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* '''Real-world''' articles are written for real-world subject matter, such as episodes, people, real-world events, etc.
* '''Topical''' articles are a bit more complex. They're written from a real-world perspective about fictional occurrences in the franchise to better illustrate a theme or narrative device in the series. For example, [[Racism in My Little Pony]], recounts racist or bighted themes throughout the franchise, both as attempts by the writers to teach kids of these ideas, and potentially unintentional racism as well.
==Categories==
Categories can generally be made as long as three pages fit within that category. Please avoid category names that are vague and interpretive.
Category names should be gender-neutral if possible. Gendered titles are of course allowed to have categories, but for others, typically occupational categories, follow this guideline. For example
* A "Businessmen" category is '''wrong'''
* A "Businesspeople" category is '''right'''
* A "Waitress" category is '''wrong'''
* A 'Waitstaff" category is '''right'''
The exception to this rule is the categories for "actors", as the term "actor" has mostly been used as gender neutral in recent years. ''Some'' performers do take umbridge with this and we do apologize for any discomfort this may cause but there's not really a unified neutral term for this.
When creating a brand-new category, it should generally be as broad as possible without losing focus of the scope. For example, [[:Category:Caretakers]] was created to cover babysitters, pet caretakers, daycare workers, orphanage etc. These are three occupations with similar work, but are individually not quite big enough to warrant their own categories. Subcategories can be made when at least three subjects fit that category over the original, sound as [[:Category:Lakes]] over [[:Category:Bodies of water]].
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