Jpop Wiki:Categories

About Categories
Categories are a way to group together pages that have something in common, making it easier to find other pages with similar content. Categories also offer an alternative way of browsing, not having to rely entirely on the search.

Add Category Button
Categories can be added at the bottom of every page using the ADD CATEGORY button. You don't even need to enter edit mode to add them.

Visual Editor
If you're creating or modifying a page using the Visual Editor, you can also add categories through the "Categories" menu that can be found under the settings icon in the top menu.

Source Editor
If you're creating or modifying a page using the Source Editor, you can add categories anywhere in a page (but preferably at the bottom) with the following syntax:

Capitalization Errors
Categories are case-sensitive so be sure to write it with the correct capitalization.

For example, typing " singles" instead of " Singles" would assign that article to the wrong category.

Music Genres
Music genres are hard to get right since most artists don't state their genres and genre categorization is often done by fans or journalists and tend to change with different opinions. For that reason, we decided not to categorize pages based on genre and to remove existing genre categories.

New categories that don't follow our standards
Categories only make sense when a collection of people agree on their existence. Our current categories were defined through a consensus in which we selected those that make more sense considering the wiki's theme and the content usually added to it.

Please avoid creating new categories that aren't similar to the ones already in use on the wiki. If you have any ideas or feedback on new categories or changes in our categorization standards, please contact the admin team before implementing any changes.

Commonly Used Categories
Below is a list of the most commonly used categories in the wiki and where they are used.
 * Some of these categories are added automatically by Templates.

Group/Band pages=

Group/Band pages

 * Type
 * Ex: [[:Category:Groups ]],  [[:Category:Bands ]] ,  [[:Category:Girl Groups ]] ,  [[:Category:Co-ed Bands ]] ,  [[:Category:Idol Groups ]] ,  [[:Category:Vocal and Dance Groups ]].
 * Group & Band Current number of members
 * Ex: [[:Category:4 Member Group ]],  [[:Category:3 Member Band ]].
 * Group & Band Number of members during the formation of the unit
 * Ex: [[:Category:4 Member Group Formations ]],  [[:Category:5 Member Band Formations ]].
 * Group & Band Place of origin
 * For places in Japan, only the prefectures are used in categories.
 * Ex: [[:Category:Groups from Tokyo ]],  [[:Category:Bands from Osaka ]].
 * Stage debut year
 * Ex: [[:Category: Debuts ]].
 * Group & Band Formation year
 * Ex: [[:Category: Group Formations ]],  [[:Category: Band Formations ]].
 * Disbandment year
 * Ex: [[:Category: Disbandments ]].
 * Company, agency or label
 * The name of any company, agency or label the artist is currently signed to can be used as a category.
 * Ex: [[:Category:AMUSE ]],  [[:Category:Lantis ]].


 * -|Member/Soloist pages=

Member/Soloist pages

 * Gender
 * Ex: [[:Category:Male ]],  [[:Category:Female ]] ,  [[:Category:Non-binary ]].
 * Birthplace
 * For places in Japan, only the prefectures are used in categories.
 * Ex: [[:Category:People from Aomori ]].
 * For places outside of Japan, both contry name and prefecture/state/province are used, as well as the "People born Outside of Japan" category.
 * Ex: [[:Category:People from United States ]],  [[:Category:People from New York ]] ,  [[:Category:People born Outside of Japan ]].
 * Year of birth, Month of birth, Japanese Era
 * Ex: [[:Category:2000 Births ]],  [[:Category:March Births ]] ,  [[:Category:People born in Heisei Period ]].
 * Western zodiac sign
 * Ex: [[:Category:Aries ]],  [[:Category:Cancer ]].
 * Blood Type
 * Ex: [[:Category:Blood Type O ]].
 * Member Color
 * Ex: [[:Category:Red Member Color ]],  [[:Category:Light Blue Member Color ]].
 * Unit membership
 * Ex: [[:Category:JAM Project Member ]],  [[:Category:Former METAMUSE Member ]].
 * Occupation
 * Ex: [[:Category:Idol Group Member ]],  [[:Category:Guitarist ]] ,  [[:Category:Producer ]].
 * Member debuts by year
 * "Member Debuts" is used for the date in which members of units had their stage debut with their first unit.
 * Ex: [[:Category: Member Debuts ]].
 * Additions and Departures
 * Addition categories mark the year a member joined their current unit, while Departure categories mark the year a former member left their last unit.
 * Ex: [[:Category: Additions ]],  [[:Category: Departures ]].
 * Retirements and Deaths
 * Used for artists that retired from the entertainment industry or that died, respectively.
 * Ex: [[:Category: Retirements ]],  [[:Category: Deaths ]].

Soloists Only

 * Soloist categories
 * Ex: [[:Category:Soloists ]],  [[:Category:Male Soloists ]] ,  [[:Category:Solo Idols ]].
 * Company, agency or label
 * The name of any company, agency or label the soloist is currently signed to can be used as a category.
 * Ex: [[:Category:AMUSE ]],  [[:Category:Lantis ]].
 * '''Debut year
 * Debut year is only used for people that had solo stage debuts. For debuts within a group, see "Member debuts by year".
 * Ex: [[:Category: Debuts ]].


 * -|Release pages=

Release pages

 * Release year
 * Ex: [[:Category: Releases ]].
 * Type of Release
 * These categories are separated by year. Do not use "Type of Release" categories without a year; Those are top categories meant to list other categories and are not used in pages.
 * Ex: [[:Category: Albums ]],  [[:Category: Digital Singles ]].
 * Artist Name+Type of Release
 * Ex: [[:Category:Dempagumi.inc Albums ]],  [[:Category:Atarashii Gakkou no Leaders Singles ]].
 * Line-Ups
 * If the number of members that took part in the recording of the release is known, a "Line-up" category can be used.
 * Ex: [[:Category:4 Member Line-Up ]].
 * Foreign Name Releases
 * Used for releases with a title entirely in a language other than Japanese.
 * Ex: [[:Category:English Name Albums ]],  [[:Category:Spanish Name Singles ]].


 * -|Company pages=

Company pages

 * Type
 * Ex: [[:Category:Companies ]],  [[:Category:Agencies ]] ,  [[:Category:Labels ]].
 * Name
 * The name of the company is used as a category to group every artist under that company and is also used in the company's page.
 * Ex: [[:Category:Lantis ]].