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:A reminder: the Category Tree extension goes hand in hand with this, so we should ask Alloc about installing it on the wiki. Without it, the only page that shows categories is Special:Categories, which lists all cat.s at all levels; CatTree will let us see the hierarchy properly, once it's in place. --'''Iritscen'''
:"Humor" sounds like too general a name for humorous images. You can make that name more specific and/or allow for a more general Humor category. --[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 22:54, 10 November 2008 (CET)
::Er, I made it "Humor images", is that specific enough? Don't know how else it can be improved, it seems fine that way to me. --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 00:09, 11 November 2008 (CET)
:::"Humor images" turns the word "humor" into a grammatically improbable qualifier, in which place "fun" would probably be better because it's already been "adjectivated". Apart from "fun images", my suggestion here would be to make a higher-level category called "Humor" used to categorize ''that'' kind of images, but also articles which are supposed to make people ROFL. Note that you can't categorize sections (dunno if it's unfortunate or fortunate). --[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 04:43, 12 November 2008 (CET)
::::This taps into a much larger issue that I suppose we should be considering first and foremost: how do we handle media (for now, at least, just pictures) on the wiki? I see three options:
::::#Separate images at the top level, with their own set of cat.s (as I'm doing now).
::::#Have that level 1 cat. for Images, but with no sub-cat.s, and additionally apply cat.s from the other branches to images as seems appropriate.
::::#Just file the images into the other categories. This might make it hard to manage images, but I'm not sure we *need* to use cat.s to get handles on images; there are other ways to find files on the wiki, at any rate, so maybe all that matters is that images are cat.d, not separately cat.d.
::::I could guess which option you might prefer, but I might guess wrong, so I'll just patiently wait for your answer and go from there. --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 18:08, 12 November 2008 (CET)
::::So, at this point, I'm choosing to stay with answer 1, but I've taken your suggestion and gone with "Fun images". --[[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]] 22:02, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
:I'm afraid I can't make a definitive statement on any trunk after "Images" as a whole. Just a few casual remarks right now. More, later, maybe. --[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 22:54, 10 November 2008 (CET)
:I wouldn't call "Templates" an "Administrative" category. Also, the categories should be named as explicitly as possible and in "... ''templates''" --[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 22:54, 10 November 2008 (CET)
::Templates are definitely administrative, unless you propose making another level-1 cat. for them, which to me isn't justified. --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 00:09, 11 November 2008 (CET)
:::Templates are often created by regular editors as a typesetting commodity, not set up by admins with maintenance in mind. They are a basic feature of MediaWiki, and I don't think you should label the whole lot of them as something "administrative". The only "administrative" templates are what you called "administrative templates", really. Maybe you are looking for another name than "Administrative", something like "Wiki-world" (as opposed to Real-world and Oni-world). It may also be that the "Images" subtree actually belongs in that "wiki-space": like "Templates", the root of that hierarchy is redundant of a fundamental built-in functionality of MediaWiki. The three trunks "Real-world", "Oni-world" and "Wiki-world" make sense to me. The last trunk (wiki-world) is perhaps the most clear-cut: a purely utilitary categorization of the wiki's basic resources (e.g., images categorized as resources, regardless of their specific usage in articles; by genre or by author, but not according to what exactly is pictured; additional categorization will come from the "in-universe" tree, mostly). As you noticed, the whole "added value" business blurs the line between "in-universe" and "real-world"; and modding also deals with "in-universe" entities and interpretations. I have no clear suggestion at this point, but it seems hard, if not futile, to keep branches of "in-universe" from contaminating other trunks. --[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 04:43, 12 November 2008 (CET)
::::Sorry, don't like "Wiki-world", but what about "Wiki maintenance" or "Wiki support"? And yes, perhaps "Images" <u>should</u> go under that, I am not decided yet, but the idea is not a bad one. --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 18:08, 12 November 2008 (CET)
::::More importantly, you are questioning the overall approach to the level 1 cat.s. Leaving "Images" aside for now, we're looking the other four main cat.s. Your point that modding is partly in-universe, and that added value is also tied up in the Oni-verse leads me to this suggestion: rather than making Modding a level 1 cat., how about these cat.s at level 1: '''Oni-verse''', '''Wiki support''', and '''Beyond Oni-verse'''. This last cat. would have as a sub-cat the Modding branch, articles about Oni as a game, as well as Added value, as well as Oni 2's whole namespace. Whatcha think? --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 18:08, 12 November 2008 (CET)
:::::I would rather keep modding in its own category. "Wiki-world", "Modding Oni", "Inside Oni", and "Beyond Oni".  Or something of the sort. [[User:Gumby|Gumby]] 19:51, 12 November 2008 (CET)
::::::Trying something new; since it's just too hard to fit so many topics into just five level 1 cat.s, counting Images, so I made seven :-3 : '''Real World''', '''Inside Oni''', '''Beyond Oni''' (for added value and Oni 2 stuff), '''Oni Support''' (for things like "Installation"), '''Oni Modding''', '''Wiki Support''', and '''Images'''. There's nothing wrong with seven level 1 categories, and I can't find any way to squeeze one more kind of article together without it being unnatural.
:I would have other remarks, e.g., about "Added value" or "AE" vs "Modding projects", but that'd be more or less subjective and polemical. Later. --[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 22:54, 10 November 2008 (CET)
::I'm not that confident about where I placed "Added value". And "AE" should probably be under "Current modding projects"; trying it under there for now to see how it looks; note that only pages directly related to your AE work would be there, none of that "all modding belongs to the AE" nonsense. :-3 --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 00:09, 11 November 2008 (CET)
:::"all modding belongs to the AE" is not nonsense, it's just that Oni is not mod-friendly, so mods will inevitably interfere unless they're part of a single framework. And "my" AE work is nil, so go ahead and delete the whole namespace while you're at it ^_^ - seriously, AE will be a ''gathering'' or it will not be. If you don't like "AE", we can change the namespace to "Mods", but it wouldn't change the fact of the matter: think of it as a standard in organization and quality without which a mod just isn't viable (according to ME, of course, according to ME; I've been wrong before; but, I'll say it again, Oni is fundamentally ''not'' mod-friendly -_-). --[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 04:43, 12 November 2008 (CET)
::::I think your last point is pointless, I don't care how hard Oni is to mod; I see a very clear distinction between "your" work (read: the specific package you release that is called the Edition) and any mods that may use that framework. --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 18:08, 12 November 2008 (CET)
::::The current evolution of the AE, as it becomes modular, is bearing me out here, as there are simply mods that ''are'' AE, and mods that ''aren't'' AE. This ties in with what you have told me elsewhere, that you want the AE to include only selected mods that can be screened for compatibility with the other AE mods. So if we follow this path, the distinction will always be clear. --[[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]] 22:02, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
==Category Tree Proposal==
Summary: The level 1 categories take this overall approach: '''two''' for wiki management ('''Images''', and '''Wiki Support''' for the templates and such), '''two''' for in-universe stuff ('''Inside Oni''' and '''Beyond Oni''', for Oni 1 and Oni 2-ish, respectively), '''one''' for helping people play Oni ('''Oni Support'''), '''one''' for helping people mod Oni ('''Modding Oni'''), and '''one''' for an outside-world approach to Oni ('''Real World'''), which will also catch the random non-Oni-related articles. Trying to narrow the number of cat.s down from here only artificially forces together articles that are unlike each other. The fact that it makes a total of seven categories is purely coincidental, but I think it's a sign that we're doing the right thing. [[User:Iritscen|:-3]]
Summary: The level 1 categories take this overall approach: '''two''' for wiki management ('''Images''', and '''Wiki Support''' for the templates and such), '''two''' for in-universe stuff ('''Inside Oni''' and '''Beyond Oni''', for Oni 1 and Oni 2-ish, respectively), '''one''' for helping people play Oni ('''Oni Support'''), '''one''' for helping people mod Oni ('''Modding Oni'''), and '''one''' for an outside-world approach to Oni ('''Real World'''), which will also catch the random non-Oni-related articles. Trying to narrow the number of cat.s down from here only artificially forces together articles that are unlike each other. The fact that it makes a total of seven categories is purely coincidental, but I think it's a sign that we're doing the right thing. [[User:Iritscen|:-3]]


Revision as of 22:46, 4 May 2009

Summary: The level 1 categories take this overall approach: two for wiki management (Images, and Wiki Support for the templates and such), two for in-universe stuff (Inside Oni and Beyond Oni, for Oni 1 and Oni 2-ish, respectively), one for helping people play Oni (Oni Support), one for helping people mod Oni (Modding Oni), and one for an outside-world approach to Oni (Real World), which will also catch the random non-Oni-related articles. Trying to narrow the number of cat.s down from here only artificially forces together articles that are unlike each other. The fact that it makes a total of seven categories is purely coincidental, but I think it's a sign that we're doing the right thing. :-3


Contents

Inside Oni
Characters
Events
Factions
BGI
TCTF
SWAT
Syndicate
Strikers
Elite
WCG -- includes civilians
Quotes
Weapons
Oni Support
Game directory map
Gameplay tools
Help -- for pages like Troubleshooting and Gameplay
Patches and upgrades
Beyond Oni
Added value
Oni 2
Real World -- anything outside Oni's universe, such as "Oni" and "Voice actors", plus misc. articles
Oni Modding
Modding information
Bungie scripting language docs
Modding tutorials
Oni binary data docs
Modding projects
Modding projects by status
Current modding projects
Anniversary Edition
AE to-do
Finished modding projects
Outdated modding projects
Modding projects by platform
Mac-only mods
Windows-only mods
Bi-platform mods
Modding projects by type
Animation mods
Character mods
Comprehensive mods
Level mods
Scripting mods
Texture mods
Translation mods
Weapon mods
Modding tools
Modding tools by platform
Mac-only modding tools
Windows-only modding tools
Bi-platform modding tools
Modding tools by status
Completed modding tools
Modding tools under development
Outdated modding tools
Images
Art
Art by artist
Art by Lorraine Reyes
Art by Guido
Art by Craig Mullins
Art by Rina
Chibi art
Concept art
Oni concept art
Oni 2 concept art
Dark Horse comics
Fan art -- fan art goes under here by default unless it can be described by one of the following two categories
Second-hand art
Project Konoko V
Fun images
Promotional art
Wallpapers
Avatars and sigs
Game images -- formerly "In-game art"
Oni game images
Fly-in portraits
Intro sequence
Outro sequence
Screenshots
Splashscreens
Non-Oni game images
Images from other media -- would include the animé screenshots, pictures of the Nausicaä manga, etc.
Logos, icons and symbols
Modding screenshots
OBD hex images -- current name, "OBD data images", is redundant
Wiki Support
Candidates for discussion
Candidates for speedy deletion
Policies and information
Templates
Administrative templates -- such as {{delete}}
Formatting templates -- anything not a table, header or footer
Header and footer templates
Macro templates -- currently "Standard terms"
Notice templates -- such as {{SeeTalkPage}}
Table templates
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