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A red category link indicates that its page has not been created. A blue category link indicates that a page for that category exists. | A red category link indicates that its page has not been created. A blue category link indicates that a page for that category exists. | ||
== | ==Category Pages== | ||
Category page links are automatically generated, however the pages are not automatically saved. The generated links only show the listing of all the wiki pages that are tagged with that category. In order to create a category's page, the page needs to be edited and saved like any other WikiMo page. | |||
===Category Page Guidelines=== | |||
Category pages should only include: | |||
* a brief definition | |||
* its purpose | |||
* an example | |||
Categories are most powerful when included within templates. Let's look at the Spam template as an example. When a page is flagged with the spam template <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Spam|Spam]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>, that page is automatically filed in the [[Category:Spam|Spam category]] because it is declared within the template. | Categories are most powerful when included within templates. Let's look at the Spam template as an example. When a page is flagged with the spam template <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Spam|Spam]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>, that page is automatically filed in the [[Category:Spam|Spam category]] because it is declared within the template. | ||