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Categories are most powerful when included within templates. Let's look at the Spam template as 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> it is automatically filed in the <nowiki>[[Category:Spam|Spam category]]</nowiki>. 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. | When a page is flagged with the spam template <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Spam|Spam]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> it is automatically filed in the <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:Spam|Spam category<nowiki>]]</nowiki>. 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=== | ===How to Add a Category to a Template=== | ||