Help:Categories

A category is a group of pages with similar topics. You can add a category link to any page, and they will automatically be listed on a category page with other similarly linked pages. Categories are useful in giving structure to a wiki's pages and helping readers move around the wiki.

Adding a category

 * A page appears in a category when a Category link is added to that individual page. You cannot add pages to a category from the category's listing page.


 * From the page: At the end of the article, you can add a category without going into edit mode. Just click "Add category" and type in a category and press enter. After you have entered one category, you can type another, or save your additions.
 * Adding_category.png


 * While editing: At the end of the edit box is a separate section for adding and editing categories; it works in the same way as the article page box.
 * Adding_category_edit_mode.png


 * If the category you add doesn't exist yet, it will be created when you save.
 * If you want to exclude some categories from appearing, admins can add it to MediaWiki:Categoryblacklist

Using categories

 * If a page is listed in multiple categories, the two categories that contain the most page will appear at the top of the page.
 * Categories_on_top_of_page.png


 * All other categories will appear at the bottom of an article page, in a Categories box.
 * You can see a list of all currently used categories for each Wikia at Special:Categories. This list also displays how many pages are within each category.

Next Pages

 * Learn how to create Templates
 * Learn how to create Infoboxes
 * Learn how to create Tables


 * Ask other users on the Wikia Forum

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Extensions

 * Special:CategoryTree is an alternate way to display the contents of a category. The extension also adds the ability to expand subcategories on a category page, allowing you to see further subcategories. It can be transcluded in other pages. See Media wiki for details.
 * Wikimedia's Meta-Wiki's help page on categories for detailed information on categories.

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