Category Report/Drafting Category Ideas

~~Welcome to Funky's category entropy and genocide, where we discriminate against all the triggering and useless categories bc they don't need to be alive so we try to get the community to burn them. Have fun !!!!~~

### Important Things to Keep In Mind With Categories

* Every space, symbol, and capitalized and lowercase letter effects categories. (Ex: wolves ≠ Wolves)
* Profiles should not be categorized.
* You should not be creating your own categories.
* Everyone should try to be informed on proper categorization of pages, as well as other aspects of editing.

### Official Categories

#### Group Categories

##### **Groups (And Group Subpages)**

The Groups category is one of the most common categories on the wiki. This category is for groups that DO NOT fall under the categories of Clans, Packs, Tribes, etc. It is commonly misused as a general category for these things as a whole. Occasionally it will be mistyped as "Group". Group Subpages are pages belonging to certain groups that aren't their main informative page, they should not be categorized with both Groups and Group Subpages. This should be used, and individual groups should NOT have their own category.

*The Groups category currently has 600+ members.*

*The Group Subpages category currently has 100+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} these categories?

##### **Clans (And Clan Subpages)**

The Clans category is probably the most used category on the wiki. It refers to the groups that are based of off clans on the wiki. It'a not easy to misuse this category, although it can sometimes be found on wrongly categorized OC pages, or Clan Subpages. Occasionally it will be mistyped as "Clan". Clan Subpages are pages belonging to certain clans that aren't their main informative page, they should not be categorized with both Clans and Clan Subpages. This should be used, and individual clans should NOT have their own category.

*The Clans category currently has members 1,300+ members.*

*The Clan Subpages category currently has members 300+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} these categories?

##### **Traditional Clans**

The Traditional Clans category refers to clans based directly after those of the book, with names like ThunderClan, SkyClan, RiverClan, etc. Some users mix up Traditional and Nontraditional when categorizing, but this is only due to lack of knowledge. It can commonly be misspelt as Traditional Clan. Changing the category name to "Canon Clans" has been suggested by some users.

*The Traditional Clans category currently has members 100+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category? Do you {{support}} or {{oppose}} changing the name of the category to Canon Clans?

##### **Nontraditional Clans**

The Nontraditional Clans category refers to clans based roughly after those of the book, with names/clans non-existent in the Warrior Cats canon universe. Some users mix up Traditional and Nontraditional when categorizing, but this is only due to lack of knowledge. It can commonly be misspelt as Nontraditional Clan. Changing the category name to "Fanon Clans" has been suggested by some users.

*The Traditional Clans category currently has members 1,200+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category? Do you {{support}} or {{oppose}} changing the name of the category to Fanon Clans?

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##### **Packs (And Pack Subpages)**

The Packs category is another very common category on the wiki. It refers to groups of usually canines, or multi-species, but there are a few exceptions. It isn't very misused, except for occasionally on miscategorized OC pages. Occasionally it will be mistyped as "Pack" or have a fake sub-category known as Nontraditional Packs. Pack Subpages are are pages belonging to certain packs that aren't their main informative page, they should not be categorized with both Packs and Pack Subpages. This should be used, and individual packs should NOT have their own category.

*The Packs category currently has 700+ members.*

*The Pack Subpages category currently has 100+ members.*

#### Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} these categories?

##### Canine Packs is a sub-category of packs. It is used for packs that include species of canines, which are quite common on the wiki, however the category itself is rarely used. It could easily be considered an unneeded category.

*The Canine Packs category currently has 10+ members.*

Do you {{support}} this category? Or do you {{oppose}} it and think it should be removed?

##### **Dog Packs**

Dog Packs, much like Wolf Packs, is a sub-category to Packs. While it's arguably unnecessary due to the existence of "Packs" and is nearly the same as the Canine Packs category, it helps users navigate the many different groups when in search of a specific kind, and is even on the navigation bar. This is category is commonly misspelt as Dog Pack.

*The Dog Packs category currently has 50+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category?

##### **Rogue Packs**

Rogue Packs is a sub-category to Packs. While it is less used than Wolf and Dog Packs, it helps users navigate the many different groups when in search of a specific kind and is even on the navigation bar. This is category is commonly misspelt as Rouge Packs.

*~~AUTHORS NOTE: HI GUYS FUNKY HERE OKAY. Damn where to start. Rouge is red in french guys. Just,,,,,stop.~~*

*The Rogue Packs category currently has 30+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category?

##### **Tribes (And Tribe Subpages)**

The Tribes category is a sub category to Groups. Tribes all vary heavily, and are usually very unique. This category is less common, so is rarely misused, but could commonly be mispelt as "Tribe, or have a fake sub-category Nontraditional Tribes." Tribe subpages refer to side pages to individual tribes, much like group-subpages.

*The Tribes category currently has 70+ members.*

*The Tribe Subpages category currently has 3+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category?

#### Species Categories

##### The Cats category is used OC pages related to cats. Common misuses/variations of this category includes: Felines, Cat, Domestic Cats, or use on group pages.

*The Cats category currently has 1,500+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category?

##### **Big Cats**

\*See Unofficial Categories (Because surprisingly, this actually isn't an official category)

##### **Wolves**

The Wolves category is for wolf-related OC pages. Common misuses of it are: Wolf, Dog/Wolf Hybrids being categorized under it instead of Canines, and use on group pages.

*The Wolves category currently has 800+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category?

##### **Dogs**

The Dogs category is for OC pages related to dogs. Common misuses/variations of it include: Dog, and categorizing Wolves under it instead of using the proper category, or being used on group pages.

*The Dogs category currently has 150+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category?

##### **Canines**

The Canines category is for OC pages that classify as a canine such as foxes, hybrids, and canines. It states that it should not be used for pages that classify under the Wolves or Dogs category, yet is commonly misused for such. It lacks members, and it could be better to remove this category, and have anything that doesn't classify as a Wolf or Dog under the Nontraditional Species category.

*The Canines category currently has 9+ members.*

Do you {{support}} this category? Or do you {{oppose}} it and think it should be merged with Wolves/Dogs or Nontraditional Species appropriately?

##### The Nontraditional Species category refers to OC pages and Groups that are not any of the species found above. Common misuses include creation of new categories such as Humans, Birds, Dragons, Foxes, etc, or use on group pages.

*The Nontraditional Species category currently has 80+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category?

##### **Multi-species**

The Multi-species category refers to Groups that have more than one species within them, for example Cats and Dogs. Common typos/variations of this category are: Multispecies, Mixed Animals, or groups just categorizing their pages with Cats, Wolves, Dogs, etc, which are meant for OC pages.

*The Multi-Species category currently has 90+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category?

#### Other Categories

##### **Original Characters**

The Original Characters category consists of personal pages on users' roleplay characters. They are one of the most commonly found types of pages, and along with group pages they are most of the content of the wiki. They are one of the most common types of pages to be incorrectly categorized, however. Users often categorize their OC pages as: OC page, Oc, OC, Original Character, My character, etc.

*The Original Characters category currently has 180+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category?

##### **Guides**

Surprisingly, the Guides category isn't mentioned often. It consists of guides on aspects of roleplay and things of that sort. Common errors in categorizing such can be: Guide or Help (Not including the Mandatory Help Wiki Pages).

*The Guides category currently has 180+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category?

##### **Anatomy**

The Anatomy category contains guides to anatomy. It's not commonly used or even misused. It could easily be considered an unneeded category, as it could easily be merged into the Guides category.

*The Anatomy category currently has 1+ member(s).*

Do you {{support}} this category? Or do you {{oppose}} it and think it should be removed due to lack of use?

##### **Medicine**

The Medicine category contains pages and guides related to medicine. Like the Anatomy category, it is not often acknowledged, but is certainly more used and potentially useful in some circumstances. It has over 10 members, so it isn't a completely ignored category. Some potential categorization errors could include: Herbs.

*The Medicine category currently has 20+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category?

#### The Religion and Beliefs category contains pages about religions of the many groups/roleplayers. Some common mistakes/fake categories associated with this category include: Religion, categorizing a group page under it.

*The Religion and Beliefs category currently has 70+ members.*

Are there any reasons you {{oppose}} this category?

##### **Locations**

The Locations category contains pages about locations. This may be a camp, or a territory. However, information on territories and camp is often included on a group's mainpage, or as a sub-page, greatly diminishing this category's rare usage, making it fairly unnecessary.

*The Locations category currently has 4+ members.*

Do you {{support}} this category? Or do you {{oppose}} it and think it should be removed due to lack of use?

##### The Galleries Category is for subpages that consist of galleries. Little know of it's existence, and much like Locations, due to groups adding galleries to their main pages, it's use dwindles. Also, subpages could simply just be categorized as a pack/clan/group (etc) subpage.

*The Galleries category currently has 7+ members.*

##### **Family Trees**

The Family Trees category is used as a page to show an OC's family tree. While it's true these can grow quite large, it makes just as much sense to include a tree like such on an OC page, and when addressing relations, most creators don't use a tree format, and instead just list them. Due to this, the Family Trees category's usage dwindles, and is rarely used. There are even templates users can use to create trees/list relations on their OC pages.

*The Family Trees category currently has 4+ member(s).*

Do you {{support}} this category? Or do you {{oppose}} it and think it should be removed due to lack of use?

##### **Roleplay Elements**

This category seems to be for things that don't fall under any of the things listed above, but surprisingly, most of this category is full of things that should be in one those above, mostly guides. Common mistakes with this category include: OC pages being categorized under it, Locations being categorized under it along with Medicine.

*The Family Trees category currently has 80+ member(s).*

Do you {{support}} this category? Or do you {{oppose}} it and think it should be removed due to lack of proper use?

## Commonly Used Unofficial Categories

*Keep in mind none of these categories were ever created in the first place, so technically they're non-existent categories adopted by the community, some more than others.*

##### **Big Cats**

The Big Cats is used for OC Pages referring to large felines such as lions, panthers, leopards, etc. It has more members than many of the existent categories. Common misuses/typos of the category include: Use on group pages, Big Cat, Individual Species as a category such as "Lions".

*220+ pages are currently categorized as Big Cats.*

Do you think this should become an official category; if so you {{support}}, or do you {{oppose}}?

##### **Wolf Packs**

Wolf Packs is a non-existent sub-category to Packs that many users have adopted. Surprisingly, while Dog and Rogue packs are on the navigation bar, Wolf Packs is not. It helps users navigate the many different groups when in search of a specific kind. This is category is commonly misspelt as Wolf Pack.

*100+ pages are currently categorized as Wolf Packs.*

Do you think this should become an official category; if so you {{support}}, or do you {{oppose}}?

##### **Roleplay Pages**

This is honestly a strange category I came across, considering technically every article on the wiki should be a roleplay page? It seems to be much like the roleplay forums, but with actual roleplay happening on Animal Jam.

40*+ pages are currently categorized as Roleplay Pages.*

Do you think this should become an official category; if so you {{support}}, or do you {{oppose}}?

## Ideas for Categories

#### **Orientation Categories (Light, Neutral, Dark)**

Categories for orientations could help users in search of a group easily narrow down their preferences. It has been mentioned by multiple users a few times, and seems like a good idea.