Curlie Top Level Categories (U.S. English Regional Template)
- Arts and Entertainment
- Business and Economy
- Education
- Government
- Guides and Directories
- Health
- Maps and Views
- News and Media
- Recreation and Sports
- Science and Environment
- Society and Culture
- Transportation
- Travel and Tourism
- Weather
- Floating Categories
- Bold text indicates "Standard" items as currently defined in the guidelines.
- Normal text indicates "Highly Recommended" items as currently defined in the guidelines.
- Red text indicates "Recommended" items based on editor discussion and consensus.
- Gray text indicates "Optional" items that may be useful in certain regions.
- Italicised text indicates "Proposed" items or those currently under discussion by editors.
- Topical text indicates alt-link to a "Regionalized" area of the main Topical category tree.
- Redundant text indicates "Redundant" category name, where sites should be moved up and the subcategory deleted.
- represents a hyperlink to the corresponding sample category.
- indicates that a sample category has not yet been created.
- indicates a corresponding symlink from another category.
- links back to the top of this page.
Note that not all of these categories will be used in all localities, and some are in fact listed primarily for the purpose of clarifying the contents of a particular category or subcategory.
Please post new categories which have been decided upon or modifications not mentioned to the Template Update thread.
- Arts and Entertainment
- Agents and Agencies@
- Antiques and Collectibles@
- Architecture
- Artists and Galleries
- Audio and Video Production@
- Beauty Pageants
- Clubs and Venues
- Comedy
- Comics@ Normally used at the national level
- Dance
- Events
- Haunted Houses@
- Libraries
- Literature
- Movies
- Museums
- Music
- Bands and Artists In the event the Styles/ layer is used please list cross genre bands in B&A and @link to the Genre's B&A category.
- Clubs and Venues
- Concerts and Events
- DJs
- Education
- News and Media
- Piano Tuning
- Production@
- Radio@
- Record Labels@
- Shopping@
- Styles This is an optional layer for use in large Music categories. If this layer is used please move relevant sites under this header.
- Photography
- Restaurants and Bars@
- Theater (or "Theatre" depending on regional custom)
- Business and Economy
- Advertising and Marketing
- Agriculture
- Animals
- Animal Welfare and Shelters@
- Breeders
- Kennels
- Livestock
- Musk Ox Farms (Example of when not to create a subcategory)
- Pets
- Veterinary Services
- Automotive
- Beauty and Cosmetic Services
- Business Services
- Classifieds
- Computers and Internet
- Construction and Maintenance
- Directories
- Economic Development
- Employment
- Entertainment and Media
- Event Planning
- Financial Services
- Food and Related Products
- Funeral Services
- Home and Garden
- Industrial
- Insurance@
- Legal Services
- Marine Sales and Services
- Oil and Gas
- Organizations
- Personal Services
- Printing
- Public Utilities
- Publishing
- Real Estate
- Restaurants and Bars
- Shipping, Storage, and Logistics
- Shopping
- Telecommunications
- Translation
- Travel Services@
- Vineyards@
- Education
- Colleges and Universities
- Dance@ (In the event a Specialized Instruction category is present this @link should reside there)
- Home Schooling
- K-12 (or Primary Schools and Secondary Schools)
- Martial Arts@
- Music@ (in the event a Specialized Instruction category is present this @link should reside there)
- Resources for Educators
- Reunions and Alumni
- Specialized Instruction
- Vocational and Technical
- Employment@
- Government
- Guides and Directories
- Health
- Alternative
- Assisted Living
- Associations
- Beauty and Cosmetic Services@
- Conditions and Diseases
- Consultants
- Dentistry
- Disability Resources@
- Emergency Services
- Employment
- Fitness
- Hospitals
- Insurance@
- Mental Health
- Nutrition
- Optical
- Pharmacies
- Physicians and Clinics (sub-categorize by specialty if necessary)
- Products@
- Veterinary Services@
- Maps and Views
- News and Media
- Real_Estate@
- Recreation and Sports
- Science and Environment
- Shopping@
- Society and Culture
- Transportation
- Travel and Tourism
- Weather
Free-Floating subcategories (may be used under any topical area when necessary and applicable):
- Chats and Forums
- Employment
- Events
- Event Guides
- Guides and Directories
- Magazines
- Organizations
Please see Preferred Terms and Regional Trees for further information about creating subcategories.
Current En-US revision April 9, 2019 based on the editorial guidelines and editor discussion.