GuildWiki talk:Categories

This is discussion about categorizing in general, not bound to ANY category, but how to make a category-tree in general.

The Uber Categories
(merged from User:Ollj, and yes, im aware of the irony of this category in relation to the discussion below)

Please stop making super categories that are a) not well defined, and b) could contain the entire content of this site. What defines an item as being "PvE"? All the arenas of PvP are in the PvE world. You can adventure in the PvE world to enhance your PvP character. Same thing for Gameplay. I would think that an article that has nothing to do with gameplay in Guild Wars would not be in a wiki about Guild Wars. :)

Here's a simple criteria for categorization:
 * Will items that belong to this category be EASILY identifiable as belonging to it? i.e. a Mahgo Hydra IS a Hydra, and a Hydra IS a beast in Bestiary. Simple. A Dragon Sword IS a sword and a Sword IS a weapon and a weapon IS an item.
 * Could the item-category relation be broken into reasonable sub-categories. All objects in the game are items, so obviously we need to break-down items into smaller sub groups.
 * Is the category necessary? A category for "Guild Wars" articles would be completely meaningless. Because it is ASSUMED that everything here is about Guild Wars.

Thanks. --Karlos 07:18, 1 Aug 2005 (EST)

yeah. the PvE category has gone too far and i myself found some categories that might be unnecessary...


 * If you find categories that seem too big, too small or too vague. Discuss it in the discussion page or mark them for deletion. --Karlos 07:34, 1 Aug 2005 (EST)