User talk:Synapsid

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Monster Categorization
Here is the categories for the Rust Monster (as of this date)

Root > DDO library > Monsters > Bestiary Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by alignment > Neutral monsters > True Neutral monsters Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by type > Aberration monsters > Rust Monster race monsters Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by type > Aberration type monsters Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters without image

There was an edit to the Template:infobox-monster sometime in August 2012 which categorized monsters into 'X race monsters' and 'Y type monsters' instead of 'X race monsters' and 'Y monsters'. This appears to basically move monsters from a branch node to a new leaf node in the category tree.

However, it looks like the category tree was not completely adjusted to correspond to this template change. I found many missing categories resulting from this change in Special:WantedCategories.

This leads me to wonder if the category tree is correct as is, or if it needs to be adjusted some more, as for instance:

Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by race > Aberration monsters > Rust Monster race monsters Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by type > Aberration type monsters

or

Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by race > Rust Monster race monsters Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by type > Aberration type monsters

or even

Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by race > Rust Monster race monsters Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by type > Aberration type monsters > Rust Monster race monsters

The page User:Yoko5000/Category structure lays out the overall category structure, but does not go into so much detail for monsters.

Anyway, are there local guidelines (discussion or forum posts) for the structure of the category tree which are not showing up in my naive searches. (Category is a tough search target!) Should I be looking to MediaWiki or Wikipedia for guidelines on how categories should be organized here?

Synapsid (Contributions &bull; Message) 15:32, December 12, 2012 (EST)