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.
Article Category Roots
All categories should be added to Category:Root, the main category.
Content Category
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.
- 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.
- Category:Gameplay - Diablo 3 specific info.
- Category:Acts - Diablo 3 Acts.
- Category:Act I - Act II.
- Category:Act I levels - Act I area levels. (*)
- Category:Act I quests - Act I quests. (*)
- Category:Act II - Act II.
- Category:Act II levels - Act II area levels. (*)
- Category:Act II quests - Act II quests. (*)
- Category:Act I - Act II.
- Category:Levels - Diablo 3 area Levels. - NOT experience levels!
- Category:Act I levels - Act I area levels. (*)
- Category:Act II levels - Act II area levels. (*)
- Category:Locations - Locations in Diablo 3 levels. Also add lore cat if needed.
- Category:Towns - Game towns
- Category:Classes - Diablo 3 Classes.
- Category:Barbarian - Barbarian articles.
- Category:Barbarian skills - WD skills. (*)
- Category:Witch Doctor - WD articles.
- Category:Witch Doctor skills - WD skills. (*)
- Category:Barbarian - Barbarian articles.
- Category:Items - Diablo 3 Items.
- Category:Weapons - Diablo 3 weapons.
- Category:Armor - Diablo 3 armor.
- Category:Jewelry - Diablo 3 jewelry.
- Category:Monsters - Diablo 3 Monsters.
- Category:Animals - Type of monsters.
- Category:Objects - Type of monsters.
- Category:Undead - Type of monsters.
- Categoty: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 - WD skills. (*)
- Category:Witch Doctor skills - WD skills. (*)
- Category:NPCs - Diablo 3 NPCs.
- Category:Acts - Diablo 3 Acts.
- 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:Locations (lore) - Locations in the Diablo Universe as well as game.
- Category:Settlements - Settlements of people. Hamlets, Villages, Towns and Cities.
- Category:Regions - Large regions in the Diablo Universe. (former: Areas)
- Category:Planes - Planes of existence, elemental, etheral or the like.
- Category:Dungeons - Creepy!
- Category:Ruins - Destroyed!
- Category:Worlds - The worlds.
- Category:Burning Hells - Home of the demons.
- Category:High Heavens - Home of angles.
- Category:Sanctuary - The mortal realm in the Diablo universe. Geography
- Category:Ethnic groups - The people of Sanctuary. (*)
- Category:Nations of Sanctuary - Nations of civilised groups of people. (*)
- Category:Factions - All types of factions in Sanctuary.
- Category:Religions - Religios congregations and sects.
- Category:Ethnic groups - The people of Sanctuary. (*)
- Category:Nations of Sanctuary - Nations of civilised groups of people. (*)
- Category:Other groups - Other factions.
- Category:Artefacts - Items, books, important enough to be called artefacts.
- Category:Community - Articles relating too the community or made by it.
- 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:Blizzard - Articles with information about Blizzard and Blizzard employees.
- Category:Fan-made - Articles and other content made by fans. Non-canon.
- Category:Merchandise - All types of Diablo-related merchandise should go here.
- Category:BlizzCon - Articles about BlizzCons. (*)
- Category:WWI - Articles about WWIs. (*)
- Category:Games - Articles relating too other games.
- Category:Diablo (game) - D1 + exp.
- Category:Diablo II - D2 + exp.
- Category:Diablo III - D3
Sources Category
All types of Diablo information sources. Games, books, graphic novels, or similar products should be added to Category:Sources, the main sources category.
- Category:Books - Category for types of books.
- Category:Roleplaying Books - Diablo RPG books.
- Category:Novels - Diablo Novels.
- Category:Art books - Diablo art.
- Category:Guide books - Game guides.
- Category:Graphic novels - Category for comics.
- Category:Comic books - Diablo comics.
- Category:Manga - Diablo manga.
- Category:Speculation - Speculation.
- Category:Controversies - Controversies.
- Category:Media Coverage - Media Coverage.
- Category:Events - BlizzCons, WWIs and other events.
- Category:BlizzCon - Articles about BlizzCons. (*)
- Category:WWI - Articles about WWIs. (*)
- Category:BlizzPress - Articles about Blizzard press events.
- Category:Events - BlizzCons, WWIs and other events.
DiabloWiki Category
All articles used by DiabloWiki or its contributors should be added to Category:DiabloWiki, the main DiabloWiki category.
- Category:Boilerplates - DiabloWiki's boilerplates listed.
- Category:Help - Help pages sorted.
- Category:Main Page - All pages related to Main Page.
- Category:Templates - Templates sorted.
- Category:Stubs - Templates sorted.
Images Category
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:Artwork - All artwork.
- Category:Diablo artwork - D1
- Category:Diablo 2 artwork
- Category:Diablo 3 artwork - D3
- Category:Diablo unsourced artwork - Unknown
- Category:Monster art - Art of monsters
- 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:Merchandise art - Group category for merchandise art.
- Category:Screenshots - Screenshots of the games.
- Category:Official screenshots - Official Blizzard released screenshots.
- Category:Diablo 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:NPC screenshots - Shots of in-game npcs.
- Category:Monster screenshots - Shots of monsters.
- Category:Goatmen screenshots - Shots of goatmen.
- Category:Level screenshots - Shots on in-game levels and areas.
- Category:Kurast screenshots - Shots on Kurast.
- Category:XXX screenshots - Shots on XXX. (continue)
- Category:Loading screens - Pictures of loading screens.
- Category:Diablo loading screens - Pictures of loading screens.
- Category:Diablo II loading screens - Pictures of loading screens.
- Category:Diablo III loading screens - Pictures of loading screens.
- Category:DiabloWiki graphics - Images used by the Wiki.
- Category:Template images - Images used in templates.
- Category:Images to clean up - Images up for replacement.
- Category:Maps - Images of maps
Final Words
Adding a few final words here.