Wikibooks:WikiProject Bartending/Hierarchy

Our WikiProject uses the following structure and hierarchy of modules within the Bartending Wikibook. It is our intention to keep the book wide, rather than deep. In other words, pages should rarely be more than three levels away from the root of the book (Bartending/), and should never be deeper than five levels (Bartending/2/3/4/5). Module and page names should be as short as possible while still clearly communicating the topic. In many cases, the full name of the topic can be deduced easily from the full name ("Bartending/Drinkware/Beer" is preferred to "Bartending/Drinkware/Beer glasses, mugs, and steins"). The shorter names help both when typing names manually, and when locating articles from within categories.

Hierarchy of Bartending modules

• Bartending/: All other sections are underneath this root module. Pages that are transcluded into the main page of the Bartending Guide may also appear here.
  • Bartending/Alcohol/: Information about specific types (and brands if necessary) of alcohol appear in this module. Page names should always be singular (Bartending/Alcohol/Spirit, Bartending/Alcohol/Brandy, etc.).
    • This module is also the preferred place to include information concerning alcohol poisoning, intoxication, and other effects of alcohol on the body.
  • Bartending/Beverages/: We use Beverages to distinguish non-alcoholic beverages (like coffee, iced tea, or milkshakes) from alcoholic ones (see Bartending/Cocktails below). If a drink is commonly served either way, include the drink in both modules, and use a redirect (see below) to point to the appropriate section.
    • Example: Eggnog is served commonly with brandy and without. The main article could be found at Bartending/Cocktails/Eggnog and Bartending/Beverages/Eggnog could be a redirect to Bartending/Cocktails/Eggnog#Non-alcoholic variations. If the non-alcoholic version is more common, reverse the modules.
  • Bartending/Books/: Complete books, chapters of books, magazine articles, or lengthy excerpts from these should be added to this module. Create an explanatory page that gives the full source, copyright and licensing information (remember that is must be compatibly licensed or in the public domain to be included in Wikibooks!), as well as a synopsis of the book and how it relates to bartending (if it's not obvious by the title).
  • Bartending/CA/, Bartending/UK/, Bartending/US/, etc.: Country-specific information should always be placed in a module named with the country's 2-letter country code in all-capital letters. This helps readers clearly identify information that is country-specific as opposed to global in nature. Information within the main book that is very country-specific should be split into a similarly named article within the country-specific module. Examples: Bartending/Work/Understanding tips and taxation, Bartending/EU/European tips and taxation, Bartending/US/U.S. tips and taxation, etc.
  • Bartending/Cocktails/: Drink recipes, classes of cocktails, and other cocktail-specific information goes in this module. "Cocktail" is a very broad term in this case. It basically means any alcoholic beverage served to a patron, even if served neat.
    • Bartending/Cocktails/Glossary: This is a single-page module that currently holds a very long list of drink recipes and links to longer articles. It needs to be completely reorganized soon.
  • Bartending/Drinkware/: From stemware to coffee mugs, anything used as a drinking vessel to serve drinks should be included in this module. For words that can be written as a single word or as two words (wineglass or wine glass), at this time, we prefer using two words to clearly distinguish the purpose from the form (this is same way Jerry Thomas did it). When naming pages, we omit the "glass", "mug", or other designation from the name, avoiding the whole issue: Bartending/Drinkware/Wine, Bartending/Drinkware/Coffee, Bartending/Drinkware/Water, etc.
  • Bartending/Equipment/: All types of appliances, utensils, and other tools a bartender uses, except [Bartending/Drinkware|drinkware]], should be in this module. Page names should usually be singular (Bartending/Equipment/Shaker, Bartending/Equipment/Bottle opener, etc.), unless the equipment would normally never be used singly or is a plural word (Bartending/Equipment/Scissors), or if the page discusses a broad grouping of equipment (Bartending/Equipment/Appliances).
  • Bartending/Garnishes/: Non-liquid drink ingredients (except ice; see Bartending/Mixers/ below) and adornments to the glass, whether edible or not, usually belong in this module. Page names should usually be singular (Bartending/Garnishes/Olive, Bartending/Garnishes/Inedible garnish, etc.), unless the garnish would normally never be served singly or is a plural word (Bartending/Garnishes/Beads).
  • Bartending/Intro/: Basic information that gives an overview of the bartending industry should appear in this module.
  • Bartending/Mixers/: Any liquid ingredient that goes into the drink probably belongs in this module, including ice (which becomes a liquid as it melts). Page names should usually be singular (Bartending/Mixers/Simple syrup, Bartending/Mixers/Hot sauce, etc.), unless the mixer would normally never be served singly or is a plural word (Bartending/Mixers/Angostura bitters)
  • Bartending/Project/: Project pages are concerned with developing the Wikibook itself. These should generally be avoided. The goal of a Wikibook is to create a stand-alone textbook that someone could print and use in an educational setting. It makes no sense for such a book to include length commentary about how the project is organized and maintained. Instead, that information belongs in the Wikibooks:WikiProject Bartending space, since the WikiProject exists solely to organize, expand, and maintain the Bartending Guide. For historical reasons, that information has not (yet) been moved, but as the book matures, the information will be migrated into the WikiProject. The credits, however, may remain behind, since that might be of interest to the reader and may even be required by the GFDL.
  • Bartending/Quotations/: Quotations should be added to the main quotations page, unless there are a lot (10 or more) of quotations from a single source, in which case a sub-page should be added.
  • Bartending/Reference/: Reference material, such as tables, charts, and glossaries should be filed here. If a reference item has multiple pages of information, subpages should be created under the first page to keep related material together.
  • Bartending/Work/: This module includes articles about the working life of a bartender, including:
    • Bartending/Work/Age verification/: Information about why bars verify age and how to go about doing so should be included in this module. Country-specific requirements belong under the specific country's module (see Bartending/CA/ above).
    • Bartending/Work/Cleaning/: Both general information about cleaning and best practices go in this module.
    • Bartending/Work/Employees/: Information about bar employees belong in this module.
    • Bartending/Work/Servicing patrons/: Suggestions for how to serve patrons belong in this module.
    • Bartending/Work/Stock maintenance and rotation/: Suggestions for how to keep your stock fresh go here.
    • Bartending/Work/Training/: Information about training to become a bartender. Country-specific requirements belong under the specific country's module (see Bartending/CA/ above).

Redirecting to a different page

At present, we have many more links than we have articles. There are links within the book for nearly every type of alcohol, garnish, or mixer on the market, yet we do not have articles for each of them. In many cases, there is a single page that discusses many different related topics.

We would like to eventually have enough information added to the book so that each page can stand on its own. Until then, we need to redirect the specific topic's page to the section within the larger page where the desired information is.

For example, Bartending/Alcohol/Grand Marnier redirects to the "Grand Marnier" section of the Bartending/Alcohol/Orange liqueur article (the full link is Bartending/Alcohol/Orange liqueur#Grand Marnier).

Here is how to do that:

1. Follow the red link (if there is one) to the page that needs a redirect or else type the full page name in the Search box, select "Go", and then select the link to edit a new article.

2. Add one of the following lines of text into the new page. Be sure to insert the correct article name where "ARTICLE" appears below, and the heading name where "HEADING" appears. Include all punctuation included in both the article name and heading, or else the redirect will not work.

When linking to a specific section within a larger article use:

#REDIRECT [[ARTICLE#HEADING]]

When linking to a specific entry within a list of related information use:

#REDIRECT [[ARTICLE#HEADING]]

When linking to a general topic that is not as specific as the given topic and that does not contain a specific section abut the topic use:

#REDIRECT [[ARTICLE#HEADING]]

3. Test the redirect to make sure that you end up where you wanted the reader to be redirected.

4. Select the link at the top of the page that says "Redirected from ARTICLE" to return to the actual redirect page.

5. Select the "What links here" link in the Toolbox for the page (if you are using the default Monobook skin, it appears just below the Search box on the left of the page).

6. Check for any double redirects. These sometimes happen when an article was moved or renamed, and there was already a page pointing to the old name, and then when you add the new redirect, it becomes a double redirect. Readers are stopped after the first redirect and must manually click-through to the final page, which interferes with the reader's use of the book.

7. If double redirects were found, go to the original article and update the original link to point to the new redirect you created instead of the older redirect causing the double redirect.

Example: If Bartending/Cocktail/Boilermaker has an old link to Bartending/Ingredients/Fermented beverages/Beer, and that old link redirects to Bartending/Alcohol/Beer (the first redirect), and the Beer article had not been split out of Bartending/Alcohol/Fermented beverage yet, then Bartending/Alcohol/Beer might redirect to Bartending/Alcohol/Fermented beverage#Beer (the second redirect). In this case, we would want to edit the Bartending/Cocktail/Boilermaker article and update it to link directly to Bartending/Alcohol/Beer. Why not to Bartending/Alcohol/Fermented beverage#Beer? Because we eventually want to have a separate Beer page, so it is best to point directly to the desired page instead of section of a page. This also makes it easier to update links in the future if an article is moved, split, or merged.

If all of that sounds too complicated, please do as much as you feel comfortable doing, and then add a request to the to-do list, and someone else will finish making the changes for you. Be sure to tell exactly what the next step is that needs to be done, and what pages are involved. Thanks!