Forum:CT Archive/Species and categories

So, this is a continuation of the Mofference topic, now that I'm back at my computer. Category:Individuals of unidentified species is currently full of articles that, in my mind, actually fall into two separate categories:


 * 1) Characters who have been pictured or described, but who have not been assigned to a specific species with a name. For example, many of the articles created on background characters from comics. Two examples: Acme Droid Service salesman and Aurra Sing's father.
 * 2) Characters who have not been pictured or physically described, but instead have no information on their species. Many of the characters introduced in the Codex of Star Wars: The Old Republic or the Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia would fall into this category, as they have only been mentioned by name and there has been no mention of their species. For example, Joron Tal'vor and Elin Garza's third husband.

Basically, the second category is separate from the first in that there is simply no information on what species the second category's occupants are. So, basically, I'm suggesting we split the pre-existing Category:Individuals of unidentified species along these two reasons I've outlined above. Category 1 individuals such as Aurra Sing's father would go in Individuals of unidentified species, and Category 2 individuals such as Joron Tal'vor would be given their own category at Category:Individuals of unspecified species. Cade   Calrayn  05:14, June 23, 2013 (UTC)

Split the categories

 * 1) As proposer. Cade  StupidRepublicEmblem-Traced-TORkit.svg  Calrayn  05:14, June 23, 2013 (UTC)

Discussion

 * Currently, there is a Category:Individuals of unknown species that I created when I started to work on this, but I believe "unspecified" to be a more accurate and encyclopedic term. Cade  StupidRepublicEmblem-Traced-TORkit.svg  Calrayn  05:14, June 23, 2013 (UTC)