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'''Categories''' were introduced to [[MediaWiki]] in version 1.3.0 which is not currently running here. | '''Categories''' were introduced to [[MediaWiki]] in version 1.3.0 which is not currently running here. | ||
[[Special:Categories]] lists all that are presently in use in [[this wiki]] [[itself]]. | |||
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. | 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. | ||
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Categories may be nested ie. they may contain sub-categories. | Categories may be nested ie. they may contain sub-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]] == | |||
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. | |||
=== current categories: === | |||
*[[mediawiki]] pages that are required or imposed by use of [[mediawiki]] software | |||
*[[deprecated]] pages are those that no longer play any role in the current design model | |||
===Proposed categories=== | ===Proposed categories=== | ||
*[[POV]] pages are those that seem to express a particular group [[point of view]], e.g. [[sysopism]], [[feminism]], [[communism]], and may be named with a term used only by the believers in those terms, e.g. only [[sysopist]]s believe in any "[[virtual community]]" | *[[POV]] pages are those that seem to express a particular group [[point of view]], e.g. [[sysopism]], [[feminism]], [[communism]], and may be named with a term used only by the believers in those terms, e.g. only [[sysopist]]s believe in any "[[virtual community]]" | ||
*[[trollist]] pages take the [[NTPOV]] and usually question ideological or technologist assumptions, and may [[bite you on the leg]] for believing [[groupthink]] of other POVs | *[[trollist]] pages take the [[NTPOV]] and usually question ideological or technologist assumptions, and may [[bite you on the leg]] for believing [[groupthink]] of other POVs | ||
=== categories aren't namespaces === | |||
Categories should not be confused with [[namespace]]s. There are seven namespaces used in [[Consumerium itself]]: | |||
*[[main namespace]] for terms that have one definition across all of the other namespaces, i.e. the space that has the [[Main Page]] in it | |||
*[[Talk:main namespace]] to discuss the main namespace | |||
*[[Special:namespace]] defined by [[mediawiki]] | |||
*[[Consumerium:namespace]] for [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] decisions/policies that affect how main name space grows and changes, e.g. how [[troll-friendly]] it must be | |||
*[[Develop:namespace]] for all development decisions and terminology including hardware and integration of software, extremely [[troll-friendly]] | |||
*[[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 | |||
[[Category:MediaWiki]] | [[Category:MediaWiki]] | ||