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I wanted to find info on whether the article can be categorized with a subcategory and a parent category (i.e. [[:Category:Peace treaties]] and [[:Category:Polish peace treaties]]). I thought it was against our guidelines/MoS, but I can't find any text on any category-related page to prove my point. Any help would be appreciated.--[[User:Piotrus|Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus]] [[User_talk:Piotrus|^{<font colorstyle="color:green;">[[User_talk:Piotrus|Talk]]</font>}]] 04:21, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

:That should be avoided. Articles should only be put in the most specific category applicable. Only very occasionally is it appropriate to also place the article in a (grand,grand,grand-)parent category. I have read this somewhere... *googles* Found it: ''An article should not be in both a category and its subcategory, for example Microsoft Office is in Category:Microsoft software, so should not also be in Category:Software. An article with the same name as a category should usually belong only to that category, for instance, Deism belongs only in Category:Deism.'' From [[Help:Category#When_to_use_categories]]. It's a guideline. [[User:Pfctdayelise|pfctdayelise]] 04:45, 16 December 2005 (UTC)