User blog:Gilgameshkun/Categories of fictional vs. non-fictional topics

Following the lead of existing category splits like Category:Writers vs. Category:Writers (fictional) and Category:Locations vs. Category:Non-fiction locations, I've started at least trying to tackle large monolithic categories that mix both fictional and non-fictional entries, starting with Category:Companies and Category:Companies (fictional). In each of these cases, neither of the split categories is a parent category nor subcategory of their counterpart, but they link to each other with a "See also:" message at the top of the category page. These categories can also be extended to other concepts, including Category:Restaurants vs. Category:Restaurants (fictional), but there's really a lot of work to be done, and there's no way I would have the limitless inclination to do it all myself. As for how to name each category, to some degree there's a case-by-case consideration involved, and User:The S is the decider on how to name categories, and admittedly I still don't 100% intuit the ins and outs of his naming system.

In other recent decisions, I took the liberty of making Category:Publishing companies a child category of Category:Media companies, as print media is media. But that leaves all the articles placed directly in Category:Media companies itself, which could conceivably be sorted into subcategories such as Category:Film studios (who produce films) and Category:Television studios (who produce television), Category:Media distributors (who distribute but may not necessarily directly produce), etc. There should probably also be a general Category:Merchandise companies, which can include licensed third-party Category:Publishing companies, Category:Toy companies, etc., but also other niche entries for merchandise such as TMNT-associated food, apparel, collectables, etc.

Truth be told, I'm not in the adequate frame of mind to plan out all of these details, nor really should it be entirely my place as I'm not even a ranked administrator or content moderator, but I do think this is a discussion the wiki's regular editors ought to be having with the the administrators' participation.