Help:Categorization Guide
Categorization of articles has always been somewhat difficult to maintain in wikis. Unnecessary categories or misplacement are common problems. This page will serve as a guide for users to see the complete list of categories they can choose from to put pages in.
This is not meant to be a full guide or list for browsing the wiki through categories.
Rules of Thumb
- Analyze the content. Categories are meant to group pages within them together, implying a connection characterized by the category name. Do not put pages under categories they don't belong in (e.g. just because there are Vampires in The Mortal Instruments series does not mean they should be in each others' categories). This page will serve as a guide to outline what pages should fall under categories.
- Only add categories found below. This is to avoid the presence of irrelevant or repetitive categories. Avoid creating new categories, especially ones which will most likely contain only one or two pages in them (unless it is expected to contain more eventually or if necessary, like for family categories). Note that capitalization is important! Wrong capitalization can create a whole new category.
- List categories in order, just as they are listed below (with the real-world view categories above the in-universe ones—i.e. The Gender category is always at the top of the character pages). Likewise, book or season categories should be listed chronologically.
- Index categories should not contain articles. Index categories only contain other subcategories and/or the head articles that fall under it.
Characters
- Characters - for all characters
- Characters in the [Book Series] - e.g. Characters in the Addicted Series - if the character makes an appearance in a book
Relationships
- Relationships - for all relationship dynamics
- Family Relationships
- Friendships
- Romatintic Relationships
- Siblings