StrategyWiki:Guide/Categorization

On StrategyWiki we attempt to provide information and guides for video games across all and. At the moment, there are 0 pages in guides and information pages for hundreds of games. In order to allow people to find what they need to find here, there is a categorisation scheme in place, as outlined below.

Core article categories
There are eleven core categories in which all content on StrategyWiki belongs:
 * All main pages for every game are categorised here alphabetically, a full index to every game StrategyWiki has to offer. This category is automatically applied when Header Nav and/or Infobox is used on the guide.
 * Category for the various genres. Games are categorized into the genre(s) they most closely fit.
 * Games that have spawned a series can be found here. This is useful because members interested in one game in a series can see how the other guides in the series are progressing, and help out however they can. Always try to categorise games in the most specific series you can find; for example,  rather than just . Don't categorise by both.
 * Single player, Multiplayer, Co-op or Massively Multiplayer Online game.
 * Category where all video game systems can be found for browsing. Games are categorized by all of the systems on which they have been released. Systems are also categorized into the company that released them.
 * A listing of all companies and groups related to gaming. All games are categorized by all the companies which had a hand in developing/producing the game (in all areas of the world).
 * These are the engines used in development of the games. This could be an alternate way to find games with similar gameplay characteristics.
 * Pages and categories related to the functioning of StrategyWiki, including and other content.
 * Guides categorized by their completion stage. This category is applied based on the value set in the Header Nav's  attribute, and shouldn't be applied manually.
 * Categories for each day of the year, and each year to list events that occurred during those times. Games are automatically categorised by every release date, assuming they use the, which they should.
 * This is a catch-all category for pages and categories that don't fall within the parameters of one of the other categories.

Achievement and trophy pages
Games that have achievements and trophies associated with them will have a separate page detailing all achievements with special templates used to create a standard achievements table. These pages should be categorised by each system achievement category for which they apply. These categories are in the form of Category:System Name achievements or  Category:System Name trophies. For example, the and  categories.

Companies
Company pages are put in the Category namespace and should in turn be categorised by, the founding date and the company category of any parent corporation. The Companies category is automatically inserted on the page by using the company template.

Engines
Engine pages are put in the Category namespace and should in turn be categorised by and the company category of its developer. Currently there is no engine infobox, so these categories should be manually inserted with and  Category:Developer Name.

Guide pages
In general, only the main pages of guides get any categories. are automatically categorised as such by inserting the Header Nav template. Many categories are automatically inserted on main game pages through use of templates in the infobox. The, co template and sys template all insert categories (dates, companies and systems, respectively). In addition to the templates, the  parameter also inserts the series category. Additional categories you need to include are (Single player, Multiplayer, etc.) and  (Platform, Action, etc.). Categories which you may or may not have to add include, company and system categories if one of the above templates wasn't used and engine, expansion pack, series, MAME, Sony Greatest Hits, etc. where applicable.

Images
Images require the use of any content-based categories, such as or, as well as a guide-specific image category in the form of  Category:Game Name images. Images which are not guide-related, such as or, generally have their own specific categories and aren't usually paired with another one except for.

The guide-specific image category is also categorised, by putting at the bottom.

Move lists
Individual character pages in fighting games (i.e. Game Name/Characters/Character Name) are categorised by. In addition to individual character pages, the compilation of all characters' moves for a game is categorised under. Lastly, if a certain game publisher has a wide array of fighting games, it is also possible to accumulate a large list of moves lists, which would be categorised with (see Capcom/Move lists for an example).

Redirects
The majority of redirect pages should not be categorized. There is one exclusion to this rule: official titles of a game, such as a regionalization (i.e. a country-specific title), should redirect to the guide and be categorized to match the guide's main page. As such, do not exclude region-specific categories. For example, if the primary name is Japanese, and you redirect the US name to it, remember to add any Japanese developers and publishers, too.

Alternative titles that redirect should be categorized in the following way (see Akumajou Dracula for an example):
 * Developer(s)
 * Publisher(s)
 * Distributor(s) and distribution services
 * Genre(s)
 * Mode(s)
 * Release date: only include the first release date; omit the country of origin (we don't have regional categories). Typically, the alternate name for the guide, as used for the redirect, is from a different region than the original release date. If this is the case, then use the first release date for the region where this name is used (do not use the first date when the game was released unless it is the same).
 * Series
 * System(s)
 * Category:Games: this specific category must be included.

Series
Series pages are put in the Category namespace and should in turn be categorised by and the company category of its developer and publisher, if all or nearly all games are made by the same organisations. The Series category is automatically inserted on the page by using the series template.

Templates
Generic templates which can be used on many different guides simply need to be placed in. Templates specifically designed for one guide, or one series of games, should go in.

When categorising a guide-specific template (or any template), use (note the " | ".  This is to keep the templates in alphabetical order in the category).

For templates with separate documentation pages (i.e. Template:Template name/Documentation) using the Documentation template, those pages should be categorised with.