Walking With Wikis:Category Policy

Note: This page is still under construction.

Article categories are an important component of wiki articles. They serve to help readers navigate through different types of articles and find other similar articles that could be of interest to them. However, on many wikis, articles are often cluttered with categories that don't serve their intended purpose, and are just there as nothing more than large conglomerations of text. Therefore, to reduce the amount of repetitive and unnecessary categories cluttering articles, only a handful of category types are permitted on this wiki. These categories will be specified below, based on article type. If you believe a category type should be included, contact Antiliun to discuss the matter.

General

The following categories can be applied on every article on the Walking With Wikis:

• Walking With Wikis
• Featured Articles
  • This should only be added to articles that are/have previously been featured on the wiki's main page.
    • A list of those pages can be found in the Featured Articles category page.
  • For more information about featured articles, refer to the Featured articles page.

For articles under 500 bytes (refer to Special:ShortPages for a comprehensive list), the following category should be added to it:

• Article stubs
  • Make sure to add the stub template, too (instructions can be found under the Article Presentation section in the Manual of Style).

Creatures

The following categories can be applied to every creature article:

• Creatures
• Creatures in [Series name or Episode name]
• Creatures from [Continent name]
• Creatures from the [Time period name]
• Creature from the [Era name]
• [Animal's diet type]
  • e.g., Carnivores, Herbivores, Omnivores, etc.
• Categories relating to a creature's taxonomy.
  • Vertebrate or Invertebrate
  • [Creature's taxonomic class]
    • e.g. Reptiles, Mammals, etc.
    • For the purpose of this wiki, dinosaurs articles should not be put in the Reptiles category. Although this is taxonomically incorrect, this is so navigation would be more user-friendly for readers since a reader clicking on the Dinosaurs category is likely to be looking for articles on dinosaurs instead of articles on the multitude of other extinct reptiles featured in the Walking With... series.
  • [Creature's clade name]
    • e.g., Dinosaurs, Marsupials, etc.
  • [Creature's sub-clade name]
    • e.g., Theropods, Arthropods, Ungulates, etc.
  • [Creature's family name]
    • e.g., Tyrannosaurs, Glyptodonts, Proboscideans, etc.
    • Don't get too specific on this one. We don't need a creature's full phylogenetic classification here on the wiki.
    • For the purpose of this wiki, bird articles should not be put in the Dinosaurs category. Although this is taxonomically incorrect, this is so navigation would be more user-friendly for readers since a reader clicking on the Birds category is likely to be looking for articles on actual birds instead of articles on non-avian dinosaurs.
• Categories relating to a creature's lifestyle
  • e.g., Terrestrial, aquatic, or aerial

If there are named individuals of a particular creature, the following category can be applied to the creature article:

• [Creature's name]
  • aka [Character's species name]

More to be added...

Taxonomic Groups

The following categories can be applied to every taxonomic group article:

• To be added...

Locations

The following categories can be applied to every location article:

• To be added...

Animal Characters

The following categories can be applied to every animal character article:

• Characters
• Named animals
  • NOTE: This category's status as a permissible category to use is subject to change.
• [Character's role]
  • e.g., Protagonist, Antagonist
• [Character's species name]
  • aka [Creature's name]

For Walking with Dinosaurs: The Movie characters, the following categories can be applied to their article:

• Walking with Dinosaurs 3D Characters

For animal characters featured in the Walking with Dinosaurs Wonderbook game, the following categories can be applied to their article:

• Characters in Wonderbook: Walking with Dinosaurs

For animal characters featured in the original Walking with... Trilogy (specials included), the following categories can be applied to their article:

• [Series/Special name] Characters

If the character is dead, the following category can be applied to their article:

• Deceased

Human Characters

The following categories can be applied to every human character article:

• Characters
• Humans
• Characters in [Series name]

Episodes

The following categories can be applied to every episode article:

• Episodes
• Walking With [Series name] Episodes
• Walking With [Series name]

Series & Movie

The following categories can be applied on every series article:

• Series
• Walking With... Series
• Walking With [Series name]
• Walking With... Trilogy
  • This category is only to be used on the Walking With Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts, and Walking with Monsters pages.

If a series is a special series, the following categories can be applied:

• Everything outlined above except for the Walking With... Trilogy category.
• [Special series name]
• Specials

Additionally, the following categories can be used on the Walking With Dinosaurs movie page:

• Walking With Dinosaurs: The Movie 3D
• Movie

Specials

The following categories can be applied to every article about a Walking With... special:

• Categories outlined in the Episodes section
• Specials
• [Special name]

If the special is part of a special series, the following categories can be applied:

• [Special series name]
• [Special series name] Episodes

Games

The following category can be applied to every game article:

• Games

If the game in question is a video game, add the following category to the article:

• Video games

If a game is a physical game (i.e., tabletop games), add the following category to the article:

• Board Games
• Merchandise

If a video game is only playable via the Internet, add the following category to the article:

• Online Games

If a game is no longer available on the official Walking With... website, add the following category to the article:

• Removed Content

If a game is downloadable, add the following category to the article:

• Software

Merchandise

The following categories can be applied to every merchandise article:

• Merchandise

If the merchandise in question is a book, add the following category to the article:

• Books
• Pages using ISBN magic links
  • Only apply this category if a book's ISBN magic link is available.

Soundtracks

The following categories can be applied to every soundtrack article:

• Soundtracks
• Soundtrack in [Series name]
• Soundtrack in [Episode name]

Production Crew & Consultants

The following category can be applied to every article about the people involved in the making of the Walking With... series:

• Cast and Crew

The following category is not to be applied to production crew & consultant articles:

• Humans
  • The Humans category is only to be used for fictional human characters, historical figures, and/or articles on the hominid species Homo sapiens.
    • Stipulation is subject to change

Historical Figures

The following categories can be applied to every article on historical figures mentioned in the Walking With... series:

• Historical Figures
• Humans

The following category is not to be applied to historical figure articles:

• Cast and Crew

Technology

The following categories can be applied to every article on the pieces of technology featured in the Walking With... series:

• To be added...

Categories to Avoid Using

These are the following categories users should avoid using on the wiki, either due to repetitiveness or serving no useful purpose:

• Deceased - unnecessary on creature articles; pretty much most of the creatures in the Walking With... series are dead.
  • However, this category can be still applied to articles on named animal characters.
• Animals discovered in [year] – unnecessary; can be stated in the article.
• Prehistoric Creatures described in [year] – unnecessary; can be stated in the article.
• Animals from [continent/country/state name] – redundant/repetitive; Creatures from [continent name] categories already serve a similar purpose. Also can be stated in the article.
• Animals that have been killed – unnecessary; too niche/specialized. Also serves no real purpose.
• [Creature name] Victims – unnecessary; too niche/specialized. Also serves no real purpose.
• [Era/Time period name] Animals – redundant/repetitive; Creatures from the [era/time period name] already serves a similar purpose.
• [Episode/series name] Animals – redundant/repetitive; Creatures in [episode/series name] already serves a similar purpose.
• [Animal group name] Animals – redundant/repetitive; categories that are just the animal group's name already serve a similar purpose.
• Animals – redundant/repetitive; Creatures category already serves a similar purpose.
• Killers – unnecessary; animals kill out of necessity, not for the sake of being violent.
• Series that aired in [year] – unnecessary; too niche/specialized. Also serves no real purpose since the information is already provided.
• Stories – redundant/repetitive; Episodes category already serves a similar purpose.
• [Series name] Episode [episode number] animals – redundant; Creatures from [Series name] or Creatures [episode name] categories already serve a similar purpose.
• Video Games – redundant; Video games category already serves this role
• Heroes – redundant/repetitive; Protagonists category already serves a similar role
• Villans – redundant/repetitive; Antagonists category already serves a similar role
• [Character's gender] – unnecessary; too niche/specialized. Can be stated in the article. Also serves no real purpose.
• Prehistoric creatures – unnecessary; pretty much every single creature in the Walking With... series is a prehistoric creature.
• Inaccurate Species, Inaccurate Creatures, and/or Inaccurate creatures – unnecessary; too niche/specialized. Also, creatures are bound to be inaccurate due to our ever-changing understanding of prehistoric animals.
• [Year] births – unnecessary; year of birth can be stated in the article.
• [Year] deaths – unnecessary; year of death can be stated in article.
• [Series name] Episodes – redundant/repetitive; Episodes category already serves a similar role.
• Writers – unnecessary; too niche/specialized. Also can be stated in article.
• Animators – unnecessary; too niche/specialized. Also can be stated in article.

More to be added...