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==Avoiding vanity categories==
==Avoiding vanity categories==
Individual articles should probably be 'at the right generality if they're actually general', and and as local as they can get if they're not... so long as it doesn't lead to '[[Vanity page|vanity categories]]' where they're the only thing in the [[Special:Categories|category]] (a single entry category).  Example: if you have a wiki about a specific neighborhood of New York City, then it doesn't deserve it's own "New York City Neighborhood Category" until the New York City category already has like maybe three places that obviously could be categorized with the more specific neighborhood cat.
Individual articles should probably be 'at the right generality if they're actually general', and and as local as they can get if they're not... so long as it doesn't lead to '[[Vanity page|vanity categories]]' where they're the only thing in the [[Special:Categories|category]] (a single entry [[category]]).  Example: if you have a wiki about a specific neighborhood of [[:Category:New York City|New York City]], then it doesn't deserve it's own "New York City Neighborhood Category" until the New York City category already has like maybe three places that obviously could be categorized with the more specific neighborhood cat.


==The 'tree' structure to aim for==
==The 'tree' structure to aim for==
[[English Wikipedia|Wikipedia's]] stub categories for [[wp:Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types/Geography|Geography > place-related]] are the model here because they've probably already face our situation and fixed it 'about right'.  Here is the basic tree structure we should be slowly editing towards:
[[English Wikipedia|English Wikipedia's]] stub categories for {{Wp|Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types/Geography|Geography > place-related}} are the model here because they've probably already face our situation and fixed it 'about right'.  Here is the basic tree structure we should be slowly editing towards:
 
(Continent > sub-continent > countries > states within countries > cities)


*[[:Category:Africa]]
*[[:Category:Africa]]
**African countries as necessary — from Algeria to Zimbabwe alphabetically
**African countries as necessary — from Algeria to Zimbabwe alphabetically
*[[:Category:Antarctica]]
*[[:Category:Asia]]
*[[:Category:Asia]]
**[[:Category:Central Asia]]
**[[:Category:Central Asia]]
***as necessary — from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan alphabetically
***as necessary — from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan alphabetically
**[[:Category:East Asia]]
**[[:Category:East Asia]]
***[[:Category:China]]
***[[:Category:Japan]]
***[[:Category:Japan]]
***[[:Category:China]]
***[[:Category:Korea]]
***[[:Category:Korea]]
***[[:Category:Taiwan]]
**[[:Category:Middle East]]
**[[:Category:Middle East]]
***as necessary — from Bahrain to United Arab Emirates alphabetically
***as necessary — from Bahrain to United Arab Emirates alphabetically
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***Australian states...
***Australian states...
**[[:Category:New Zealand]]
**[[:Category:New Zealand]]
**[[:Category:Antarctica]]
**others as necessary (including southern ocean island states)...
**others as necessary...
*[[:Category:Europe]]
*[[:Category:Europe]]
**as necessary — from Albania to United Kingdom alphabetically
**as necessary — from Albania to United Kingdom alphabetically

Revision as of 15:58, 2 November 2022

Initial thoughts

Please keep in mind that everything on this page is a suggestion. These aren't hard and fast policies, but they're proposals that are actively receiving edits... so they matter as far as describing and organizing the wiki, but they don't have 'real authority' other than the fact that at least one person is editing according to this scheme and no objections have been added to the proposal.

Avoiding vanity categories

Individual articles should probably be 'at the right generality if they're actually general', and and as local as they can get if they're not... so long as it doesn't lead to 'vanity categories' where they're the only thing in the category (a single entry category). Example: if you have a wiki about a specific neighborhood of New York City, then it doesn't deserve it's own "New York City Neighborhood Category" until the New York City category already has like maybe three places that obviously could be categorized with the more specific neighborhood cat.

The 'tree' structure to aim for

English Wikipedia's stub categories for Geography > place-related are the model here because they've probably already face our situation and fixed it 'about right'. Here is the basic tree structure we should be slowly editing towards:

(Continent > sub-continent > countries > states within countries > cities)

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