos belonging to a primordial. I'm afraid that you are not going to be able to find a one-word solution to your problem, because the same words have been used in so many different ways in various editions. I think we should take suggestions for this category name. I suggest "deity realm" to distinguish it from 4th edition realms, but you are probably going to have to disambiguate it no matter what you choose. (Note the Deity template uses "realm" for the name of a god's home in all 5 editions.) &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 02:30, January 19, 2016 (UTC)


 * My vote is for "Category:Deity realms". ~ Lhynard (talk) 04:53, January 19, 2016 (UTC)


 * Yes, this is a rather ambiguous category. I could see someone adding Cormyr to this, not knowing that it's specifically for divine realms. It should carry it's own disambiguation, such as "Category:Deity realms" or "Category:Deific realms" or "Category:Realms (deific)". — BadCatMan (talk) 11:34, January 19, 2016 (UTC)


 * How about "Category:Divine realms", then? That should be clearer than "Realms" here, and to me it sounds a bit more fluent than "Deity realms", though I would be fine with that, too. It is also the phrase used in the description in Template:Deity. Is there a way to keep this talk page both here and there? Daranios (talk) 19:57, January 19, 2016 (UTC)


 * Sure, that works better. This talk page can be renamed, we just have to make sure we change namespace as well. — BadCatMan (talk) 23:45, January 19, 2016 (UTC)