Memory Alpha:Category tree

(This page is a placeholder for an informational article on how the categories are to be organized given our existing wiki structure. -- Dan Carlson | Talk 02:38, Sep 3, 2004 (CEST))

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With the implementation of MediaWiki1.3, it is now possible to sort articles into categories. In order to ensure that these categories will be useful to users of the wiki, it has been decided that establishing a clear category tree prior to enabling the category system will avoid problems.

Because it is a labor-intensive process to remove or alter a category name once it exists (categories must be orphaned to be deleted, and they cannot be redirected), all categories must be approved by a user consensus, similar to the deletion consensus, except in this case the consensus must be reached before you should consider creating a category here on MA. There are two pages dedicated for this purpose:

• Memory Alpha:Category suggestions - This page is dedicated to consensuses on suggestions for a single category name. You should browse our existing categories, and the discussions related to them.

• Memory Alpha:Category tree suggestions -- This page is dedicated for the creation of categories which will contain other categories. As single categories evolve to be contained in others, it forms a tree structure. A suggestion of a supercategory which will contain other subcategories. Suggestions of pre-existing categories being added to a supercatgory, or having subcategories added to them, or both belong here.

Additionally, categories may be deleted at Memory Alpha:Categories for deletion.

Provisional categories

As categories are approved, they will be listed in the next section of those two pages. Partially approved categories, marked with {{newcategory}}, are listed for discussion on separate sections of the above two pages, they can be browsed through Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Newcategory, or Category:Memory Alpha provisional categories.

Existing categories

While a detailed category structure is still being discussed, some categories have already been accepted by the community. Articles may be added to these categories:

Category:Planets

This is a list category (a category for instances of planets). This means that every planet may (and should) be included in this category. Don't include moons, planetoids, asteroids or other celestial bodies, colonies, cities, lists of planets or other articles related to planets. If the name of the planet contains a roman numeral, use a sort key in which this numeral is replaced by a double-digit (Example: [[Category:Planets|Rigel 07]] for Rigel VII).

Category:Sectors

This is another list category. Include all sectors, but nothing else - no quadrants, zones, areas, regions, systems, no lists of sectors or other articles related to sectors. If the sector is a numbered sector (for example, Sector 63), only use the number as the sort key (Example: [[Category:Sectors|63]])

Category:Nebulae

List category. Include all nebulae. No specific sort key.

Category:Moons

List category. Include all moons. No specific sort key.

Category:Clusters

List category. Include all clusters. No specific sort key.

Category:Titles

List category. Include all titles. No specific sort key.

Category:Delphic Expanse

This is a locational category. Anything (species, planets, terms) relating to the Delphic Expanse area should be listed here. While there is no specific sort key , general sorting rules apply (regarding ship prefix or last-name first for humans).

Category:Mirror universe

A category for anything relating to the Mirror universe. Only articles directly talking about "mirror universe items" should be listed here. General sorting rules apply.

Category:Weapons

A list category for all forms of weapons - except hand-held weapons, which belong in the subcategory Category:Hand-held weapons. General sorting rules.

Category:Starships

List category for individual starships. Subcategories for starships of major powers will be created, others should be added directly to this category. General sorting rules apply, for example ignoring prefixes.

Category:Starship classes

List category for all starship classes. General sorting rules.

Episodes

List categories for episodes of all series, and also movies. General sorting rules apply, regarding articles such as "The" or "A" (Example: [[Category:TOS episodes|Corbomite Maneuver, The]])

• Category:TOS episodes
• Category:TAS episodes
• Category:TNG episodes
• Category:DS9 episodes
• Category:VOY episodes
• Category:ENT episodes
• Category:Movies

Maintenance categories

We can use categories to help with the regular maintenance task of listing specific articles somewhere ("attention needed", "featured article" etc.) by creating a category and adding it to the relevant template. I suggest to use the prefix "Memory Alpha" for all maintenance categories that are included via a template. -- Cid Highwind 16:40, 2005 Jan 18 (CET)

Accepted categories

Category:Memory Alpha orphaned categories

maintenance category for all "uncategorized categories".

Category:Memory Alpha provisional categories

maintenance category for all "under discussion categories".

Category:Memory Alpha featured articles

category for all featured articles. Use via template {{featured}} only.

Category:Memory Alpha pages needing attention

supercategory for "special" PNA categories - also category for PNAs that don't belong on those subcategories. Use via template {{pna}} only.

Category:Memory Alpha inaccurate articles

category for "inaccurate" PNAs. Use via template {{pna-inaccurate}} only.

Category:Memory Alpha incomplete articles

category for "incomplete" PNAs. Use via template {{pna-incomplete}} only.

Category:Memory Alpha unformatted articles

category for "unformatted" PNAs. Use via template {{pna-unformatted}} only.