ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:User categories

For more information, see Wikipedia:Categorization § Categorizing user pages.

A user category is a type of category—a grouping of related pages intended as a tool for navigation—that contains the user pages of Wikipedia users. The technical function of a user category, therefore, is to group the user pages of Wikipedia users who share one or more characteristics. Given this technical function, and considering the principle that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a social networking site or personal webhost, the purpose of user categories is to aid in facilitating coordination and collaboration between users for the improvement and development of the encyclopedia.

In addition (similar to all categories), user categories should not be used as "bottom-of-the-page" notices. If a Wikipedian wishes to have such a notice, they may edit their user page and add the notice in some other way (such as by adding text or a userbox), rather than inappropriately creating a category grouping.

Categorization

See also: Category:ଉଇକିଆଳି (category tree)

• User categories must be sub-categories of Category:Wikipedians.
• User categories designated as container categories should contain only subcategories and possibly a limited number of directly related pages. Individual users should not be in parent categories.
• User pages do not belong in mainspace categories such as Category:Living people or Category:Biologists, which are reserved for articles of the encyclopedia (in mainspace). This includes user subpages that are draft versions of articles.

Naming conventions

See also: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (categories)

• Names and descriptions of user categories are subject to the same rules and restrictions as userbox content.
• The name of a category should be clear about its scope and purpose and should generally follow the naming convention of fellow members of a parent category. See Category:Wikipedians by interest for an example.
• A user category should have an indication it is a user category. "Indications" include, but are not limited to: "Wikipedians", "WikiProject", or a name of a Wikipedia-specific organization or grouping. For example, Category:Wikipedian mathematicians, not Category:Mathematicians. Babel-specific user categories are an exception to this, and instead should follow that convention by having the same name as the Babel-specific userbox, i.e. Category:User (language code)[(-level)].
• If in the userbox content, the verb (see Wikipedia:Userboxes#Content) is one of preference (enjoys, likes, loves, etc.), replace it with a more specific verb when selecting the category name. For example, "This user enjoys J. R. R. Tolkien" could be categorised as Category:Wikipedians who read J. R. R. Tolkien.

Overcategorization

See also: Wikipedia:Overcategorization

Syntax for including user categories in a userbox

See also: Help:Category § Putting an item in a category, and Wikipedia:Userboxes

Remember: Userboxes should not automatically include categories by default.

The following example is from {{User eo-1}}:

<div style="float:left;border:solid #C0C8FF 1px;margin:1px">
{| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#F0F8FF"
| style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#C0C8FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt"
| '''[[Esperanto|eo]]-1'''
| style="font-size:8pt;text-align:center;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"
| Ĉi tiu uzanto povas komuniki per
'''[[:Category:User eo-1|baza]]''' nivelo de '''[[:Category:User eo|Esperanto]]'''
|}</div><includeonly>
{{#ifeq:{{NAMESPACE}}|User|[[Category:User eo-1|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}
</includeonly><noinclude>
[[Category:User eo-1|* ]]
</noinclude>

• |}</div> must begin on a new line. <includeonly> (or <noinclude> if not categorising userpages) should be on the same line to prevent extra spacing from appearing when grouping userboxes on userpages.
• Categories enclosed in <includeonly> tags - This will only categorise pages on which the userbox is transcluded. To show the userbox in that category, use {{User category}} or {{Your userbox name|nocat=}}. Remember to set the sort key as {{PAGENAME}}.
• Categories enclosed in <noinclude> tags - This will only categorise the userbox.

See also

• Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/User/Archive (topical index)

Historical pages

• Wikipedia:User categorisation – a defunct WikiProject for user categorisation
• Wikipedia:Guidelines for user categories - an historical guideline proposal