Dozierverse Wiki:Category Creation Policy

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The **Category Creation Policy** is a basic guideline used when deciding whether a new category should be created or not. The Dozierverse Wiki aims to cover every subject set within the Dozierverse, while maintaining a high-quality level in each and every article. For that reason, the proper categorization of all articles is important, as having too many or too few categories in an article is counter-productive.

**Due to misunderstandings of the whole purpose of categorizing, we ask that you do not create new categories and add them to articles. Most of the time, if a category does not exist, it is not intended to exist, or there is already an existing category that covers its purpose. Please be sure to ask the Administrators before creating a category.**

This policy focuses on whether or not a category should be created, explaining the categories that can be automatically created as soon as an article can be categorized as such.

## Media

Any time a new media is announced, a group of different categories can be created to collect the articles related to said media. This group of categories include

* A main or parent category, with the same name as the article for the media it is intended for (e.g. Category:Batman (film))
* Subcategories for **Actors**, **Characters**, **Crew Members**, **Items**, **Locations**, **Merchandise**, **Soundtrack**, **Vehicles** and **Weapons**
* TV series can also have a subcategory for their respective **Episodes**. That category would include the different **Season** articles.
* Documentaries have a category for **Interviewees**, as they don't have any actors by definition.

## Characters

Characters are categorized under different families of categories whose subdivisions allow to include the vast majority of articles within the wiki (Characters by Media, by Appearance, by Race, by Affiliation, by Occupation...). Therefore, the creation of new categories for this kind of articles is conditioned to this requisite.

First of all, characters are categorized under their corresponding Media categories. This category can be substituted by the **Mentioned Only Characters** if needed.

From an in-universe point of view, any character article is first categorized under four categories that can be applied to the vast majority if not all characters. These four categories are classified under the Race, Gender, Hair Color and Eye Color criteria.

* New categories for Races can be created as soon as one character article belongs to said category, and the race article also exists. If they do not, they are usually classified under the **Creatures** category.
* New categories for Gender can be created as soon as one character article belongs to said category.
* New categories for Hair Color and Eye Color can be created as soon as one character article belongs to said category.

Characters are often categorized by their occupation too.

* Categories for new occupations are created once there is enough number of articles to warrant their creation. **Seek for admin input or approval BEFORE creating them**.
* Occupations related to their membership to a Team or Organization are described in the section below

Finally, there are a handful of Trivia-like categories that help with the categorization of characters within the scope of the Dozierverse Wiki. **Seek for admin input or approval BEFORE creating them**.

* Trivia-like intrinsic to the Dozierverse Wiki can be created upon request. So far this includes the **Enhanced Individuals** category, and all categories about the enhancement method.
* Out-of-universe trivia-like categories also may help with said categorization. Categories such as **Characters based on real people**, **Unnamed Characters**, **Fictional Characters**, **Brainwashed Characters**, **Multilingual Characters**, **Heroes** and **Villains** are included in these.
* For **Deceased Characters**, a category for **Characters Killed by** can be created as soon as any character is killed by another character who has its own article.

Categories for specific traits that are clearly defined for a handful of characters but cannot be widely applied to characters in general **cannot be created**. These traits include, but are not limited to: citizenship, ethnicity, religious preference or sexual orientation.

## Items/Weapons/Vehicles

**Items**, **Weapons** and **Vehicles** are usually categorized with the general category and the correspondent media category.

* Categories for sub-groups of items, weapons or vehicles can be created once there is enough number of articles to warrant their creation. **Seek for admin input or approval BEFORE creating them**.
* Items related to their ownership to a Team or Organization are described in the section below

## Locations

**Locations** are usually categorized with the general category and the correspondent media category.

* Categories for sub-groups of locations can be created once there is enough number of articles to warrant their creation. **Seek for admin input or approval BEFORE creating them**.
* Locations related to their affiliation to a Team or Organization are described in the section below

## Organizations

**Organizations** are usually categorized with the general category and a self-named category.

* Categories for the members of said organizations are classified under **Leaders**, **Employees**, **Agents**, **Operatives**, **Soldiers**, **Officers**, **Consultants**, **Officials**. Choosing the proper nomenclature depends on both the specific type of organization and the differences explained in the Manual of Style
	+ A few organizations deserve a category for their **Clients**, especially law firms and private agencies.
	+ In case the nomenclature above doesn't adjust to the nomenclature above, a **Members** category can be used, but it should be avoided as a general rule.
* Items related to an organization are classified under **Equipment**. If they are items developed by a company, they are classified under **Products**.
* Locations related to an organization are classified under **Facilities**.
* Projects developed by an organization are classified under **Projects**.

## Teams

**Teams** are usually categorized with the general category and a self-named category.

* Categories for the members of said team are classified under the **Members** category.
* If needed, teams can also use the **Equipment** and **Facilities** categories with the same purposes as organizations.

## Actors

**Actors** are usually categorized with the general category and the correspondent media category. **Voice actors** also have their own category.

* A series of "Trivia"-like categories for actors also exist, including **Non-Human Actors**, **Actors Portraying Themselves**, **Actors with Roles in Comic Book Adaptations outside of the Dozierverse franchise** and **Deceased Actors**. **Seek for admin input or approval BEFORE creating them**.

## Crew Members

**Crew** are usually categorized with the general category and the correspondent media category.

* Different kinds of crew members have their own categories, such as **Directors**, **Showrunners**, **Writers**, **Producers**, **Composers**, **Comic Artists**, **Scientific Consultants** and **Stunt Performers**. **Seek for admin input or approval BEFORE creating them**.
* A series of "Trivia"-like categories for crew members also exist, including **Crew Members in Comic Book Adaptations outside of the Dozierverse franchise**, **Crew Members with Roles in Comic Book Adaptations outside of Dozierverse franchise** and **Deceased Crew**. **Seek for admin input or approval BEFORE creating them**.

## Page-Type Categories

There specific type of **Content** type articles that should contain their own category and, in some cases, the correspondent media category. These categories include **Awards**, **Full Credits**, **Galleries**, **Home Video**, **Merchandise**, **Portals**, **Quote**, **Release Dates**, **Reviews**, **Songs**, **Timeline**, **Trivia**, and **Universe**.

* Creation of sub-categories for this group is, at this time, **not allowed**.