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:Do you mean a system similar to what they have at MA ([[Memoryalpha:Memory Alpha:Category suggestions]])? - {{Jrofeta}} 08:02, 28 October 2007 (UTC) |
:Do you mean a system similar to what they have at MA ([[Memoryalpha:Memory Alpha:Category suggestions]])? - {{Jrofeta}} 08:02, 28 October 2007 (UTC) |
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::Pretty much. We don't have to do it ''exactly'' like they do it, blow for blow (some of our category patterns are already established here), but it's a good model of approach. {{sas}} 16:49, 28 October 2007 (UTC) |
::Pretty much. We don't have to do it ''exactly'' like they do it, blow for blow (some of our category patterns are already established here), but it's a good model of approach. {{sas}} 16:49, 28 October 2007 (UTC) |
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| + | I've recently started to sort through the wanted categories and I'm shifting articles all over the place to remove some of these and in many cases just removing the red categories from an article. Creating categories for the various individuals from a species (eg. [[:Category:Tamarians]]) and source categories ([[:Category:The Recurited]]). Leaving the Category: ship class starships for last. My aim is to depopulate that list. |
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| + | I'm also moving articles out of a cat if they are located in a subcat of that category. So [[Canberra]] for instance was in Category:Earth, Category:Cities, Category:Earth cities - no point it being in the first two as they are super-cats (am I using that right?) of Category:Earth cities. Done the same for Category:Planets and I've been doing the same for Category:Starfleet personnel for a while now, it stops the cluttering of this categories with needless repetition. – {{Jrofeta}} 07:27, 16 July 2008 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 07:27, 16 July 2008
The categories are getting to be (in fact already are) quite a mess. People are arbitrarily adding categories right and left for any ol' little thing. Some might be appropriate, but after combing through the chaos for the last week or so, I'm seeing what chaos it is... and some just keep adding to it. A lot of these extraneous categories really aren't necessary. For instance: Locations. We get one "Category:(fill in the blank) locations"... then someone else sees that, thinks 'Hey...!' and adds their "Category:(fill in the blank) locations"... then another... then another... Eventually a page has a glut of "locations" categories, and it just looks chaotic. The same principle applies in many other cases. That might be okay for certain pages, where a place-name is specific to one or two continuities, but all...? I think folks need to start looking at what they're doing, and envisioning things down the road. Jrofeta and I are trying to clean this mess up, and y'all aren't making it easy....
Categories should follow the pattern of the category tree: One category branching into another (with "Lists" at the top). The "KISS" (keep it simple) rule applies: The simpler, the better. (Think cohesion.) "General use" articles (Spock, Janeway, Voyager, canon/common noun articles, etc.) should stay free of continuity-specific categories, as these are "general" and not "owned" by any one fan continuity. In other words, putting your category down might give the impression you think you own it, when we all know that's not the case. (Plus it keeps others from trying to "balance" it by adding their cats. to said articles, and starting the problem again.)
So, let's start getting some consensus and input on creation of new categories (especially from admins and members of STEU Project:Categories), and lay down some rules to keep this mess from growing again. (Thoughts and comments welcome.) – Sasoriza Adm • Tlk 21:39, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
- Do you mean a system similar to what they have at MA (Memoryalpha:Memory Alpha:Category suggestions)? - JayLR 08:02, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Recent category adjustments
I've recently started to sort through the wanted categories and I'm shifting articles all over the place to remove some of these and in many cases just removing the red categories from an article. Creating categories for the various individuals from a species (eg. Category:Tamarians) and source categories (Category:The Recurited). Leaving the Category: ship class starships for last. My aim is to depopulate that list.
I'm also moving articles out of a cat if they are located in a subcat of that category. So Canberra for instance was in Category:Earth, Category:Cities, Category:Earth cities - no point it being in the first two as they are super-cats (am I using that right?) of Category:Earth cities. Done the same for Category:Planets and I've been doing the same for Category:Starfleet personnel for a while now, it stops the cluttering of this categories with needless repetition. – JayLR 07:27, 16 July 2008 (UTC)