Wikipedia:User categories

Naming conventions

 * See also: Category names


 * Names and descriptions of user categories are subject to the same rules and restrictions as userbox content.
 * The name of a category should be clear about its scope and purpose and should generally follow the naming convention of fellow members of a parent category. See Category:Wikipedians by interest for an example.
 * A user category should have an indication it is a user category. "Indications" include, but are not limited to: "Wikipedians", "WikiProject", or a name of a Wikipedia-specific organization or grouping. For example, Category:Wikipedian mathematicians, not Category:Mathematicians. Babel-specific user categories are an exception to this, and instead should follow that convention by having the same name as the Babel-specific userbox, i.e. .  A category that complies with this point is Category:User ar-3, for level-3 speakers of Arabic.
 * If in the userbox content, the verb (see Userboxes) is one of preference (enjoys, likes, loves, etc.), replace it with a more specific verb when selecting the category name. For example, "This user enjoys J. R. R. Tolkien" could be categorised as Category:Wikipedians who read J. R. R. Tolkien.

Categorization

 * See also: Category:Wikipedians (category tree)


 * User categories must be subcategories of Category:Wikipedians.
 * User categories designated as container categories should contain only subcategories and possibly a limited number of directly related pages. Individual users should not be in parent categories.
 * User pages and user categories do not belong in mainspace categories such as Category:Living people or Category:Biologists, which are reserved for articles of the encyclopedia (in mainspace). This applies also to user subpages that are draft versions of articles.

Syntax for including a user category in a userbox

 * REMEMBER: Userboxes should NOT automatically include categories by default.

The following example is from User WikiProject Film:


 * and  should be on the same line as the closing parentheses  to prevent extra spacing from appearing when grouping userboxes on userpages.
 * Enclosing a category in  tags will only categorise pages on which the userbox is transcluded. To show the userbox in that category, use  or  . Remember to set the sort key as.
 * Enclosing a category in  tags will only categorise the userbox.