Talk:Template

Since this talk page isn't being used, I'm going to begin to post my ideas for "meta-categories" for template categorization here.

So far, here is what I'm feeling:

1. We can call all of "our" templates (Admin, Maintenance, Policy, Quick Talk, etc.) Scat Templates, because their upkeep is part of the official duties of the Stephen Colbert Administrative Teams (SCAT) Offices.

2. We should keep the following meta-categories, and try to find as many templates as possible that can fit within them:


 * Colbert Templates
 * ID Templates - this is too general to be useful for many things - it's like the meta-meta-category. But we still need it, and need to see what fits within it that we haven't yet classified
 * Info Templates - I suggest that we think of these as the "decorative" templates, and move some of the more useful "Silly Templates," the "Quote Templates," the Advertising, Letterhead/Memo, Bulletin, Business directory, etc. templates into this category. The ones that don't actually "tell" you anything about how the page is categorized(hence, they are "informational") but are useful in making a page look nicer.
 * Menu Templates - this is a good "meta-category" - all the food pages from all the different categories do come together under one menu.
 * Quote Templates - again, I might think about putting these under a larger "decorative" category. Not a must, though.
 * Templates of Approval - this is a totally random and meaningless category right now. We need to make this the meta-category for all "good" things
 * Templates of Disapproval - even worse

So, some new categories that I would suggest:
 * I'm tired, so I will come back and fill in the actual plans for these later


 * Category:Emboldener Template
 * Category:Supporter Template
 * Category:Holy Template
 * Category:Evil Template
 * Category:Belted Template (for all Gov, Law, Political Parties, and other DC related cats)
 * Category:Acamedian Template
 * Category:Crumbelievable Template (for all culture/zeitgeist related)
 * Category:Other People Template (races, religions, etc. "Not Like Us" - there's probably a better name. "Them?"  "Those People?")
 * (Noah's?) Category:Ark Template (good and bad animals of all kinds - like the Menu cat)
 * Category:Where Template - for all geography. Personally, I think the BKAD & NYBK pages look odd in the AGeo Cat, because of the way they show up.  But I don't like having them not categorized in Geography, because they are geographic regions.  I think a metacategory for geography would let us solve the problem of American v. World and let us include governmental v. local distinctions as well.
 * Category:Who Template - templates that identify people (most, if not all, of these will be listed in at least one other category. But I think these articles always seem to be under- or over- or wrongly categorized to me, so I feel it's a good idea to make a meta-cat for it)

What else?

Okay, that's enough for now. There may be more, as we will probably find when we start working.