Wikipedia:WikiProject China/Chinese-language entertainment/Categories

Underlying policy
Pages should be classified under their most relevant subcategory or subcategories. Supercategories would be populated only by subcategories, and will be kept as empty as possible.

Classification
Singers should be classified by language and discipline using the format 
 * List of disciplines (all under the supercategory "artist"):
 * singer (sings, doesn't play)
 * rapper (raps, doesn't sing)
 * instrumentalist (plays, doesn't sing)
 * songwriter (writes and/or composes)
 * singer-songwriter (sings, writes, and plays his/her own songs)

Notes: Out of all the disciplines, please put an artist into the ONE that fits best. If an artist has his/her own albums, and has written music either for him/herself or for others, he/she is a singer-songwriter. A minimum of five category members should be present before the category is created.

How to populate
Place articles in the bolded categories.

C-pop
 * Mandopop artists -> create "List of Mandopop artists"
 * Mandopop singers - supercategory: Mandarin-language singers
 * (Mandopop instrumentalists)
 * (Mandopop songwriters)
 * Mandopop singer-songwriters - supercategory: Mandarin-language singers
 * Mandopop musical groups (includes groups and bands)
 * Cantopop artists -> create "List of Cantopop artists"
 * Cantopop singers - supercategory: Cantonese-language singers
 * (Cantopop instrumentalists)
 * (Cantopop songwriters)
 * Cantopop singer-songwriters - supercategory: Cantonese-language singers
 * Cantopop musical groups (includes groups and bands) - supercategory: Cantonese-language singers
 * C-pop albums

Cleaning up
The Nationality/Discipline category tree is a complete mess. Having genders Format:

Here, instead of "artist," the main term is "musician." Populate the category that best fits the type of artist being profiled. If an artist is a singer-songwriter, populate BOTH singer and singer-songwriter. Don't fill in genders; I personally feel they're a bit absurd.

Nationality/gender/discipline (NGD) tree How to populate, using Taiwan as an example:

Taiwanese musicians
 * Taiwanese singers
 * Taiwanese singer-songwriters
 * (Taiwanese rappers)
 * Taiwanese musical groups

Try to pick as specific a category as possible.

To do

 * Move all artists in Category:Cantopop to Category:Cantopop artists. The only pages that should remain in Category:Cantopop are award organizations, and songs/items that contribute greatly to the evolution of Cantopop.