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| Newer page: | version 8 | Last edited on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:53:50 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 7 | Last edited on Sunday, September 7, 2003 9:56:09 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
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-!!!Categories in this
Wiki
+!!! Introduction to
Wiki Categories
-Don't know where to start? You might like to browse
pages on
a particular topic. The following are all categories that exist within this WikiWikiWeb:
+!! Adding
pages pages to
a category
-<?plugin BackLinks noheader||=1 include
_self||=?>
+Just add the page name of the category to the bottom of the page.
__Do not__ edit the category page.
+!! Creating category pages
-To add something
to a
category page, add at
the bottom
of the page
a link to the
Category page (for example as done on this page) and use
the BackLinks plugin
. To link
to a Category page use "Category
:categoryname" style links.
+The marvellous thing about Wiki is that not only can you see all the things that this page links
to, you can see all the pages that link to the page you're on as well using the BackLinks function. By invoking the BackLinks plugin you can have the BackLinks listed right inside the
category page itself.
+
+Categories should be neither too specific nor too broad; there's little value in having categories with three items in them
, but there's also hardly a point to a category that lists half
the universe's topics.
+
+!! Linking to categories (READ THIS)
+
+The ramification
of the previous paragraph is that in pages not belonging to
a category, __you must not
link__
to that category page by using its name. __Instead of writing !CategoryFoo you have to write !
Category:Foo - note the extra colon.__ This creates a link to that category
page without putting
the linking page in its
BackLinks. This also necessitates that pages linking to a category but not part of it will cannot be backlinked from the category.
+
+!!!Categories in this Wiki
+
+Don't know where to start?
You might like
to browse pages on
a particular topic. The following are all categories that exist within this WikiWikiWeb
:
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+<?plugin BackLinks noheader||=1 include_self||=0 ?>
-; __Is there a good/standard way to do hierarchical categories? e.g. !CategoryProgramming/!CategoryDataStructures, or similar?__ : Pick something you don't think will be too specific, but isn't too vague (I've avoided making a !CategorySystemAdministration for example, but !CategoryNetworking is a pretty good idea.)
-; __Why don't wiki links (!Category:Category) work on backlinks?__ : Because then you could never link to a category without actually making the page part of that category! You'll note that while there is a !Category:Category link at the bottom of this page, !CategoryCategory isn't in the list above.
-; __So... Use [WikiWord]s to link back to the parent Category, but when generally saying "Go here", use !Category:Foo links?__ : Pretty much. Using a WikiWord will also make the parent category ''link back to you'', which is the important part.
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Part of Category:Category
