Board Thread:Destinypedia Forum/@comment-116693-20150212195309

Many of our categories have fallen into some disrepair, with some categories being overly exclusive (many categories only containing one page) and many categories not connected to any category tree. Over the next little while, I'll be going through to try to rectify this, but wanted to lay down the goals for categories here in a thread so folks have something to refer to in the future.

When creating a new category, note that categories should: - Be useful to users (i.e., something they would search for, or be curious about when browsing) - Be clear in name and consistent with the names of other categories - Be categorized themselves -- i.e., they should be connected to the all-up Category Tree via parent-child category relationships - Include at least 3 articles in order to be considered its own category - Include a brief description of the category itself (not the subject matter of the category) along with a link to articles to give users more information. You should STRONGLY CONSIDER creating an article that ties directly to a particular category. Redirecting an article to a category page is a last resort, to be used only when a category purely speaks for itself and there is no other information available.

When categorizing articles with existing categories: - Include as many categories as apply to that article, BUT - Only include the most granular categories of any particular parent branch of the category tree. - Articles that tie directly to a category of the same name (such as Armor) should only be categorized with the parent category and any other parent categories that may reasonably apply.

For example, an article about a particular piece of armor should not be placed in the larger "Armor" category, but rather only the most granular categories that apply and that might be useful to players.

Will edit this as needed. Please read and comment. Thanks! 