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Revision as of 12:57, 24 May 2011

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.

Step-by-Step

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.
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  • 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





  • 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.
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  • 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.


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