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Multi-directional navigation: A category can contain multiple subcategories, and can also be part of several categories. Categories are organized within Wikipedia into a web of knowledge starting with Category:Wikipedia categories. Exploratory browsing: Categories are beneficial for readers who wish to explore Wikipedia content.
Categories (along with other features like cross-references, lists, and infoboxes) help you to find information, even if you don't know what exists or what it's called. The following list of categories of Wikipedia's coverage parallels our other lists by topic.
You can search existing category names as described here (top of page). Another way to determine if suitable categories already exist for a particular page is to check the categories of pages concerning similar or related topics. For example: You might want to add a subcategory for people to Category:Mexicans.
A list of all categories can be found at Special:Categories – there are many listed but you can use the search box. Category:Wikipedia categories is the standard top-level category provided by the MediaWiki software, but orphan categories (categories without any parent categories) can exist.
Categories like this help users find articles that include a major section about the subject. Typically, they are eponymous categories and not part of any larger taxonomy. Subjects that are mentioned in just a few articles usually do not benefit by having subject categories. An example of a subject category is Category:George W. Bush.
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This is the master category for all of the many and various categories about individual humans, i.e. people. Articles about individual persons should never be categorized directly in this umbrella category; they belong only in the appropriate subcategories.