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Added an overview of the intention behind current cat. organisation. Might not be apparent to editors, from individual page category perspective.
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I just wanted to start a talk page here to avoid confusion or needless work for people adding or changing image categories. Also, as this is a very broad topic and concept, likely to be a long term WIP, any major changes or updates to image categorisation can be documented here for reference and guidance. [[User:Llamageddon|Llamageddon]] ([[User talk:Llamageddon|talk]]) 14:37, 27 September 2023 (CEST) | I just wanted to start a talk page here to avoid confusion or needless work for people adding or changing image categories. Also, as this is a very broad topic and concept, likely to be a long term WIP, any major changes or updates to image categorisation can be documented here for reference and guidance. [[User:Llamageddon|Llamageddon]] ([[User talk:Llamageddon|talk]]) 14:37, 27 September 2023 (CEST) | ||
== Supercategories and Subcategories == | |||
The foundation for this was the result of a concerted effort by Harakoni to start organising all wiki images into categories for easier searching and uploading by wiki editors. | |||
*'Supercategories' refers to categories that are intended to only contain other categories, as is the case with the article page being discussed here, [[:Category: Images]]. | |||
*'Subcategories' refers to categories that are contained within a supercategory but are intended to contain links to pages on the wiki, rather than other categories. | |||
**Due to necessity or pragmatism, the lines between these two category types can be flexible. For instance, adding an image to 'Category: Images' temporarily, if the correct category is unknown or doesn't exist, is preferable to uploading it without a category. | |||
The main goal is to have most images under specific subcategories of a related supercategory. The intended result of this is that images can have a single specific category on their page, whilst still being sorted and navigable under related supercategories, such as: | |||
* Game files such as "Faded" and "Unfaded" tooltips, and Icons being individual subcategories of the "Images" supercategory. | |||
* Specific item images being able to be sorted according to their item categories: | |||
** E.g. - [[:Category: Images]] ⇒ [[:Category: Item Icons]] ⇒ [[:Category: Equipment Icons]] ⇒ [[:Category: Armour Icons]] ⇒ [[:Category: Light Armour Icons]]. | |||
In the above example, an uploaded image file of the icon for a piece of light armour can be given the single category of 'Light Armour Icons' and still nominally and functionally be under all the preceding categories as well. | |||
An added benefit to all this is that it often makes it a lot easier to reorganise categories without needing to individually edit hundreds of pages (you can just change what supercategory a given subcategory is subordinate to. [[User:Llamageddon|Llamageddon]] ([[User talk:Llamageddon|talk]]) 15:19, 27 September 2023 (CEST) | |||