Tardis:What categories are not

Categories are highly useful parts of the wiki experience. But there are several things they are not:


 * Categories are not articles or lists.' Main namespace articles should not link to category pages, except through the normal category link at the bottom of pages.  They should never be used as a substitute for an article, because they are not subject to most of the rules governing our main article space.  For instance, our rule about British spelling specifically does not apply to the category namespace; it only applies to the name of the category itself.  Category description text is explicitly not written from the same perspective as our articles, so it would be jarring indeed to link to them from the body of a normal, in-universe article.
 * Categories are not created simply by adding a page to them. Despite current language by Wikia Staff, categories are only created when you edit them and add them to another category.  It is insufficient to just add a category to a page – you must then click on the resulting link and make sure that the category is linked to another, appropriate category.
 * Categories are not a substitute for writing the article. Don't add a category to a page unless you've justified that addition in the text of the article itself. For instance, you can't add Prose writers to Steven Moffat unless you explain in the body of the text exactly what prose he's written.  Or you can't add Big Finish Gallifrey voice actors to an actor's page without also adding the exact roles she enjoyed in that series.