DemocracyCraft Wiki:Category Policy - Revision history

FloofyLunafox: Rephrased various elements of the article

2026-07-11T22:52:02Z

Rephrased various elements of the article

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	=== Style Guide ===		=== Style Guide ===

	The name of a category may only contain spaces, numbers, apostrophes and standard ISO latin characters (a-z). Capitalisation may be used where needed and concepts that can be counted, as ~~such~~ [[:Category:Political_parties\|Political parties]] and [[:Category:Newspapers\|Newspapers]], should be phrased in plural.		The name of a category may only contain spaces, numbers, apostrophes and standard ISO latin characters (a-z). Capitalisation may be used where needed and concepts that can be counted, such as [[:Category:Political_parties\|Political parties]] and [[:Category:Newspapers\|Newspapers]], should be phrased using the plural form.

	A category name should not exceed the necessary amount of words needed to express the idea and ~~express~~ a neutral ~~idea~~.		A category name should not exceed the necessary amount of words needed to express the idea and reflect a neutral concept.

	'''Examples'''		'''Examples'''
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	=== Historical categories ===		=== Historical categories ===

	The wiki is intended to provide a historical record for Redmont and its notable events~~, as~~ such there are various categories that group together organisations, concepts and events by year. These should be created conservatively and largely follow the rule of "extending what's already been done".		The wiki is among other things intended to provide a historical record for Redmont and its notable events. As such there are various categories that group together organisations, concepts and events by year. These should be created conservatively and largely follow the rule of "extending what's already been done".

	Historical categories should be exclusively used for years and the denoted events that happened during that specific year.		Historical categories should be exclusively used for years and contain the denoted events that happened during that specific year. If a person or organisation was active for multiple years, they may have multiple historical categories attached to their respective pages.

	'''Examples'''		'''Examples'''
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	Sometimes there is a need to group together people that are employed or have held positions in a given notable organisation. These can be denoted using a "members" subcategory extending an existing root category.		Sometimes there is a need to group together people that are employed or have held positions in a given notable organisation. These can be denoted using a "members" subcategory extending an existing root category.

	These should be used conservatively and only for notable organisations. This explicitly excludes businesses and news organisations, as ~~being an employee~~ is not a notable ~~event that~~ should be ~~recorded using a category but~~ mentioned within ~~someone~~'s article.		These should be used conservatively and only for notable governmental or political organisations. This explicitly excludes businesses and news organisations, as employment by a private organisation is generally not considered sufficiently notable to warrant categorisation. Instead, such employment should simply be mentioned within the person's article.

	'''Examples'''		'''Examples'''

FloofyLunafox: Added missing root categories

2026-07-11T22:45:36Z

Added missing root categories

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	* [[:Category:Politics\|Politics]], grouping together everything regarding politicians, elections and political parties		* [[:Category:Politics\|Politics]], grouping together everything regarding politicians, elections and political parties
	* [[:Category:Culture\|Culture]], grouping together social events, cultural practises and general Redmont society		* [[:Category:Culture\|Culture]], grouping together social events, cultural practises and general Redmont society
			* [[:Category:History\|History]], grouping together the events for each year and recording the entire history of Redmont
			* [[:Category:Crime\|Crime]], grouping together the pages related to crimes you can commit within Redmont
			* [[:Category:Tips and tricks\|Tips and tricks]], grouping together all pages which explain game concepts
			* [[:Category:Features\|Features]], grouping together all pages related to in-game features provided by the server
	* [[:Category:Staff\|Staff]], grouping together all pages intended for staff ('''Don't mess with these!''')		* [[:Category:Staff\|Staff]], grouping together all pages intended for staff ('''Don't mess with these!''')
	* [[:Category:Tips and tricks\|Tips and tricks]], grouping together all pages which explain game concepts
	* [[:Category:History\|History]], grouping together the events for each year

FloofyLunafox: Created "Category Policy"

2026-07-11T22:20:28Z

Created "Category Policy"

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For a category of articles to qualify for use within the wiki, it needs to qualify under the following guidelines:

# it must group together more than two articles or categories into a bundle (or be expected to do so in the near future)
# it has to be a generalised topic or concept that does not copy an existing article (i.e. categories that are just names of people or organisations)
# it must not be orphaned or be a root category
# if it is a root category it must represent an abstract concept like "Politics", "Business", "Government" etc.
# it has to follow the style guide

Categories that fail to meet these criteria should be merged into existing categories or removed from their associated wiki pages, and consequently marked for deletion.

=== Style Guide ===

The name of a category may only contain spaces, numbers, apostrophes and standard ISO latin characters (a-z). Capitalisation may be used where needed and concepts that can be counted, as such [[:Category:Political_parties|Political parties]] and [[:Category:Newspapers|Newspapers]], should be phrased in plural.

A category name should not exceed the necessary amount of words needed to express the idea and express a neutral idea.

'''Examples'''
* '''Good''': Political parties
* '''Bad''': Political parties in Redmont
* '''Good''': Newspapers
* '''Bad''': Trustworthy Newspapers

=== Historical categories ===

The wiki is intended to provide a historical record for Redmont and its notable events, as such there are various categories that group together organisations, concepts and events by year. These should be created conservatively and largely follow the rule of "extending what's already been done".

Historical categories should be exclusively used for years and the denoted events that happened during that specific year.

'''Examples'''
* [[:Category:2026_in_politics|2026 in politics]]
* [[:Category:2026_political_parties|2026 political parties]]
* [[:Category:2026_newspapers|2026 newspapers]]
* [[:Category:Newspapers_established_in_2026|Newspapers established in 2026]]

=== Organisational member categories ===

Sometimes there is a need to group together people that are employed or have held positions in a given notable organisation. These can be denoted using a "members" subcategory extending an existing root category.

These should be used conservatively and only for notable organisations. This explicitly excludes businesses and news organisations, as being an employee is not a notable event that should be recorded using a category but mentioned within someone's article.

'''Examples'''
* Parent category [[:Category:Staff|Staff]] with [[:Category:Staff_members|Staff members]]
* Parent category [[:Category:Workers'_Party_of_Redmont|Workers' Party of Redmont]] with [[:Category:Workers'_Party_of_Redmont_members|Workers' Party of Redmont members]]

=== Overview of root categories ===

It is important to view the wiki as being organised as a tree with various root categories from which all pages can be derived. These help separate the wiki into differentiable parts and makes navigation for both categories and the contained wiki pages easier.

Before deciding where to add a new category or if there even should be a new category for a specific concept, please keep the following root categories in mind and expand them appropriately:

* [[:Category:Government|Government]], grouping together the [[:Category:Executive|Executive]], [[:Category:Legislature|Legislature]] and [[:Category:Judiciary|Judiciary]]
* [[:Category:Economy|Economy]], grouping together everything related to business, finance and employment
* [[:Category:Politics|Politics]], grouping together everything regarding politicians, elections and political parties
* [[:Category:Culture|Culture]], grouping together social events, cultural practises and general Redmont society
* [[:Category:Staff|Staff]], grouping together all pages intended for staff ('''Don't mess with these!''')
* [[:Category:Tips and tricks|Tips and tricks]], grouping together all pages which explain game concepts
* [[:Category:History|History]], grouping together the events for each year