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! {{BaseInfoBox |width=80% |padding=2px 14px |colorscheme=easter |textalign=left |fullcontent=<table><tr><td style="padding: 5px 5px">[[File:WMF open door.png|40px]]</td><td style="padding: 10px 15px">Although few editors have maintained categories over the years, I try not to be territorial about it. :> If you see something here you want to do, go ahead. If a task appears unhelpful or obsolete or should be approached differently, just say so! (Most of the ideas are quite old, and I'm sure I overlook trends in article space.) '''Edit this page if you wish,''' although threaded discussion should go to the talk page. Thanks.</td></tr></table> }}__NOTOC__ === Mass edits === * [[:Category:Errors and bugs]]: finish diffusing by game * Fully populate subcategories of [[:Category:Screenshots]] :* Some backlogs may be so huge that the first pass must wait for automation :* Be conceptually consistent with [[MediaWiki:Licenses]] ::* If that gets overhauled, be consistent with the new version * People should be categorized only under the people sub-tree, e.g. don't categorize a port developer alongside the port * Images should be categorized only under the image tree (this has NOT been enforced much in the past), e.g. don't put Adrian Carmack's development sculptures under Historical * [[File talk:Doom Toy guns.jpg|These images]] still need an "images by content" category * Is [[:Category:Game designers]] fully populated? * [[:Category:Hubs]] :* [[Junction (Doom RPG)]] is a hub, or so the article has always said ::* Are there other examples I'm totally forgetting, e.g. with id Tech 4? :* It's not a subcat of [[:Category:Hexen]] because it's broader. Hexen hubs belong in [[:Category:Hexen hubs]]. There are probably oodles of notable ZDoom-based projects with hubs that we haven't written up yet :* DEFAULTSORT putting name before number (analogous to page titles beginning with map slots) :* Individual maps go in new subcategory [[:Category:Levels without slot number]]? (Analogous to levels without names) * Content subcategories for LMPs and WADs, "Original" vs "Demonstration"? The former is arguably irrelevant and they should be merged; originality is not necessarily required for a libre license, esp. if we are not the place of first publication (and on the flip side, it might sound as though we want to brand all other submissions ''artistically'' unoriginal!). [[Doom Wiki:Copyrights]] retains the Wikia demand of self-created works in these file formats, but we routinely disregard such strictures nowadays under the banner of {{Dwforums|id=74855|title=archival preservation}}. '''20200613:''' just noticed, "Demonstration WADs" includes a couple of the bug demos from Lee Killough's website, mixed in with files created specifically for on-wiki tasks (like RESRPAIN.WAD). Maybe split by that characteristic if "Original" is agreed to make sense? === Consistency/standardization === * Subcategories of [[:Category:Cacowards]] (might depend on how many topics are considered notable, which hasn't been determined IIRC) :* Standardize hierarchy :* Encompass all varieties of recipients :* Recommend in parent description that individual awardees be diffused * Third-party software :* Previous comments that may or may not be related: [[:Category talk:Tools|1]] [[Talk:Inkworks|2]] [[Category talk:Java add-on software|3]] [[Category talk:Macintosh exe editors|4]] [https://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Tools&action=history 5] :* In 2006 I definitely wanted strict orthogonal axes implemented in parallel, e.g. target OS versus main functionality :* Another possible axis is the data packing/encoding used, e.g. [[WadC]]/dh-dlc/DoomEd/[[DWD format|DWD]] all represent maps as text (thanks to [[User:Jdowland]] on IRC for this idea) :* Content changes discussed [[Talk:Editing utility#Overhaul?|here]] may end up superseding this entire train of thought * Do expansion levels go in the base game's category, their own subcategory, or both? Is the answer to that always the same? :* Ultimate Doom :* SotSR :* Deathkings :* SVE * Does Requiem belong in [[:Category:Multiplayer WADs]]? * Does Deus Vult belong in [[:Category:Level WADs]]? * <s>''[[Obituary]]: individual authors are tagged to the umbrella article, but maps are categorized under the team''</s> * Are these meant for commercial releases only? If not, some community projects are missing. If so, community projects (like Linguica's works) should be moved elsewhere :* [[:Category:Awards and trophies]] :* [[:Category:Images of awards and trophies]] :* [[:Category:Collectibles and toys]] * [[Category talk:Official add-ons]] * Should playsim subcategories like [[:Category:Doom Eternal mechanics]] be subcats of [[:Category:Gameplay]]? * While I'm thinking about it, gameplay entities {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"; text-align: center; width: auto" ! ! [[:Category:Ammo|Ammo]] ! [[:Category:Characters|Characters]] ! [[:Category:Items|Items]] ! [[:Category:Locations|Locations]] ! Mechanics ! [[:Category:Monsters|Monsters]] ! [[:Category:Weapons|Weapons]] |- | Doom || ✔ || || ✔ || || || ✔ || ✔ |- | Heretic || ✔ || || ✔ || || || ✔ || ✔ |- | Hexen || ✔ || || ✔ || || || ✔ || ✔ |- | Strife || ✔ || ✔ || ✔ || || || ✔ || ✔ |- | Chex Quest || || || || || || || ✔ |- | Doom 64 || || || || || || ✔ || ✔ |- | Hacx || || || ✔ || || || ✔ || ✔ |- | Doom RPG || ✔ || ✔ || ✔ || || || ✔ || ✔ |- | Doom 3 || [[Ammo (Doom 3)|n/a]] || ✔ || ✔ || ✔ || || ✔ || ✔ |- | Doom (2016) || || ✔ || ✔ || ✔ || ✔ || ✔ || ✔ |- | Doom VFR || || ✔ || || || || || ✔ |- | Doom Eternal || || ✔ || ✔ || ✔ || ✔ || ✔ || ✔ |} === Plumbing === * <s>''Are hidden maintenance categories each in the appropriate subcategory?''</s> <small>'''Probably.'''</small> :* <s>''Should [[:Category:Hidden categories]] be a subcat (or subsubcat) of [[:Category:Doom Wiki]]?''</s> <small>'''Upon further thought, no. To be flagged as hidden is metadata, like whether or not a page embeds a video. It doesn't by itself imply needed repair, the way "[[:Category:Articles with unsourced quotes|unsourced quotes]]" would for example.'''</small> :* <s>''Should [[:Category:Screenshots using an incorrect aspect ratio]] be a subcat of [[:Category:Non-compliant screenshots]]?''</s> * New subcategories of [[:Category:Templates]]? :* [[:Category:Infoboxes]] was suggested somewhere or other :* New subcategories of [[:Category:Navboxes for map articles]]? (Most are for PWADs, which I imagine can stay where they are.) :* New subcategories of [[:Category:External link templates]]? * Are [[Doom Wiki:Disambiguation index]] and [[:Category:Disambig]] mutually consistent? :* Is it still important to answer this question, given that Quasar intends to install the disambiguation extension? === Miscellaneous input that might suggest systematic categorization tweaks, but apparently I didn't write down my actual proposals === * [[File talk:Catacomb 3-D The Descent screenshot.png]] * [[Special:ListFiles/Julian_Nechaevsky]] * https://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=File:Administration_Level_Scheme.png&action=history * [[:File:PDA Plasma Inducer.png]] 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. 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