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==What a Category Should Not Be== | ==What a Category Should Not Be== | ||
Categories are not personal or project pages. | Categories are not personal or project pages. | ||
;'''Please, do not add any user information or specific project information to a category page.''' :A category page should only include a * brief definition | ;'''Please, do not add any user information or specific project information to a category page.''' :A category page should only include a | ||
* brief definition | |||
* its purpose | * its purpose | ||
* an example | * an example | ||
;'''Please, do not add user pages | ;'''Please, do not add categories to user pages.''' :The Verified Users category that lists all WikiMo users is controlled by admins. | ||
;'''Categories that are date specific should be subcategories.''' :For a category about an event, for example <nowiki>[[<nowiki>Category:Opensource_conference<nowiki>]]</nowiki>, if you want to separate the event years, create a subcategory. We are deprecating/merging categories that include a specific date. For example, Fosdem 2008 and Fosdem 2009 will become Fosdem. | ;'''Categories that are date specific should be subcategories.''' :For a category about an event, for example <nowiki>[[<nowiki>Category:Opensource_conference<nowiki>]]</nowiki>, if you want to separate the event years, create a subcategory. We are deprecating/merging categories that include a specific date. For example, Fosdem 2008 and Fosdem 2009 will become Fosdem. | ||