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Another type of recursion is where you put big, important categories within other big, important categories, particularly when those categories share a lot of common ground. | Another type of recursion is where you put big, important categories within other big, important categories, particularly when those categories share a lot of common ground. | ||
The classic example is '''[[:Category:The Doctor]]'''. This should ''never'' go in '''[[:Category:Time Lords]]'''. Instead, put the ''page'' '''[[The Doctor]]''' in '''[[: | The classic example is '''[[:Category:The Doctor]]'''. This should ''never'' go in '''[[:Category:Time Lords]]'''. Instead, put the ''page'' '''[[The Doctor]]''' in '''[[:Category:Time Lords]]''', and put '''[[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]]''' at the top of the [[:Category:Time-Space Visualiser|in-universe category branch]]. | ||
Otherwise, the bot will spend hours bouncing back and forth between categories under '''[[:Category:Time Lords]]''' and '''[[:Category:The Doctor]]'''. Why will this happen? Since the Doctor ''is'' a Time Lord, his category shares any number of pages and subcategories with '''[[:Category:Time Lords|Time Lords]]'''. | Otherwise, the bot will spend hours bouncing back and forth between categories under '''[[:Category:Time Lords|Time Lords]]''' and '''[[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]]'''. Why will this happen? Since the Doctor ''is'' a Time Lord, his category shares any number of pages and subcategories with '''[[:Category:Time Lords|Time Lords]]'''. | ||
Now, this isn't to say that ''all'' categories about individual Time Lords should stay out of '''[[:Category:Time Lords|Time Lords]]'''. '''[[:Category:Romana]]''' is fine to go under '''[[:Category:Time Lords|Time Lords]]''' because it's a very small category, and, importantly, it doesn't contain anything that's repetitive of what's already in '''[[:category:Time Lords|Time Lords]]'''. | |||
=== Don't reverse the order of categories === | === Don't reverse the order of categories === | ||
Recursion can also occur if you order categories the wrong way. '''[[:Category:K9 Mark I images]]''' goes into '''[[:Category:K9 images]]''', not the other way around. Always build category branches from specific categories to more general ones. | Recursion can also occur if you order categories the wrong way. '''[[:Category:K9 Mark I images]]''' goes into '''[[:Category:K9 images]]''', not the other way around. Always build category branches from specific categories to more general ones. | ||
