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Note: Wikidelphia is mostly an index to websites. A ''target'' (or ''subject'') is the thing, process, website, article, (or whatever) to which the Wikidelphia entry points. Access to the Target is usually found in the form of a hypertext link at the top of the page, under the page name.
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The Wikidelphia Category System is an information indexing concept devised by Stan Pokras for organizing the pages on Wikidelphia.
[http://wikidelphia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&search=&fulltext=Search&ns14=1 '''SEARCH for Categories''']
== [[:Category:Top Level WCS|<u>Top Level Tags</u>]] ==
*Each page in Wikidelphia can have as many tags as needed.
*Click a Top Tag to see a list of associated categories.
*The '''''“Target”''''' of a page may be the page itself, or a website, an organization, a person or anything else.
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!Top Tag
!Top Tag
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|<u>[[:Category:About|About]]</u>
|<u>[[:Category:About|About]]</u>
|What does the ''target'' write ABOUT or create media ABOUT?
|What does the target write ''about'' or create media ''about''?
''This may be the same as the target’s '''Issue'''. But a target can have an '''Issue''' without writing or producing media about it.''
*Examples:&ensp;African American Culture. Philadelphia. Business Success. Cooperation. Wikidelphia.
|-
|<u>[[:Category:Buys|Buys]]</u>
|What goods or services does the target ''buy?''
*Examples:&ensp;Cars. Real Estate.
|-
|<u>[[:Category:By|By]]</u>
|What organization or individual ''created'' or ''presented'' the target?
*Examples:&ensp;Stan. Gerald Allen Ney.
|-
|-
|<u>[[:Category:Does|Does]]</u>
|<u>[[:Category:Does|Does]]</u>
|What does the ''target'' DO?
|What does the target ''do''?
*Examples:&ensp;Case Management. Conservation. Design. Event Calendar. Internships.
|-
|-
|<u>[[:Category: Frequency| Frequency]]</u>
|<u>[[:Category: Frequency| Frequency]]</u>
|How often does this happen?
|How often does this happen?
''Periodicals or events will have a FREQUENCY''
*Periodicals or events will have a ''frequency''&mdash;weekly, annual, etc.
|-
|-
|<u>[[:Category:Is|Is]]</u>
|<u>[[:Category:Is|Is]]</u>
|What kind of thing IS this ''target''?  
|What kind of thing ''is'' this target?  
''A business? - A government agency? - An artist? - A document? - A person? - or A Video?''
*Examples:&ensp;Business. Nonprofit Organization. Church. Store. Neighborhood Association.
|-
|-
|<u>[[:Category:Issue|Issue]]</u>
|<u>[[:Category:Issue|Issue]]</u>
|What motivates the ''target''?
|What ''issues'', if any, are involved in the target's work?
 
*Examples:&ensp;Business. Civic Engagement. Climate Change. Computers.
''Human Rights? The Environment? Labor Law?''
|-
|-
|<u>[[:Category:Makes|Makes]]</u>
|<u>[[:Category:Makes|Makes]]</u>
|What does the ''target'' MAKE?
|What does the target ''make''?
*Examples:&ensp;Videos. Jewelry. Beer.
|-
|-
|<u>[[:Category:Sells|Sells]]</u>
|<u>[[:Category:Sells|Sells]]</u>
|What does the ''target'' SELL?
|What does the target ''sell''?
*Examples:&ensp;Artwork. Food. Clothing Accessories.
|-
|-
|<u>[[:Category:Serves|Serves]]</u>
|<u>[[:Category:Serves|Serves]]</u>
|Who does the ''target'' SERVE?
|Who does the target ''serve''?
*Examples:&ensp;Middle School Students. Small Businesses. Homeless.
|-
|-
|<u>[[:Category:Teaches|Teaches]]</u>
|<u>[[:Category:Teaches|Teaches]]</u>
|What does the ''target'' TEACH?
|What does the target ''teach''?
* Examples:&ensp;Job Readiness. American History. Writing. Personal Finance.
|-
|-
|<u>[[:Category:Using|Using]]</u>
|<u>[[:Category:Using|Using]]</u>
|What special resource does the ''target'' USE?
|What special resource does the target ''use''?
 
*Examples:&ensp;Volunteers. Film or Video.
''i.e. Volunteers? or Video?''
|-
|-
|<u>[[:Category:Where|Where]]</u>
|<u>[[:Category:Where|Where]]</u>
|What area is '''Served'''?  
|Which neighborhood?  
This may be some location other than where the ''target'' is located…
*If a Where Category isn't a Philadelphia neighborhood or district, then either "County" or "PA" (occasionally "NJ") will appear in its name.
|}
|}
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The Wikidelphia Category System (WCS) is an information indexing concept devised by Stan Pokras for organizing the pages on Wikidelphia.


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
*[[Wikidelphia:About]]
*[[Wikidelphia:About]]


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Latest revision as of 04:38, 6 March 2026

Note: Wikidelphia is mostly an index to websites. A target (or subject) is the thing, process, website, article, (or whatever) to which the Wikidelphia entry points. Access to the Target is usually found in the form of a hypertext link at the top of the page, under the page name.

Top Tag Description
About What does the target write about or create media about?
  • Examples: African American Culture. Philadelphia. Business Success. Cooperation. Wikidelphia.
Buys What goods or services does the target buy?
  • Examples: Cars. Real Estate.
By What organization or individual created or presented the target?
  • Examples: Stan. Gerald Allen Ney.
Does What does the target do?
  • Examples: Case Management. Conservation. Design. Event Calendar. Internships.
Frequency How often does this happen?
  • Periodicals or events will have a frequency—weekly, annual, etc.
Is What kind of thing is this target?
  • Examples: Business. Nonprofit Organization. Church. Store. Neighborhood Association.
Issue What issues, if any, are involved in the target's work?
  • Examples: Business. Civic Engagement. Climate Change. Computers.
Makes What does the target make?
  • Examples: Videos. Jewelry. Beer.
Sells What does the target sell?
  • Examples: Artwork. Food. Clothing Accessories.
Serves Who does the target serve?
  • Examples: Middle School Students. Small Businesses. Homeless.
Teaches What does the target teach?
  • Examples: Job Readiness. American History. Writing. Personal Finance.
Using What special resource does the target use?
  • Examples: Volunteers. Film or Video.
Where Which neighborhood?
  • If a Where Category isn't a Philadelphia neighborhood or district, then either "County" or "PA" (occasionally "NJ") will appear in its name.

  Back to Top Level WCS

The Wikidelphia Category System (WCS) is an information indexing concept devised by Stan Pokras for organizing the pages on Wikidelphia.

See Also