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A category can mix articles and images, or a separate file/image category can be created. A file category is typically a subcategory of the general category about the same subject, and a subcategory of the wider category for files, Category:Wikipedia files. To categorize a new file when uploading, simply add the category tag to the upload summary.
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.
This is a maintenance category, used for maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains non-article pages , or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.
Grouping articles into a category is not the same as making a list of articles. To edit a list of articles, you edit the list directly; but to place articles into a category, you edit an article and insert a category tag by placing [[Category:<category name>]] in the body of the text.
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.
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.
Use {{Now Commons|File:Filename.png}} if the file on the Commons uses a different filename, which will put the image in Category:Wikipedia files with a different name on Wikimedia Commons. Always include the original source. For license tags like {}, Wikipedia cannot be the source. While it may be helpful to note that it was transferred from ...
Categories are intended to group together pages on similar subjects. They are implemented by a MediaWiki feature that adds any page with a text like [[Category:XYZ]] in its wiki markup to the automated listing that is the category with name XYZ.