Forum:Image category policy

I believe it's time we take some accountability for our image categories here; currently there is much confusion and I find the mess to be unacceptable. Here is a proposal I will implement if it is agreed upon, for some changes for a policy on categories. It mostly pertains to characters, because that's what people have made image categories for, but leaves plenty of room for making future image categories better.

First, look at the tons of character specific categories, such as Category:Images (David Palmer). There is one for Jack, one for Tony, and many others. Each of these will be categorized into Category:Images (characters), and also any of the following that may apply:
 * 1) Images (CTU characters)
 * 2) Images (deceased characters)
 * 3) Images (living characters)
 * 4) ... and any other broad character categories that may be created

Then, the Category:Images (characters) will be added to Category:Images.

The point here to grasp is that images themselves will never be categorized into anything other than character specific categories (this doesn't exclude random image categories that have nothing to do with characters, like Images (CNB) and Images (24: The Game)). This means no media will appear in the numbered categories above, nor in Category:Images (characters), nor even in Category:Images itself. All of these larger categories will be strictly repositories for subcategories. This follows the example of wikipedia, which restricts pages from being placed in some massive categories and uses them only for subcategories.

I understand if this is confusing, so please ask any questions that come to mind. This is not a major change, it just makes categories infinitely more manageable. I'll probably start this in a few days if no comments are made. – Blue Rook 06:57, 13 June 2008 (UTC)talk contribs