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{{WIPHelp}}=Concept====What are Categories v. Articles?===Categories are a useful way system of organizing easily putting articles, but there into useful groups through which visitors can find articles and related information easily. They are some standards that editors simple and effective and required for every page in the main system.===What should followbe categorised?===Categorization in the Lexicanum is carried out flexibly. Most importantlyThis means that technically any article can go in any category, or even make new ones. To prevent a category page (such as [[:Category:Space Marines]]) should ''not'' contain a detailed writeup mass of the topic. Insteadloosely related categories, create a separate article - in this example, list has been set out by moderators at [[Space MarineCategories]]in an easily read format. This means that if an article needs a category which doesn't exist, which is the user should ask an admin/sysop to create it for them.===Category Pages===Category pages are where the list of articles in its own the category is stored and in [[:Category:Space Marines]] parent displayed. They should have a brief one or two sentences explaining the contents of the categorybut should not contain any great detail. ThusThe words themselves are there only as a guide to the contents, not as a replacement for any of the article [[Space Marine]] is in articles. Example:[[:Category:Space Marines]] and [[:|Category:ImperiumSpace Marines]]===Category Trees===Categories themselves should also be categorised. This happens in the same way as categorising articles (see below) and enables people to search over a wider range of information by moving up the category list.This concept can be visualised as a tree, with the top-most category being the base of the tree and the subsequent categories expanding out into the branches of the tree. Note that you only need to list the category immediately above the category you are editing, not every one up to the top-level category.===Useful notes to Authors===*'''Every''' article, category, image and template should be categorised*You only need to categorise to the next level up, not all the way to the top level*If you have questions about categories, ask a sysop/admin to advise you

=How To==Parent Categories==Allocate articles to categories===You may have noticed that in Articles can be allocated into categories by adding the above example, [[:Category:Space Marines]] has a parent categoryfollowing to any article: {||<nowiki>[[:Category:ImperiumX]]. In general, most categories should have a parent category of some kind, especially if they are listed in </nowiki>|}For the table purposes of contents at [[Categories]]. Note that you only need to list the immediate parentLexicanum, not ''all'' category code should go at the very end of the parentsarticle.

===Link to a category===Occasionally a direct link to a category is required. To achieve this the following should be written.{||<nowiki>[[:Category:X]]</nowiki>|}Note that the only difference is the addition of a ''':''' preceding the category name. An article can be allocated to several categories, but it should be categorized '''at least once'''. The effect of categorising is to put a small box at the bottom of the article (see the bottom of this page for an example) with each of the categories written as a link for the visitor to click on. ===Listing with a different name===It is possible that you would like to categorise an article with a different name to that which was created. This is most often seen when using names when articles are created starting with the first name while they are categorised by the surname. To achieve an alphabetical arrangement you need this syntax:{||<nowiki>[[Category:X|Y]]</nowiki>|}Thus this article would be arranged under "Y", not under its title in category "X". An example is:{||<nowiki>[[Category:Special Characters|Abaddon, Ezekyle]]</nowiki>|}In the category the article will then appear under "A", but with its original title "Ezekyle Abaddon".  ===Allocating categories to other categories===When categorising categories the same procedure can be followed. An example is [[:Category:Imperium]]. The following code put it with Category Species and Factions:{||<nowiki>[[Category:Species and Factions]]</nowiki>|}The result is that "Imperium" becomes a sub category of "Species and factions". This is shown in the Species and Factions category as a separate section to the articles name subcategories. Thus, every article categorized under "Imperium" is automatically categorized under "Species and factions" too. Note: Categorising templates is identical to the above except the category is always <nowiki>[[Category:Templates]]</sup> and images are covered under [[Help:Images]]. ==List of the category articles==A list of all existing categories can be found at either [[Special:Categories|Special page:Categories]] or [[Categories]] for a more user-friendly but less up-to-date list. [[Category:Lexicanum Help|Categories]]