User blog:Deleca7755/Changes of May 2022



Once again I'm announcing some ultra Incredible changes to the wiki today.

Unlike last time, these changes will have already been made by the time I post this. They're not as major for the average reader, but for anyone who's an active editor or may wish to edit, It's arguably Important long-term.



What's new? For a while now, only sprites, portraits, Ability images and Secret Room images had the honor of being almost fully categorized. Sprites even having sub-categories for which Item page they were on.

However, making the wiki the best It can be Is always a priority, and things like polish and proper categorization are necessary If we want to achieve that. With hard work over the course of a few days I'm happy to say that all Images are categorized now ( every single one, even unused ), and we have dedicated categories for mostly any type of Image that could be uploaded. This was a very much long overdue change, but for obvious reasons and other things to prioritize It was not done until now. Here's a rundown of every new category ( collapse to the right ):
 * Category:PMU media
 * Holds most of the other categories. It's for "official" media such as logos, or community-created stuff that was uploaded on the wiki for being relevant, such as the map.
 * Category:Game screenshots
 * Any general screenshot that doesn't Immediately fit the below categories.
 * Category:PMU 6 images
 * Screenshots of PMU 6 or screenshots taken of its maps in PMU 7.
 * Category:Location interiors
 * Screenshots that were taken in some inside map. Think NPC houses, buildings and maps like Cognito.
 * Category:Location exteriors
 * Opposite of the previous category. Think the outside screenshots of NPC houses, buildings. Basically screenshots showing where an inside location is on the outside.
 * Category:Boss room images
 * Exactly what It says on the tin; although technically direct screenshots of their rooms also, but that's now how these images should be taken.
 * Category:Miscellaneous maps
 * Images of maps you can't get to by yourself, like the tutorial maps, HCs, etc.
 * Category:Weekly event maps
 * Maps that you can only go to If It's the weekly event.
 * Category:Boss Rush maps
 * Exactly what It says on the tin.
 * Category:Dodgeball maps
 * Exactly what It says on the tin.
 * Category:Mapping contest entries
 * Images of houses that were entered In ( and won ) a mapping contest. There were over 50 so I didn't want them clogging the screenshots category.
 * Category:Dungeon entrances
 * Exactly what It says on the tin.
 * Category:Dungeon scenery
 * Exactly what It says on the tin; the scenery Images we take for every dungeon. Including ones that show relevant tiles or chambers such as Tanren Mansion's chambers.
 * Category:Dungeon midpoints
 * Exactly what It says on the tin; any dungeon rest point, puzzle, Intermission, etc.
 * Category:End room images
 * Exactly what It says on the tin.
 * Category:Move images
 * Images used at the start of Moves subpages.
 * Category:Status condition images
 * Images used on Status Condition.
 * Category:Tanren Chambers images
 * Previously the category "Tanren Chambers locations". Since Images that were In there were going to be In the new category anyway, It was simply renamed. Anyway, It contains Images related to Tanren Chambers. Mostly stuff used In their templates and Images for Foxie's Guide to Tanren Chambers.
 * Category:Overworld maps
 * May be a bit confusing, but this Is mostly for proper Images of maps that directly link to ( scroll Into ) other ones. It also Includes the literal overworld maps for each region.
 * Category:Weather images
 * Images of the weather screenshots used on Weather.
 * Category:Temple images
 * There were a lot of Images/guides for the now defunct temple dungeons such as Fire Temple, and they'd be kinda irrelevant in any category other than Game Screenshots, which I wanted to keep clean-ish for images actually used on articles.
 * Category:Personal images
 * Images that aren't used on content pages such as any dungeon page. These Images were uploaded specifically for someone's userpage, blog, or guild page.
 * Category:Wiki images
 * Images that were uploaded specifically for wiki purposes, like Images for article management templates.
 * Buttons
 * Weather icons
 * Sprites
 * Category:Tiles
 * Images of tiles.
 * Traps

The parent categories of the ones listed are in Category:Images. Other miscellaneous Images like official art were added to that category as well, since there weren't enough to warrant making a category at the moment. Similar to the header update to Item pages, all this Is subject to change at any point, such as new categories being added, renamed, or Images being moved from one category to another.

Additionally, as of May 13th, categories use sentence case rather than title case as seen as the list above. This was done because the system-added categories such as Category:General wiki templates use sentence case, showing It to be the Fandom standard. It Is also a standard for and. Being two of the largest and well-made wikis, they're always great role models for these kinds of things. Generally, we don't want to confuse those looking to start editing; consistency plays a very big role In the quality of a wiki. There's nothing worse than seeing things not line up when you want to help. It makes It very hard to know where to start.

With that said, be sure to categorize images you upload appropriately from now on. While It's a sudden change It needs to be taken seriously so we don't leave images uncategorized again. Should you want to help keep Images categorized In the future, you can check Special:UncategorizedFiles ( updates every 24 hours ) to see which Images are not categorized up to a maximum of 1000.   I'm with stu   pid  02:35, 18 May 2022 (UTC)