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Please make sure you have read and understood Memory Alpha's category approval policy before editing this page. Category suggestions can be used to suggest a single category, multiple categories in the same "tree branch" or "parent category," or to determine which categories will contain or be contained by other categories. From there, they may either be approved and enacted by moving the discussion from this page to the new category's talk page, or, if not approved, moving the discussion from here to the category suggestion archive.

One of the reasons we discuss categories first is because we need to ensure that the category tag, when circumstances call for it, contains the correct sort keys to arrange the list in a predetermined order.

This page is broken down into sections:

In-universe categories: These categories are intended to be used for in-universe articles, and should be named to maintain Memory Alpha's POV.
Production POV categories: These categories are for use on production articles, which are written from the real world POV, and as such should be have the {{real world}} template on them.
Maintenance categories: These categories are used in the maintenance of Memory Alpha, and would include the audio and image files for example. These categories can have either a in-universe or real world POV.

In-universe categories[]

Transportation[]

A category that Category:Transportation technology would be a subcat of, plus items related to transportation like bus stop, school shuttle stop, landing pad (not so much technology as locations), Bay Area Rapid Transit, San Francisco Municipal Railway, system map, shipping route, etc. -LauraCC (talk) 23:06, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Also walking, swimming (technically it is a way you transport yourself, not just a sport or leisure activity) -LauraCC (talk) 17:06, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Weak oppose. Beyond a common subject, I'm not sure I see why this needs a category per se. - AJHalliwell (talk) 21:39, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Better organization? I know other super categories have been created in the past. -LauraCC (talk) 23:51, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Weak support – I see the potential merit of grouping these things together. 🖖 Mr. Starfleet Command ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:46, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Beers and ales[]

Subcat(s) of Category:Alcoholic beverages (either separately, "Category:Beers" and "Category:Ales", or together, "Category:Beers and ales"). From the list @ beer. -LauraCC (talk) 03:58, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Which would be better: two categories or one? -LauraCC (talk) 14:09, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Support one category. 🖖 Mr. Starfleet Command ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:46, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Tourist attractions[]

For all planets and other locations known for recreation, like Crivo, Risa, Fire Caves, Cetacean Institute, etc. -LauraCC (talk) 16:47, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Weak oppose, unless a list is written that first justifies the need for this. - AJHalliwell (talk) 16:28, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

I've started a list on that page, but I'm sure there are more. -LauraCC (talk) 19:33, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Bags[]

-LauraCC (talk) 23:33, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Support, on the virtue of being sufficiently different from "household tools" and "tools"; a shopping bag is not a tool or a clothing accessory. - AJHalliwell (talk) 16:28, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Support, but what should this be a subcat of? 🖖 Mr. Starfleet Command ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:46, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

I suppose we could have "Containers" (that's the wikipedia category that has bags as a subcat):

-LauraCC (talk) 23:54, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Pets and pet-related topics[]

See the lists @ pet. -LauraCC (talk) 03:19, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

I suppose I could create this as a template, like I've done @ {{personal care}}. Though named animals and species kept as pets is quite a long list on its own. -LauraCC (talk) 23:04, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

"Domesticated species", perhaps? -LauraCC (talk) 00:30, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Islands[]

See the lists documented @ island. -LauraCC (talk) 00:00, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Tribbles[]

To categorize Bribble, a Tribble-Brikar hybrid (already categorized under "Hybrids" and "Brikars" - "Tribbles" would replace "Animals") and the first named (partial) tribble. We have the precedent for having a category with one named individual @ Category:Sehlats (though I guess, unlike I-Chaya, fully a sehlat, Bribble is only half Tribble, at least) - only I-chaya and unnamed pets are in that category. For unnamed pet Tribbles, we have Lorca's and Kelvinverse Scotty's, in a cage (though the latter could be there as a "canary in a coal mine", not as a pet, I suppose). -LauraCC (talk) 15:39, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Advanced Technologies Unit personnel[]

Subcat for some of the people listed in Category:USS Protostar dedication plaque personnel on the right of the plaque - those who are members of this unit. -LauraCC (talk) 00:01, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Syndromes[]

From the list @Syndrome (see Talk:Syndrome). -LauraCC (talk) 03:21, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Alien words and phrases[]

I know there's probably a better term, but a category for all the uniquely alien terms expressed in their languages (some which have too few terms for their own "_____ language" category, as Vulcans and Klingons do.) So things like Vyk'tiote, Zhian'tara, etc. -LauraCC (talk) 01:56, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Oppose, I'm not convinced this would be terribly useful. 🖖 Mr. Starfleet Command ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:46, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps a list page, first, then, to see how many we have of each species' vocab. -LauraCC (talk) 23:55, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Newspapers[]

See the list @ Newspaper. -LauraCC (talk) 02:59, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Locational logs[]

Like positional and personal logs subcats, for logs based on location/installation (ships, stations, etc). -LauraCC (talk) 01:23, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Flags[]

A subcat of "Category:Symbols". -LauraCC (talk) 22:42, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Species history[]

For all the species/interspecies-specific history pages. Subcat of "History". -LauraCC (talk) 13:09, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Television shows[]

From the list of shows and TV genres @Television set. -LauraCC (talk) 20:56, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Production POV categories[]

Comics sub-breakdown[]

The Comics category is starting to get rather large at almost 1000 articles. The comics that have been published over the years have come from (thus far) a handful of publishers, so one possibility to make it a bit more manageable would be to break them down based on that, such as "Marvel Comics", "DC Comics", "WildStorm Comics", "IDW Publishing Comics", "Gold Key Comics", etc.

Titles/Issues/Volumes/etc that are printed by more than one publisher would have each publisher's category on them.

Further possible breakdowns (that could be instead of or in addition to) could include "miniseries comics" (for those of less than 6 issues), "ongoing comics", "one-shot comics". These would fall in-line with the "comics collections" category.

Thoughts? -- sulfur (talk) 14:51, June 11, 2020 (UTC)

I would prefer the publisher categories, but restricted to just the first one. We can just have a note on the categories that it only contains the comics first published by them. - Archduk 3 15:26, June 11, 2020 (UTC)

Yes, we should sort them by publisher. -LauraCC (talk) 17:28, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Support 🖖 Mr. Starfleet Command ^{(talk • contribs)} 06:08, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Children's books and young adult novels[]

For all the children's books, and for the YA novels and novelizations. (I have lists here, but I may have missed some of the titles.)

Children's

YA

The Best and the Brightest

Lifeline
The Chance Factor
Quarantine
The Delta Anomaly
The Edge
The Gemini Agent
The Assassination Game
The Star Ghost
Stowaways
Prisoners of Peace
The Pet
Arcade
Field Trip
Gypsy World
Highest Score
Cardassian Imps
Space Camp
Day of Honor: Honor Bound
Trapped in Time
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Storybook
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek Generations
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek Nemesis
Voyage to Adventure
Phaser Fight
Star Trek II: Distress Call!

-LauraCC (talk) 02:58, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Maintenance categories[]