Category talk:Specializations
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Reorganizing required[edit]
Since there IS a difference between specialization (effectively current core trait lines) and elite specialization (trait lines released starting with Heart of Thorns with a particular "subclass" which can wield an exclusive weapon), we should separate adequately here. Any ideas to further reorganize specs category tree? – Valento msg 20:39, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
- We should end up translating [[:Category:Traits by profession]] to specializations (It's pretty dumb way to categorize the trait lines anyways).--Relyk ~ talk < 20:55, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah, "trait lines" will be gone, so Water Magic as well as other lines could fit into a possible "Elementalist specializations" sub-cat. Even if it doesn't look fine, this is just how they are fleshing out terminologies: specializations are all trait lines, elite specializations are all non-core specializations PLUS specific "sub-profession", so professions (elementalist) will never be under specializations but sub-professions (tempest) will. – Valento msg 20:58, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Specializations
- Category:Core specializations
- Category:Elite specializations
- [[:Elementalist specializations]]
- [[:Guardian specializations]]
- [[:Warrior specializations]]
- Category:Elementalist
- Doesn't makes sense for [[:Category:Elementalist traits]] to be under Category:Elementalist because we skip the hierarchy of a profession HAS A trait line HAS A trait. The List of elementalist traits would be under Category:Elementalist though, being split into core and elite specializations.--Relyk ~ talk < 21:08, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Specializations
- Yeah, "trait lines" will be gone, so Water Magic as well as other lines could fit into a possible "Elementalist specializations" sub-cat. Even if it doesn't look fine, this is just how they are fleshing out terminologies: specializations are all trait lines, elite specializations are all non-core specializations PLUS specific "sub-profession", so professions (elementalist) will never be under specializations but sub-professions (tempest) will. – Valento msg 20:58, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
- (Reset indent) Dropping "traits" from the category names is a bad change because a category should (in most cases) clearly identify what it contains. "Category:Alchemy" doesn't actually say what's in the category the way that "Category:Alchemy traits" does. ("In most cases" i.e. Category:Elementalist is a collection of everything relating to the elementalist; however, most of the members are sub-categorized more specifically e.g. Category:Elementalist skills/[[:Category:Elementalist traits]].) —Dr Ishmael 19:05, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
- I just realized a better, more ambiguous example as I was editing the trait infobox: "Category:Arcane". That could be referring to either the skill type or the specialization. Going back to "Category:Arcane traits" clears that up completely. Luckily, no one's deleted the old categories yet.
- On your second comment - that makes sense to me. —Dr Ishmael 19:42, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
- I stumbled upon these so I've gone and deleted the unused categories. The organization I went with is as follows:
- Category:Specializations → Category:<prof> specializations → Category:<spec> traits → trait pages... or in full:
- Category:Specializations
- Category:Core specializations (*)
- every core spec page (done via spec infobox)
- Category:Elite specializations (*)
- every elite spec page (done via spec infobox)
- Category:Guardian specializations
- specialization pages (set by spec infobox)
- List of guardian traits
- Category:Zeal traits
- trait pages (set by trait infobox)
- Category:Radiance traits
- Category:Valor traits
- Category:Honor traits
- Category:Virtues traits
- Category:Dragonhunter traits
- Category:Dragonhunter skills
- Category:Revenant specializations
- Category:Warrior specializations
- Category:Engineer specializations
- Category:Ranger specializations
- Category:Thief specializations
- Category:Elementalist specializations
- Category:Mesmer specializations
- Category:Necromancer specializations
- Category:Core specializations (*)
- Category:Traits
- Category:Adept traits (by tier)
- Category:Master traits (by tier)
- Category:Grandmaster traits (by tier)
- trait pages (set by trait infobox)
- Category:Major traits (by type)
- Category:Minor traits (by type)
- trait pages (set by trait infobox)
- -Chieftain Alex 13:19, 23 July 2015 (UTC)