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==Structure==
The Categories are essential to the structure of the category system in {{WikiTitle}} Diablowiki. A large part of what is important to be able to easily sort and navigate through articles. It's vital to make sure that your articles end up searched in the right category, and that your Diablowiki depends onthe use of categories are sorted in to the right structure. As any article or category can belong When adding pages to any article or categorycategories, some of these can exist add them in multiple places. That is fine, as long as the structure in itself is logicallargest yet most fitting category available. "(*)" Means This article will help with that a category appears in more than one other superior category.
== Main Category - [[:Category:Root]] ==''All categories should be added to different categories Keep in mind that the category structure is rather confusing at the moment and eventually they should all link through to '''[[:Category:Root]]'''needs some organising, the '''main category'''.''and that articles can fit into multiple categories
===Adding Articles to Categories===
The line used for adding pages and images to categories is [[:Category:<category name
here>]]. There should not be a need to create new categories, as plenty of them exist to cover all the topics here in Diablowiki.
== Content Category - If you need help with understanding where to put pages, use your best judgement. Alternatively, if you cannot decide, you can ask [[:Category:ContentElly]] ==or another dedicated editor where to put them.
''All articles with content should be added Remember, when adding pages to '''a category, punctuation and grammar matter. For example, you will not successfully put a article about witch doctors into [[:Category:ContentWitch Doctor]] by typing [[:Category: witch doctors]]''', 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.''
==Default Category:Root==
The "category to rule them all", is [[:Category:Root]]. From here is where all other categories expand from. There should not be a need to add pages to this category.
=== Basics - [[:Category:Basics]] =Content==* ''<span style="font-size:125%; text-decoration: underline; font-weight:bold;">[[:Category:Basics]]</span> - All "basics" for the Diablo game and world. Feature of {{WikiTitle}} sort of. Only add articles here (as in [[Acts]], not [[:Category:Acts]].''
[[:Category:Content]] is where most categories about Diablo start from. It includes all the categories that are about Diablo 3's content. Articles still do not need to be in this category, as they are covered by sub-categories.
=== Gameplay - [[:Category:Gameplay]] Basics===* <span style="font-size:125%; text-decoration: underline; font-weight:bold;">[[:Category:GameplayBasics]]</span> - Diablo 3 specific info. <!-- Possibly make a Diablo III cat later) -->** is where general descriptions of topics, such as [[:Category:Acts]] - Diablo 3 Acts. Unknown exactly how this will be designed, so we assume Diablo II structure for nowgo.*** [[:Category:Act IActs]] - Everything to do with Act I. But keep clear from individual levelswould fit into this category, 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 instead of.**** into [[: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.Gameplay==
** [[:Category:ClassesGameplay]] - 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]] - Olderis another main category, 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 specifically for diablo 3 Classes (semi-unused)'s gameplay. (*)**** [[: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]] Again, it is unnecessary to put pages into this category, as most will fit into sub- Classes made by fanscategories. (*)
** [[: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. (*)Classes===
** [[:Category:MonstersClasses]] - Diablo 3 Monsters.*** [[:Category:SuperUniques]] - Purple Bosses.*** [[:Category:Animals]] - Type of monstersis a general category for information regarding all classes.*** For example, a general page about [[:Category:Demonsskill runes]] - Type of monsters. Also the race of beings from Hell.(*)*** [[:Category:Objects]] - Type of monsters.*** which fit into [[:Category:UndeadRunes]] - Type of monsters.*** would fit in this category, whereas information about [[:Category:Monster imagesFury]] would belong in a class- Images of monsters (*)specific section.
Other special class categories include:
** [[:Category:MultiplayerClasses (Diablo II)]] - Multiplayer aspects of Diablo 32 classes.*** [[:Category:Battle.netFan classes]] - Information about Battle.net.*** [[:Category:Networking]] Fan- Information about Networkingmade classes.
** [[:Category:Quests]] - Diablo 3 Quests.
*** [[:Category:Act I quests]] - Act I quests. (*)
*** [[:Category:Act II quests]] - Act II quests. (*)
===Category:(Specific Classes)===* [[:Category:Barbarian]] - Specific class information about Barbarians.** [[:Category:Barbarian Skills]] - Specific information about Barbarian skills.* [[:Category:Demon Hunter]] - Specific class information about Demon Hunters.** [[:Category:Demon Hunter Skills]] - Specific information about Demon Hunter skills.* [[:Category:Witch Doctor]] - Specific class information about Witch Doctors.** [[:Category:Witch Doctor Skills]] - Specific information about Demon Hunter skills.* [[:Category:Wizard]] - Specific class information about Wizards.** [[:Category:Wizard Skills]] - Specific information about Wizard skills.* [[:Category:Monk]] - Specific class information about Monks.** [[:Category:Single PlayerMonk Skills]] - Singleplayer aspects of Diablo 3Specific information about Monk skills.
** [[: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. (*)Acts===
** [[:Category:NPCsActs]] - contains information relevant to all of Diablo 3 NPCs's acts.Specific act categories contain information relevant to only one act. Even more specific categories, such as the Quests and Levels categories, contain specific information about specific quests and levels*** [[:Category:Character images]] - Images of characters/NPCsin each act. (*)
* [[:Category:Act I]]** [[:Category:Act I Quests]]** [[:Category:Act I Levels]]* [[:Category:Act II]]** [[:Category:Act II Quests]]** [[:Category:Act II Levels]]* [[:Category:Act III]]** [[:Category:GuidesAct III Quests]] - User-made guides for the Wiki. Guides might end up in more than one category. (**)[[:Category:Act III Levels]]*[[:Category:Act IV]]** [[:Category:Guide booksAct IV Quests]] - Game guides. (*)* [[:Category:Act IV Levels]]* [[:Category:Act V]]** [[:Category:Act V Quests]]** [[:Category:Act V Levels]]
** [[:===Category:Reference]] - A category to collect terms of the game as a handy encyclopaedia. (*)Quests===*** [[:Category:StatisticsQuests]] should only contain act quest sub- Character [[Attributes]] categories and calculations.**** [[:Category:Character]] - Character [[Attributes]]special quests, [[Inventory]] and related topics. (*)*** [[:Category:Abbreviations]] - Sub-category specifically for Abbreviations and Acronyms.*** [[:Category:Glossary]] - Sub-category specifically for terms used in like the [[Diablo gameInfernal Machine]]s, and gaming in generalthat cannot be bound to oneact.
** ===Category:Items===[[:Category:Play stylesItems]] contains general articles about items and items not covered by a sub- Lists different styles of play that are commoncategory.Sub-categories include:
=== Lore - * [[:Category:LoreWeapons]] ===* <span style="font-size:125%; text-decoration: underline; font-weight:bold;">[[:Category:Lore]]</span> - Articles that are not directly involved in the game. Over-arching category for [[SanctuaryArmor]] etc.** [[:Category:Characters]] - Important characters in the Diablo Universe, such as [[Diablo]], [[Deckard CainJewelry]] (rings and [[Tyrael]].amulets)*** [[:Category:Character imagesArtefacts]] - Images of characters. (*lore books, special items)
** [[:===Category:Locations]] - In-game and lore locations. It can be anything from "Tristram" to "The Tree of Inifuss". Used only for categories. (*)Monsters===*** [[:Category:SovereignsMonsters]] - Kingdoms, empires etc of people of any [[race]]. [[Human]]s, [[angel]]s, [[demon]]s.*** [[: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.*** <s>[[:Category:Regions]] - Large areas Contains information about monsters in the Diablo Universe. (former: Areas)</s> (diablo 3 not needed I think)*** [[:Category:Planes]] covered by a sub- Planes of existence, elementalcategory, 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.contains broad information about****** [[:Category:Demons]] - Type of monsters. Also the race of beings from Hell. (*)***** [[:Category:High Heavens]] Some sub- Home of angles.****** [[:Category:Angels]] - Angelic reatures. (*)**** [[:Category:Sanctuary]] - The mortal realm in the Diablo universe.***** Articles like [[Westmarch]].***** <s>[[:Category:Sanctuary]] - Countries of the world.</s> (probably not needed)*** [[:Category:Maps]] - All maps available for Diablo. Depicting [[Sanctuary]] and other locations. (*)<!--Optional settlement structure**** [[:Category:Cities]] - Large cities.**** [[:Category:Hamlets]] - Few houses**** [[:Category:Towns (settlement)]] - Small towns**** [[:Categorycategories are:Villages]] - Villages. (Might use only "town" instead, or use "village" as lore version of "town" )-->
* [[Category:SuperUniques]] - General category for purple titled bosses.
* [[Category:Objects]]
* [[Category:Undead]]
* [[Category:Demons]]
* [[Category:Monster images]] - General monster images category.
** [[:===Category:Sentient beings]] - Root category for all sentient entities and their groupings.Skills===*** [[:Category:RacesSkills]] - Listing the different sorts of races inhabiting the contains Diablo universe.**** [[:Category:Angels]] - All topics relating to angels3 skill information. ***** [[:Category:Angel characters]] - List of all angel characters. (*)**** [[:Category:Deities]] - All the gods and god-like beings of [[Sanctuary]]. Deities Previously mentioned skill categories are generally classed as both characters and deities.***** [[:Category:Deity characters]] - List of all deity characters. (*)**** [[: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:Demon characters]] - List of all demon characters. (*)**** [[:Category:Humans]] - Topics relating to humans in particular. Not a group cat for all humans.***** [[:Category:Human characters]] sub- List categories of all human charactersthis one. (*)
===Other Categories===
*** [[:Category:FactionsNPCs]] - All types of factions in [[Sanctuary]] and beyond. All articles go here, but categories go in sub-levels. **** [[:Category:Religious groups]] - Religions, congregations and sects.***** <Diablo 3 NPC's>[[:Category:Religious terms]] - Terms used in religions.</s> Obsolete?***** [[:Category:Sisterhood of the Sightless Eye]] - The [[Rogue]] factioncategory. (*)**** [[:Category:Mage clansReference]] - The mage clans Contains other bits of [[Kehjistan]].***** [[:Category:Vizjerei]] - A highly disciplined mage claninformation, such as a glossary, once corrupted by [[Horazon]]. (*)***** [[:Category:Yshari]] - The council of [[mage clan]]s. (*)***** [[:Category:Zann Esu]] - A woman-only mage clanacronyms, specializing in [[Elemental magic]]. (*)**** [[:Category:Ethnic groups]] - The people of Sanctuary and related worlds.***** [[:Category:Umbaru]] - Jungle race on the eastern continent. (*)**** [[:Category:Paramilitary groups]] - Groups which have some sort of military branch, but it isn't their only purpose.***** [[:Category:Sisterhood of the Sightless Eye]] - The [[Rogue]] faction. (*)**** [[:Category:Military groups]] - Groups which ARE a military organization. Often a smaller part of a paramilitary group. Combat is the sole purpose.**** [[:Category:Magocratic groups]] - Groups having [[magic]] as their primary goal or way of organising themselvesstatistics.**** [[:Category:Other groupsPlay styles]] - Other factions, Various play styles developed in need of proper categorization.**** [[:Category:Business organisations]] - Groups, guilds and organisations created for commerceDiablo 3.
==Category:Lore==
[[:Category:Lore]] contains lore information for the diablo series. The major sub-categories are:
* [[:Category:Characters]] - Characters important to the Diablo story, like [[Tyrael]] and [[Deckard Cain]].
* [[:Category:Angels]]
* [[:Category:Demons]]
* [[:Category:Factions]] - Factions in the Diablo Universe.
** [[:Category:Artefacts]] - ItemsThere are several other categories in this area, booksbut they are, important enough to be called artefacts. (*)*** [[:Category:Books]] - Books of mundane or magical naturefor the most part, covered by articles already in these sections. (*)
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