Difference between revisions of "Help:Categories"

Revision as of 22:09, 4 April 2010

Each page should have at least one category so that one can navigate to it from the list of contents.
The code [[Category:X]] will not create a visible link, but it will place the page into the category X instead.
For every page Category:X, we have also the page List of X or List of X pages, containing only the line '''#redirect[[Category:X]]'''
When you want to link the to Category:X, link to the page List of X instead.
Category:Contents is the top level category; use it sparingly.
A page should not be in a category and its subcategory at the same time.
To make a page appear in the category listing in an alphabetical order other given by another string Y rather than its name X, use the code [[Category:X|Y]]. This is used used in Category:Howtos, see Help:Howtos.

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-#redirect[[Help:Conventions]]
+*Each page should have at least one category so that one can navigate to it from the [[list of contents]].
+*The code '''<nowiki>[[Category:X]]</nowiki>''' will not create a visible link, but it will place the page into the category X instead.
+*For every page '''Category:X''', we have also the page '''List of X''' or '''List of X pages''', containing only the line <nowiki>'''#redirect[[Category:X]]'''</nowiki>
+*When you want to link the to '''Category:X''', link to the page '''List of X''' instead.
+*[[List of contents|Category:Contents]] is the top level category; use it sparingly.
+*A page should not be in a category and its subcategory at the same time.
+*To make a page appear in the category listing in an alphabetical order other given by another string Y rather than its name X, use the code '''<nowiki>[[Category:X|Y]]</nowiki>'''. This is used used in [[List of howtos|Category:Howtos]], see [[Help:Howtos]].
 [[Category:Help|Categories]]