South Park Archives:Projects/Category Rework
This project proposal aims to revamp parts of the wiki's category system, subjected to changes. Any discussion or feedback should be directed to the article's talk page.
Category Removal
List of categories proposed to be removed, on the grounds that they are subjective on its own, a duplicate of other categories, or do not carry sufficient articles to warrant one:
Category Definitions
Several categories do not have a clear description in their respective pages, which resulted in these categories holding articles and files of various types, based on multiple interpretations from editors past and present. Examples include:
- Character gallery subpages, as well as individual files used in these subpages, being grouped into the same category of "Character Images".
- Recurring gags such as "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!", and characters' quote subpages, being grouped into the same category of "Quotes".
In-Universe Vs. Real-World
Some categories have minimal distinctions between articles that cover subjects within the South Park universe, and those that cover the real world. It is proposed that new categories are created to accommodate real-world articles, with existing categories reserved for in-universe articles with their descriptions amended. Current examples include:
- South Park: The Stick of Truth, a video game released in 2014, as well as the fictional Heaven vs. Hell from the episode "Best Friends Forever", being grouped into the same categories of "Video Games" and "Games".
- The Poop That Took a Pee, a book featured in "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs", and South Park Guide to Life published in 2009, being grouped into the same category of "Books".
- Youtooz, a toy company producing character figurines, and all of Cartman's stuffed animals, being grouped into the same category of "Toys".
Files
A category system for files has not been set in stone since creation of the wiki. The number of files left uncategorized have since been snowballed to over 50,000. In the interest of wiki maintenance, the wiki would like to propose that these files be organized as such:
- Screenshots
- Game Screenshots (by game title)
- Episode Screenshots (by season)
- Movie Screenshots (by title)
- Shorts
- Show Assets
- Character Models
- Location Models
- Concept Art
- Game Assets
- Game Icons (by game title)
- Game Artwork (by game title)
- Concept or Promotional Artwork (by game title)
- Cut Content
- Any contents from the show or video games that did not make it to the respective final cuts (e.g. Deleted Scenes)
- Real-life Images
- Merchandise
- DVD/Blu-ray Cover Scans
- Photos of Crew Members, Voice Actors
- Photos of IRL Events
- Audio Files
- MP3 Files for songs
- OGG Files for game quotes
- Wiki icons
- Icons, favicons, artwork that are exclusively used for wiki design
- User Images
- Any images uploaded for use in userpages or talk pages