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The MediaWiki software maintains tables of categories, to which any editable page can be added. To add a page to a category, include " [[Category:Category name]] ... Help:Category FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch ForguidelinesontheuseofcategoriesonWikipedia,seeWikipedia:Categorization.Forabasicreaders'guide,seeHelp:Categories.Forquickanswers,seethereaders'FAQortheeditors'FAQoncategories.Foralistofcategories,seeSpecial:Categories. Thispagedescribeseditingwiththesourceeditor.SeeHelp:VisualEditor§ EditingcategoriesforVisualEditor. WikipediainformationpageThisisaninformationpage.ItisnotoneofWikipedia'spoliciesorguidelines,butratherintendstodescribesomeaspect(s)ofWikipedia'snorms,customs,technicalities,orpractices.Itmayreflectvaryinglevelsofconsensusandvetting.ShortcutH:CAT Wikipediadatastructure Namespaces Subjectnamespaces Talknamespaces 0 (Main/Article) Talk 1 2 User Usertalk 3 4 Wikipedia Wikipediatalk 5 6 File Filetalk 7 8 MediaWiki MediaWikitalk 9 10 Template Templatetalk 11 12 Help Helptalk 13 14 Category Categorytalk 15 100 Portal Portaltalk 101 118 Draft Drafttalk 119 710 TimedText TimedTexttalk 711 828 Module Moduletalk 829 Deprecated 2300 Gadget Gadgettalk 2301 2302 Gadgetdefinition Gadgetdefinitiontalk 2303 Virtualnamespaces -1 Special -2 Media Categoriesareintendedtogrouptogetherpagesonsimilarsubjects.TheyareimplementedbyaMediaWikifeaturethataddsanypagewithatextlike[[Category:XYZ]]initswikimarkuptotheautomatedlistingthatisthecategorywithnameXYZ.Categorieshelpreaderstofind,andnavigatearound,asubjectarea,toseepagessortedbytitle,andtothusfindarticlerelationships. Categoriesarenormallyfoundatthebottomofanarticlepage.Clickingacategorynamebringsupacategorypagelistingthearticles(orotherpages)thathavebeenaddedtothatparticularcategory.Theremayalsobeasectionlistingthesubcategoriesofthatcategory.Thesubcategorizationfeaturemakesitpossibletoorganizecategoriesintotree-likestructurestoaidnavigation. Thetermcategorydoesrefertoboththetitleofacategorypage—thecategorypagename—andthecategoryitself.Keepingthisinmindwhilereadingaboutcategorization,pluslearningacategorypagelayoutisaworthwhileinvestmentinresearchtechniques.(Seealsothesearchboxparameter"incategory".)Thelayoutofacategorypageismostlytext,butseeaboutdisplayingcategorytreesbelow. Contents 1Summary 2Categorypagedefinition 2.1Puttingpagesintocategories 3Workingwithcategorypages 3.1Linkingtocategorypages 3.2Retrievingrawcategoryinformation 3.3Sortingcategorypages 3.3.1Defaultsortkey 3.4Searchingforpagesincategories 3.5Listingallcategories 3.6Displayingcategorytreesandpagecounts 3.7Movingandredirectingcategorypages 3.8Hidingcategories 4Findingarticlesforacategory 5Categorizing 5.1Categorizingtemplates 5.2Categoriesandtemplates 5.3Categorizingredirectpages 5.4"RelatedChanges"withcategories 5.5Watchingcategoryadditionsandremovals 6Seealso 7Notes Summary TheMediaWikisoftwaremaintainstablesofcategories,towhichanyeditablepagecanbeadded.Toaddapagetoacategory,include"[[Category:Categoryname]]"or"[[Category:Categoryname|Sortkey]]"inthatpage'swikimarkup.Thecategoriestowhichapagebelongsappearinaboxatthebottomofthepage. Acategoryisusuallyassociatedwithacategorypageinthe"Category:"namespace.[1]Acategorypagecontainstextthatcanbeedited,likeanyotherpage,butwhenthepageisdisplayed,thelastpartofwhatisdisplayedisanautomaticallygeneratedlistofallpagesinthatcategory,intheformoflinks.Othercategorypageswhichappearinthislistaretreatedseparately,assubcategories. ThebottomofaWikipediaarticleonChickeneyeglasses.Attheverybottomofthepage,belowtheReferences,navigationtemplatesandexternallinksareaseriesoflinks.Theselinksarethecategoriesusedonthepage,whichinclude:Category:Animalwelfare,Category:Animalequipment,Category:Eyewear,andCategory:Poultryfarming.Byclickingonthecategorylinkatthebottomofthepage,readerscannavigatetheCategorytree. Categorypagedefinition AcategorypageisanypageintheCategorynamespace.Theyeachactasacategory,andaretermeda"category".ThecategorypagehasonesectiontitledSubcategorieslistingother"categories",andonesectiontitledPages,listingpagesascategorized(inothernamespaces).NewcategoriesarecreatedbycreatingapageintheCategorynamespace. Acategorypagecanbeeditedlikeanyotherpage.However,whenitisdisplayed,theeditablepartofthepageisfollowedbyautomaticallygeneratedlistsofpagesbelongingtothecategory,asfollows: Firstacountandlistofsubcategories(othercategorypagesbelongingtothecategory)isshown,ifanyexist.Thenameofeachsubcategoryisfollowedbycountslike"(6C,38P,2F)",meaningthissubcategorycontains6subcategories,38pages,and2files.Countsof0areomitted.Thefurthersubcategoriesareexpandedinthedisplayifthe►signalongsidethesubcategoryisclicked(butthis"widget"isonlyvisibleifyourbrowserhasJavaScriptenabled).Note:►isshowniftherearenofurthersubcategories.Thesubcategoryiscollapsedagainif▼isclicked. Nextacountandlistofpagesinthecategory(excludingsubcategoriesandimages)isshown.Ifthecategoryhasnomembers,amessagetothateffectisdisplayed. Nextacountandlistofimageandothermediafilesinthecategoryappears,ifanyexist.Theseareshownwiththumbnails.Thefirst20charactersofthefilenameareshown,withanellipsisifthatisnotthefullname;alsothefilesizeisshown. Theitemsinthelistsalllinktothepagesconcerned;inthecaseoftheimagesthisappliesbothtotheimageitselfandtothetextbelowit(thenameoftheimage). Forthewayinwhichthelistsareordered,seeSortingcategorypagesbelow.Thefirstandsecondlistsaredividedintosections,accordingtothefirstcharacterofthesortkey.Theseinitialcharactersaredisplayedabovethesections.Tosuppressthese,makeallsortkeysstartwithaspace. Acategorypagecanonlydisplayalimitednumberofitems(currently200).Ifmorepagesbelongtothecategory,therewillbealinktothenextones. Thecategoriesboxforthecategorypageappearsatthebottom,inthesameplaceasforotherpages.Thiscontainsthecategoriestowhichthecurrentcategorypagehasbeenadded,i.e.,itsparentcategories(thecategoriesofwhichitisasubcategory).Addacategorypagetoothercategoriesinthenormalway,usingthe"[[Category:Categoryname]]"or"[[Category:Categoryname|Sortkey]]"syntax. Puttingpagesintocategories ShortcutWP:PAGECAT Apagebelongstoacategoryifthepage'swikimarkupcontainsadeclarationforthatcategory.Acategorydeclarationtakestheform[[Category:Categoryname]]or[[Category:Categoryname|Sortkey]].Thedeclarationmustbeprocessed,i.e.itwillnotworkifitappearsbetween...or...tags,orinacomment.Thedeclarationmayhowevercomefromatranscludedpage;seeCategoriesandtemplatesbelow. Acategorynamecanbeanystringthatwouldbealegitimatepagetitle.Ifthecategorynamebeginswithalower-caseletter,itwillbecapitalized.Forinitiallower-caseletters,asinCategory:macOS,seethetechnicalrestrictionspage. OnWikipedia,itiscustomarytoplacecategorydeclarationsattheendofthewikimarkup,butbeforeanystubtemplates(whichthemselvestranscludecategories)andinterlanguagelinks. Whenapagehasbeenaddedtooneormorecategories,acategoriesboxappearsatthebottomofthepage(orpossiblyelsewhere,ifanon-defaultskinisbeingused).Thisboxcontainsalistofthecategoriesthepagebelongsto,intheorderinwhichthecategorydeclarationsappearintheprocessedwikimarkup.Thecategorynamesarelinkedtothecorrespondingcategorypages.Theyappearasredlinksifthecorrespondingcategorypagedoesnotexist.IfauserhasenabledtheHotCatgadget,thecategoriesboxwillalsoprovidelinkstoquicklyadd,remove,ormodifycategorydeclarationsonthepage,withouthavingtoeditthewholepage. Hiddencategoriesarenotdisplayed,exceptasdescribedbelowunderHidingcategories. Workingwithcategorypages Thefollowingsubsectionsareorderedfromsimpleactionstomoreelaborateorrareractions. Linkingtocategorypages Tolinktoacategorypagewithoutputtingthecurrentpageinthatcategory,precedethelinkwithacolon:[[:Category:Categoryname]].Suchalinkcanbepipedlikeanormalwikilink.(The{{cl}}template,andotherslistedonitsdocumentationpage,maysometimesbehelpful.) Retrievingrawcategoryinformation Rawinformationaboutthemembersofacategory,theirsortkeysandtimestamps(timewhenlastaddedtothecategory)canbeobtainedfromtheAPI,usingaqueryoftheform: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?cmtitle=Category:Category_name&action=query&list=categorymembers&cmlimit=500&cmprop=title|sortkey|timestamp Listingsofupto500membersarepossible.Iftherearemoremembersthentheresultswillincludetextneartheendlikethis:. Thiscanbeaddedtothepreviousone,withoutquotationmarks,forthenextpageofmembers:...&cmcontinue=page|NNNN|TITLE Sortingcategorypages Seealso:Help:Sorting ShortcutWP:SORTCAT Bydefault,apageissortedunderthefirstcharacterofitsname,withoutthenamespace.EnglishWikipediagroupsaccentedcharacterstogetherwiththeirunaccentedversion,sopagesstartingwithÀ,Á,Ä,willbelistedunderheadingA.Sortingiscase-insensitive,so"ABC"comesafter"Abacus". UnlikeatSpecial:AllpagesandSpecial:Prefixindex,aspaceistreatedasaspace(comingbeforeallothercharacters),notasanunderscore. TheEnglishWikipediahasnumericalsortingincategories.Thismeansapagewhosetitlebeginswithanumberwillbesortedaccordingtothenumericvalueofthenumber(evenifitismultipledigits).Thus"9dogs","25dogs",and"112dogs"willallappearunderthe"0–9"headinginnumericorder.Ifthenumberincludesacomma,space,orperiod,thesortingalgorithmwillonlyconsiderthepartofthenumberbeforetheseparator. Eachofthethreelists(subcategories,pages,mediafiles)isarrangedintheorderexplainedabove(exceptthat,inthesubcategorieslist,thenamespaceindicator"Category:"isnotconsidered).Ifanitemoughttobepositionedwithinalistonthebasisofanalternativename(sortkey)forthatitem,thenthiscanbespecifiedinthecategorytagthatplacestheiteminthelist: [[Category:Categoryname|Sortkey]] Forexample,toaddanarticlecalledAlbertEinsteintothecategory"People"andhavethearticlesortedby"Einstein,Albert",youwouldtype: [[Category:People|Einstein,Albert]] Unlikeapipedlink(whichusesthesamesyntax),thesortkeyitselfisnotdisplayedtoreaders.Itaffectsonlytheorderinwhichpagesarelistedonthecategorypage. Itisusefultodocumentthesystembeingusedforsortkeysonthecategorypage.ForguidelinesabouttheuseofsortkeysonWikipedia,seeWP:SORTKEY. Defaultsortkey ShortcutWP:DEFAULTSORT Seealso:WP:NAMESORTandWP:SORTKEY Itispossibletosetadefaultsortkeywhichisdifferentfrom{{PAGENAME}}byusingthemagicword{{DEFAULTSORT}}: {{DEFAULTSORT:newkey}} Thisisoftenusedinbiographyarticles,tomakesurethesubjectissortedbytheirlastname: {{DEFAULTSORT:LastName,FirstName}} Inthecaseofmultipledefaultsortkeytags,thelastDEFAULTSORTonthefinalrenderingofapageappliesforallcategories,regardlessofthepositionofthecategorytags.ThisalsomeansthataDEFAULTSORTtagincludedfromatemplateisnoteffectiveifanotherDEFAULTSORTtagoccurslateronthepage,evenifthelaterDEFAULTSORTtagisalso"hidden"(includedbyanothertemplate).Ifacategoryisaddedinside...thenDEFAULTSORTmaybeignored. Searchingforpagesincategories Furtherinformation:Help:Searching§ Syntax Seealso:§ Searchingforarticlesincategories,Wikipedia:Categoryintersection,andWikimediabugT3497"Hierarchicalcategorysystemisurgentlyneeded" Inadditiontobrowsingthroughhierarchiesofcategories,itispossibletousethesearchtooltofindspecificarticlesinspecificcategories.Tosearchforarticlesinaspecificcategory,typeincategory:"CategoryName"inthesearchbox. Apipe"|"canbeaddedtojointhecontentsofonecategorywiththecontentsofanother.Forexample,enter incategory:"Suspensionbridges|BridgesinNewYorkCity" toreturnallpagesthatbelongtoeither(orboth)ofthecategories,ashere. Notethatusingsearchtofindcategorieswillnotfindarticleswhichhavebeencategorizedusingtemplates.Thisfeaturealsodoesn'treturnpagesinsubcategories. Listingallcategories Special:Categoriesprovidesanalphabeticlistofallcategories,withthenumberofmembersofeach;thisnumberdoesnotincludethecontentofthesubcategories,butitincludesthesubcategoriesthemselves,i.e.,eachcountingasone. Theabovelistcontainsallcategoriesthathavemembers,regardlessofwhethertheyhavecorrespondingcategorypages.Tolistallexistingcategorypages(regardlessofwhethertheyhavemembers),useSpecial:AllPages/Category:. Displayingcategorytreesandpagecounts Asdescribedatmw:Help:Magicwords,{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Example}}or{{PAGESINCAT:Example}}returnsthenumberofpagesin"Category:Example".Eachsubcategorycountsasonepage;pagesinsubcategoriesarenotcounted. ThepageSpecial:CategoryTreeenablesyoutoseethetreestructureofacategory(itssubcategories,theirsubcategoriesandsoon;thedisplayoffilesandothermemberpagesisoptional). TheCategoryTreeextensioncanbeusedtodisplaysuchatreeonanypage.(Thisissometimesdoneonthecategorypageitself,ifthecategoryissplitovermultiplescreens,tomakeallsubcategoriesavailableoneveryscreen.)Thebasicsyntaxis Categoryname todisplayjustthesubcategorytree,and Categoryname todisplaymemberpagesaswell.Theywillbeindicatedbyitalics. Dapete'scategory-visualizervCatwillrenderchartsofthetreestructure. YoumayalsouseTemplate:CategorytreeorTemplate:Categorytreeall,instead. Warning: Thefollowingcode{{PAGESINCATEGORY:{{PAGENAME}}}}willnotworkasexpectedwhenusedinthewikitextorinatranscludedtemplateinacategorypagewhosetitlecontainssomeASCIIpunctuations. Forlegacyreasons,{{PAGENAME}}mayreturnthepagenamewiththesecharactersbeingHTML-encodedusingnumericcharacterentities :thisstillworksforgeneratingderivedwikilinksordisplayingpagenames,orwhenHTML-encodedthispagenameisusedinaconditional"#switch",butPAGESINCATEGORYdoesnotrecognizethecategorynamegiveninparameterifsomecharactersareHTML-encoded(thisisthecasenotablywhenthecategorynamecontainsASCIIapostrophes'andafewotherASCIIpunctuations.(ThesameHTML-encodingisalsoappliedtothevaluesreturnedby{{FULLPAGENAME}},{{SUBPAGENAME}},or{{NAMESPACE}}). Inthatcase,asthecategoryisnotfoundbyitsHTML-encodedpagename,PAGESINCATEGORYwillunexpectedlyreturn0andnotitseffectivenumberofmemberpages. AsimpleworkaroundistotransformtheseHTML-encodedcharactersbackintostandardUTF-8-encodedcharacters,byusingthe{{titleparts:}}parserfunction,likethis: {{PAGESINCATEGORY:{{titleparts:{{PAGENAME}}}}}} Movingandredirectingcategorypages Categoriescanbemovedinthesamewayasanordinarypage;butacertainamountofcleanupmaybenecessary.Aredirectisleftattheoldcategoryname,andthisisnotanormal#REDIRECT [[...]]buta{{categoryredirect}}.Onceallthepageshavebeenmovedoutoftheoldcategory,itmaybeleftasacategoryredirectordeleted.Forcategoriesentirelypopulatedthroughtemplates(seeabove),modifyingthetemplatesenablesallaffectedarticlestobemovedtoanothercategory,butwiththerefreshproblemmentioned.AlmostallcategorynamechangesaremadepursuanttoaconsensusdecisionatWikipedia:Categoriesfordiscussion. Donotcreateintercategoryredirectsotherthanwitha{{categoryredirect}}template.SeeWikipedia:Categoriesfordiscussion#Redirectingcategoriesformoreoncategoryredirects. Hidingcategories Whenthemagicword__HIDDENCAT__isplacedonacategorypage,thatcategorybecomeshidden,meaningthatitwillnotbedisplayedonthepagesbelongingtothatcategory.OnWikipedia,themagicwordisnotnormallyusedexplicitly,butisappliedthroughthe{{hiddencategory}}template.Thefeatureismostlyusedtopreventprojectmaintenancecategoriesfromshowinguptoordinaryreadersonarticlepages. However,hiddencategoriesaredisplayed(althoughlistedashidden): oncategorypages(whetherasparentcategoriesorsubcategories); atpreviewduringediting; iftheuserhasselected"Showhiddencategories"inuserpreferences. HiddencategoriesareautomaticallyaddedtoCategory:Hiddencategories. ForguidelinesonthehidingofcategoriesonWikipedia,seeWP:HIDDENCAT. Findingarticlesforacategory Themosteffectivewayoffindingentriesofacategoryisusingthe"Whatlinkshere"toolonthecategory'smainarticle. Aneasywaytofindrelevantarticlesforanewcategoryormissingentriesinanexistingoneisbyfindingthemostrelevantlistandcheckingitsentries.SometimescategoriesareaboutthingsthatareintersectionsofothercategoriesforwhichthePetScantoolcanbeused. Morerelevantarticlesmayalsobefoundlinkedinacategory'smainarticleandthearticlesalreadyfeaturedinthecategory−especiallyintheir"Seealso"sections(ifexistent)andtheautomaticallysuggested"RELATEDARTICLES"belowthem. Furthermore,acategory'ssuperordinatecategoriesoftenfeaturearticlesthatshouldbesubcategorizedtothecategory. OtherwaystofindrelevantarticlesincludesearchingWikipediaforthecategory'stopicandsearchingtheWebforthetopicinquotes"(withsynonymsalsoinquotesandappendedafteranOR)andappendingthewordwikiorWikipediaorsite:Wikipedia.orgtothem. Categorizing Mainpage:Wikipedia:Categorization Categorizingtemplates Templatesarecategorizedthesamewayasarticles,exceptthat[[Category:Some-topictemplates]]shouldbeplacedonthetemplate'sdocumentationpage(orinside...tags,ifthereisnodocumentationpage),thisisnecessarytoavoidcategorizingpagesbytemplateinclusion(seebelow). Categoriesandtemplates Atemplatecanbeusedtoaddpagestoacategory,usuallybyplacingthecategorylinkinsidetagsonthetemplate(e.g.[[Category:categoryname]]).Whenthetemplateistranscludedintothepage,thecategorylinkbecomesactive,andthepageisaddedtothecategorypage.Thisisusefulforcategoriesthathavehighturnoverormanypagesincluded,likecleanupcategories. Changestothetemplate,however,maynotbereflectedimmediatelyonthecategorypage.Whenyoueditanarticletoaddacategorytagdirectly,thelistofcategorymembersisupdatedimmediatelywhenthepageissaved.Whenacategorylinkiscontainedinatemplate,however,thisdoesnothappenimmediately:instead,wheneveratemplateisedited,allthepagesthattranscludeitareputintothejobqueuetoberecachedduringperiodsoflowserverload.Thismeansthat,inbusyperiods,itmaytakehoursorevendaysbeforeindividualpagesarerecachedandtheystarttoappearinthecategorylist.Performinganulledittoapagewillallowittojumpthequeueandbeimmediatelyrecached. Toaddthetemplateitselftothecategorypageaswell,omitthe"includeonly"tags.Toaddthetemplatetoacategorywithoutcategorizingpagesonwhichthetemplateistranscluded,placethecategorydeclarationbetween...tags,oraddittothetemplatedocumentationpagebetween(thelatterallowsrecategorizingthetemplatewithouteditingit,whichishelpfulifitisprotected,orsocomplicatedthatmeremortalshesitatetotouchit). Parserfunctionscanbeusedtomakethetranscludedcategories,orthesortkeyusedinthem,dependentonothervariables,notablyPAGENAME. Passingacategorynameasaparameter [[Category:{{{cat|default}}}]]or{{{cat|[[Category:default]]}}}Iftheuserprovidesaparameter'cat=XXX'thepagewillbecategorizedatthepage[[Category:XXX]],otherwiseitwillbecategorizedatthepage[[Category:default]].Callingthetemplatewith"cat="(equaltonothing)disablesputtingthepageinanycategory. Excludingnon-articlepages {{#if:{{NAMESPACE}}||[[Category:XXX]]}}thevariableNAMESPACEisnullformainspacearticles.Foranyspaceotherthanmainspace,thisParserFunctionwillproduceanemptystring,butforregulararticlesthiswillincludethearticleinCategory:XXX. OnWikipediaitisnotrecommendedthattemplatesbeusedtopopulateordinarycontentcategoriesofarticles.SeeCategorizationusingtemplatesinthecategorizationguideline. Categorizingredirectpages Mainpage:Wikipedia:Categorizingredirects Redirectpagescanbecategorizedandthereareconventionsonhowtodoit.Theredirectlinkmustbefirstonthepage.Onacategorypage,redirectsarelistedinitalics. "RelatedChanges"withcategories Foracategory,the"RelatedChanges"feature,whenappliedtothecorrespondingcategorypage,listsrecentchangestothepageswhicharecurrentlylistedasbelongingtoacategory.Wherethosepagesaresubcategoriesorimagepages,onlychangestotheireditablepartsarelisted. Noticethat"RelatedChanges"doesnotshoweditstopagesthathavebeenremovedfromthecategory. Also,"RelatedChanges"doesnotlistrecentchangestopageslinkedfromtheeditablepartofthecategorypage(asitwouldnormally,withanon-categorypage).Ifaworkaroundwouldberequired,thelinksinquestioncouldbeplacedinatemplateandtranscludedontothecategorypage. Asusual–unlikewithwatchlists–recentchangestocorrespondingtalkpagesarenotshownunder"RelatedChanges".Pagesoneiswatchingareboldedonthelist.Thiscanhelptofindwhichpagesinagivencategoryonehasonone'swatchlist. TheDynamicPageList(third-party)extensionprovidesalistoflasteditstothepagesinacategory,oroptionally,justthelistofpages;thesimplerDynamicPageList(Wikimedia)isinstalledonMeta,Wikinews,WikibooksandWikiversity;theextensionmw:Extension:DPLforumisinstalledonWikia. Watchingcategoryadditionsandremovals Since2016,additionsandremovalsfromcategoriesareavailableviathe"Categorychanges"filteronrecentchangespages,includingwatchlistsandSpecial:RecentChangesLinked.Forexample,categorychangestoarticlesinCategory:Cannabisstubscanbefoundhere.Youcanmonitoradditionsandremovalsfromspecificcategoriesbyaddingthecategoriestoyourwatchlistandmakingsurethe"Categorychanges"filterisactive.Youcanviewchangestocategoriesinyourwatchlistbyclickinghere.AdditionalscriptswithsimilarfunctionalityareUser:CategoryWatchlistBotandUser:Ais523/catwatch. Seealso MediaWiki:Help:Categories Template:CategoryTOC Wikipedia:FAQ/Categorization Wikipedia:WikiProjectCategories Wikipedia:Quickcatindex Notes ^Thecategoryitselfispermanentlycreatedassoonasithasbeensavedontoanypage.Unlessyoucreateacategorypage,itwilldisplayasaredlink.Unlessyouaddanothercategorytothecategorypage,itwillnotbeplacedinthecategorytree.Categorypagesarecreatedlikeanyotherpage.Mostcommonly,editorsclickontheredlinkinanarticleandcreatethecategorypagethatway. vteWikipediahelppages VisittheTeahouseortheHelpdeskforaninteractiveQ&Aforum. FAQs (?) Referencedesks (?) Noticeboards (?) Cheatsheet (?) Directories (?) AboutWikipedia (?) Administration Purpose Principles Policiesandguidelines WhatWikipediaisnot Disclaimer (parentaladvice) Makingrequests WhowritesWikipedia? Helpforreaders (?) FAQ Books Copyright Glossary Mobileaccess Navigation Otherlanguages Searching Students Viewingmedia ContributingtoWikipedia (?) 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