Wikipedia:WikiProject Chinese-language entertainment/Categories

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Contents 1 Full trees 2 Underlying policy 2.1 Classification 3 How to populate 4 Cleaning up 5 To do

[edit] Full trees

[edit] 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.

[edit] Classification

Singers should be classified by language and discipline using the format <mando/canto> <discipline>

• 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Cleaning up

The Nationality/Discipline category tree is a complete mess. Having genders Format: <nationality> <discipline>

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 <nationality> singer and <nationality> 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.

[edit] 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.