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Pages must be in '''one''' of these master categories. This is done automatically if the <nowiki>{{person | born=????}}</nowiki> etc template is added.
 
Pages must be in '''one''' of these master categories. This is done automatically if the <nowiki>{{person | born=????}}</nowiki> etc template is added.
* '''Admin''' - for internal organisation of the site, templates etc
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* '''[[:Category:Admin|Admin]]''' - for internal organisation of the site, templates etc
* '''Award''' - [[Awards]], but only apply to the key pages for award series
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* '''[[:Category:Award|Award]]''' - [[Awards]], but only apply to the key pages for award series
* '''Bid''' - A [[bid]] for a convention
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* '''[[:Category:Bid|Bid]]''' - A [[bid]] for a convention
* '''Bidding''' - Convention [[bidding]] races
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* '''[[:Category:Bidding|Bidding]]''' - Convention [[bidding]] races
* '''Club''' - [[clubs]] and writing groups and writing workshops
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* '''[[:Category:Club|Club]]''' - [[clubs]] and writing groups and writing workshops
* '''Conrunning''' - The mechanics of running a convention, famous incidents
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* '''[[:Category:Conrunning|Conrunning]]''' - The mechanics of running a convention, famous incidents
* '''Convention''' - [[Conventions]], festivals etc.
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* '''[[:Category:Convention|Convention]]''' - [[Conventions]], festivals etc.
* '''Fancast''' - Spoken fan publication
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* '''[[:Category:Fancast|Fancast]]''' - Spoken fan publication
* '''Fanfund''' - [[Fanfund|Fanfunds]]
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* '''[[:Category:Fanfund|Fanfund]]''' - [[Fanfund|Fanfunds]]
* '''Fanhistory''' - Articles about what fandom is like, including reminiscence.
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* '''[[:Category:Fanhistory|Fanhistory]]''' - Articles about what fandom is like, including reminiscence.
* '''Fanspeak''' - fannish words and concepts. Some overlap with publishing and conrunning.
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* '''[[:Category:Fanspeak|Fanspeak]]''' - fannish words and concepts. Some overlap with publishing and conrunning.
* '''Group''' - for closed groups, like filk groups, small teams
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* '''[[:Category:Group|Group]]''' - for closed groups, like filk groups, small teams
* '''Locale''' - A geographical place, typically a city
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* '''[[:Category:Locale|Locale]]''' - A geographical place, typically a city
* '''Penname''', '''Nickname''' - Former as authors, latter as people [mlo: Is this a useful distinction? It's clear enough, but is it useful?] Pennames for pros should be invisible redirects. Nicknames for fans have some interest, but again would better be part of the fan's main page. So I think its clutter and would remove it. I now think they should be redirects to a bolded mention in an person's actual page. JRB
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* '''[[:Category:Penname|Penname]]''', '''[[:Category:Nickname|Nickname]]''' - Former as authors, latter as people [mlo: Is this a useful distinction? It's clear enough, but is it useful?] Pennames for pros should be invisible redirects. Nicknames for fans have some interest, but again would better be part of the fan's main page. So I think its clutter and would remove it. I now think they should be redirects to a bolded mention in an person's actual page. JRB
* '''Person'''
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* '''[[:Category:Person|Person]]'''
* '''Publication''' - A hidden category for all publications above.
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* '''[[:Category:Publication|Publication]]''' - A hidden category for all publications above.
* '''Publisher''' - Companies, not people. Both large concerns and [[small press|small presses]]
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* '''[[:Category:Publisher|Publisher]]''' - Companies, not people. Both large concerns and [[small press|small presses]]
* '''Publishing''' - The mechanics of producing books, fanzines etc, cf conrunning for cons.
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* '''[[:Category:Publishing|Publishing]]''' - The mechanics of producing books, fanzines etc, cf conrunning for cons.
* '''Show''' - Fannish [[fannish musical|musicals]], [[fannish play|plays]], [[fannish film|films]] etc
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* '''[[:Category:Show|Show]]''' - Fannish [[fannish musical|musicals]], [[fannish play|plays]], [[fannish film|films]] etc
* '''Store''' - Place to buy things, bricks and mortar or online
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* '''[[:Category:Store|Store]]''' - Place to buy things, bricks and mortar or online
* '''Venue''' - Building that holds cons, or a [[slan shack]] house.
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* '''[[:Category:Venue|Venue]]''' - Building that holds cons, or a [[slan shack]] house.
* '''Website''' - websites
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* '''[[:Category:Website|Website]]''' - websites
* '''Misc''' - Anything else, as all pages should have a category
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* '''[[:Category:Misc|Misc]]''' - Anything else, as all pages should have a category
* '''None''' - Pages the admins don't want to have a category, generally because we don't want to index them
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* '''[[:Category:None|None]]''' - Pages the admins don't want to have a category, generally because we don't want to index them
  
 
==Sub-Categories==
 
==Sub-Categories==

Revision as of 01:23, 13 June 2020

This is a list of the categories we have on Fancyclopedia

Master: Award, Bid, Bidding, Club, Conrunning, Convention, Fancast, Fanfund, Fanhistory, Fanspeak, Fiction, Group, Locale, Misc, Penname, Person, Publication, Publishing, Publisher, Show, Store, Venue, Website, None

Region: Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Ireland, NZ, UK, US, ROW, World

Sub-categories: Fan, Pro, Mundane, APA, Fanzine, Apazine, Clubzine, Newszine, Prozine, Semiprozine, Fanthology, Book, Bibliography, Conseries, Onetimecon, Inseries

Descriptive: Abomination, Artist, Canvention, Catchphrase, Eastercon,Eurocon, Fancy1, Fancy2, Feud, Filk, First fandom, Food, Hoax, Hugos, Initialism, List, Media, Nickname, Notable, Obsolete, Obscure fact, Tolkien, Westercon, Worldcon WSFS

Administrative: Admin, mlo, jrb, Nofiles, Nodates, Nostart, Noseries,Noend, Nowebsite, Hasfiles, Haslink, Haswebsite, Fixme, Details, Redirect, Wikidot, Multiple, Choice, Iframe, Active, Inactive, IA, Map, Mapped

Master Categories[edit]

Pages must be in one of these master categories. This is done automatically if the {{person | born=????}} etc template is added.

  • Admin - for internal organisation of the site, templates etc
  • Award - Awards, but only apply to the key pages for award series
  • Bid - A bid for a convention
  • Bidding - Convention bidding races
  • Club - clubs and writing groups and writing workshops
  • Conrunning - The mechanics of running a convention, famous incidents
  • Convention - Conventions, festivals etc.
  • Fancast - Spoken fan publication
  • Fanfund - Fanfunds
  • Fanhistory - Articles about what fandom is like, including reminiscence.
  • Fanspeak - fannish words and concepts. Some overlap with publishing and conrunning.
  • Group - for closed groups, like filk groups, small teams
  • Locale - A geographical place, typically a city
  • Penname, Nickname - Former as authors, latter as people [mlo: Is this a useful distinction? It's clear enough, but is it useful?] Pennames for pros should be invisible redirects. Nicknames for fans have some interest, but again would better be part of the fan's main page. So I think its clutter and would remove it. I now think they should be redirects to a bolded mention in an person's actual page. JRB
  • Person
  • Publication - A hidden category for all publications above.
  • Publisher - Companies, not people. Both large concerns and small presses
  • Publishing - The mechanics of producing books, fanzines etc, cf conrunning for cons.
  • Show - Fannish musicals, plays, films etc
  • Store - Place to buy things, bricks and mortar or online
  • Venue - Building that holds cons, or a slan shack house.
  • Website - websites
  • Misc - Anything else, as all pages should have a category
  • None - Pages the admins don't want to have a category, generally because we don't want to index them

Sub-Categories[edit]

Anything that has a location should be one of UK, Ireland, Europe, NZ, Australia, Canada, Asia, US, ROW

People should be in at least one of these 3 categories

  • Fan - Someone with an amateur interest in fandom. They pay to do it
  • Pro - Someone with a professional interest. Author, publisher, actor, artist, illustrator, scientist, journalist, academic etc. They get paid to do it.
  • Mundane - Someone outside of the SF community, like a scientist or actor (scientists who are fans do not get the Mundane category also)

Conventions will be given a subcategory automatically based on their {{convention}} contents. Do not add them manually

  • Conseries - The master page for a convention series
  • Onetimecon - For conventions that only ran once
  • Inseries - Conventions as part of a series

Publications should be one of

Descriptive categories[edit]

People can also be Artist - Anyone who produces art, including video

All pages can be one of these

Admin[edit]

Also[edit]

Category:Hidden categories - Category:Master Categories - Category:NASFiC