Category talk:NPCs

This list is getting so big, it isn't helpful any more. May I suggest that we remove NPCs from the main category if they are already in a sub-category, even if this will be one hell of a crusade. But at least this way we get a nice tree structure. And maybe we should come up with some more NPC subcategories, for example Quest Giver. -- 05:14, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Â°BUMPÂ° Anyone?! -- 05:41, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Heh, I like your bump. :)
 * Irregardless, categories aren't meant for browsing so much as for cataloging (as I understand it), so if an article is an NPC it should be in the NPC category. I believe there have been other arguments around here about category trees and such I don't know where they are though.  --Rainith 05:50, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * What annoys me is that even SUB-categories are being split into two pages, even though there are so few of them. Is there a way to force all sub-categories to be on page 1? -PanSola 06:49, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Since for most other category trees, the articles are only listed in the leaf categories and not in the ancestor categories, I'm going to ditto Tetris L. Collecting votes for 7 days. -PanSola 16:35, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Two votes for, one against? (assuming Tetris L and Rainith still hold to their positions from months ago) Less than a day left for votes. I would like to have a bigger margin there. -PanSola 07:35, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I do (hold my position from months ago)! But I would also like to see more people voting, and a result with a bigger margin. -- 07:42, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree. As always, one article should only be in one category of the same tree. So if it fits in a sub-category, kick it out of the main category. --Eightyfour-onesevenfive 08:37, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree on the principle, I don't know about the implementation. So, King Jalis Iron Hammer is going to be categorized as "Dwarves" But Dwarves is a Bestiary Category, not an NPC Category. Say for the Deldrimor Dwarves, they are all NPCs, but for the Stone Summit it's tricky. Makar Thoughtslayer is a Stone Summit NPC, if we put him in "Stone Summit" that will land him in Bestiary, not NPC. If we make Stone Summit a sub category of both Bestiary and NPC then Summit Taskmasters will be NPCs. I do not like the idea od giving Makar two ridiculously similar Categories like "Stone Summit" and "Stone Summit NPCs." Have no solutions.. Just roadblocks. :( --Karlos 08:49, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Right now EVERY member of the NPC is in the Bestiary, or is supposed to, so I don't see the issue. Bestiary is mostly organized by species and factions, whereas NPC is organized by service/function.  They are two parallel trees.  There wouldn't be a "Stone Summit NPC" sub-category for NPCs, though there is Collector sub-category.  I hope that is clear. -PanSola 09:00, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Practical issue: For a vote, please create something like
 * Yes:
 * No:
 * Other:


 * My vote here is against, keep them in one big chategory. --Xeeron 09:03, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

There is nothing wrong with adding an article to more than one category, as long as the categories do not belong to the same branch of a tree. An article being listed under both "NPCs" and "Dwarves" isn't a conflict, because those two are on separate branches of the category tree.

By the way. Skills are already categorized this way. For example: "Shields Up!" is listed under Shouts and Tactics Skills, but not under Skills or Warrior Skills.


 * Skills
 * (Skills by Type)
 * Shouts
 * "Shields Up!"
 * (Skills by Profession / Attribute)
 * Warrior Skills
 * Tactics Skills
 * "Shields Up!"

Depending on the decision here we may have to roll back the skill categories! -- 09:48, 12 January 2006 (UTC)