Template:Category discussions: Difference between revisions

|style="border:1px inset gray; padding:5px"|This is the text of the '''[[Template: Category discussions]]'''.  It is intended to connect the various [[Talk page|discussions]] about [[Special:Categories|categories]] here on [[WikiIndex]] that are taking place (or have previously taken place) on various pages.  Please also see [[WikiIndex: How do categories work]], and how to use our <tt>{{Template|Tag}}</tt> template.  If you find a discussion on [[categories]] which does not display this message box, please add this template by copying the following <code>{{Template|Category discussions}}</code>, and pasting at the <u>bottom</u> of the [[edit box]] on the required [[talk page]], and then go [[edit]] this [[Template:Category discussions|template]] to include it, ''and'' summarise the discussion you found.  The following discussions have taken, or are taking place:

*[[WikiIndex: How do categories work]] — tries to explain to new [[editor]]s how our [[Special:Categories|category system]] works.  (Or at least, how we hope it will someday work, once we finish the tasks in the below WikiProjects).

*[[Category talk: Browse]] — the talk page of the ''de facto'' 'root' (or top tier, or parent) category; a logical place for general category discussions to occur.  Mentions [[:Category:Language|language]] stuff; also questions whether '[[:category: Browse]]' should even be a category.

*'''''language issues:'''''

**[[Proposal:Authentic language categories]] — how to deal with non-[[:Category:English|English]] [[:Category:Language|languages']] own names for themselves.

**[[WikiIndex: Frequently asked questions]] — a question asked and discussed regarding the appropriateness of having several translations of a wiki's description – the ubiquitous 'FAQ'.

*'''''general structure debates:'''''

**[[WikiIndex talk:Community talk]] — one of the earliest discussion spaces, which included some general categorisation issues.

**[[Category talk: Wiki Topic]] — what should the 'root' or '[[Template:Parent category|parent]]' of the <u>topics</u> or <u>subject matter</u> of [[:Category:All|all wikis]] indexed here on WikiIndex.

**[[WikiIndex: WikiProject - By Size]] and its [[WikiIndex talk:WikiProject - By Size|talk page]] — original discussions for methodology on creating categorisation of wikis by size, and the templates used to generate the required output.

*'''''dealing with geography:'''''

**[[Category talk: Places]] — the former fundamental 'location cat'; previously suggested for depreciation, and proposed as being edited out of existence; now used for non-geographical locations.

**[[Category talk: City]] — one scheme: a category just for 'city wikis'. . .  see also: [[Regiowikis]].

**[[Category talk: Earth]] — how to structure a 'tree of locations'; discussion at the root of the tree.

**[[Category talk: Wikia]] — discussion about the commercial behemoth that is [[:category: Wikia]], now also known as 'Fandom'.

**[[Category talk: Wiki engine]] — discussion about [[:category: Wiki engine]] structure.

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