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 to browse, 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.

Commonly Used Categories
Below is a list of the most commonly used categories in the wiki and where they are used.

Units
Coming soon.

People
Coming soon.

Releases

 * Releases by Year
 * Ex:
 * Type of Release
 * Ex:,.
 * 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.
 * Artist+Type of Release
 * Ex: ,
 * 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:
 * Foreign Name Releases
 * Used for releases with a title entirely in a language other than Japanese.
 * Ex: ,

Companies

 * Type
 * Ex:,  ,.
 * 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:

For a complete list of categories, check Special:Categories, Special:CategoryTree, or the top category Category:Browse.