Help:Structure

The structure of DiabloWiki is important, and when making new articles, or uploading images, make sure that you add it to the right categories. You might also want to make sure that you are using the right boilerplate if one is available.

Structure

The structure of the category system in DiabloWiki is important to be able to easily sort and navigate through articles. It's vital to make sure that your articles end up in the right category, and that your categories are sorted in to the right structure. As any article or category can belong to any article or category, some of these can exist in multiple places. That is fine, as long as the structure in itself is logical.

"(*)" Means that a category appears in more than one other superior category.

Main Category - Category:Root

All categories should be added to different categories and eventually they should all link through to Category:Root, the main category.

Content Category - Category:Content

All articles with content should be added to Category:Content, the main category for content. This is the "main" category of articles in the wiki, which is supposed to be about content. Other categories are used to help provide content efficiently.

Basics - Category:Basics

• Category:Basics - All "basics" for the Diablo game and world. Feature of DiabloWiki sort of. Only add articles here (as in Acts, not Category:Acts.

Gameplay - Category:Gameplay

• Category:Gameplay - Diablo 3 specific info.
  • Category:Statistics - Character Attributes and calculations.
    • Category:Character - Character Attributes, Inventory and related topics. (*)

• • Category:Acts - Diablo 3 Acts. Unknown exactly how this will be designed, so we assume Diablo II structure for now.
    • Category:Act I - Everything to do with Act I. But keep clear from individual levels, locations and quests, or it will be too cluttered.
      • Category:Act I levels - The levels which Acts might be divided in to. Everything related to that level. (*)
      • Category:Act I locations - Locations only in Act I. (*)
      • Category:Act I quests - Act I quests. (*)
    • Category:Unknown Act - Material belonging to some act we have not yet figured out the number of.
      • Category:Unknown Act levels - The levels which Acts might be divided in to. Everything related to that level. (*)
      • Category:Unknown Act locations - Locations only in Act I. (*)
      • Category:Unknown Act quests - Act I quests. (*)

• • Category:Locations - In-game and lore locations. It can be anything from "Tristram" to "The Tree of Infuss". Used only for categories. (*)
    • Category:Game locations - Both a major category, and over-arching category for all locations in the game with a name. Put location articles here.
      • Category:Act I locations - Locations only in Act I. (*)
      • Category:Act II locations - Locations only in Act II. (*)
    • Category:Levels - The levels which Acts might be divided in to. - NOT experience levels! Perhaps something later changed to "Zones" or something, depending on Blizzard.
      • Category:Act I levels - Act I area levels. (*)
      • Category:Act II levels - Act II area levels. (*)
    • Category:Towns - Towns in game where you trade, are safe from enemies etc. Can be a small base camp or Caldeum. Possibly having "Act I Towns" later.

• • Category:Classes - Diablo Classes. (*) (primarily D3 classes)
    • Category:Barbarian - Barbarian articles.
      • Category:Barbarian skills - Barbarian skills. (*)
        • Category:Berserker skills - Skills of the Berserker tree. (*)
        • Category:Juggernaut skills - Skills of the Juggernaut tree. (*)
        • Category:Battlemaster skills - Skills of the Battlemaster tree. (*)
        • Category:Barbarian skill archive - Older, unused skills (*)
    • Category:Witch Doctor - WD articles.
      • Category:Witch Doctor skills - WD skills. (*)
    • Category:Wizard - Wizard articles.
      • Category:Wizard skills - Wizard skills. (*)
    • Category:Other classes - Classes not appearing in Diablo III. (*)
      • Category:Classes (Diablo III) - Diablo 3 Classes (semi-unused). (*)
      • Category:Classes (Diablo II) - Diablo 2 Classes. (*)
        • Category:Amazon - Amazon articles.
        • Category:Assassin - Assassin articles.
      • Category:Classes (Diablo I) - Diablo 1 Classes. (*)
      • Category:Fan classes - Classes made by fans. (*)

• • Category:Items - Diablo 3 Items articles.
    • Category:Weapons - Diablo 3 weapons.
    • Category:Armor - Diablo 3 armor.
    • Category:Jewelry - Diablo 3 jewelry (rings, amulets).
    • Category:Runes - Diablo 3 runes.
    • Category:Artefacts - Items, books, important enough to be called artefacts. A lore-related category. Might need namechange if Blizzard use "Artefact" as item type. (*)

• • Category:Monsters - Diablo 3 Monsters.
    • Category:Animals - Type of monsters.
    • Category:Demons - Type of monsters. Also the race of beings from Hell.(*)
    • Category:Objects - Type of monsters.
    • Category:Undead - Type of monsters.
    • Category:Monster images - Images of monsters (*).

• • Category:Multiplayer - Multiplayer aspects of Diablo 3.
    • Category:Battle.net - Information about Battle.net.
    • Category:Networking - Information about Networking.

• • Category:Quests - Diablo 3 Quests.
    • Category:Act I quests - Act I quests. (*)
    • Category:Act II quests - Act II quests. (*)

• • Category:Single Player - Singleplayer aspects of Diablo 3.

• • Category:Skills - Skills of character classes.
    • Category:Barbarian skills - Barb skills. (*)
      • Category:Berserker skills - Skills of the Berserker tree. (*)
      • Category:Juggernaut skills - Skills of the Juggernaut tree. (*)
      • Category:Battlemaster skills - Skills of the Battlemaster tree. (*)
      • Category:Barbarian skill archive - Older, unused skills (*)
    • Category:Witch Doctor skills - WD skills. (*)

• • Category:NPCs - Diablo 3 NPCs.
    • Category:Character images - Images of characters/NPCs. (*)

• • Category:Guides - User-made guides for the Wiki. Guides might end up in more than one category. (*)
    • Category:Guide books - Game guides. (*)

• • Category:Reference - A category to collect terms of the game as a handy encyclopaedia. (*)
    • Category:Abbreviations - Sub-category specifically for Abbreviations and Acronyms.
    • Category:Glossary - Sub-category specifically for terms used in the Diablo games, and gaming in general.

• • Category:Play styles - Lists different styles of play that are common.

Lore - Category:Lore

• Category:Lore - Articles that are not directly involved in the game. Over-arching category for Sanctuary etc.
  • Category:Characters - Important characters in the Diablo Universe, such as Diablo, Deckard Cain and Tyrael.
    • Category:Character images - Images of characters. (*)

• • Category:Races - Listing the different sorts of races inhabiting the Diablo universe.
    • Category:Angels - All topics relating to angels.
    • Category:Deities - All the gods and god-like beings of Sanctuary. Deities are generally classed as both characters and deities.
    • Category:Demons - Type of monsters. Also the race of beings from Hell. (*)
      • Category:Great Evils - Type of demon. (*)
        • Category:Prime Evils - The more powerful kind of Great Evil. (*)
        • Category:Lesser Evils - The slightly less powerful kind of Great Evil. (*)

• • Category:Locations - In-game and lore locations. It can be anything from "Tristram" to "The Tree of Inifuss". Used only for categories. (*)
    • Category:Settlements - Settlements of people of any kind. Hamlets, Villages, Towns and Cities.
      • Category:Caldeum - Category for the trade city of Caldeum and the Town Caldeum.
    • Category:Regions - Large areas in the Diablo Universe. (former: Areas) (not needed I think)
    • Category:Planes - Planes of existence, elemental, etheral or the like.
    • Category:Dungeons - Things like caves.
    • Category:Ruins - Lost cities, castles etc.
    • Category:Worlds - The worlds.
      • Category:Outer Realms - Extraplanar worlds.
        • Category:Burning Hells - Home of the demons.
          • Category:Demons - Type of monsters. Also the race of beings from Hell. (*)
        • Category:High Heavens - Home of angles.
          • Category:Angels - Angelic reatures. (*)
      • Category:Sanctuary - The mortal realm in the Diablo universe.
        • Articles like Westmarch.
        • Category:Sanctuary - Countries of the world. (probably not needed)

• • • Category:Maps - All maps available for Diablo. Depicting Sanctuary and other locations. (*)
  • Category:Factions - All types of factions in Sanctuary.
    • Category:Religions - Religions, congregations and sects.
      • Category:Religious terms - Terms used in religions.
    • Category:Ethnic groups - The people of Sanctuary and related worlds.
      • Category:Umbaru - Jungle race on the eastern continent.
    • Category:Mage clans - The mage clans of Kehjistan.
      • Category:Vizjerei - A highly disciplined mage clan, once corrupted by Horazon.
      • Category:Yshari - The council of mage clans.
      • Category:Zann Esu - A woman-only mage clan, specializing in Elemental magic.
    • Category:Other groups - Other factions, too small to have their own category.

• • Category:Artefacts - Items, books, important enough to be called artefacts. (*)
    • Category:Books - Books of mundane or magical nature. (*)

Guides - Category:Guides

• Category:Community - User-made guides for the Wiki. Guides might end up in multiple categories.

Community - Category:Community

• Category:Community - Articles relating too the community or made by it.
  • Category:Fansites - Diablo fansites' own category.
    • Category:Diii.net - All articles relating to Diii.net.
      • Category:Diii.net images - Images for or about Diii.net. (*)
  • Category:Guilds - Listing of guilds.
  • Category:Users - Listing of wiki users.
  • Category:Trivia - Fun facts, easter eggs etc.
  • Category:Diablo lingo - Expressions and concepts that are common for Diablo.
  • Category:Reference - A category to collect terms of the game as a handy encyclopaedia. (*)
    • Category:Abbreviations and Acronyms - Sub category specifically for Abbreviations and Acronyms.
  • Category:Blizzard - Articles with information about Blizzard and Blizzard employees.
    • Category:BlizzCon - Articles about BlizzCons. (*)
    • Category:WWI - Articles about WWIs. (*)
    • Category:BlizzCast - BlizzCast-related articles. (*)
  • Category:Fan-made - Articles and other content made by fans. Non-canon.
    • Category:Fan art - Everything related to fan art.
      • Category:Fan art images - Fan art images. (*)
    • Category:Fan fiction - Everything related to fan fiction.
    • Category:Fan classes - Classes made by fans. (*)
  • Category:Merchandise - All types of Diablo-related merchandise should go here.
  • Category:Speculation - Speculation about things involving the games.
  • Category:People - Articles with information about important figures in the Diablo Community.

Games - Category:Games

• Category:Games - Articles relating to other games.
  • Category:Diablo I - D1 + exp.
    • Category:Diablo I dialogues - Articles with Diablo I dialogues. (*)
  • Category:Diablo II - D2 + exp.
    • Category:Classes (Diablo II) - Diablo 2 Classes. (*)
    • Category:Diablo II dialogues - Articles with Diablo I dialogues. (*)
  • Category:Diablo III - D3
    • Category:Diablo I dialogues - Articles with Diablo I dialogues. (*)
    • Category:Diablo III images - D3 images. (*)
    • Category:Classes - Diablo 3 Classes. (*)
  • Category:World of WarCraft - WoW
  • Category:WarCraft - WarCraft (the RTS games)
  • Category:StarCraft - StarCraft

Sources - Category:Sources

• Category:Sources - All types of Diablo information sources. Games, books, graphic novels, or similar products should be added to Category:Sources, the main sources category.

• Category:Archives - Category for all old articles saved for archiving purposes.
  • Category:Barbarian skill archive - Older, unused skills (*)

• Category:Merchandise - Category for all products in the Diablo franchise that are not games or expansions.
  • Category:Roleplaying books - Diablo RPG books.
  • Category:Novels - Diablo Novels.
  • Category:Art books - Diablo art.
  • Category:Guide books - Game guides. (*)
  • Category:Comic books - Diablo comics. (make sure to mention mangas)
  • Category:Mangas - Diablo manga.

• Category:Speculation - Speculation.

• Category:Game dialogues - Dialogues transcripted from the games.
  • Category:Diablo II dialogues - Articles with Diablo II dialogues go here. (*)

• Category:Controversies - Controversies.

• Category:Media Coverage - Media Coverage.
  • Category:Events - BlizzCons, WWIs and other events.
    • Category:BlizzCon - Articles about BlizzCons. (*)
      • Category:BlizzCon images - Images from BlizzCons. (*)
    • Category:WWI - Articles about WWIs. (*)
      • Category:WWI images - Images from WWI's. (*)
    • Category:BlizzPress - Articles about Blizzard press releases, updates and other, smaller events. (*)
    • Category:BlizzCast - BlizzCast-related articles. (*)
  • Category:Media Coverage Templates - Templates used specifically in the Media coverage article. (*)

• Category:Manuals - Manuals from the Diablo games.

DiabloWiki - Category:DiabloWiki

All articles used by DiabloWiki or its contributors should be added to Category:DiabloWiki, the main DiabloWiki category.

• Category:Disambiguations - A list of all Disambiguation pages.
• Category:Boilerplates - DiabloWiki's boilerplates listed.
• Category:Help - Help pages sorted.
• Category:Main Page - All pages related to Main Page.
  • Category:Featured articles - A category of articles of higher value, featured on main page. (*)

• Category:Templates - Templates sorted.
  • Category:DiabloWiki templates - Templates used for/by DiabloWiki.
  • Category:Featured templates - Templates of Featured articles. (*)
  • Category:Formatting templates - Templates used for/by DiabloWiki formatting
    • Category:Media Coverage Templates - Templates used specifically in the Media coverage article. (*)
  • Category:Infoboxes - Templates used to give information in an article.
  • Category:Navboxes - Templates used to give navigation in an article.

• Category:Stubs - Articles to clean up or evolve.
  • Category:Images to clean up - Images up for replacement. (*)
• Category:Delete - Articles, categories, templates etc that need to be deleted.
• Category:Featured articles - A category of articles of higher value, featured on main page. (*)
  • Category:Featured templates - Templates of Featured articles. (*)

Images - Category:Images

All image categories should be added to Category:Images, the main image category.

Some of these categories might go unused for a long time, but if the need arises, use these.

• Category:Monster images - Images of monsters. (*)
  • Category:Monster art - Art of monsters. (*)
  • Category:Monster screenshots - Shots of monsters. (*)

• Category:Character images - Images of characters. (*)
  • Category:Character art - Art of characters. (*)
  • Category:Character screenshots - Shots of characters. (*)

• Category:Artwork - All artwork.
  • Category:Diablo I artwork - D1 (*)
  • Category:Diablo II artwork (*)
  • Category:Diablo III artwork - D3 (*)
  • Category:Diablo unsourced artwork - Unknown
  • Category:Monster art - Art of monsters. (*)
  • Category:Character art - Art of characters. (*)
  • Category:Items art - Art of ingame items
  • Category:Fan art images - Fan art (*)
  • Category:Merchandise art - Group category for merchandise art.
    • Category:Graphic novel images - Images from the graphic novels.
    • Category:Book covers - Covers from the Diablo books.
    • Category:Statuette images - Images of statuette.

• Category:Screenshots - Screenshots of the games.
  • Category:Official screenshots - Official Blizzard released screenshots.
  • Category:Diablo I screenshots - Shots from Diablo I. (*)
  • Category:Diablo II screenshots - Shots from Diablo II. (*)
  • Category:Diablo III screenshots - Shots from Diablo III. (*)
  • Category:Skill screenshots - Shots of skills used, or stats.
  • Category:Character screenshots - Shots of characters. (*)
  • Category:Monster screenshots - Shots of monsters. (*)
    • Category:Goatmen screenshots - Shots of goatmen.
  • Category:Level screenshots - Shots on in-game levels and areas (struct).
    • Category:Kurast screenshots - Shots on Kurast.
    • Category:XXX screenshots - Shots on XXX. (continue)
  • Category:UI images - Pictures of loading screens.
    • Category:Diablo I UI images - Pictures of User Interface details. (*)
      • Category:Diablo I loading screens - Pictures of loading screens.
    • Category:Diablo II UI images - Pictures of User Interface details. (*)
      • Category:Diablo II loading screens - Pictures of loading screens.
    • Category:Diablo III UI images - Pictures of User Interface details. (*)
      • Category:Diablo III loading screens - Pictures of loading screens.

• Category:Game images - General category for alternate navigation.
  • Category:Diablo I images - D1 images.
    • Category:Diablo I artwork - Artwork from D1 (*)
    • Category:Diablo I screenshots - Shots from Diablo I. (*)
    • Category:Diablo I UI images - Pictures of User Interface details. (*)
  • Category:Diablo II images - D2 images.
    • Category:Diablo II artwork - Artwork from D2 (*)
    • Category:Diablo II screenshots - Shots from Diablo 2. (*)
    • Category:Diablo II UI images - Pictures of User Interface details. (*)
  • Category:Diablo III images - D3 images. (*)
    • Category:Diablo III artwork - Artwork from D3 (*)
    • Category:Diablo III screenshots - Shots from Diablo 3. (*)
    • Category:Diablo III UI images - Pictures of User Interface details. (*)

• Category:DiabloWiki images - Images used by the Wiki.
  • Category:Template images - Images used in templates.

• Category:Community images
  • Category:Guild images
  • Category:Fan art images - Fan art. (*)
    • Category:Fake screenshots - Fan art.
  • Category:Diii.net images - Images for or about Diii.net. (*)

• Category:Blizzard images - Images for or about Blizzard. (*)
  • Category:BlizzCon images - Images from BlizzCons. (*)
  • Category:WWI images - Images from WWI's. (*)

• Category:Maps - Images of maps (*)

• Category:Images to clean up - Images up for replacement. (*)

Final Words

Adding a few final words here.