Forum:Categories

'''It has come to my attention that we need to vote on a policy for making categories. Some argue that that categories should be named pluraly, others say they should be tagged singular.'''

How to vote:


 * Vote by typing either of the following in the relevant sections:

Support/Oppose Singular Categorization (+1 / -3)
I find singular titles for categories to be awkward in meaning, since they are going to be used for multiple articles. Plus, having it purely singular can have some conflicting categories with the wiki's own categories. For example, is used by the wiki for organizational purposes while "Organization" could refer to a group of people, so it would have to be called.
 * --れび (talk to Lavi!) 23:19, December 6, 2009 (UTC)

I don't know how to top that ^. So I'll just say ditto.
 * --Haru Mclean Namikaze will swallow your soul...| talk''

Mainly because, the article that is tagged will most likely be singular, therefore should have a singular named category at the bottom to be grammatically correct. Also in cases like Lavi posted above, we would either make an exception to the rule, or pick a different title (organization could be replaced with; Group, Faction, etc.) ~ NOTASTAFF Ryun Uchiha (Ten Tailed Fox, Getsueikirite-taichou) (talk) 23:26, December 6, 2009 (UTC)

Every other wiki does it plural... – Mewshuji, Unofficial Nitpick of the Wiki 23:29, December 6, 2009 (UTC)

Support/Oppose Plural Categorization (+3 / -0)
I'm not going to tell you, unless you take proper English classes.
 * --Haru Mclean Namikaze will swallow your soul...| talk''

In contrast with singular titles, plural titles imply a general field of information. Of course, there are some exceptions due to grammatic/etymologic reasons (ie. Mado being singular AND plural, thus does not require an indication of plural status), but titles should generally be plural.
 * --れび (talk to Lavi!) 23:19, December 6, 2009 (UTC)

Every other wiki does it plural... – Mewshuji, Unofficial Nitpick of the Wiki 23:29, December 6, 2009 (UTC)