Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians/Categorization: Difference between revisions

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The subcategories of [[:Category:Musicians]] have been divided into three "orders" based on amount of information encapsulated by the category. The three pieces of information are the [[Genre (music)|genre]], [[nationality]], and [[musical instrument|instrument]]. Categories that encapsulate only one of these bits of information (e.g., [[:Category:British musicians]] and [[:Category:Punk rock musicians]]) are first order, two pieces of information are second order, and so on.

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===Order naming===

All categories should be named using the following order:

# Nationality

# Genre

# Instrument

Pieces of information not included in lower-order categories (1 and 2) should simply be skipped. In the absence of the instrument, the term "musicians" should be used. Otherwise, the word for someone who plays that instrument should be used (e.g., "guitarists"), and should always be plural.

Examples:

* [[:Category:Pianists]] - 1st order. nationality: NA, genre: NA, instrument: Piano

* [[:Category:American rock musicians]] - 2nd order. nationality: American, genre: rock, instrument: NA

* [[:Category:Pop guitarists]] - 2nd order. nationality: NA, genre: Pop, instrument: guitar

* [[:Category:American punk rock drummers]] - 3rd order. nationality: American, genre: Punk rock, instrument: Drums

===Pre-orders===