Note: This page is still under construction.
Article categories are an important component of wiki articles. They serve to help readers navigate through different types of articles and find other similar articles that could be of interest to them. However, on many wikis, articles are often cluttered with categories that don't serve their intended purpose, and are just there as nothing more than large conglomerations of text. Therefore, to reduce the amount of repetitive and unnecessary categories cluttering articles, only a handful of category types are permitted on this wiki. These categories will be specified below, based on article type. If you believe a category type should be included, contact Antiliun to discuss the matter.
General
The following categories can be applied on every article on the Planet Dinosaur Wiki:
- Planet Dinosaur Wiki
For articles under 500 bytes (refer to Special:ShortPages for a comprehensive list), the following category should be added:
- Article stubs
- Make sure to add the stub template, too (simply type {{Stub}} in the source editor to add the stub template).
Creatures
The following categories can be applied to every creature article:
- Creatures
- [Series name or Episode name] Creatures
- [Continent name] Creatures
- [Time period name] Creatures
- [Era name] Creatures
- [Animal's diet type]
- e.g., Carnivores, Herbivores, Omnivores, etc.
- Categories relating to a creature's taxonomy.
- Vertebrate or Invertebrate
- [Creature's taxonomic class]
- e.g. Reptiles, Mammals, etc.
- For the purpose of this wiki, dinosaurs articles should not be put in the Reptiles category. Although this is taxonomically incorrect, this is so navigation would be more user-friendly for readers since a reader clicking on the Dinosaurs category is likely to be looking for articles on dinosaurs instead of articles on the multitude of other extinct reptiles featured in Planet Dinosaur.
- [Creature's clade name]
- e.g., Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, etc.
- [Creature's sub-clade name]
- e.g., Theropods, Sauropods, Ornithischians, etc.
- [Creature's family name]
- e.g., Tyrannosaurs, Titanosaurs, Ceratopsians, etc.
- Don't get too specific on this one. We don't need a creature's full phylogenetic classification here on the wiki.
- For the purpose of this wiki, bird articles should not be put in the Dinosaurs category. Although this is taxonomically incorrect, this is so navigation would be more user-friendly for readers since a reader clicking on the Birds category is likely to be looking for articles on actual birds instead of articles on non-avian dinosaurs.
- Categories relating to a creature's lifestyle
- e.g., Terrestrial, aquatic, or aerial
If a creature is only featured in the database segments, the following category can be applied:
- Database Creatures
More to be added...
Locations
The following categories can be applied to every location article:
- Locations
- Locations in [Continent name]
- Locations in [Episode name]
Episodes
The following category can be applied to every episode article:
- Episodes
Series
The following category can be applied to every series article:
- TV Shows
Production Crew & Consultants
The following category can be applied to every article about the people involved in the making of Planet Dinosaur:
- Cast & Crew
If the crew member served as a scientific consultant for Planet Dinosaur, the following category can be applied:
- Scientific Consultants
Categories to Avoid Using
These are the following categories users should avoid using on the wiki, either due to repetitiveness or serving no useful purpose:
- Deceased - unnecessary; pretty much most of the creatures in Planet Dinosaur are dead.
- Deceased creatures - unnecessary; pretty much most of the creatures in Planet Dinosaur are dead.
- Deceased Villains – - unnecessary; serves no real purpose.
- Animals discovered in [year] – unnecessary; can be stated in the article.
- Prehistoric Creatures described in [year] – unnecessary; can be stated in the article.
- Dinosaurs described in [year] – unnecessary; can be stated in the article.
- Animals from [continent/country/state name] – redundant/repetitive; [Continent name] Creatures categories already serve a similar purpose. Can also be stated in the article.
- Animals that have been killed – unnecessary; too niche/specialized. Also serves no real purpose.
- Creatures that caused deaths – unnecessary; too niche/specialized. Also serves no real purpose.
- [Creature name] Victims – unnecessary; too niche/specialized. Animals kill out of necessity, not for the sake of being violent. Also serves no real purpose.
- [Era/Time period name] Animals – redundant/repetitive; [Era/Time period name] Creatures already serves a similar purpose.
- [Episode/series name] Animals – redundant/repetitive; [Episode/Series name] Creatures already serves a similar purpose.
- [Animal group name] Animals – redundant/repetitive; categories that are just the animal group's name already serve a similar purpose.
- Animals – redundant/repetitive; Creatures category already serves a similar purpose.
- Killers – unnecessary; animals kill out of necessity, not for the sake of being violent.
- [Series name] Episode [episode number] animals – redundant; [Series name] Creatures and [Episode name] Creatures categories already serve similar purposes.
- Heroes – unnecessary; no need for such category.
- Villans – unnecessary; serves no real purpose.
- Prehistoric creatures – unnecessary; pretty much every single creature in Planet Dinosaur is a prehistoric creature.
- Prehistoric Mammals unnecessary; pretty much every single mammal featured in Planet Dinosaur is a prehistoric mammal.
- Unused species – - unnecessary; serves no real purpose.
- [Creature locomotion style] Creatures – unnecessary; too niche/specialized.
- e.g., Bipedal, Quadrupedal, etc.
- Predator – unnecessary; too niche/specialized.
- Prey – unnecessary; too niche/specialized.
More to be added...