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Click on the Add category button, and start typing in a category name. · You can use an already-established category (suggestions will appear as you type) or add ... CommunityCentral Explore MainPage Discuss AllPages RecentBlogPosts News StaffBlogs NewsfromFandom CommunityManagement BestPractices CommunityHighlights TechnicalUpdates AllBlogs Community AboutUs CommunityGuidelines LGBTQIA+Inclusion MeettheStaff Admins SOAP Forum GettingStarted TechnicalHelp WikiDesign CommunityManagement NewFeatures GeneralDiscussion Help HelpPages Changingyourusername Templates  Infoboxes Color Editing  Themedesigner BrowseAllTopics Discord Requests DiscussionsModeration StaffHelp Wikiadoption Changefeatures Offerfeedback Renameaccount Reportbug Userissues UsingFandom WhyamIblocked? WikiClean-up Reportspam Reportvandalism Reportwikis Spamfilterproblems Promotion Spotlights Interlanguagelinking FANDOM Games Movies TV Video Wikis ExploreWikis CommunityCentral StartaWiki Register Don'thaveanaccount? SignIn Advertisement in: Help,Editing English Català Deutsch Español Français हिन्दी Italiano 日本語 한국어 Nederlands Polski Português Русский Türkçe Українська TiếngViệt 中文 Help:Category Viewsource History Talk(107) Categoriesseenatthetopofthepage,includingaviewofthedrop-downwhenyouclickon"more" Contents 1Whyarecategoriesimportant? 2Howtoaddacategory? 2.1Usingthecategorymodule 2.2Whileediting 2.3Howtosortarticlesincategories? 2.4Linkingtocategorypages 3Howtousecategorypages? 3.1Creatingacategorypage 3.2Deletingacategory 4What'sthecategorypagelayout? 4.1Dynamiccategories 4.2Classiccategories 5Hidingcategories 6Furtherreading 7Furtherhelpandfeedback AcategoryisanavigationaltoolusedinMediaWikitogroupsimilarpagestogetherandstructurethewiki,makingiteasiertoexploreanduse.Theycanbeusedtogroupnotonlyarticles,butalsotemplates,images,andevenusers. Categoriescanbefoundinthearticleheaderandatthebottomofthepage. Whyarecategoriesimportant? Categoriesarethebasictoolforstructuringwikis:Theyhelporganizethecontent,navigatethepages,andfindrelatedcontent.Ideally,everywikipageshouldbeinatleastonecategory. Categoriesthemselvescanbecategorizedwithinothercategories,allowingyoutocreateacategorytreeofinterlinkedcategoriesthatmakeexploringthewikimucheasier. Forexample:AreaderbrowsesthroughaTVserieswikiandopensapageonJessicaProtagonist.SheiscategorizedasoneoftheMaincharacters.ThereadercanopenthatcategoryandthenmoveuptothehigherlevelCharacterscategorytoexploreMinorcharactersorCharactersbyseason.TheCharacterscategoryactsasthetrunkofthecategorytreefromwhichothercategoriesbranchoff.Withoutthecategory,thereaderwouldhavetoknowthespecificnameofacharactertofindanarticleaboutthem. Thereisanotherreasonforusingcategories:CategorizationisessentialforseveralcorefeaturesofFandomwikis,including: DynamicPageList,whichgenerateslistsbasedoncategories. The"RelatedPages"module,whichdisplayspagesbasedontheircategories. Manybotusages. Withoutcategories,theysimplywon'twork. Howtoaddacategory? Toaddacategory,beginbygoingtothepageyouwishtocategorize.Thenuseeitherthecategorymoduleatthebottomofthepageoraneditor,toaddyourcategory. Usingthecategorymodule Thisiscategorylist,locatedunderarticle,wherethereis"AddCategory"button Thecategorymodule,ifenabled,allowsyoutoaddcategorieswithoutopeningtheeditor.Simplyscrolldowntothebottomofapageand: ClickontheAddcategorybutton,andstarttypinginacategoryname. Youcanuseanalready-establishedcategory(suggestionswillappearasyoutype)oraddanewone. Onceyouaredone,hitsaveandthecategorywillappearonthearticle. Ifyoudon'tusethemodule,youcandisableitthroughthepreferencespage.JustclickontheEditingtab,checktheboxnexttoDisableCategorymoduleandthensaveyourpreferences. Whileediting Therearevariouswaystoaddcategorieswhileeditingthewiki,dependingonwhicheditoryouuse. VisualEditorandSourceeditor Theeditorinterface. TheeditorallowsforswitchingbetweenSourceEditingandVisualEditing. InSourceEditingmode,yousimplyaddthecategorylinktothearticle:[[Category:Help]]willaddapagetotheHelpcategory. InVisualEditingmode,youcanclickontheCategoriesbuttoninthedrop-downmenuontheright.Thisopensthecategorydialogue,whichallowsyoutoeditcategories,addnewones,andoptionallycustomizehowthearticleshouldbesorted. Tocommitchanges,simplysavethepage. Howtosortarticlesincategories? Whenclickingtheediticonnexttocategorynames,youcandefinea"sortkey"forthatcategory.Thissortkeydefinesatwhatpointthearticleappearsinacategorypage'slistings,e.g.,sortafirstlastnamepageunderlastname. Forexample,youcanuse[[Category:Help]]toaddapagetotheHelpcategory.Tocustomizethesorting,youcanuse[[Category:Help|Customname]]or[[Category:Help|]]toforcethearticletodisplayatthetopofthepage. Ifanarticleexampleisanintroductionforcategoryexample,ablank(space)or*(asterisk)sortkeyputsitnearthebeginningofthecategory. Ifthearticleisinmanycategories,youcanadd{{DEFAULTSORT:}}inthearticlewhileeditinginsourceeditortosortthearticleinallthecategoriesthesameway.Thiswillsaveyoufromhavingtoediteachcategory'sparametersindividually. Linkingtocategorypages Tolinktoacategorypagewithoutputtingthecurrentpageinthatcategory,insertacolonatthestartofthelink.Forexample:[[:Category:Categoryname]]. Howtousecategorypages? Whenpagesareinacategorythathasn'tbeenfullycreated Assoonasyouaddacategorytoapage,thatcategorywillappearinSpecial:Categories.Youcanreachthecategorypagebyclickingonthecategorylink,orbyenteringtheaddressintoyourbrowser. However,thecategorypagestillneedstobecreatedinordertobeapartofthecategorytree,beavailableforselectionontheMobileMainPage,andbesuggestedwhenediting. Todothis,youneedtocreatethecategorypage. Creatingacategorypage Youcaneithercreatecategoriesinadvance,bystartinganewpageunderthedesiredcategoryname(Category:Targetname)inanyofoureditors,orbyaddingthecategorytoapageandthenclickingonthecategorylinkorusingSpecial:WantedCategories. Categorypagesarecreatedlikeanyotherpageonawikiandcategorizedinthesamefashion. Forexample,ifyourwikiisabouttheMarvelUniverse,andyou'restartingacategoryaboutfemaleheroesintheMarvelCinematicUniverse(akaEarth-199999),youcancreatethecategoryFemalesuperheroes(Earth-199999)inthismanner: '''FemalesuperheroesofEarth-199999'''camefromeverypartofthatEarth,exhibitingawiderangeofpowers,bothmeta—humanandmortal.Thiscategorycollectspagesonthiswikiaboutthem,aswellasmanyimagesandvideosfeaturingtheirexploits.[[Category:Earth-199999]] Oncepublished,thecategorywillappearunderEarth-199999andbecomeavailableinthecategorymodule,allbots,DynamicPageList,theHelp:MobileMainPage,andotherfeatures. Notethatacategorydescriptionisn'tessential.However,abriefsummarywillalwaysbenefityourwiki'sSEO,asitwillbedisplayedinsearchresults. Deletingacategory Categoriescanbedeletedlikeanyotherpage,fromtheEditmenudrop-downpanel.However,keepinmindthatdeletingapagedoesnotremoveitfrompagescontainedwithinit.Youhavetodeletethemmanually,eitherbeforeorafterdeletingthecategory. Aslongasasinglepageremainsinthecategory,itwillbelistedonSpecial:WantedCategories. What'sthecategorypagelayout? Thereareseveralwaysacategorycanbedisplayed.Anonymousorlogged-outuserswillonlybeshownthedynamic,defaultcategorylayout,whileregistereduserscanswitchbetweenthemandselectadefaultone. Youcanchangeyourpreferredlayoutthroughthepreferencespage: OpentheMyInfotab. ScrolldowntotheAppearancesection. Usethedrop-downnexttoCategorypagelayouttoselectyourpreferredlayout. Saveyourpreferencechanges. Youcanalsoswitchbetweenlayoutoptionsbyusingthelayoutbuttonsinthetop-rightcornerofthepage. Notethatthecategorydisplayoptionsdonotaffectthecontentsofthecategorypageitself,theyonlyaffecthowpageslistedinthecategoryaredepicted.Thecategory'scontents(description,images,etc.)willalwaysdisplayfirst. Dynamiccategories Thisisthedefaultlayoutforanonymousandlogged-outusers. Thefirstsectionisanimagegallerysimilartotheoneusedbytheclassiccategorieslayout.Althoughsimilarinlayout,thegalleriesmayfeaturedifferentpagesduetoadifferenceinselectioncriteria.Thegalleryfordynamiccategoriescannotbedisabled. Thesecondsectioncontainsacountofthetotalnumberoflistitemsandalistofupto200items.Thelistcontainsbothsubcategoriesandpagessortedalphabeticallybysortkey.Thelistisorganizedintotwocolumnsand,wherepossible,eachitemcontainsanimagefromitsrespectivepage.Abovethelistisaseriesoflinksthatallowtheviewertoskiptoaspecificletterinthealphabet.Belowthelist,nextandpreviousbuttonsaredisplayed. Classiccategories Thefirstsectionisalistofsubcategoriesandthesecondsectionisalistofpages.Thelayoutofthelistsissimilartoeachother.Ifalisthasnoitemstodisplay,itssectionisnotdisplayed.Thesectionscontainacountofthetotalnumberoflistitemsandalistofupto200items. Iftherearemorethan200itemsinthelist,linkstoviewthenext/previousitemswillbeplacedbothaboveandbelowthelist.Thelistisorganizedintoasmanyasthreecolumnsandsortedalphabeticallybysortkey.IftheCategoryTreeextensionisenabled(itshouldbebydefault),thesubcategorylistwilldisplayeachitemasacategorytreeinsteadofalinktothecategorypage. Hidingcategories Categoriescanbehidden.ThatmeanstheyarenotshownonitsmemberpagesunlessyougotoSpecial:Preferences→Appearance→Showhiddencategoriesischecked.Thisisdonebyplacingthemagicword__HIDDENCAT__onthecategory.ThisalsoplacesthecategoryintoCategory:Hiddencategories. Furtherreading Howimagesarepickedtorepresentarticles. Special:CategoryTreeisanalternatewaytodisplaythecontentsofacategory.Theextensionalsoaddstheabilitytoexpandsubcategoriesonacategorypage,allowingyoutoseefurthersubcategories.Itcanbetranscludedinotherpages.SeeMediaWikifordetails. MediaWiki'shelppageoncategoriesfordetailedinformationoncategories. Furtherhelpandfeedback BrowseandsearchotherhelppagesatHelp:Contents CheckFandomCommunityCentralforsourcesoffurtherhelpandsupport CheckContactingFandomforhowtoreportanyerrorsorunclearstepsinthisarticle Categories Help Editing Català Deutsch Español Français हिन्दी Italiano 日本語 한국어 Nederlands Polski Português Русский Türkçe Українська TiếngViệt 中文 CommunitycontentisavailableunderCC-BY-SAunlessotherwisenoted. Advertisement FanFeed 1 Help:Editing 2 Help:Newpage 3 Help:Templates UniversalConquestWiki Let'sGoLuna!Wiki Club57Wiki FollowonIG Newsletter JoinFanLab