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'''Descriptive:''' [[:Category:Abomination|Abomination]], [[:Category:Artist|Artist]], [[:Category:Canvention|Canvention]], [[:Category:Catchphrase|Catchphrase]], [[:Category:Covid-19|Covid-19]], [[:Category:Eastercon|Eastercon]],[[:Category:Eurocon|Eurocon]], [[:Category:Fancy1|Fancy1]], [[:Category:Fancy2|Fancy2]], [[:Category:Feud|Feud]], [[:Category:Filk|Filk]], [[:Category:First_fandom|First fandom]], [[:Category:Food|Food]], [[:Category:Hoax|Hoax]], [[:Category:Hugos|Hugos]], [[:Category:Initialism|Initialism]], [[:Category:List|List]],  [[:Category:Media|Media]], [[:Category:Nickname|Nickname]], [[:Category:Notable|Notable]], [[:Category:Obsolete|Obsolete]], [[:Category:Obscure_fact|Obscure fact]], [[:Category:Penname|Penname]],[[:Category:Tolkien|Tolkien]], [[:Category:Westercon|Westercon]], [[:Category:Worldcon|Worldcon]] [[:Category:WSFS|WSFS]]
 
'''Descriptive:''' [[:Category:Abomination|Abomination]], [[:Category:Artist|Artist]], [[:Category:Canvention|Canvention]], [[:Category:Catchphrase|Catchphrase]], [[:Category:Covid-19|Covid-19]], [[:Category:Eastercon|Eastercon]],[[:Category:Eurocon|Eurocon]], [[:Category:Fancy1|Fancy1]], [[:Category:Fancy2|Fancy2]], [[:Category:Feud|Feud]], [[:Category:Filk|Filk]], [[:Category:First_fandom|First fandom]], [[:Category:Food|Food]], [[:Category:Hoax|Hoax]], [[:Category:Hugos|Hugos]], [[:Category:Initialism|Initialism]], [[:Category:List|List]],  [[:Category:Media|Media]], [[:Category:Nickname|Nickname]], [[:Category:Notable|Notable]], [[:Category:Obsolete|Obsolete]], [[:Category:Obscure_fact|Obscure fact]], [[:Category:Penname|Penname]],[[:Category:Tolkien|Tolkien]], [[:Category:Westercon|Westercon]], [[:Category:Worldcon|Worldcon]] [[:Category:WSFS|WSFS]]
  
'''Administrative:''' [[:Category:Admin|Admin]], [[:Category:mlo|mlo]], [[:Category:jrb|jrb]], [[:Category:Nofiles|Nofiles]], [[:Category:Nodates|Nodates]],  [[:Category:Nostart|Nostart]],  [[:Category:Noseries|Noseries]],[[:Category:Noend|Noend]],  
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'''Administrative:''' [[:Category:Admin|Admin]], [[:Category:Nodates|Nodates]],  [[:Category:Nostart|Nostart]],  [[:Category:Noseries|Noseries]],[[:Category:Noend|Noend]],  
 
[[:Category:Nowebsite|Nowebsite]], [[:Category:Hasfiles|Hasfiles]], [[:Category:Haslink|Haslink]], [[:Category:Haswebsite|Haswebsite]], [[:Category:Fixme|Fixme]], [[:Category:Details|Details]], [[:Category:Redirect|Redirect]], [[:Category:Wikidot|Wikidot]], [[:Category:Multiple|Multiple]], [[:Category:Choice|Choice]], [[:Category:Iframe|Iframe]],
 
[[:Category:Nowebsite|Nowebsite]], [[:Category:Hasfiles|Hasfiles]], [[:Category:Haslink|Haslink]], [[:Category:Haswebsite|Haswebsite]], [[:Category:Fixme|Fixme]], [[:Category:Details|Details]], [[:Category:Redirect|Redirect]], [[:Category:Wikidot|Wikidot]], [[:Category:Multiple|Multiple]], [[:Category:Choice|Choice]], [[:Category:Iframe|Iframe]],
[[:Category:Active|Active]], [[:Category:Inactive|Inactive]], [[:Category:IA|IA]], [[:Category:Map|Map]], [[:Category:Mapped|Mapped]], [[:Category:Nocountry|Nocountry]]
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[[:Category:IA|IA]], [[:Category:Nocountry|Nocountry]]
  
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==Master Categories==
 
==Master Categories==
  
 
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.
* '''[[:Category:Admin|Admin]]''' - for internal organisation of the site, templates etc
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* '''[[:Category:Admin|Admin]]''' - For internal organisation of the site, templates etc
 
* '''[[:Category:Award|Award]]''' - [[Awards]], but only apply to the key pages for award series
 
* '''[[:Category:Award|Award]]''' - [[Awards]], but only apply to the key pages for award series
 
* '''[[:Category:Bid|Bid]]''' - A [[bid]] for a convention
 
* '''[[:Category:Bid|Bid]]''' - A [[bid]] for a convention
* '''[[:Category:Bidding|Bidding]]''' - Convention [[bidding]] races
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* '''[[:Category:Bidding|Bidding]]''' - Other kinds of material about convention [[bidding]], including pages documenting the results of a vote
* '''[[:Category:Club|Club]]''' - [[clubs]] and writing groups and writing workshops
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* '''[[:Category:Club|Club]]''' - [[Clubs]] and other voluntary, non-commercial, more-or-less open associations including the sponsoring organizations for conventions
 
* '''[[:Category:Conrunning|Conrunning]]''' - The mechanics of running a convention, famous incidents
 
* '''[[:Category:Conrunning|Conrunning]]''' - The mechanics of running a convention, famous incidents
 
* '''[[:Category:Convention|Convention]]''' - [[Conventions]], festivals etc. But only Fannish SF conventions -- not comicons, etc.
 
* '''[[:Category:Convention|Convention]]''' - [[Conventions]], festivals etc. But only Fannish SF conventions -- not comicons, etc.
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* '''[[:Category:Fanfund|Fanfund]]''' - [[Fanfund|Fanfunds]]
 
* '''[[:Category:Fanfund|Fanfund]]''' - [[Fanfund|Fanfunds]]
 
* '''[[:Category:Fanhistory|Fanhistory]]''' - Articles about what fandom is like, including reminiscence.
 
* '''[[:Category:Fanhistory|Fanhistory]]''' - Articles about what fandom is like, including reminiscence.
* '''[[:Category:Fanspeak|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.
* '''[[:Category:Group|Group]]''' - for closed groups, like filk groups, small teams
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*  '''[[:Category:Fiction|Fiction]]''' – Terms and ideas stemming from fiction
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* '''[[:Category:Group|Group]]''' - for groups, like filk groups, small teams, fannish groups that aren’t organized clubs, writing groups, and writing workshops. Groups are not generally open to new members.
 
* '''[[:Category:Locale|Locale]]''' - A geographical place, typically a city
 
* '''[[:Category:Locale|Locale]]''' - A geographical place, typically a city
* '''[[: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
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* '''[[:Category:Penname|Penname]]''', '''[[:Category:Nickname|Nickname]]''' - Former as authors, latter as people
 
* '''[[:Category:Person|Person]]'''
 
* '''[[:Category:Person|Person]]'''
 
* '''[[:Category:Publication|Publication]]''' - A hidden category for all publications above.
 
* '''[[:Category:Publication|Publication]]''' - A hidden category for all publications above.
* '''[[:Category:Publisher|Publisher]]''' - Companies, not people. Both large concerns and [[small press|small presses]]
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* '''[[:Category:Publisher|Publisher]]''' - Applies to [[science fiction]] [[book]] and [[prozine]] publishing companies, including [[small press|small presses]]
* '''[[:Category:Publishing|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.
 
* '''[[:Category:Show|Show]]''' - Fannish [[fannish musical|musicals]], [[fannish play|plays]], [[fannish film|films]] etc
 
* '''[[:Category:Show|Show]]''' - Fannish [[fannish musical|musicals]], [[fannish play|plays]], [[fannish film|films]] etc
 
* '''[[:Category:Store|Store]]''' - Place to buy things, bricks and mortar or online
 
* '''[[:Category:Store|Store]]''' - Place to buy things, bricks and mortar or online
* '''[[:Category:Venue|Venue]]''' - Building that holds cons, or a [[slan shack]] house.
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* '''[[:Category:Venue|Venue]]''' - A building that holds cons, clubhouses or a [[slan shack]] house.
* '''[[:Category:Website|Website]]''' - websites
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* '''[[:Category:Website|Website]]''' - Websites
 
* '''[[:Category:Misc|Misc]]''' - Anything else, as all pages should have a category
 
* '''[[:Category:Misc|Misc]]''' - Anything else, as all pages should have a category
 
* '''[[:Category:None|None]]''' - Pages the admins don't want to have a category, generally because we don't want to index them
 
* '''[[:Category:None|None]]''' - Pages the admins don't want to have a category, generally because we don't want to index them
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Publications should be one of
 
Publications should be one of
* '''[[:Category:APA|APA]]''', '''[[:Category:Fanzine|Fanzine]], [[:Category:Apazine|Apazine]], [[:Category:Newszine|Newszine]], [[:Category:Fanthology|Fanthology]]''' - Different sorts of fan publications
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* '''[[:Category:APA|APA]]''', '''[[:Category:Fanzine|Fanzine]], [[:Category:Apazine|Apazine]], [[:Category:Newszine|Newszine]], [[:Category:Fanthology|Fanthology]]''' - Different sorts of fan publications.  Regardless of type (newszine, etc) pubs in any of these categories should also be tagged as a ''fanzine''.
 
*'''[[:Category:Prozine|Prozine]], [[:Category:Semiprozine|Semiprozine]]'''  
 
*'''[[:Category:Prozine|Prozine]], [[:Category:Semiprozine|Semiprozine]]'''  
 
*'''[[:Category:Book|Book]]''' - A notable book, series of books, song book, or a short story, length is not an issue, format is.
 
*'''[[:Category:Book|Book]]''' - A notable book, series of books, song book, or a short story, length is not an issue, format is.
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* '''[[:Category:Mlo|Mlo]]''' - For Mark to fix
 
* '''[[:Category:Mlo|Mlo]]''' - For Mark to fix
 
* '''[[:Category:Nodates|Nodates]],[[:Category:Nofiles|Nofiles]],[[:Category:Nocountry|Nocountry]],[[:Category:Haswebsite|Haswebsite]],[[:Category:Haslink|Haslink]],[[:Category:Hasfiles|Hasfiles]]''' - mentions/omissions in templates
 
* '''[[:Category:Nodates|Nodates]],[[:Category:Nofiles|Nofiles]],[[:Category:Nocountry|Nocountry]],[[:Category:Haswebsite|Haswebsite]],[[:Category:Haslink|Haslink]],[[:Category:Hasfiles|Hasfiles]]''' - mentions/omissions in templates
* '''[[:Category:Active|Active]],[[:Category:Inactive|Inactive]]''' - Is the item continuing today or not
 
 
* '''[[:Category:Redirect|Redirect]], [[:Category:Wikidot|Wikidot]]''' - redirections, the latter to handle old Wikidot names
 
* '''[[:Category:Redirect|Redirect]], [[:Category:Wikidot|Wikidot]]''' - redirections, the latter to handle old Wikidot names
 
* '''[[:Category:List|List]]'''  - lists, which should not feature in cross-references
 
* '''[[:Category:List|List]]'''  - lists, which should not feature in cross-references
 
* '''[[:Category:Multiple|Multiple]], [[:Category:Choice|Choice]]''' - Pages with multiple entries
 
* '''[[:Category:Multiple|Multiple]], [[:Category:Choice|Choice]]''' - Pages with multiple entries
 
* '''[[:Category:IA|IA]]''' - pages about things active after 2001, so are more likely to have pages on the Internet Archive.
 
* '''[[:Category:IA|IA]]''' - pages about things active after 2001, so are more likely to have pages on the Internet Archive.
* '''[[:Category:Map|Map]]''' - Automatically generated map
 
* '''[[:Category:Mapped|Mapped]]''' - Has a matching map.
 
 
* '''[[:Category:Located|Located]]''' - Has a locate= argument in a template
 
* '''[[:Category:Located|Located]]''' - Has a locate= argument in a template
* '''[[:Category:Validated|Validated]''' - Part of a valid master category
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* '''[[:Category:Validated|Validated]]''' - Part of a valid master category
  
 
==Also==
 
==Also==

Revision as of 05:42, 28 December 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, Person, Publication, Publishing, Publisher, Show, Store, Venue, Website, Timeline, None, Validated

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, Covid-19, Eastercon,Eurocon, Fancy1, Fancy2, Feud, Filk, First fandom, Food, Hoax, Hugos, Initialism, List, Media, Nickname, Notable, Obsolete, Obscure fact, Penname,Tolkien, Westercon, Worldcon WSFS

Administrative: Admin, Nodates, Nostart, Noseries,Noend, Nowebsite, Hasfiles, Haslink, Haswebsite, Fixme, Details, Redirect, Wikidot, Multiple, Choice, Iframe, IA, Nocountry

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 - Other kinds of material about convention bidding, including pages documenting the results of a vote
  • Club - Clubs and other voluntary, non-commercial, more-or-less open associations including the sponsoring organizations for conventions
  • Conrunning - The mechanics of running a convention, famous incidents
  • Convention - Conventions, festivals etc. But only Fannish SF conventions -- not comicons, 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.
  • Fiction – Terms and ideas stemming from fiction
  • Group - for groups, like filk groups, small teams, fannish groups that aren’t organized clubs, writing groups, and writing workshops. Groups are not generally open to new members.
  • Locale - A geographical place, typically a city
  • Penname, Nickname - Former as authors, latter as people
  • Person
  • Publication - A hidden category for all publications above.
  • Publisher - Applies to science fiction book and prozine publishing companies, including small presses
  • Publishing - The mechanics of producing books, fanzines etc.
  • Show - Fannish musicals, plays, films etc
  • Store - Place to buy things, bricks and mortar or online
  • Venue - A building that holds cons, clubhouses 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, journalist, academic etc. They get paid to do it. Someone can be both a fan and a pro.
  • 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

  • APA, Fanzine, Apazine, Newszine, Fanthology - Different sorts of fan publications. Regardless of type (newszine, etc) pubs in any of these categories should also be tagged as a fanzine.
  • Prozine, Semiprozine
  • Book - A notable book, series of books, song book, or a short story, length is not an issue, format is.
  • Bibliography - A list of books, fanzines, prozines, etc.

Descriptive categories[edit]

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

All pages can be one of these

  • Abomination - It's traditional for a few editorial remarks to creep in
  • Catchphrase - It used to be a proud and lonely thing to be a fan.
  • Covid-19 - Anyone or anything seriously affected by the pandemic: deaths, cancellations, closures.
  • Fancy1, Fancy2 - containing content from Fancyclopedia 1 or Fancyclopedia 2
  • Feud - Feuds
  • Filk - Filk singing, includes people, conventions, groups, clubs
  • First fandom - fans active prior to July 2, 1939
  • Food - food and drink
  • Hoax - Hoaxes
  • Initialism - Things referred to by their initials
  • Media - non-written fandoms, tv, film, anime etc.
  • Notable - Specially important pages (in the opinion of the editors)
  • Obscure fact - ? [mlo: This is in the category of "it seemed like a good idea at the time". The idea was to tag things people just browsing might find amusing. We should discuss whether it retains enough value.]
  • Obsolete - ? [mlo: I think this may still be useful. It designates usages, mainly, which are obsolete. Let's discuss, as it might be as useful turned into something like Obsolete at the top of the definition.]
  • Tolkien - people, clubs, conventions about that

Admin[edit]

Also[edit]

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