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==Adding Categories==
 
==Adding Categories==
Regular users who add unnecessary or duplicate categories will have them deleted. Categories are used by staff and other members of the wiki as an article-finding aid.
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Categories can be created just like any other page on the wiki. After you have determined an appropriate name for a category name and know its parent category, you can go to the un-created category page (e.g.: [[:Category:New category name]]), and create the category as you would any other page by placing content into the edit box and clicking the "Save page" button. Category pages should have a short description of what the category contains, and should also be placed in any relevant parent categories (which can be done per the instructions in the next section).
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Unnecessary or duplicate categories will be deleted.
  
 
==Adding an article to a category==
 
==Adding an article to a category==

Revision as of 18:21, July 14, 2014

This article is all about using categories on Nookipedia. It will teach you how to add categories, and how to implement them into various articles.

What is a category?

A category is a page grouping similar articles together. They are grouped alphabetically and can contain an unlimited amount of sub-categories. Site-related articles use them a lot; for example, this article is in the Category:Help. Categories are displayed at the bottom of the page. Occasionally, a certain template can automatically put the article in a certain category.

Adding Categories

Categories can be created just like any other page on the wiki. After you have determined an appropriate name for a category name and know its parent category, you can go to the un-created category page (e.g.: Category:New category name), and create the category as you would any other page by placing content into the edit box and clicking the "Save page" button. Category pages should have a short description of what the category contains, and should also be placed in any relevant parent categories (which can be done per the instructions in the next section).

Unnecessary or duplicate categories will be deleted.

Adding an article to a category

To add an article to a category, add [[Category:NAME OF CATEGORY]] at the bottom of the page, replacing 'NAME OF CATEGORY' with the name of the category. Remember that there is no space after the colon (:).