Difference between revisions of "Help:Categories"
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*The code '''<nowiki>[[Category:X]]</nowiki>''' will not create a visible link at the place where it is in the text, but it will place the page into the category X instead. | *The code '''<nowiki>[[Category:X]]</nowiki>''' will not create a visible link at the place where it is in the text, 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>''' | *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 to '''Category:X''', link to the | + | *When you want to link to '''Category:X''', link to the corresponding '''List of X''' or '''List of X pages''' instead. |
*[[List of contents|Category:Contents]] is the top level category; use it sparingly. | *[[List of contents|Category:Contents]] is the top level category; use it sparingly. | ||
*To make a page appear in the category listing in an alphabetical order given by another string Y rather than its name X, use the code '''<nowiki>[[Category:X|Y]]</nowiki>'''. This is the scheme used in [[List of howtos|Category:Howtos]], see [[Help:Howtos]]. | *To make a page appear in the category listing in an alphabetical order given by another string Y rather than its name X, use the code '''<nowiki>[[Category:X|Y]]</nowiki>'''. This is the scheme used in [[List of howtos|Category:Howtos]], see [[Help:Howtos]]. | ||
[[Category:Help|Categories]] | [[Category:Help|Categories]] | ||
Revision as of 23:30, 4 April 2010
- Each page should have at least one category so that one can navigate to it from the list of contents.
- A page should not be in a category and its subcategory at the same time.
- The code [[Category:X]] will not create a visible link at the place where it is in the text, 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 to Category:X, link to the corresponding List of X or List of X pages instead.
- Category:Contents is the top level category; use it sparingly.
- To make a page appear in the category listing in an alphabetical order given by another string Y rather than its name X, use the code [[Category:X|Y]]. This is the scheme used in Category:Howtos, see Help:Howtos.