Charmed: Rising Darkness Wiki:Category Policy

This policy is for categories that are added to the bottom of a page. Categories help to organize pages and keep things in order.

'''Please don't create new categories without consulting with Bookofshadows214

Episodes
For episodes (example: Genesis) only include the following categories:

Any other category will be deleted.
 * Darkness Rising - add page to general category
 * Seasons – add page to general season category
 * Season 1, Season 2, etc - add the page to the season in which it aired. Do not add a season 2 episode to Season 1, 3, or 4 category.

Seasons

 * Darkness Rising - – add page to general category
 * Seasons – add page to general season category
 * Season name
 * Categories

Characters
For character pages (example: Samantha Halliwell-Morgan) use the following categories: Any other categories will be removed.
 * Darkness Rising - add page to general category
 * Characters
 * General overview category (added after Darkness Rising and Characters)
 * "Magical Beings" if the character is magical
 * "Mortal" if the character possesses no magical traits
 * "Evil Beings" if the character is on the side of evil
 * "Good Beings" - if the character is on the side of good
 * "Neutral beings" if the character is neither good or evil
 * "Artificial Beings" - if the being is created solely out of magic
 * "Mythological Characters" - if the character is rooted in mythology (e.g. leprechauns)
 * Species breakdown (add the character's species; added after the preceding three):
 * "Ex-demons" - if the character used to be a demon
 * "Empaths" - if the character is an empath
 * If the character is a hybrid, add both species they belong to – if they're a Cupid-Witch add "Cupid" and "Witch" categories respectively. Also add the hybrid category, "Cupid-Witch".
 * If the character is deceased, add, "Spirit". Only if the character appears as a ghost, add, "Ghost".
 * If the character is a member of the Halliwell Family, please include the following categories together:
 * "Warren"
 * "Halliwell family"
 * "Dead family" - if the character has died. Remove if the character is brought back.
 * "Ancestors" - if the character is a Warren Ancestor.

Spells

 * Darkness Rising
 * Book of Shadows
 * Spells
 * Good Magic - if the spell is using good magic
 * Evil Magic - if the spell is using evil or dark magic
 * Neutral Magic - if the spell is using neutral magic
 * Charms - if the spell is a charm or is used in a charm
 * Curses - if the spells main purpose is cursing someone or something
 * Ritual - if the spell is used in or is a ritual
 * Warren – if the spell is invoking the Warren-line or is written by a member of the Warren line.

Species
The following is for individual species pages (Elders, Cupids, etc)


 * Darkness Rising
 * Book of Shadows
 * Species
 * Characters
 * Magical Beings – if species is magical
 * Good Beings – if general members of the species are good
 * Evil Beings – if general members of the species are evil
 * Hybrid - if the species is a hybrid
 * Mythological Character - if the species is rooted in mythology (e.g. leprechauns)
 * Species name (troll, whitelighter, etc)

Artifacts

 * Darkness Rising
 * Book of Shadows
 * Artifacts
 * Book - if the artifact/object is a book that is readable (e.g. Book of Shadows, Grimoire)
 * Magical Artifacts - if the artifact possess magical traits or is used by a member of the magical community
 * Weapons - if the object's primary use is for in battle
 * Good Magic - if the object/artifact is used for/by good magic only, and no other magical side has been seen using it
 * Evil Magic - if the object/artifact is used for/by evil magic only, and no other magical side has been seen using it
 * Neutral Magic - if the object/artifact is used by neutral magic only, and no other magical side has been seen using it

Locations

 * Darkness Rising
 * San Francisco – if in that city. If not, add the city it exists in.
 * Locations
 * Work Places – if a character works at this place
 * Magic Places – if the place is magical (Underworld, Upper Regions, etc)
 * Planes – if the location is one of the planes of existence

Powers

 * Darkness Rising
 * Book of Shadows
 * Powers
 * Good powers – if the power is used for primarily good
 * Evil powers - if the power is primarily used for evil
 * Neutral powers – if the power is used for primarily neutral
 * Active powers – if the power is the main power that does not require assistance
 * Offensive powers – if the power is mainly used for attacking
 * Defensive powers – if the power is mainly used for defending and isn't used for attacking
 * Supportive powers – if the power is supportive of other powers
 * Passive powers – if the power has little to no use in battle
 * Basic power – if the power is one of the four basic powers
 * Teleportation power – if the power can be used to go from place-to-place (orbing, hearting)
 * Transportation power – if the power can be used to move around in a room without walking
 * Elemental power – if the wielder can control the elements (fire, earth, air, etc)

Other Categories
These categories belong to pages that have ten or less pages created regarding them.


 * Magical Symbols - add if the page is about a magical symbol (e.g. Pentagram)
 * Magical Connection - add if the page is about a magical connection between a group of people (e.g. Collective)
 * P3 Bands - if the page is about a band that performed at P3
 * Potions - if the page is about a potion
 * Books - if the page is about a certain book