Establishing a cohesive and streamlined category tree on the DJBWiki.
Note: Apologies for external links to images, they are too large to be uploaded locally.
Problem
Current category layout (image)
The current structure of the DJBWiki’s categories is something of a hodgepodge affair; akin to streets in a city with poor – or non-existent – city planning. Categories have been added as members felt they were necessary with only cursory thought for where they fall into the larger picture of the project as a whole.
This can make choosing which categories an article should belong to difficult to determine, often boiling down to finding a similar article and copying its category selection; which may, or may not, always be the correct selection to begin with.
A number of categories – and miniature category trees – are orphaned from the main bulk of categories which makes navigation of the DJBWiki more difficult that it should be, especially for the Wiki-illiterate.
Mission
The aim of this proposal is to set out a plan in to facilitate the restructure of categories of the DJBWiki so that they:
- Follow a logical layout.
- Originate from a single (root) category [[Category:Contents]].
- Ensure that ever category has a parent, except the root.
- Ease the categorization process of articles.
Proposed layout
Proposed category layout (image)
The proposed layout is a broad three where each category (except the root) has only one parent but can have many children. Though this particular structure is not a necessity it will aid in the ease of navigation.
An example of where a category once had two parents is Category:ACC Armory. Currently it belongs to both Category:Weapons and Category:Antei Combat Center. In the proposed layout its only parent is [[Category:Antei Combat Centre]] however the articles themselves will be categorized to both [[Category:Antei Combat Centre]] and [[Category:Weapons]]
This same situation will apply to Clan Vaults and Orders of Battle.
Requirements
Labor requirements
It is proposed that a member – or team of members – of the Wiki Tribune work through the list of categories and assign parent categories as illustrated in the accompanying image (above).
The staff will also have to re-categorize articles where necessary.
New categories required
Only two new categories will need to be created to implement this proposed layout:
- [[Category:Contents]] (root)
- [[Category:Wiki maintenance and administration]]
Credit
In the name of the Iron Throne,
The Much Honored, Battlemaster Windos Helkin Tarentae
SBM Windos Helkin Tarentae (Sith)/FM/Cestus of Tarentum
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