Thread:Sakaros/@comment-195.8.247.124-20190808134848/@comment-104549-20190808235008

There is, in fact; it is unimaginatively entitled the Categorization Policy. I'll give you the blurb I normally give users under these circumstances:


 * There are two problems: duplicative categories and nonexistent categories. Nonexistent categories are straightforward; they don't exist on this Wikia (simply typing words into the category space as you're posting or editing an article doesn't create a category).  A full list of all SWFanon's many, many categories may be found here.  Per the Categorization Policy, "[o]nly pre-established in-universe categories (or out-of-universe categories for articles about fan fiction) and specially created categories to fit a certain fan series constitute legitimate categories".  In other words, you can create categories to fit your fan fiction (see, e.g., a creation of mine here), but otherwise, the only valid categories (aside from user-based categories, e.g. Articles by Sakaros) are pre-established ones for the Star Wars universe (usually, though not always, guided by Wookieepedia).  It is extremely unlikely that a category we need doesn't already exist; always check first, and make sure it doesn't exist under another name (e.g. Slicers is a category, and includes the concept of "Hackers", which is not).  If a category doesn't exist and you think we need it, ask yourself to how many characters it applies; there should never be a "category of one".  If you think we need it and it applies to at least a handful of characters and it's a broadly applicable category (not one unique to your creations), feel free to ask Sav or myself for guidance.


 * Duplicative categories require a bit more explanation. When two categories apply to a character, and one is more specific than the other (that is to say, one is a sub-category of the other), you add the more specific one and don't add the less specific.  As a related policy, if multiple "parallel" categories apply (i.e. neither is a sub-category of the other), but one is chronologically later than and superseded the others, only the latest applies.  Since that's kind of abstract, here's a concrete example: take Obi-Wan Kenobi.  He was a Jedi, and during his life, he was a Jedi Initiate, Jedi Padawan, Jedi Knight, and Jedi Master; he was also a Jedi Guardian and a Jedi Council member, among other things.  You would not add "Jedi" because "Initiates", "Padawans", "Knights", and "Masters" are all sub-categories of Jedi ranks, which is itself a sub-category of "Jedi".  Those four ranks are parallel categories, but each came after and superseded the previous one (i.e. when he became a Padawan he stopped being an Initiate, when he became a Knight he stopped being a Padawan, etc.), so only "Jedi Masters" applies.  "Jedi Guardians" and "Jedi Council members", however, can be added along with "Jedi Masters", because none of them are sub-categories of the others, and none of them superseded another.  When it concerns fallen Jedi (or redeemed dark siders), the "later and superseding" policy also applies; Anakin Skywalker would get Redeemed Jedi (and Former Sith Lords), not Sith Lords.

As for the Councilor, in general, article titles are first-come, first-served; if there starts to be a lineup, sometimes we'll do a disambiguation page (e.g. here). That said, it's very courteous of you to offer; once you register for an account, if you still want me to change it, I'll make the switch.

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