Categories

General

Categories are useful to extract information from the Wiki, and for the reader to find relvant material. This page documents the categories used, and how to use them. Of course everyone is free to come up with new categories, but it would be nice to document major changes here.

• For a list of all categories, see https://beta.mgh.de/databases/clavis/wiki/index.php/Special:Categories
• For a shorter overview of some of the most useful categories, see https://beta.mgh.de/databases/clavis/wiki/index.php/Some_Useful_Categories
• To add a page to a category, choose "Source editing" and simply insert the relevant tag beginning "[[Category:...". Once you save your changes, the page is in the relevant category, and a side menu (depending on your device, this may be on either side of or below the main article) will display all categories the page is in.

Manuscripts

• Content: You can tag all manuscripts of a certain collection by placing them in the appropriate category. Use [[Category:Manuscript of XY]] where 'XY' is the Clavis key for the collection in question. See here for the list of keys. For collections not having a key (yet), you can use the full name as found in the page URL (so including "Collectio ..." in many cases).
• Date of origin: Use [[Category:Manuscript saec XII]] to tag manuscripts written in the twelfth century, and so on. More precise dates can and should be given in the description, the categories help to get an overview.
• Place of origin: Every manuscript should be placed in precisely one category from this list of all categories for manuscript by region (e.g. [[Category:Manuscript from Southern Italy]]). You can also tag manuscripts by placing them in other categories [[Category:Manuscript from ...]] to add more specific information on the place of origin.
• Is the MS digitized? If so, tag it by inserting [[Category:Digitized Manuscript]] in the manuscript description page. If you want to see all mss in the category, have a look here: Category:Digitized Manuscript. If a manuscript is not digitized, you can add [[Category:Manuscript not digitized]] . Adding a date for this finding can be useful. If a manuscript is not digitized but in your opinion really should be, add [[Category:Wishlist MSS Digitization]]! It will appear in the relevant wishlist Category:Wishlist MSS Digitization.
• New? Manuscript description should contain a reference to standard works, in particular Kéry's 1999 catalogue (digitized here) and the 2005 Clavis handbook (digitized here). Manuscripts not mentioned in these books should be placed in the respective categories [[Category:Manuscript not in Clavis handbook and/or [[Category:Manuscript not in Kéry]].

Collections

• Collection: Use [[Category:Collection]] to indicate that this is an article about an individual collection. As a result, the category Category:Collection provides a quick and easy overview which collections already have an article in this Wiki.
• Key: In addition to [[Category:Collection]] , use [[Category:Collection Key is XY]] to provide the Clavis key (replacing, of course, "XY" by the respective key). This helps to link articles on collections to those on the manuscripts.
• Date: Use [[Category:Collection saec X]] to tag collections compiled in the tenth century, and so on.
• Place of origin: You can add collections to geographical categories by adding a tag beginning ([[Category:Collection from ...]]). Every collection should be in one and only one regional category like "Northern France"; see the list of all categories for collections by region. For some collections, it is also possible to state the place of origin ("Paris"), and you can the articles to the respective category too. It is not necessary to place articles in more general categories unless it is really impossible to state a region of origin.
• The database entries are based on modern editions (i.e. more or less critical editions 19th/20th c.), early printed books (including Migne's Patrologia), or manuscripts. Use [[Category:Clavis entries based on modern edition]], [[Category:Clavis entries based on early printed books]], and [[Category:Clavis entries based on manuscript]].
• Depending on size, use one of the following tags:
  • [[Category:very small (less than 100 canons) collection]]
  • [[Category:small (100 to 500 canons) collection]]
  • [[Category:medium (500 to 1000 canons) collection]]
  • [[Category:large (1000 to 2000 canons) collection]]
  • [[Category:very large (more than 2000 canons) collection]]
• Collections added to since the 2005 edition are "new": [[Category:New Collection]]
• See below how to flag articles lacking certain information.

Articles with issues

Some article may have issues you cannot fix at once. Use categories to make other users aware of the problem(s):

• Some descriptions refer to collections not yet contained in the database or, more frequently, to more than one collection in the database. Tagging these pages helps to improve the wiki. Use [[Category:Collection not in Clavis database]] and [[Category:Description that need to be split]], respectively.
• Information missing: [[Category:Collection taq is unknown/missing]] [[Category:Collection tpq is unknown/missing]] [[Category:Collection of which the date is unknown or missing]], [[Category:Collection of which the place of origin is unknown or missing]]. The same categories exist for manuscripts.
• All or most categories are missing: [[Category:Description lacking categories]]. This works for articles on collections and articles.
• Something else is wrong (please say what in the discussion): [[Category:Article with known issues]]
• Use [[Category:Stub]] for articles which are very short, or only a first draft.
• All these categories are in the category Category:Article with known issues; so if you are looking for articles that ned fixing, have a look there. In some cases, the articles can be improved without much effort.