Editing Help:Categorization (section) From DoomWiki.org Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be recorded in this page's edit history. Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Background == There is no step-by-step categorization algorithm; intuition and common sense always enter. Ordinarily, a closely related page already exists as a model, which may be found by navigating downward from broad categories. Otherwise the primary motive is reader comprehension, which may — at least occasionally — justify exceptions to any guideline below or any implemented precedent. Category links are one navigation option among several, and therefore should not simply restate connections already shown in navboxes, prose wikilinks, or keyword searches. Taxonomically, categories are more likely to incorporate abstractions, such as [[:Category:Launchers|software functionality]] or [[:Category:Composers|hobbyist activities]], whereas navboxes tend to be rooted in particular events, such as [[Template:Williams|the formation of a company]] or [[Template:Game Boy Advance levels|the release of a game]]. In theory, the category hierarchy is unidirectional ({{wp|Polytree|no loops}}, no subcategorizations jumping back up to a much higher level) and largely stratified by general topic below the first level or two. These are human-driven criteria, unenforced by MediaWiki; anyone mass-creating categories should double-check for nonlinear relationships that could confuse readers. Complete stratification is unrealistic because it would not reflect Doomers' behavior: one trend can easily cross domains. For example, [[:Category:New features]] has a technical parent, because it involves code development, and a community parent, because the community uses the features to create new mods. Within the namespaces below, every page should be categorized, but in other namespaces, no page should be. (Very rarely, a talk page enters an [[:Category:Article management|administrative category]] for bookkeeping purposes unrelated to the topic.) Summary: All contributions to DoomWiki.org are considered to be released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 International (see Doom Wiki:Copyrights for details). By contributing, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use. Your changes will be visible immediately. Please enter a summary of your changes above. Do not submit copyrighted images or text without permission! This includes text taken from in-game codices or logbooks, or from official instruction manuals, strategy guides, and other such books. This project is not affiliated with id Software, Raven Software, ZeniMax Media, Bethesda SoftWorks, or any other commercial software developer or publisher. Use of trademarked logos and other protected intellectual property is solely for the purpose of analysis and critical commentary on the identified products and associated fan community activity, and does not imply any endorsement by any of these organizations or their employees, past or present. Upload images to the wiki. Don't forget to categorize pages! For testing, please use a sandbox. View this template Cancel | Editing help (opens in new window)