Meta: Storywolf's guide to uniform categorization

Greetings DFG contributors. I anticipate a large problem arising in the future if we do not categorize pages thouroughly and, most importantly, uniformly.

Let's say I categorize a page as "4th Edition Campaign". The next day a 4th Edition related page pops up, and a friendly user catergorizes it as "4th Edition". A week later I see the page categorized and read no further into it. The problem: 2 catagories for one thing.

Also, without a set list of categories, we will no doubt end up with myriad one-link categories.

No.

(Yeah I just went all authoritative... sorry, I can't tell you how to live your life. You do what you like. That aside, if you would be so kind as to follow these guidelines we'll avoid a problem).

It is simple to create a category. You just add the it at the bottom of the page. It does not have to exist when you add it; it is automatically created afterwards.

Creating Catagories

 * 1) Don't
 * 2) Just kidding, it's entirely probable you'll need to. I digress;
 * 3) Before making a category, it would do well to ensure there is not a synonymous one already around.
 * 4) Keep it short. One word is the most helpful. More than one word catergories do exist and are necessary, however (for example, the 4th Edition Campaign, as mentioned above. The problem with this is it is easy to mistake, also described above).
 * 5) Check for typos. Otherwise we get those damn one-link categories. I made the selfsame mistake myself not two minutes ago and had to edit 11 pages...

Adding Categories
Important note: Custom races should have:
 * 1) What is the page? The first step is to subdivide (e.g. Human, Warlord, Universe, Location...)
 * 2) Have the categories page open. Use the exact categories found there, unless you're making a category.
 * 3) Follow the list below.
 * Their own racial category (i.e. the 'Eldr'gon' page should have the Eldr'gon category)
 * The cateogorries of both of their forebearers
 * The category "Race" and the category "Custom Race".

Common Links & Their Descriptions

 * 3.5-Pages relating to D&D Edition 3.5
 * 4e-Pages relating to D&D 4th Edition
 * 4th Edition Campaign-Pages relating to the 4th Edition Campaign
 * Filler Campaign-Pages relating to the Filler Campaign
 * Location-Pages that describe locations. Do not include this and the category City
 * City-Technically a subcategory of location, but more specific and certainly helpful
 * Main Campaign-Pages relating to the Main Campaign
 * Player Character-Pages describing player charaters
 * Meta-Pages relating to information not actually fictional D&D things, like this page
 * NPC-Pages relating to Non-Player Characters