Category talk:Ancestries and heritages

I think we should define what makes a "race." While it currently looks like a pretty good list, I think we should set some guidelines for what belongs in this category and what doesn't. My thought on it is that if something's CR in the MM or Bestiary is defined by class level, or if the entry has a "XXX as Characters" section then it is a race. If this information is not present, I would define it as a monster. Any class levels added in these situations are based on the monster rules, not LA rules. -- Yoda8myhead 16:36, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Possibly another category for "monsterous races" for those races that get class levels added on a regular basis? Cpt kirstov 16:57, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Agreed, I was at first confused to see orcs and goblins in this category, in Pathfinder/D&D terms race is mostly assumed to mean playable races, we could have a civilised race/wild race divide, but maybe just have the main races as Races, and other races as Races (other),
Or Races (playable)/Races (monstrous).--Vagrant-Poet 14:38, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Alphabetization

Can anyone work out what has happened to the alphabetic ordering on this category page please? The categories at the top are all nicely correct, but then have a look at the bottom of the page under 'Pages in category "Races"'. For example, I can see Faultspawn under 'B' and a whole load of stuff under 'I'. A random check shows the pages are formatted correctly. --Fleanetha 09:30, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Problem sorted thanks to Yoda8myhead; see Category talk:Shackles/Regions. There may be other book citations similarly crafted however as Blood of Fiends had same error.--Fleanetha 11:53, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Move to ancestries (RESOLVED)

Replacing Category:Races with Category:Ancestries on every article would require a bot search/replace run plus additional cleanup. -Oznogon (talk) 23:28, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Moved to Category:Ancestries and heritages. -Oznogon (talk) 02:01, 16 September 2024 (UTC)