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First: do you need to create one? Sometimes a category very similar to the one you are about to create already exists. Search [[Special:Categories]] for similar categories. | First: do you need to create one? Sometimes a category very similar to the one you are about to create already exists. Search [[Special:Categories]] for similar categories. | ||
'''If you do not find a similar category or | '''If you do not find a similar category or want to add another categorization:''' | ||
<big>To create a category just type</big> | <big>To create a category just type</big> | ||
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<big>'''Please | <big>'''Please do not create categories like this'''</big> | ||
<pre><nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:Category/Name<nowiki>]]</nowiki></pre> | <pre><nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:Category/Name<nowiki>]]</nowiki></pre> | ||
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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. | ||
When | ==Using Categories with Templates== | ||
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> it is automatically filed in the [[Category:Spam|Spam category]]. How? When an editor creates or edits a template, they can add a category to it just like any content page. Once a category has been added to a template, whenever that template is invoked it's member categories are as well. | |||
===How to Add a Category to a Template=== | |||
When creating a template, just include the category within the <nowiki><</nowiki>includeonly<nowiki>></nowiki> tags: | |||
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<nowiki><</nowiki>includeonly<nowiki>></nowiki> | |||
<nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:Category_name<nowiki>]]</nowiki> | |||
<nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:Another_category_name<nowiki>]]</nowiki> | |||
<nowiki><</nowiki>includeonly<nowiki>></nowiki> | |||
</pre> | |||
==Category Pages== | ==Category Pages== | ||
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Category pages should only include: | Category pages should only include: | ||
;a brief definition | ;a brief definition :What does this category mean? | ||
;its purpose | ;its purpose :Why was this category created? | ||
;an example | ;an example :Provide a link to a page that provides good context of when to implement the category | ||
=How to Add an Existing Category= | =How to Add an Existing Category= | ||