Wikivoyage:Region categories
A category structure has been created to mirror the breadcrumb navigation that is displayed at the top of the article.
The categories can be see starting at Category:Region categories.
Here is current status:-
Why is this being done?
editThe breadcrumbs provides a good method of walking up the trail from a locations to larger regions. The only way however to move down the trail is to use links on article pages.
Categories allows the reader to:
- See other articles in the same region.
- See all sub-regions of a region. That is walk down the trail.
This allows contributors to the site to check the structure of the breadcrumbs:
- See what articles have been assigned to a region but not listed (linked to) on that regions article page.
- Quickly see articles that that have been incorrectly assigned to a region.
The structure also provides contributors with a organisation structure for semi-automatic browsing and editing of articles and for bot runs.
How are articles assigned to region categories?
editThe article is automatically added to a category of the same name as the region it was assigned to by the {{isPartOf}} template. Editors should not add their own category assignments manually.
If the isPartOf template parameter is left blank that the article will be placed in Category:Articles needing IsPartOf parameter.
Why do I not see the category name at the bottom of the page?
edit- Currently all categories are hidden categories, as current policy is not to use this functionally for navigation. To display, change your Preferences (Appearance) to show hidden categories.
- The category does not exist. In this case there will be a small link Create category at the bottom left of the page.
- There is no {{isPartOf}} in the article.
How are the categories created?
editThis is unfortunately a manual process. On clicking on the Create category link you will be taken to an edit box with preloaded text. You need to replace the comment text inside the {{isPartOf}} with the parent region of the category. This is effectively the name identified in the breadcrumb article you came from; two levels up as you are now creating the category one layer up. It is recommended to create category top down.
Why is the article showing it is in a category but the category is not showing the article?
editBasically the category was created since the page was last edited. Either wait a while or you can do a blank edit of the article.