Categories and SubPages as it pertains to the Wiki Playbook

[Marc Kaplan]

As you know, I'm currently working on the Wiki Playbook and have
reached a quandary that I have been unable to find through our mailing
lists and documentation.

Specifically, this is as it related to our "Categories", Naming
Schemas, and SubPages.  As you can imagine, since this will be part of
the Playbook, this is quite an important decision and should be up for
discussion rather than me making an executive decision as the author
(as much as I'd like to).  Here is what I'm talking about:

Example:
Under https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applications we have:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AccessoriesApplications
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicsApplications
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetApplications
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OfficeApplications
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OtherSoftware
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Programming
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundVideoDefault
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SystemTools

Personally, and this might just be in an ideal world, this is how *I*
personally envision this:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applications/Accessories

Then there would be:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applications/Accessories/Calculator
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applications/Accessories/Character Map
etc....

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applications/Games
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applications/Games#Wormux
etc....

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applications/Graphics
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applications/Graphics/EyeofGNOME
etc...

And since Rythmbox recently came up in the mailing list, it might look
something like this:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applications/Audio/Rhythmbox
or
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applications/Multimedia/Rhythmbox

But this is not restricted to applications:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager could be:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EyeCandy/CompositeManager

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnomeDo would be:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EyeCandy/GnomeDo
etc.....

Just so everyone can get a feel, this is what I did with the following
section, as this might give a better idea:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/Keys
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/Configuring
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/PortForwarding

Theoretically, these "could" have been:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetandNetworking/SSH/OpenSSH/Keys
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetandNetworking/SSH/OpenSSH/Configuring
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetandNetworking/SSH/OpenSSH/PortForwarding

But that might be a bit much.

Now, I know not everyone will agree on categories and locations.  As
always, we could set up redirects from one category page, into another
if need be.

Sorry for the lengthy email, but I thought it would be best way to
showcase my examples.

I hope you see the trend I open the floor for discussion.

Marc K.
Ubuntu Documentation Team Wiki Administrator

NOTE: Due to work and Harry Potter tomorrow night, I probably won't be
able to respond till Thursday evening EST.