Help:Categorization

The base page of every work in the main namespace should be placed in the basic categories which are outlined below. The approach is slightly different to that used in Wikipedia as it's not just about the subject of the work, but about the type of publication, date and copyright status.

Introduction

Works (main namespace) have four basic types of Works category:

1. What it is: Category:Works by type.
   • e.g. poems, essays, novels, executive orders, speeches, etc...
2. What it is about: Genre (for fiction) or Subject (for non-fiction)
   • Category:Works by genre‎, ie. drama, erotica, satires, etc...
     • See also Category:Fiction by genre, ie. Horror, Mystery, Romance, etc...
   • Category:Works by subject‎, ie. Physics, Art, History, etc...
     • See also Category:Works by country‎, if the country is the subject, ie. United States, Australia, China, etc...
3. When was it published: make sure the date is in the header, if it's known. Otherwise find the nearest fit in Category:Works by date‎.
   • This category is added by the |year = parameter in the header. You only need to add it there. You do not need to add it with the rest of the categories at the bottom of the page.
4. Why it is free. If it is in the public domain, and why, or the free licence under which it has been released. Category:Works by license
   • This category is added by the licence template. For a list of licences, see Help:Copyright tags.
   • If there is no licence and you are unsure which one should apply, add the {{no licence}} maintenance tag instead.

Other, more specialised, categories are available. These do not apply to all works and will only sometimes be appropriate. The complete tree of categories for works starts here: Category:Works. It includes the following, which are slightly more common but still rare:

• Category:Works by award‎ (if the work won an award)
• Category:Works by language‎ (for the original language of translations or for language as the subject)
• Category:Works by series‎ (if the work is part of a series)

Sometime these categories may be combined into one category (eg. Category:Horror short stories). Categories may also cover the era (eg. Category:1910s plays), the country of origin (eg. Category:American poetry) and other identifiable groups.

Author pages (author namespace) have a similar set of basic Author categories

1. Type of author - novelist, poet, diarist etc.
2. Genre they are known for - children's authors, biographers, political authors, etc.
3. Nationality
4. Affiliation and occupation if known.

When categorizing, it's also important to add a link to the work in the appropriate portal. See Help:Portals.

Works

Automatic

The following categories are automatically added by the templates if the relevant information is provided:

• {{header}}
  • the date
• License templates
  • the copyright status

Click on a + sign to expand any category.

Type The type of work; for example, The Gods of Mars is categorized to Category:Novels. Works by type Works adapted into films Administrative Orders Advertisements Almanacs Articles in periodicals Broadsides Chapbooks Charters Children's books Collections Collective works Comics Compendia Defenses Deleted works with reference page Determinations Dissertations Documents Drama Editorials Ephemera Epigrams Epitaphs Essays Fact sheets Film Forgeries Gazetteers Indexes Inscriptions Koans Letters Literature Manifestos Manuscripts Memoranda Memorials Non-fiction books Notes Notices Novellas Novels Oaths Pamphlets Patents Periodicals Pictures, with illustrations in verse Poetry Posters Prayers Proclamations Prose Reminiscences Research articles Reversible books Serialized works Short stories Song lyrics Speeches Suicide notes Transcripts Translations Travelogues Videos

Genre The genre the work best fits in (some works fit in several genres). If the genre you're looking for isn't listed, try looking in one of the general categories (like Fiction), or ask Pathoschild or the community. Works by genre Fiction Non-fiction Non-fiction by genre Novels by genre Plays by genre Poems by theme Traditional literature Subject Major subjects covered in the work. This category requires judgment and often requires that you carefully read the work. Subjects are classified into general categories; try looking through them all. Works by subject Accidents Banking Bathing Biographies Books British royalty Children Culture Hospitals Humanities Manufacturing Mathematics Military Nature Occupations Philosophy Printing Publishing Science Society Uncategorised subject Wikimedia

Country The country the work is primarily published in. Works by country Speeches by nation Africa Ancient Rome Antarctica Asia British Empire Byzantine Empire Caribbean Case law by country Central America Eurasia Europe Middle East North America Oceania South America

Author pages

Automatic

The following categories are automatically added by the templates if the relevant information is provided:

• {{author}}
  • the family name
  • the general period the author lived in according to the Wikisource system
• License templates
  • the copyright status

Where Wikidata contains information about

• year of birth
• year of death
• nationality
• occupation
• affiliations

etc. then these categories are automatically added where the community has suitably configured that categorization. Requests for additional automated categories should be made at either Module talk:Author/data or at Wikisource:Scriptorium.

Note: Users can identify automated categorization when they have Gadget-HotCat active, as manual categories have the +/- beside their categories.

Type Authors by type Anthologists Archbishops Botanists with author abbreviations Computer programmers Fabulists Governors Martyrs Novelists Pamphleteers Podcasters Poets Professors Translators by languages Chairs of the Federal Reserve Genre Authors by genre Adventure authors Autobiographers Biblical scholars Biographers Bloggers Children's authors Christian apologist authors Cookbook authors Detective fiction authors Diarists Dramatists Ecological authors Essayists Fantasy authors Folklorists Food writers Hagiographers Heraldic authors Historical fiction authors Horror authors Horsemanship authors Humourists Hymnists Letter writers Marxist historians Medical writers Memoirists Military writers Mystery authors Nature authors Playwrights Political authors Pulp writers Religious authors Romance authors Satirists Science authors Science fiction authors Short story authors Technology authors Thriller authors Travel writers Western authors Affiliation Authors by affiliation Abolitionists as authors Agnostic authors Al-Qaeda authors Anarchists Anti-Zionists Atheist authors Augustinian authors Benedictine authors Capuchin authors Carmelite authors Carthusian authors Centenarians Christian authors Church of the East authors Cistercian authors Communists Confucianists Conscientious objectors Dadaists Deists Discordians Dominican writers Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodox authors Members of the English Association Episcopalian authors Fans Fascists Fellows of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Feminists Franciscan authors Freemasons Humanists Jesuit authors Libertarians Marxists Members of the Académie française Members of the Bibliographical Society Members of the Royal Irish Academy Members of the Royal Spanish Academy Occultists Old Catholic authors Oratorian authors Order of Léopold Order of New Brunswick Order of St. Gregory the Great Order of Victory Oriental Orthodox authors Protestant authors Protestants Quaker authors Redemptorist authors Saints Salesian authors Salvation Army authors Situationists Socialists Spiritists Surrealists Taliban authors Transcendentalist authors Wikimedians Zionists

Nationality The country the author primarily published from. For example, Author:George W. Bush is categorized to Category:United States authors. Authors by nationality People by occupation by nationality Philosophers by nationality Poets by nationality Afghan authors African authors Albanian authors Algerian authors Ancient Roman authors Arab authors Argentine authors Armenian authors Assyrian authors Australian authors Austrian authors Austro-Hungarian authors Azerbaijani authors Babylonian authors Bahraini authors Bangladeshi authors Barbadian authors Bashkir authors Belarusian authors Belgian authors Bengali authors Bolivian authors Bosnia and Herzegovina authors Brazilian authors British authors Bulgarian authors Byzantine authors Cambodian authors Canadian authors Chilean authors Chinese authors Colombian authors Confederate States authors Cornish authors Croatian authors Cuban authors Czech authors Czechoslovakian authors Danish authors Dutch authors East Timorese authors Egyptian authors English authors Estonian authors Ethiopian authors Faroese authors Filipino authors Finnish authors Flemish authors Frankish authors French authors Genevan authors Georgian authors German authors Ghanaian authors Greek authors Guernsey authors Guyanese authors Haitian authors Hittite authors Holy Roman Empire authors Hong Kong authors Hungarian authors Icelandic authors Illyrian authors Indian authors Indonesian authors Iranian authors Iraqi authors Irish authors Israeli authors Italian authors Jamaican authors Japanese authors Jersey authors Johori authors Jordanian authors Judean authors Kazakh authors Kenyan authors Khazar authors Korean authors Kurdish authors Lebanese authors Liberian authors Libyan authors Lithuanian authors Luxembourgian authors Macedonian authors Malaysian authors Manx authors Mexican authors Mongolian authors Montenegrin authors Montserratian authors Moroccan authors Namibian authors Nepalese authors Nepali authors New Zealand authors Nicaraguan authors Nigerian authors Norman authors Northern Irish authors Norwegian authors Ottoman Empire authors Pakistani authors Palestinian authors Papal States authors Persian authors Peruvian authors Polish authors Portuguese authors Prussian authors Puerto Rican authors Romanian authors Russian authors Saudi Arabian authors Scottish authors Serbian authors Sierra Leonean authors Singaporean authors Slovak authors Slovenian authors Sorbian authors South African authors Soviet Union authors Spanish authors Sri Lankan authors Sudanese authors Swedish authors Swiss authors Syrian authors Thai authors Tibetan authors Turkish authors Ukrainian authors United Kingdom authors United States authors Vatican City authors Venezuelan authors Vietnamese authors Vincentian authors Welsh authors Yugoslavian authors Zimbabwean authors

Occupation The author's primary occupations (president, janitor, et cetera). Authors by occupation People by occupation by nationality Academic administrators as authors Academics as authors Accountants as authors Activists as authors Actuaries as authors Administrators as authors Agriculturalists as authors Agronomists as authors Alchemists as authors Anthropologists Araneologists as authors Archivists as authors Aristocrats as authors Art collectors as authors Artists as authors Arts administrators as authors Assyriologists as authors Astrologers as authors Astrophysicists as authors Aviators as authors Balloonists as authors Bankers as authors Bible translators as authors Bibliographers as authors Bookbinders as authors Bookkeepers as authors Booksellers as authors Brewers as authors Broadcasters as authors Businesspeople as authors Cabinetmakers as authors Caliphs as authors Caricaturists as authors Ceramicists as authors Cheese makers as authors Chefs as authors Chess players as authors Chronologists as authors Cinematographers as authors Civil servants as authors Clergy Clerics as authors Clerks as authors Collectors as authors Columnists as authors Comic strip artists as authors Composers as authors Conductors as authors Conservationists as authors Criminals as authors Critics as authors Cryptographers as authors Curators as authors Diplomats as authors Drafters as authors Dressmakers as authors Ecologists as authors Editors as authors Educationalists as authors Educators as authors Embryologists as authors Encyclopedists as authors Engineers as authors Entertainers as authors Environmentalists Epigraphers as authors Ethnomusicologists as authors Explorers as authors Film directors as authors Film producers as authors Financiers as authors Folk musicians as authors Foresters as authors Funeral directors as authors Furriers as authors Gardeners as authors Geographers as authors Harbour masters as authors Historians as authors Historic preservationists as authors Historiographers as authors Horologists as authors Horticulturalists as authors Hygienists as authors Impressionist artists as authors Instrument makers as authors Inventors as authors Journalists as authors Jurists as authors Ladies-in-waiting as authors Landholders as authors Law enforcement officers as authors Legal writers as authors Librarians as authors Lighthouse keepers as authors Lobbyists as authors Lord Presidents of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Lyricists as authors Mathematicians as authors Medallists as authors Medievalists as authors Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Merchants as authors Military personnel as authors Miners as authors Missionaries as authors Models as authors Mountaineers as authors Museum administrators as authors Musicologists as authors Mythographers as authors Naturalists as authors Newspapermen as authors Notaries as authors Nuns as authors Officers of arms as authors Ophthalmologists as authors Orators as authors Parapsychologists as authors Pharmacists as authors Pharmacologists as authors Philanthropists as authors Philologists as authors Philosophers as authors Physicians as authors Political prisoners as authors Political scientists as authors Political staffers as authors Political theorists as authors Politicians as authors Presidents of the Geological Society of London Presidents of the Royal Geographical Society Presidents of the Royal Historical Society Presidents of the Royal Numismatic Society Presidents of the Royal Society Presidents of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Presidents of the Royal Society of New Zealand Presidents of the Royal Statistical Society Presidents of the Society for Classical Studies Presidents of the Society of Antiquaries of London Printers as authors Prisoners as authors Professors as authors Psychotherapists as authors Publishers as authors Radio operators as authors Radio presenters as authors Royalty as authors Sailors as authors Saints as authors Scholars as authors Scientists as authors Screenwriters as authors Secretaries as authors Secretaries of the Royal Society Sexologists as authors Singers as authors Social reformers as authors Social workers as authors Songwriters as authors Speechwriters as authors Spies as authors Sportspeople as authors Stockbrokers as authors Surveyors as authors Taxidermists as authors Theatre managers and producers as authors Theologians as authors Trade unionists as authors Translators as authors Travelers as authors Veterinarians as authors Woodworkers as authors

Excluded categories

Other types of categories beyond those listed above are not used on English Wikisource and may be proposed for deletion. In particular, the following types of categories may be present on other language Wikisources but are not accepted on English Wikisource and are grounds for speedy deletion:

• Person-based categories: Categories where the defining characteristic is person-based. This includes, but is not limited to, author-based categories like "Works by author name" intended to contain works by a particular author (instead, list the works on the Author page).

  There are exceptions for categories where the person's name signifies an administration (the administration associated with a specific US president), regnal period (the government of a given British monarch), or similar, which are not subject to speedy deletion under this criterion.

• Work-based categories: Categories solely intended to contain pages within a particular work (instead, provide a table of contents on the work's main page).