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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:''Example:'' [[:Category:Goblyn]] is a category, even though they may all seem interchangeable. They aren't. See [[Herrd ApKie]], a Goblyn NPC. (And [[Goblyn]] is a page that redirects to the category.) Are we really likely to have an individual [[Scavyt]] or [[Carrion Stalker]] as an NPC? No, but to be consistent, every species is a category. Also keep in mind, that we are allowing non-canon additions to the wiki, and you never know what some crazy DM has done.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:''Example:'' [[:Category:Goblyn]] is a category, even though they may all seem interchangeable. They aren't. See [[Herrd ApKie]], a Goblyn NPC. (And [[Goblyn]] is a page that redirects to the category.) Are we really likely to have an individual [[Scavyt]] or [[Carrion Stalker]] as an NPC? No, but to be consistent, every species is a category. Also keep in mind, that we are allowing non-canon additions to the wiki, and you never know what some crazy DM has done.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Places and NPCs are not Categories''' - To avoid circular categories and other confusion, NPCs and Locations should be individual pages. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Places and NPCs are not Categories''' - To avoid circular categories and other confusion, NPCs and Locations should be individual pages. </div></td></tr>
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</table>Gonzoronhttp://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Mistipedia:Guidelines&diff=33373&oldid=prevCure: /* Categories */2010-04-16T06:07:32Z<p><span class="autocomment">Categories</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Category versus Page''' - Certain entries should be Categories instead of individual pages. Anything that represents a group of things rather than a single thing should be a Category. Namely, [[:Category:Society|Societies]] and [[:Category:Monster|Monster Species]] are groups of individual [[:Category:NPC|NPCs]], even if there are no known individuals in that group, or only one unique NPC. To make linking easier, all Society and Monster categories should have a matching page that redirects to the category.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Category versus Page''' - Certain entries should be Categories instead of individual pages. Anything that represents a group of things rather than a single thing should be a Category. Namely, [[:Category:Society|Societies]] and [[:Category:Monster|Monster Species]] are groups of individual [[:Category:NPC|NPCs]], even if there are no known individuals in that group, or only one unique NPC. To make linking easier, all Society and Monster categories should have a matching page that redirects to the category.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:''Example:'' [[:Category:Goblyn]] is a category, even though they may all seem interchangeable. They aren't. See [[Herrd ApKie]], a Goblyn NPC. (And [[Goblyn]] is a page that redirects to the category.) Are we really likely to have an individual [[Scavyt]] or [[Carrion Stalker]] as an NPC? No, but to be consistent, every species is a category. Also keep in mind, that we are allowing non-canon additions to the wiki, and you never know what some crazy DM has done.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:''Example:'' [[:Category:Goblyn]] is a category, even though they may all seem interchangeable. They aren't. See [[Herrd ApKie]], a Goblyn NPC. (And [[Goblyn]] is a page that redirects to the category.) Are we really likely to have an individual [[Scavyt]] or [[Carrion Stalker]] as an NPC? No, but to be consistent, every species is a category. Also keep in mind, that we are allowing non-canon additions to the wiki, and you never know what some crazy DM has done.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Places and NPCs are not Categories''' - To avoid circular categories and other confusion, NPCs and Locations should be individual pages. If you want to categorize by place, use the [[:Category:Nationality]] categories instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Places and NPCs are not Categories''' - To avoid circular categories and other confusion, NPCs and Locations should be individual pages. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:''Example:'' [[Theokos]] is in [[:Category:Nidalan]], not Category:Nidala. Category:Nidala does not exist.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">**</ins>If you want to categorize by place, use the [[:Category:Nationality]] categories instead.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">**As a second possibility, when Nationaltiy isn't appropriate, [[:Category:Ethnicity]] may work as in [[:Category:Gundarakite]], [[:Category:Mulan]] or [[:Category:Akiri]]</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Monster Categorization''' </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Monster Categorization''' </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** [[:Category:Monster]] is broken up into subcategories for each of the 3.5 edition creature types. In addition, there is [[:Category:Unsorted Monster]] for monsters that still need to be sorted into one of those categories, and [[:Category:Other Monster Groupings]] for anything that can't cleanly be sorted into one of those types. There should be nothing else in [[:Category:Monster]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** [[:Category:Monster]] is broken up into subcategories for each of the 3.5 edition creature types. In addition, there is [[:Category:Unsorted Monster]] for monsters that still need to be sorted into one of those categories, and [[:Category:Other Monster Groupings]] for anything that can't cleanly be sorted into one of those types. There should be nothing else in [[:Category:Monster]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** Individual NPCs that are former humanoids transformed into a non-template creature get [[:Category:Former _____]], instead of their former type.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** Individual NPCs that are former humanoids transformed into a non-template creature get [[:Category:Former _____]], instead of their former type.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Curehttp://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Mistipedia:Guidelines&diff=33360&oldid=prevGonzoron at 01:35, 16 April 20102010-04-16T01:35:07Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*:''Example:'' Some cats are animals (like [[Plains Cat]]). Some cats are magical beasts (like [[Midnight Cat]]). Thus, as tempting as it may be [[:Category:Cat]] can't go in either [[:Category:Animal]] or in [[:Category:Magical Beast]]. It must go in [[:Category:Other Monster Groupings]] instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*:''Example:'' Some cats are animals (like [[Plains Cat]]). Some cats are magical beasts (like [[Midnight Cat]]). Thus, as tempting as it may be [[:Category:Cat]] can't go in either [[:Category:Animal]] or in [[:Category:Magical Beast]]. It must go in [[:Category:Other Monster Groupings]] instead.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** There are 12 "Van Richten Categories", based on the [[Van Richten's Guides]]. "The Created" is synonymous with [[Construct]]. [[:Category:Fiend]], [[:Category:Witch]], and [[:Category:Mist Creature]] are in [[:Category:Other Monster Groupings]]. <ref>See [[:Category:Fiend]] for why it's not in [[:Category:Outsider]].</ref> [[:Category:Lycanthrope]] is under [[:Category:Shapechanger]] in [[:Category:Other Monster Groupings]]. "Shadow Fey" are [[:Category:The Arak]], in [[:Category:Fey]]. [[:Category:Vistani]] is under [[:Category:Human]]. All the rest are [[:Category:Undead]]. All <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">creatures </del>species who have a Van Richten Category should be in it, in addition to the appropriate creature type category, and any other appropriate categories.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** There are 12 "Van Richten Categories", based on the [[Van Richten's Guides]]. "The Created" is synonymous with [[Construct]]. [[:Category:Fiend]], [[:Category:Witch]], and [[:Category:Mist Creature]] are in [[:Category:Other Monster Groupings]]. <ref>See [[:Category:Fiend]] for why it's not in [[:Category:Outsider]].</ref> [[:Category:Lycanthrope]] is under [[:Category:Shapechanger]] in [[:Category:Other Monster Groupings]]. "Shadow Fey" are [[:Category:The Arak]], in [[:Category:Fey]]. [[:Category:Vistani]] is under [[:Category:Human]]. All the rest are [[:Category:Undead]]. All <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">creature </ins>species who have a Van Richten Category should be in it, in addition to the appropriate creature type category, and any other appropriate categories.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** There are 12 "Van Richten Categories", based on the [[Van Richten's Guides]]. "The Created" is synonymous with [[Construct]]. [[:Category:Fiend]], [[:Category:Witch]], and [[:Category:Mist Creature]] are in [[:Category:Other Monster Groupings]]. <ref>See [[:Category:Fiend]] for why it's not in [[:Category:Outsider]].</ref> [[:Category:Lycanthrope]] is under [[:Category:Shapechanger]] in [[:Category:Other Monster Groupings]]. "Shadow Fey" are [[:Category:The Arak]], in [[:Category:Fey]]. [[:Category:Vistani]] is under [[:Category:Human]]. All the rest are [[:Category:Undead]]. All creatures species who have a Van Richten Category should be in it, in addition to the appropriate creature type category, and any other appropriate categories.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** There are 12 "Van Richten Categories", based on the [[Van Richten's Guides]]. "The Created" is synonymous with [[Construct]]. [[:Category:Fiend]], [[:Category:Witch]], and [[:Category:Mist Creature]] are in [[:Category:Other Monster Groupings]]. <ref>See [[:Category:Fiend]] for why it's not in [[:Category:Outsider]].</ref> [[:Category:Lycanthrope]] is under [[:Category:Shapechanger]] in [[:Category:Other Monster Groupings]]. "Shadow Fey" are [[:Category:The Arak]], in [[:Category:Fey]]. [[:Category:Vistani]] is under [[:Category:Human]]. All the rest are [[:Category:Undead]]. All creatures species who have a Van Richten Category should be in it, in addition to the appropriate creature type category, and any other appropriate categories.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Gonzoronhttp://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Mistipedia:Guidelines&diff=33349&oldid=prevGonzoron at 01:18, 16 April 20102010-04-16T01:18:55Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Category versus Page''' - Certain entries should be Categories instead of individual pages. Anything that represents a group of things rather than a single thing should be a Category. Namely, [[:Category:Society|Societies]] and [[:Category:Monster|Monster Species]] are groups of individual [[:Category:NPC|NPCs]], even if there are no known individuals in that group, or only one unique NPC. To make linking easier, all Society and Monster categories should have a matching page that redirects to the category.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Category versus Page''' - Certain entries should be Categories instead of individual pages. Anything that represents a group of things rather than a single thing should be a Category. Namely, [[:Category:Society|Societies]] and [[:Category:Monster|Monster Species]] are groups of individual [[:Category:NPC|NPCs]], even if there are no known individuals in that group, or only one unique NPC. To make linking easier, all Society and Monster categories should have a matching page that redirects to the category.</div></td></tr>
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