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.
    • 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: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:Maps - All maps available for Diablo. Depicting Sanctuary and other locations. (*)
  • Category:Towns - Game towns
  • Category:Classes - Diablo 3 Classes. (*)
    • Category:Character - Character Attributes, Inventory and related topics. (*)
    • Category:Barbarian - Barbarian articles.
      • Category:Barbarian skills - WD skills. (*)
    • Category:Witch Doctor - WD articles.
      • Category:Witch Doctor skills - WD skills. (*)
  • Category:Classes (Diablo II) - Diablo 2 Classes. (*)
    • Category:Amazon - Amazon articles.
    • Category:Assassin - Assassin articles.
  • Category:Items - Diablo 3 Items.
    • Category:Weapons - Diablo 3 weapons.
    • Category:Armor - Diablo 3 armor.
    • Category:Jewelry - Diablo 3 jewelry (rings, amulets).
    • Category:Runes - Diablo 3 sunes.
  • Category:Monsters - Diablo 3 Monsters.
    • Category:Animals - Type of monsters.
    • 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 - WD 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. (*)

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:Deities - All the gods and god-like beings of Sanctuary. Deities are generally classed as both characters and deities.
  • Category:Locations (lore) - Locations in the Diablo Universe as well as game.
    • Category:Maps - All maps available for Diablo. Depicting Sanctuary and other locations. (*)
    • Category:Settlements - Settlements of people. Hamlets, Villages, Towns and Cities.
      • Category:Caldeum - Category for the trade city of Caldeum.
    • 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 - Religions, congregations and sects.
    • Category:Ethnic groups - The people of Sanctuary. (*)
    • 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: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:Books - Books of mundane or magical nature. (*)
• Category:Books - Books of mundane or magical nature. (*)

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:Guides - User-made guides for the Wiki. Guides might end up in more than one category. (*)
  • 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:Game terms - A category to collect terms of the game as a handy encyclopaedia.
    • Category:Acronyms - A category to collect acronyms of game terms.
  • 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:Merchandise - All types of Diablo-related merchandise should go here.
  • Category:Speculation - Speculation about things involving the games.
    • Category:Fan art - Everything related to fan art.
    • Category:Fan art images - Fan art images. (*)

Games - Category:Games

• Category:Games - Articles relating to other games.
  • Category:Diablo I - D1 + exp.
  • Category:Diablo II - D2 + exp.
    • Category:Classes (Diablo II) - Diablo 2 Classes. (*)
  • Category:Diablo III - D3
    • Category:Diablo III images - D3 images. (*)
    • Category:Classes - Diablo 3 Classes. (*)

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: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: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. (*)

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:Formatting templates - Templates used for/by DiabloWiki formatting
    • Category:Media Coverage Templates - Templates used specifically in the Media coverage article. (*)
  • Category:Featured templates - Templates of Featured articles. (*)
• 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.