UniWiki:Categorization

In addition to the general wiki categorization guidelines provided by Help:Categorization, there are several considerations for categorization that are unique to the UniWiki. Because the UniWiki is a relatively small project, its categories are not as granular as those found in projects such as Wikipedia. Relatedly, the small amount of categories often serves to make navigation by category easier than in other projects, so proper category organization is imperative.

General guidelines

• All articles and media should belong to at least one category.
  • Media files should generally only belong to a single, most-relevant category.
  • Articles may belong to as many categories as are appropriate.
  • Categories dedicated to specific media types (such as "image" categories) are deprecated and will be eliminated in the near future.
• Editors should check existing categories for a match before creating new ones.
  • If an editor feels that an article or media file does not fit within any current category, they are welcome to create a new category that they feel is appropriate.
    • When creating new categories, editors should populate the Category page with a brief description of what articles or media the category is intended to include.
• The categories of media files may not necessarily be related to the categories of the articles in which they are used.
• Articles should generally only be categorized in the lowest-level category that is appropriate (for example, Small Gneiss Deposit would go in Category:Ore sites rather than Category:Mining). Exceptions exist in cases where an article would not be placed in a category where a reader may logically choose to look for it (for example, Catching the Scent is an Epic Arc mission, and is placed in both Category:Epic Arcs and Category:Missions, even though Epic Arcs is a subcategory of Missions).
• Most categories should have a main article that provides an overview of the category. If it exists, this article should be linked on the Category page using {{main}}.

For a general outline of the UniWiki's categorization structure, see UniWiki:Structure.

Category conflicts

PvE and PvP

Category:PvE and Category:PvP are mutually exclusive; articles are strongly related to one or to neither, and should not be assigned to both categories. Articles detailing general combat concepts or mechanics should be assigned to Category:Combat in lieu of either of these categories.

Fleets and PvP

Articles assigned to Category:Fleets should not also be automatically assigned to Category:PvP. Fleets are used outside of PvP in a variety of situations, particularly in Incursions, but also during group mission running, or as a means to form "standing" or "quick-response" fleets.

User Interface and Game mechanics

Most images depicting elements of EVE user interface would normally belong in Category:User Interface. However, some images may be used to easily show ship or item attributes as viewed via "Show Info". In these cases, Category:Game mechanics may be used.

Accounts/Applications and API

Images related to account services and management generally belong in Category:Accounts (in the case of API management) or Category:Applications (for third-party applications that use API keys). However, when these images depict the use of API keys, Category:API may be used. With the upcoming deprecation of both XML and CREST APIs, this may cease to be a conflict.

Fitting and Fittings

Category:Fittings contains all sub-articles of the form <ship name>/Fittings that contain fittings for specific ships categorized in Category:Ship Database. This category should be considered deprecated and no longer in use, as the Fittings Department will be migrating these fittings to the main Ship Database pages and removing the sub-articles. All other articles containing information about general fitting principles, or articles related to modules, should be placed in the new Category:Fitting.

Guidelines by category

Accounts

Main article: Accounts

Articles and media relating to EVE account management or character creation. The exception to this is articles and media related to the EVE API; these belong in Category:API.

See above for possible category conflicts.

Agents

Articles and media relating to agent NPCs that grant missions. While articles about agents of a specific type should be placed in the appropriate subcategory (where applicable), all agent portraits should be placed in Category:Agents specifically.

Subcategories

• Career Agents

API

Articles and media relating to the use of the EVE Online APIs (XML, CREST, or ESI).

See above for possible category conflicts.

Applications

Articles and media relating to third-party applications and software. A good rule of thumb is that this category should contain articles or media detailing any program or interface that is not native to the EVE client. The biggest exception to this rule would be media or images relating to official CCP/EVE websites, such as Account Management or EVE Community. These would be better placed in Category:Accounts.

Applying to EVE University

Main article: Applying to EVE University

See also: Category:EVE University

Articles related to EVE University's application process. Media related to the EVE University Portal or Tool should be placed in Category:Applications, while media related to those parts of the application process should be placed in either Category:EVE University or Category:User Interface, as appropriate.

Classes

Main article: Classes

Articles detailing classes offered by EVE University. These articles often also belong to Category:Syllabi. Some classes (but not all) belong to one of several subcategories that rate a class based on the difficulty of its subject matter.

Subcategories

• Tier 1 Classes
• Tier 2 Classes
• Tier 3 Classes
• Tier 4 Classes

Combat

Articles related to game mechanics involved in all forms of combat. This category serves a supercategory to a great many subcategories, in particular Category:PvE, Category:PvP, and Category:Weapons.

Corporations

Main article: Corporations

Articles and media related to corporations mechanics and in-game organizations (including NPC corporations). Logos for both NPC and player corporations belong here.

Cosmic Anomalies

Articles detailing Cosmic Anomalies found in known space (wormhole ore sites are listed in Category:Ore sites, however).

Subcategories

• Category:Ice belts
• Category:Ore sites

Cosmic Signatures

Articles detailing Cosmic Signatures found in known space (scannable signatures in wormholes should be listed in Category:Wormhole sites).

Subcategories

• Chemical Labs
• Data sites
• DED Complexes
• Gas sites
• Relic sites
• Unrated Complexes

COSMOS

Main article: COSMOS

Articles related to COSMOS missions and sites.

Subcategories

• COSMOS sites

Disambiguation

This category contains all disambiguation pages. These pages are automatically assigned to this category through the use of the {{disambig}} template.

For information on formatting disambiguation pages, see the UniWiki Manual of Style.

Doctrines

Articles detailing specific fleet doctrines. These articles should ideally include information about fittings, design philosophy, and intended use.

Drones

Main article: Drones

Articles and media related to drone mechanics and use.

DUST

Main article: DUST 514

See also: Category:DUST University

Articles related to CCP's now-defunct game, DUST 514. This category is deprecated and no longer in use.

DUST University

See also: Category:DUST Articles related to DUST University, a subsidiary of EVE University that was founded to further EVE University's mission in DUST 514. This category is deprecated and no longer in use. All articles in this category are marked with {{HistoricalDUST}} and are no longer in use.

Epic Arcs

Articles related to Epic Arc missions. Individual missions that are part of Epic Arcs are listed both in this category as well as in Category:Missions for ease of reference.

EVE University

Main article: EVE University

Any articles or media directly relating to EVE University should belong to this category, unless they are associated with a specific campus, in which case they should be categorized with that campus. There are several sub-categories that contain articles on the various sub-divisions of the University (campuses, departments, etc.); most of these categories will not contain any media.

Campus subcategories

• AMC
• EVE University Incursion Community
• HSC
• LSC
• NSC
• Project Solitude

Other subcategories

• Applying to EVE University
• EVE University Campuses
• EVE University Departments
• EVE University Directorates
• EVE University History
• EVE University Policies
• EVE University Services
• Teaching Resources
• The Explorer's Shadow

Events

Articles detailing both in-game and out-of-game events. This category includes events that a part of the game itself, as well as events organized by EVE University.

Expansions

Articles detailing the changes introduced in the various expansions. Though these articles almost always detail past events, they should not be marked as deprecated, as they serve as a useful record for tracking when particular changes were implemented.

Expeditions

Articles detailing expeditions (also known as escalations).

Exploration

Main article: Exploration

Articles related to exploration, scanning, and hacking. This category includes both combat and non-combat sites.

Faction Warfare

Main article: Faction warfare

Articles related to faction warfare.

Factions

Main article: Factions

Articles and media related to NPC factions. Faction logos belong here, but logos for corporations within a faction should be placed in Category:Corporations.

Fiction

Articles containing player-created fiction. Articles detailing official fiction published by CCP should be put in Category:Lore.

Fitting

Articles related to fitting ships and structures. This category is replacing Category:Fittings in function.

See above for possible category conflicts.

Fittings

This category contains the fittings sub-articles for ship articles in Category:Ship Database. It should be considered deprecated and no longer in use.

See above for further details and possible category conflicts.

Fleets

Articles related to fleet mechanics and command.

Game mechanics

Articles and media relating to the mechanics of actual gameplay. Serves as a supercategory for a great many other categories, in particular Category:Combat and its sub-categories.

See above for possible category conflicts.

Getting Started

This category contains articles that are particularly useful for new players. A general rule of thumb for membership in this category is that these articles should be geared toward players who have just completed the Inception tutorial, and may be wondering what to do next.

Guides

For the purposes of the UniWiki, a "guide" is a walkthrough, set of step-by-step instructions, or explanation of a game mechanic or concept geared toward new players. Any page that does not meet this definition should not be assigned to this category. For more information, see Category:Guides.

Hauling

Articles related to moving cargo from place to place.

Inactive Services

This category contains articles detailing services that have been offered by EVE University in the past, but for whatever are no longer offered or active. They are kept for historical reference. They should not be marked as deprecated; rather, articles in this category will either have boilerplate headings detailing the details of the inactivity, or will be marked with the {{historical}} template.

Icons

This category should contain mostly small PNG images that can be used in a variety of contexts. This category also includes any icons that are drawn from the EVE client user interface. Item images (almost always PNGs) may be categorized here when the item image also represents its own effect (e.g. stasis webifier, target painter, energy neutralizer, etc.).

Incursions

Main article: Incursions

Articles and media related to Incursions. For ease of reference, media files related to Incursions are categorized both in this category by default, as well as in the category to which they would belong if they were not related to Incursions.

Subcategories

• Incursions sites

Industry

Articles related to the manufacturing and production of ships and other items.

Articles related to mining and resource harvesting should be placed in Category:Mining, while articles related to the buying and selling of items (regardless of their use) should be placed in Category:Trade.

Subcategories

• Hauling
• Mining
• Planetary Interaction

Items

All articles and media related to items as they appear in cargoholds and inventories. Images in this category should be of just items themselves. Images that are related to items, but focus on other aspects such as contextual menus, should be categorized according to the focus subject.

Lore

Articles related to the offical lore of EVE Online. Player-created works should be placed in Category:Fiction.

With CCP's deployment of the EVE Fiction Portal, the UniWiki will no longer host detailed lore articles previously hosted on the EVElopedia. Short lore articles with external links to more complete sources, or lore articles related to mechanics or other in-game concepts, are permitted.

Mining

Articles related to mining and resource harvesting.

Articles related to manufacturing and hauling should be placed in Category:Industry, while articles related to planetary interaction should be placed in Category:Planetary Interaction.

Missions

Articles related to running all types of missions, as well as articles detailing specific missions.

Subcategories

• Agents
• COSMOS
• Epic Arcs

NPCs

Articles and media related to non-player characters.

Subcategories

• Agents
• Corporations
• Factions

Pilots

Articles (generally in the User namespace) and media related to the players of EVE Online, both in-game and out-of-game.

Planetary Interaction

Articles related to planetary interaction.

Articles related to mining and other non-planetary resource harvesting should be placed in Category:Mining, while articles related to the manufacturing and production of ships and other non-PI items should be placed in Category:Industry.

POS

Articles related to player-owned starbases. While these structures are still used, this category may become deprecated in the future.

PvE

Articles and media related to "player versus environment" activities. Most articles will fall into one of this category's subcategories, but some more general articles may belong here.

See above for possible category conflicts.

Subcategories

• Cosmic Anomalies
• Cosmic Signatures
• Epic Arcs
• Expeditions
• Exploration
• Incursions
• Missions

PvP

Articles and media related to "player versus player" activities.

See above for possible category conflicts.

Subcategories

• Faction Warfare
• Sovereignty

Ship Database

Articles dedicated to recording stats/fittings/general descriptions of player-controlled ships. Any page that uses {{ShipArticle}} should be placed in this category. All other articles detailing ships should be placed in Category:Ships.

This category contains numerous subcategories containing all ships available to players. These subcategories contain articles for specific ships belonging to that type, as well as articles detailing that ship type in general (such as Interceptors). These general articles are members of Category:Ships, and should be the only articles not in Category:Ship Database contained in its subcategories.

For ease of reference, all articles in this category should be placed both in the main category as well as the appropriate subcategory.