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Example: [[Category:Example|*]] Those articles are typically called "History of example", "Types of example", "List of example" or similar. Leading articles —a, an, and the—are among the most common reasons for using sort keys, which are used to transfer the leading article to the end of the key, as in {{DEFAULTSORT:Lady, The}}.
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.
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.
Use the Wikipedia titling conventions of no unnecessary capital letters or abbreviations, i.e. use [[Category:Category examples]] instead of [[Category:Category E.g.]]. If the category collects articles, then avoid the word List in the name of the category, and use plurals, e.g. Category:Popes.
An index category contains all the articles that are members of a class of articles defined by a topic. It is a master index of the topic. All members of one of these "X" categories are an "X". An example of this type is Category:Suspension bridges. Index categories can be labeled with {{Index category}} shown below:
Examples: Category:Canadian chemists and Category:Dutch cartographers. {{Fooian biologist types}} - for biologists of a specified type from a specified country. Examples: Category:Irish zoologists and Category:French mycologists; Templates used with Wikipedia user categories
Topic categories – categories of articles relating to a particular topic, such as Category:Geography or Category:Paris. Set-and-topic categories – categories that are combinations of the two above types. Universal categories – categories used to provide a complete list of articles which are otherwise normally divided into subcategories.
Note that in many instances a topic category and a set category have similar names, the topic category being singular and the set category plural. For example, Opera is a topic category (containing all articles relating to the topic), while Operas is a set category (containing articles about specific operas). Be careful to choose the right one ...