A category is a group of pages with similar topics. You can add a category link to any page, and they will automatically be listed on a category page with other similarly linked pages. Categories are useful in giving structure to a wiki's pages and helping readers move around the wiki.

Step-by-StepEdit

Adding a categoryEdit

• A page appears in a category when a Category link is added to that individual page. You cannot add pages to a category from the category's listing page.

• From the page: At the end of the article, you can add a category without going into edit mode. Just click "Add category" and type in a category and press enter. After you have entered one category, you can type another, or save your additions.

• While editing: At the end of the edit box is a separate section for adding and editing categories; it works in the same way as the article page box.

Using categoriesEdit

• If the category you add doesn't exist yet, you need to create the page manually, it won't be created automatically.
• If you want to exclude some categories from appearing, admins can add it to MediaWiki:Categoryblacklist
• In order to administrate the wiki, it could be needed to have some categories hidden by default, that only administrators would like to see. In order to do that you need to add __HIDDENCAT__ on the category page.
• All categories will appear at the bottom of an article page, in a Categories box.
• You can see a list of all currently used categories for each Wikia at Special:Categories.

Next Pages Edit

• Learn how to create Templates
• Learn how to create Infoboxes
• Learn how to create Tables

• Ask other users on the Wikia Forum

FeedbackEdit

Please report any errors or unclear steps in this article.

Advanced readingEdit

• Special:CategoryTree is an alternate way to display the contents of a category. The extension also adds the ability to expand subcategories on a category page, allowing you to see further subcategories. It can be transcluded in other pages. See Media wiki for details.
• Wikimedia's Meta-Wiki's help page on categories for detailed information on categories.