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User:Shokora/PidgiWiki:Categorization
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Categories are the primary method of grouping similar files together on PidgiWiki, helping to navigate through the tens of thousands of files in the database. These categories are added to files through the info template and appear as links on the bottom of each file's page; however, the individual category pages are not automatically created and need to be created manually. This page functions as a guideline on what these category pages should contain.
To add a category, place [[Category:Category name here]] on the bottom of a page or image.
Category structure
The category system works best if each category is related to another category, creating a hierarchical structure for easy browsing. More general categories should be added to the pages for more specific concepts.
For example, consider the following category outline:
In this scenario, [[Category:Games]] should be added to Category:Nintendo 64 games, [[Category:Nintendo 64 games]] should be added to Category:Super Mario 64, and [[Category:Super Mario 64]] should be added to Category:Super Mario 64 artwork.
Top-level categories
The following are PidgiWiki's top-level categories:
Each file should be assigned to a combination of the above categories, by correctly filling out the info template while uploading a file.
Category templates
While there's no technical requirement for the wording of each category to follow a certain structure, a uniform style helps to standardize the PidgiWiki experience. The following are suggestions of contents for category pages.
Game
- The following images were released with (Game's name).
Example: Category:Super Mario 64, which would contain the following parent categories:
[Game] artwork
- The following artwork was released with (Game's name).
Example: Category:Super Mario 64 artwork, which would contain the following parent categories:
[Game] logos
- The following logos were released with (Game's name).
Example: Category:Super Mario 64 logos, which would contain the following parent categories:
[Game] packaging
- The following packaging was used for (Game's name).
Example: Category:Super Mario 64 packaging, which would contain the following parent categories:
Character
Pokémon
- The following pieces of artwork include the (national dex #)th Pokémon, (Pokemon Name), from the [[:Category:Pokémon series|Pokémon series]].
Example: Category:Pikachu, which would contain the following parent categories:
Series characters
- Artwork portraying characters from the [[:Category:? series|? series]].
Example: Category:Mario series characters, which would contain the following parent categories:
Series protagonist
- Artwork portraying (Protagonist's name), the main protagonist from the [[:Category:? series|? series]].
Example: Category:Mario, which would contain the following parent categories:
Series antagonist
- Artwork portraying (antagonist's name), the main antagonist from the [[:Category:? series|? series]].
Example: Category:Bowser, which would contain the following parent categories:
Other character
- Artwork portraying (character's name), from the [[:Category:? series|? series]].
Example: Category:Princess Peach, which would contain the following parent categories:
Series enemies
- Artwork portraying enemies from the [[:Category:? series|? series]].
Example: Category:Donkey Kong series enemies, which would contain the parent categories:
Enemy
- Artwork portraying the enemy (enemy's name), from the [[:Category:? series|? series]].
Example: Category:Zinger, which would contain the following parent categories:
Series
- Images from the (Series Name) series.
Example: Category:Mario series, which would contain the following parent categories:
Subseries
- Images from the (Series Name) series, a sub-series of the [[:Category:? series|? series]].
Example: Category:New Super Mario Bros. series, which would contain the following parent categories:
Example 2: Category:Donkey Kong series, which would contain the following parent categories:
- Category:Mario series
- Category:Series (the "Series" parent category is used for "Donkey Kong", because unlike "New Super Mario Bros.", the Donkey Kong series has spun off from the Mario series into its own broad set of gaming titles).
[Series] artwork
- The following artwork is from the [[:Category:? series|? series]].
Example: Category:The Legend of Zelda series artwork, which would contain the following parent categories:
[Series] logos
- The following logos are from the [[:Category:? series|? series]].
Example: Category:The Legend of Zelda series logos, which would contain the following parent categories:
[Series] logos
- The following packaging was used for the [[:Category:? series|? series]].
Example: Category:The Legend of Zelda series packaging, which would contain the following parent categories:
Movie
- The following artwork was released with the movie (Movie's name).
Example: Category:Pokémon the Movie 2000, which would contain the following parent categories:
System
- The following images are related to (Company name)'s (generation number), the (system name).
Example: Category:Nintendo 3DS, which would contain the following parent categories:
[system] games
- The following games were released for the (system name) system.
Example: Category:Nintendo 3DS games, which would contain the following parent categories:
Language
Files containing [language name] text.
Example: Category:Files in French, which would contain the following parent categories:
Artist
The following images have content drawn by (Artist's name).
Example: Category:Ken Sugimori artwork, which would use the following parent categories:
Events
The following images were released with the event (event name, and year if applicable).
Example: Category:E3 2011, which would use the following parent categories:
Example 2: Category:E3, which would use the following parent categories:
TCG Set
The following artwork was released with the Pokémon TCG expansion (Set name).
