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'''Categories''' were introduced to [[MediaWiki]] in version 1.3.0 | '''Categories''' were introduced to [[MediaWiki]] in version 1.3.0 released in 2004. | ||
<tt>Categories are basically automatic '''two-way hyperlinks''' where when you add a page to a category by adding <nowiki>[[Category:SomeCategory]]</nowiki> to the bottom of the page a link is created to the category from the article '''and''' to the article from the category, thus it is a two-way hyperlink.</tt> | |||
Categories may be nested i.e. they may contain sub-categories. | |||
Categories may be nested | |||
Other uses may rise. ''For more reading on this proceed to the [[meta:Help:Category|Meta-Wikipedias user guide to Categories]]'' | Other uses may rise. ''For more reading on this proceed to the [[meta:Help:Category|Meta-Wikipedias user guide to Categories]]'' | ||
== use in [[Consumerium itself]] == | == use in [[Consumerium itself]] == | ||
[[Special:Categories]] lists all that are presently in use in [[this wiki]] [[itself]]. | |||
Preliminary plans are to use categories in [[Research Wiki pilot]] for at least [[Product Group]]s. Representing each of these as Categories may enable grouping of [[product]]s and [[product substitution]] suggestions. It may help [[Campaign]]s (to determine that one doesn't accidentally vote for more then one campaign in each campaign category. Products will be tied to a Product Group category as precise as possible, probably by identifying what [[service]]s they provide, i.e. all products are bundles of services. | Preliminary plans are to use categories in [[Research Wiki pilot]] for at least [[Product Group]]s. Representing each of these as Categories may enable grouping of [[product]]s and [[product substitution]] suggestions. It may help [[Campaign]]s (to determine that one doesn't accidentally vote for more then one campaign in each campaign category. Products will be tied to a Product Group category as precise as possible, probably by identifying what [[service]]s they provide, i.e. all products are bundles of services. | ||
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*[[Research:namespace]] for actual information about companies, products and claims about these | *[[Research:namespace]] for actual information about companies, products and claims about these | ||
*[[Publish:namespace]] for things the CGO actually has published under its own liability | *[[Publish:namespace]] for things the CGO actually has published under its own liability | ||
=== See also: === | |||
* [[MediaWiki/Extensions]] | |||
* [[Templates]] | |||
* [[MediaWiki/Widgets]] | |||
* [[Namespaces]] | |||
[[Category:MediaWiki]] | [[Category:MediaWiki]] | ||