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When naming a category, one should be particularly careful and choose its name accurately. Moving non-conventionally categorized pages to another category name (see {{tl|Category redirect}}) imposes an additional overhead – an edit for ''each'' article and subcategory.
===General conventions===
*Standard article [[Wikipedia:naming conventions|naming conventions]] apply; in particular, do not capitalize regular nouns except when they come at the beginning of the title.
*Names of [[WP:Topic category|topic categories]] should be singular, normally corresponding to the name of a Wikipedia article. Examples: "[[:Category:Law|Law]]", "[[:Category:France|France]]", "[[:Category:Hillary Clinton|Hillary Clinton]]".
*Names of [[WP:Set category|set categories]] should be plural. Examples: "[[:Category:Writers|Writers]]", "[[:Category:Villages in Poland|Villages in Poland]]".
*Avoid abbreviations. Example: "[[:Category:Military equipment of World War II]]", not ":Category:Military equipment of WW2". However, abbreviations that have become the official or generally used name (such as [[:Category:NATO|NATO]]) should be used where there are no other conflicts.
*Don't write the category structure in names. Example: "[[:Category:Monarchs|Monarchs]]", not "People - Monarchs".
*Choose category names that can stand alone, independent of the way a category is connected to other categories. Example: "[[:Category:Geography terminology stubs|Geography terminology stubs]]", not "Terminology" (a subcategory of "[[:Category:Geography stubs|Geography stubs]]").
*As with [[WP:LISTNAME|lists]], avoid descriptive adjectives such as ''famous'', ''important'', or ''notable'' in category titles.
*Particularly for technical subjects, use words and phrases which exist in reliable sources, so that those sources may be used to support inclusion of articles.
===Special conventions===
*Note that in many instances a topic category and a set category have similar names, the topic category being singular and the set category plural. For example, [[:Category:Opera|Opera]] is a topic category (containing all articles relating to the topic), while [[:Category:Operas|Operas]] is a set category (containing articles about specific operas). Be careful to choose the right one when categorizing articles.
*If there are a lot of [[WP:List|lists]] in a particular subject area, it may be useful to have a category to hold them, called something like "[[:Category:Lists of countries]]". These categories should only contain list pages (for example "[[List of Soviet Republics]]", "[[List of countries by population]]"). When placing pages in such a category, use a [[WP:SORTKEY|sort key]] that excludes the phrase "List of" (otherwise all lists would appear under "L"). See also [[:Category:Lists]].
*All [[WP:WikiProject|WikiProject]] categories should have "WikiProject" (or "WikiProjects") as part of the name. Note that this does not apply to the names of categories that projects might create for the use of assessments. In these cases, the advice given in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/WikiProject#Project categories|Project Categories]], which conforms to [[:Category:Wikipedia 1.0 assessments]] is advised, though not mandatory.
*Categories used for Wikipedia administration are prefixed with the word "Wikipedia" (no colon) if this is needed to prevent confusion with content categories. For example, [[:Category:Inactive project pages]] (where no confusion is likely), but [[:Category:Wikipedia tools]] (as distinct from the content category [[:Category:Tools|Tools]]).
*Naming guidelines for sub-categories of [[:Category:Stub categories]] are listed at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Naming guidelines#Categories]].
*For categorization in userspace, see [[Wikipedia:Categorization#User namespace]] and [[Wikipedia:User categories#Naming conventions]].
*For geographical photo requests, the category name should be 'Wikipedia requested photographs in xxx' as in <nowiki>[[Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in England]].</nowiki> Wikiprojects desiring to keep track of articles needing photos should use 'xxxx articles needing photos' as in <nowiki>[[Category:England articles needing photos]] and [[Category:England articles needing images]]</nowiki> (for photos, maps, drawings, etc.)
===General conventions===
*Standard article [[Wikipedia:naming conventions|naming conventions]] apply; in particular, do not capitalize regular nouns except when they come at the beginning of the title.
*Names of [[WP:Topic category|topic categories]] should be singular, normally corresponding to the name of a Wikipedia article. Examples: "[[:Category:Law|Law]]", "[[:Category:France|France]]", "[[:Category:Hillary Clinton|Hillary Clinton]]".
*Names of [[WP:Set category|set categories]] should be plural. Examples: "[[:Category:Writers|Writers]]", "[[:Category:Villages in Poland|Villages in Poland]]".
*Avoid abbreviations. Example: "[[:Category:Military equipment of World War II]]", not ":Category:Military equipment of WW2". However, abbreviations that have become the official or generally used name (such as [[:Category:NATO|NATO]]) should be used where there are no other conflicts.
*Don't write the category structure in names. Example: "[[:Category:Monarchs|Monarchs]]", not "People - Monarchs".
*Choose category names that can stand alone, independent of the way a category is connected to other categories. Example: "[[:Category:Geography terminology stubs|Geography terminology stubs]]", not "Terminology" (a subcategory of "[[:Category:Geography stubs|Geography stubs]]").
*As with [[WP:LISTNAME|lists]], avoid descriptive adjectives such as ''famous'', ''important'', or ''notable'' in category titles.
*Particularly for technical subjects, use words and phrases which exist in reliable sources, so that those sources may be used to support inclusion of articles.
===Special conventions===
*Note that in many instances a topic category and a set category have similar names, the topic category being singular and the set category plural. For example, [[:Category:Opera|Opera]] is a topic category (containing all articles relating to the topic), while [[:Category:Operas|Operas]] is a set category (containing articles about specific operas). Be careful to choose the right one when categorizing articles.
*If there are a lot of [[WP:List|lists]] in a particular subject area, it may be useful to have a category to hold them, called something like "[[:Category:Lists of countries]]". These categories should only contain list pages (for example "[[List of Soviet Republics]]", "[[List of countries by population]]"). When placing pages in such a category, use a [[WP:SORTKEY|sort key]] that excludes the phrase "List of" (otherwise all lists would appear under "L"). See also [[:Category:Lists]].
*All [[WP:WikiProject|WikiProject]] categories should have "WikiProject" (or "WikiProjects") as part of the name. Note that this does not apply to the names of categories that projects might create for the use of assessments. In these cases, the advice given in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/WikiProject#Project categories|Project Categories]], which conforms to [[:Category:Wikipedia 1.0 assessments]] is advised, though not mandatory.
*Categories used for Wikipedia administration are prefixed with the word "Wikipedia" (no colon) if this is needed to prevent confusion with content categories. For example, [[:Category:Inactive project pages]] (where no confusion is likely), but [[:Category:Wikipedia tools]] (as distinct from the content category [[:Category:Tools|Tools]]).
*Naming guidelines for sub-categories of [[:Category:Stub categories]] are listed at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Naming guidelines#Categories]].
*For categorization in userspace, see [[Wikipedia:Categorization#User namespace]] and [[Wikipedia:User categories#Naming conventions]].
*For geographical photo requests, the category name should be 'Wikipedia requested photographs in xxx' as in <nowiki>[[Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in England]].</nowiki> Wikiprojects desiring to keep track of articles needing photos should use 'xxxx articles needing photos' as in <nowiki>[[Category:England articles needing photos]] and [[Category:England articles needing images]]</nowiki> (for photos, maps, drawings, etc.)
