Wikipedia:WikiProject Expert Request Sorting/Categories

This is a page for category and template proposals. Feel free to edit.

Template wording

The original template is:

I propose that for new templates we use something worded like this:

For miscellaneous articles, could use something like: {{expert|Subject Name}} which will give a similar box to the above.

Proposition for categories

I (Konstable) have looked through Category:Pages needing expert attention propose the following categories for the new templates (please put your discussions regarding each category under the sub-heading - whether you think the category is needed, what you think would be better, etc.):

Financial

For articles to do with money or finance.

Legal

For articles to do with judicial systems, laws, court cases, etc.

Cultural

For articles relating to films, literature, cultures, etc.

Mathematics and Computer Science

Anything to do with Mathematics and Computer Science. This might need to include software-related articles also, as there could be problems distinguishing between some theoretical Computer Science topics and specific software (I think there isn't a great deal of these right now, most look theoretical).

Biological and Medicinal

Things to do with biological theory, medicine, botany and zoology.

Politics and society

(Note: there are quite a few Biographical articles in the category. I think these should be put into the categories above. I don't see any sense in requesting an expert in biographies in general.)

An alternative proposal

Why reinvent the wheel? I propose using an existing structure, the Wikipedia Portals. The portals already have well defined categories that we can use. If the main categories get too large and it is felt that we need a finer structure, the sub-categories can be used to further deliniate the type of expert needed.

I an addition to being an already existing structure, this also allows for leveraging existing expert communities. Perhaps the talk page for each portal could list of have a link to the "Expert needed" category for that Portal.

By using the portal scheme, the initial breakdown would be as follows:

• Arts
• Culture
• History
• Philosophy
• Religion
• Science
• Mathematics
• Society
• People
• Sports and Games
• Technology
• Geography

Epolk 11:39, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually that sounds pretty good. I think we should go with that. Maybe we could even avoid the trouble of creating the new templates by doing something like {{expert-portal|<Portal Name>}}, though I'm not sure how easy that would be to use to someone who doesn't know all the different portals already.--Konstable 06:42, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I like the {{expert-portal}} idea. Since this isn't policy, how about we vote on it?--Urthogie 13:54, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]