This really needs renaming because every country is foreign to somewhere. Maybe "People outside their home country" (although that wouldn't work for the festivals one)? Or maybe we don't need it at all? Auntof6 (talk) 07:22, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe we delete this one and rename subcats to something like "<Foo> by country visited"? "Foo" could be "Popes", a person's name, or whatever. Some subcategories might need corresponding renames. That still wouldn't work for the Japanese festival category, but maybe that one can just be removed from here. --Auntof6 (talk) 13:04, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with @Auntof6: : foreign to what? Here on Commons we are all foreigners...
@Themightyquill: , interesting solution, but: you can have a [adjective of nationality] culture without a country (a soverign one, I mean), for example Abkhazian culture in foreign countries which would be a non sense, being foreigner everywhere. I would rather suggest, i.e.: Italian culture by country or Italian culture by location . -- SERGIO(aka the Blackcat)14:43, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
'by location' is specific enough for the current content on each of the named subjects here. If someday we also have "subject in non-country location" categories, then perhaps sorting countries into a 'by country of location' category would be warranted. When sorting by country it important to differentiate between 'country of nationality' (where a subject is from or associated with) from 'country of location' (where a subject is located as depicted in a particular file). I think we should not assume that if a subject has a nationality, that is by default also its location. For any particular topic:
Category:Topic by location
Category:Topic in Belgium
Category:Topic in Belgium by nationality (the word nationality may change depending on the subject; e.g. aircraft use 'country of origin')
Category:Belgian topic in Belgium
Category:French topic in Belgium ...
Category:Topic by nationality (the word nationality may change depending on the subject; e.g. aircraft use 'country of origin')
@Joshbaumgartner: i tend to agree. By my point of view, foreign relations is a generic name to indicate formal affairs between sovereign countries (ie: a State visit falls into "foreign relations"). International relations is a blanket term in which include, for example, even foreign trade or a sports match between two national teams. -- SERGIO(aka the Blackcat)10:23, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]