User talk:Pirates

Hey pal, check the main page ;) I need your help. Rawb 03-14-2006 10:45AM EST

Categories

I think most of the categories you listed are good ideas. The following are definitely needed:

• Category:Gorbesh War
• Category:Sorrow War
• Category:Outcast Wars
• Category:Pirate Events

I'm a little leery about some of them because of issues with overlap (Mirror Wraith Prophesy was, technically, an MM event, but it involved everybody. Similarly, the pirates stuff is mostly a Qi thing, but it has spilled over into every province):

• Category:Regional Events
• Category:Guild Events
• Category:Clan Events

Finally, I think some things are fine so long as we set some standards for what does/doesn't go into them:

• Category:Major GMPCs
• Category:Before Lanival (I don't like this category very much, actually)

I've already begun using the GMPCs category as you described, but there remain some pages I have not yet categorized according to this scheme.

Also, I've created a few fairly broad categories that you may find useful:

• Category:Alive (for presently active or potentially active characters)
• Category:Dead (for characters for which there is no reasonable expectation they will ever be in the previous category)
• Category:Ferdahl (ruler of Ilithi)
• Category:Emperor (ruler of the Seven Starred Empire)
• Category:Theren (family)
• Category:Crowther (family)
• Category:Braun (family)

For families, the standard I have been using is that there need to be roughly four or more prominent members of the family to get a category. Some families (eg Braun) don't have that many in the Wiki yet because I haven't yet added them. I've also added families as subcategories to the relevant race.

I'd be interested to hear what you think about these ideas/actions, particularly some of the concerns I mention with Regional, Guild, and Clan events. I'm not opposed to making those categories, but I think we need to be careful in setting guidelines for how they are used.

--Basselope