Blooncyclopedia:Category guidelines: Difference between revisions

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===Size and scope===

*In general, categories shouldn't be so small that it becomes too difficult to navigate between subcategories, but not so large it becomes too difficult to search through. There are limits to how small a category can be, but there is no upper limit, so use common sense when deciding which categories should be split into subcategories.

**Categories for articles should generally not contain fewer than five articles and subcategories ~~unless~~ the ~~subject~~ is ~~both specific~~ and distinct ~~enough to warrant~~ its own ~~category and all the articles in that category belong to multiple other categories~~ (e.g. [[:Category:Wizard Powers]], ~~because all the Wizard Powers also belong to [[:Category:Super Rare trinkets]]). The absolute bare minimum size for an article category~~ is ~~three articles / subcategories combined~~.

**Categories for articles should generally not contain fewer than five articles and subcategories. Categories with three or four items are okay if the category's name is an official and distinct term that does not have its own article (e.g. [[:Category:Wizard Powers]]), but anything smaller than that is unnecessary.

**Categories for files should generally not contain fewer than 20 files unless all the files in that category would otherwise belong to the same subcategories (e.g. [[:Category:BTD6 Spellbook icons]], which is a subcategory of [[:Category:BTD6 sprites]] and [[:Category:Corvus images]] so that all the images don't have to belong to both BTD6 sprites and Corvus images individually). The absolute bare minimum size for a file category is ten files, which does not count subcategories or files in subcategories.

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 ===Size and scope===
 *In general, categories shouldn't be so small that it becomes too difficult to navigate between subcategories, but not so large it becomes too difficult to search through. There are limits to how small a category can be, but there is no upper limit, so use common sense when deciding which categories should be split into subcategories.
-**Categories for articles should generally not contain fewer than five articles and subcategories unless the subject is both specific and distinct enough to warrant its own category and all the articles in that category belong to multiple other categories (e.g. [[:Category:Wizard Powers]], because all the Wizard Powers also belong to [[:Category:Super Rare trinkets]]). The absolute bare minimum size for an article category is three articles / subcategories combined.
+**Categories for articles should generally not contain fewer than five articles and subcategories. Categories with three or four items are okay if the category's name is an official and distinct term that does not have its own article (e.g. [[:Category:Wizard Powers]]), but anything smaller than that is unnecessary.
 **Categories for files should generally not contain fewer than 20 files unless all the files in that category would otherwise belong to the same subcategories (e.g. [[:Category:BTD6 Spellbook icons]], which is a subcategory of [[:Category:BTD6 sprites]] and [[:Category:Corvus images]] so that all the images don't have to belong to both BTD6 sprites and Corvus images individually). The absolute bare minimum size for a file category is ten files, which does not count subcategories or files in subcategories.