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'''Categories''' are used in Wikipedia to link articles under a common topic and are found at the bottom of the article page. Clicking the category name displays a list of articles in that category, asbelow wella anylist of sub-categories (''categories'' in that category) (if any). Categories allow readers to navigate through Wikipedia and find related articles.

Categories are not displayed in the [[Help:Mobile access|mobile version]] ([[phab:T24660]]). Mobile users can click "Desktop" at the bottom of a page to see the desktop version with categories. Registered users can enable [[:mw:Reading/Web/Advanced mobile contributions|Advanced mode]] which includes a "Categories" button.

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[[File:Chicken Eyeglasses categories.png|center|thumb|900x900px|The bottom of the Wikipedia article [[Chicken eyeglasses]]. At the very bottom of the page, below the References, navigation templates and external links are a series of links. These links are the categories used on the page, which include: [[:Category:Animal welfare]], [[:Category:Animal equipment]], [[:Category:Eyewear]], and [[:Category:Poultry farming]]. By clicking on the category link at the bottom of the page, readers can navigate the Category tree (see below).]]

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All of the categories form a hierarchy, although sub-categories may be a member of more than one category. An example of a small part of this hierarchical structure islooks shownsomewhat like this:

</big></big></nowiki></nowiki></nowiki></nowiki>==Category tree==

All of the categories form a hierarchy, although sub-categories may be a member of more than one category. An example of a small part of this hierarchical structure is shown:

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| rowspan=3| <small>[[:Category:History]]</small>

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| → <small>[[:Category:History of Australia]]</small>

| → <small>[[:Category:History of New South Wales]]</small>

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| → <small>[[:Category:History of the United States]]</small>

| → <small>[[:Category:History of California]]</small>

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| → <small> [[:Category:History of Zambia]]</small>

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New South Wales, Queensland, etc.

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The actual relationship can be a little more complex as a category may appear as a subcategory of several other categories.

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The actual relationship can be a littleis more complex assince a category may appear as a subcategory of several other categories. The actual relationship of part of the category structure looks like this:

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The uppermost category in the hierarchy is [[:Category:Contents]]. From here all other categories branch out, including those that are used for the maintenance of Wikipedia.

If an entry in a category is shown in ''italics'' it is a redirect to an article of a different name or a section of an article that contains information about that particular subject.

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