Categorizing guideline: Difference between revisions
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== Tagging == | == Tagging == | ||
Tutorial articles are tagged with templates that start with <code><nowiki>{{tutorial-</nowiki></code>. | Tutorial articles are tagged with templates that start with <code><nowiki>{{tutorial-</nowiki></code>, like <code><nowiki>{{tutorial-water}}</nowiki></code>. | ||
Everything that doesn't really fit to be a tutorial is tagged with a template that just consists of the topic of the article, like <code><nowiki>{{textures}}</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>{{water}}</nowiki></code>. | Everything that doesn't really fit to be a tutorial is tagged with a template that just consists of the topic of the article, like <code><nowiki>{{textures}}</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>{{water}}</nowiki></code>. | ||
See [[Assigning your Page to a Category]] for how to do add the correct template. | While you can add more than one template, you '''must''' use only '''one kind''' of template to tag articles! See [[Assigning your Page to a Category]] for how to do add the correct template. | ||
== Category-Tree == | == Category-Tree == | ||
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.. and so on | .. and so on | ||
# Each category contains all the articles from the sub-categories, too (except the Documentation category). | # Each category contains '''all''' the articles from the sub-categories, too (except the Documentation category). | ||
# Each editing subcategory also contains the appropriate tutorial category. | # Each editing subcategory also contains the appropriate tutorial category. | ||
# The [:Category:Tutorial|Tutorial category] contains '''only''' tutorial articles. | # The [[:Category:Tutorial|Tutorial category]] contains '''only''' tutorial articles. | ||
# The [:Category:Editing|Editing category] contains '''all''' editing articles, including tutorials. | # The [[:Category:Editing|Editing category]] contains '''all''' editing articles, including tutorials. | ||
This means the [[:Category:Editing|Editing]] category contains all the articles from the ''Water'' category, | This means the [[:Category:Editing|Editing]] category contains all the articles from the ''Water'' category, | ||
as well as all ''Water tutorial'' articles, plus the ''Water'' and the ''Water Tutorials'' category. | as well as all ''Water tutorial'' articles, plus the ''Water'' and the ''Water Tutorials'' category. | ||
At each point in the category tree the user can thus find '''all'' articles that are | At each point in the category tree the user can thus find '''all'' articles that are currently in this topic, plus a list of sub-categories. Selecting one subcategory will limit the number of displayed articles to just this sub-category and the contained categories. So going further down, the number of articles will get smaller and smaller until the user reaches the last category. | ||
{{tutorial-wiki}} | {{tutorial-wiki}} | ||
Revision as of 15:58, 7 October 2007
Currently, articles are broadly divided into two main types:
- Tutorials
- everything else
Tutorials
These are:
- comprehensive, step-by-step guides,
- the reader does usually not need to know the topic beforehand to follow the tutorial,
- they contain more text than just one or two paragraphs
- they have (preferable) explanatory images
Anything that doesn't really fit as a tutorial is considered to be just an article.
Tagging
Tutorial articles are tagged with templates that start with {{tutorial-, like {{tutorial-water}}.
Everything that doesn't really fit to be a tutorial is tagged with a template that just consists of the topic of the article, like {{textures}} or {{water}}.
While you can add more than one template, you must use only one kind of template to tag articles! See Assigning your Page to a Category for how to do add the correct template.
Category-Tree
Currently, the templates sort articles into categories by the following scheme:
Documentation
Tutorial
Wiki
Editing
Water Tutorials
Texture Tutorials
... and so on
Editing
Textures
Texture Tutorials
Texture Tutorials
Water
Water Tutorials
.. and so on
Universe
.. and so on
- Each category contains all the articles from the sub-categories, too (except the Documentation category).
- Each editing subcategory also contains the appropriate tutorial category.
- The Tutorial category contains only tutorial articles.
- The Editing category contains all editing articles, including tutorials.
This means the Editing category contains all the articles from the Water category, as well as all Water tutorial articles, plus the Water and the Water Tutorials category.
At each point in the category tree the user can thus find 'all articles that are currently in this topic, plus a list of sub-categories. Selecting one subcategory will limit the number of displayed articles to just this sub-category and the contained categories. So going further down, the number of articles will get smaller and smaller until the user reaches the last category.
