Category Category

• Click here to have a list of all the categories on wiki: http:fullSearch?search=CategoryCategory or click on the title of the current page.
• Click on a category.
• Click on the selected category's page title to have a list of all pages related to that category.

• create a category only when that category is really needed (be picky)
• create concise descriptions (as few words as possible, and sometimes the name is enough)
• create useful descriptions (don't merely repeat the category name)
• keep everything in alphabetical order
• only after dealing with all the BackLinks (hundreds, sometimes thousands) do you delete or rename a category
• only when it really makes sense do you put entries into multiple sections

• CategoryCategory
• all category pages by right match
• matching categories by left match

• CategoryComputingCategory
  • CategorySoftwareCategory
  • CategoryCodingCategory
  • CategoryDistributedCategory
  • CategoryProgrammingLanguageCategory
  • CategoryLanguageCategory
• CategoryTechnicalCategory
• CategoryPatternCategory
  • CategoryPatternsCategory

• CategoryGeneralCategory?
• ...

• CategoryComputerArchitecture -- for software issues more akin to software design, please see the unsymmetrically named CategoryArchitecture.
• CategoryComputerCompany -- a basis for descriptions and references to the commercial enterprises responsible for hardware and software advances and setbacks in the computer industry.
• CategoryDocumentation -- all about writing for technical reasons
• CategoryGlossary -- definitions of terms
• CategoryHardware (awfully broad as a category)
• CategoryHierarchy -- discussing hierarchical structures
• CategoryManufacturing
• CategoryPrivacy
• CategoryProblemSolvingStrategy CategoryRealTime -- instrumentation, machine, medical diagnostics & treatment, etc.
• CategoryResearch
• CategorySecurity -- computer security and authentication issues
• CategorySisterSite
• CategoryYtwok -- Y2k (Year 2000, the date bug thingy)

• CategoryComicStrip
• CategoryGame
• CategoryGameProgramming
• CategoryGamesandIcebreakers
• CategoryJoke
• CategoryMovie
• CategoryMusic
• CategoryQuestions
• CategoryScienceFiction
• CategoryStory -- stories: short stories, novelettes, novels, etc.
• CategorySucks -- it sucks and here's why
• CategoryWhimsy

• CategoryBigPicture
• CategoryBook -- individual books
• CategoryBooks -- books in general, lists, stores, etc
• CategoryCommunication -- not about datacomm, but about personal communications
• CategoryCreativity
• CategoryCulture
• CategoryEducation -- education, educating, learning, etc
• CategoryHealth
• CategoryHistory
• CategoryHomePage
• CategoryLeadership
• CategoryLifeStrategies
• CategoryMindMap -- somebody's thinking, note-taking method
• CategoryPerpetualArgument -- 'passionate debates'
• CategoryPhilosophy
• CategoryPolitics?
• CategoryPsychology
• CategorySociety -- how best to live within and organize society
• CategoryTinFoilHat -- crazy pseudo-intellectual stuff
• CategoryWisdom -- information on wisdom gathered from outside WikiCommunity
• CategoryWorldView -- pages with religious or philosophical content

• CategoryAcronym
• CategoryGerman -- for German speakers
• CategoryIdiom -- words and phrases that take on a life of their own
• CategoryJargon
• CategoryNaming
• CategoryQuote -- quotes
• CategoryNaturalLanguage -- languages, linguistics
• CategoryWritersWorkshop

• CategoryCity -- cities that have some relevance to programming
• CategoryCollaboration -- ways for people to work together
• CategoryCompany
• CategoryCountry -- direct links to pages about various countries
• CategoryExternalLink -- pages mainly for non-wiki-wiki links
• CategoryMagazine -- paper and electronic magazines
• CategoryMaintenance -- maintenance, all kinds
• CategoryReference -- reference works
• CategoryTable -- tables of useful information

• CategoryArtist
• CategoryAuthor -- published authors
• CategoryDialogue -- the art of exchange, cooperation, and agreement (FailureIsNotAnOption)
• CategoryHomePage/CategoryHomepage -- Wiki Wiki users' home pages
• CategoryInterview -- interviews of people by people
• CategoryPerson -- people outstanding in their field [Note: this seems unnecessarily broad; can we split this up or somehow focus it a little better?]
• CategoryScientist

• CategoryCareer
• CategoryConference -- conferences, conventions, etc.
• CategoryEmployment -- how to get it, and where to get it
• CategoryGroup -- user groups
• CategoryKnowledge -- knowledge management
• CategoryLeadershipPatterns
• CategoryManagement
• CategoryMethodology
• CategoryMetrics -- quality and productivity metrics
• CategoryNegotiation
• CategoryProject
• CategoryQuality -- quality assurance, control, teams, design, etc.

• CategoryVoting -- how to poll wiki users, some pages on (off-wiki) voting
• CategoryWiki -- general Wiki Wiki issues
• CategoryWikiEditing
• CategoryWikiEngineReview -- Wiki engines and wiki farms
• CategoryWikiMaintenance
• CategoryWikiNavigation
• CategoryWikiProgress -- how WardsWiki is shaping up for the future
• CategoryWikiTag -- tag marks applied to pages requiring some action to clear the tag
• WikiWiki -- the word
• WikiWikiWeb -- the object

• CategoryCategory -- you are here
• CategoryFaq -- FAQ (frequently asked questions) pages
• CategoryHomePage/CategoryHomepage -- Wiki Wiki users' home pages
• CategoryIndex -- pages with indexes (lists of links)
• CategoryNotWiki -- exchange idea over internet
• CategoryRoadMap -- things to explore (good for newbies)
• CategoryWikiFavorites -- Wiki Wiki Favorite pages
• CategoryZero? -- Not in any current category (and, please respect that I don't want it to be).