Using Categories

Categories are tags that index all pages marked with that tag on the same page. All pages marked with a particular category can be seen on one page. See Category: Wiki for an example where all the pages tagged with the Wiki category are then indexed on one page. This makes it easier for people to find content related to a topic or category.

= Categorizing pages =

Categorize pages using the official list of categories. Stick to these categories where possible; don't create new categories unless there is a real need.

Categorize pages by placing the Breadcrumb template at the top and passing the category name as parameter. At the top of a page about beekeeping, you would write:

This will do two things:


 * insert a navigation menu at the top, and
 * put the page in the appropriate wiki category

If there are other categories that a page could belong to, just add them at the bottom of the page as such:

= Linking to a category page =

To link to a category page, prepend a colon so that the parser sees a link instead of a categorization. For example, writing

Category: Wiki

will produce the following: Category: Wiki

To change the appearance of a category link, append a vertical bar and the desired text to display, as such:

new text

This would yield the following: new text

= Style conventions =

Always put a space after every instance of Category: so that keyboard traversal is kept easy.

= Maintenance =

The following pages help in the maintenance of categories.


 * List of all categories
 * Pages without categories
 * Categories without pages
 * Categories without categories

= See also =
 * MediaWiki help on Categories