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MediaWiki has the ability to sort related pages on so called Category pages.

==Adding categories==
To add a certain page to a category just add the following line when editing the page:
<nowiki>[[Category:WhichCat|SortStr]]</nowiki>
'''<tt>WhichCat</tt>''' specifies the category into which the is page placed. This category is shown at the bottom of any wiki page belonging to a category (e.g. Category:Help at the bottom of this page).<br/>
'''<tt>SortStr</tt>''' is a string specifying the sorting of pages on a category page. Unfortunately category pages sort pages under single letter headings, ie. A, B, etc. But the sorting under that heading is determined by the sorting string (<tt>SortStr</tt>).

Although the Category command can be added anywhere in the text, it is considered courteous to place it at the end of a page (to help other editors).

==Linking==
To create a link to a category page, use the following syntax:
<nowiki>[[:Category:Name|Text]]</nowiki>
'''<tt>Name</tt>''' specifies the name of the category you want to link to (this will correspond to <tt>WhichCat</tt> specified when adding a category).<br/>
'''<tt>Text</tt>''', as with other internal links, this specifies the text to be shown on the link.

==Example==
<nowiki>[[Category:Help|Category]]</nowiki>
Adds the current page to the Help category and sorts it using the string "Category". Note the bar at the bottom of the page indicating the category.

<nowiki>[[:Category:Help|Help Pages]]</nowiki>
Creates the link to the Help category page (on the next line)...<br/>
[[Category:Help|Category]]

[[:Category:Help|Help Pages]]

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