History/Categorization

This is a unified categorization guide for the School of History.

Introduction edit

The categorization of History pages is very important, and should be considered a high priority for the School—the Browse feature at Wikiversity relies 100% on proper categorization, as does the History Portal. Unless projects and Departments are properly categorized, new participants are much less likely to find the content they're looking for, and are less likely to contribute to the School. It's worth noting that Portal:History gets significantly more traffic than School:History does.

Categorizing Guidelines edit

General Guidelines edit

  • No History pages should be placed in Category:History except for major portal pages. All other History pages should be filed under the History sub-categories (as follow).
  • Where appropriate, all projects should be categorized under each of the following three categories (in a relevant sub-category):
  • It is helpful to browse the history categories in the areas you are interested in, so that you will be most familiar with where things should go.

Further Tips edit

Specific Topics edit

National Histories edit

Examples: US History, History of Germany, etc.
  • National histories should be filed under Category:History by Nation in addition to the subject-specific categories listed above.
    • Remember when doing so to use the format "[[Category:History by Nation|[Nation Name]]]", as many national history project pages start with "history of" instead of the nation's name. Example: "[[Category:History by Nation|Germany]]", for History of Germany. Doing this ensures that the page will be categorized in a way that will make it easier to find.

Departments edit