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*{{Anchor|Defining characteristics|Defining}}{{anchor|D|DEF|CATDEF}}{{Shortcut|WP:CAT#D|WP:CATDEF}} '''''[[WP:DEFINING|Defining]]''''': <section begin=DefiningDef /><section begin=DefiningFull />Defining characteristics of an article's topic are central to categorizing the article. A defining characteristic is one that [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] ''commonly'' and ''consistently'' refer to<ref>in declarative statements, rather than table or list form</ref> in describing the topic, such as the nationality of a person or the geographic ___location of a place.<section end=DefiningDef /> Articles should normally be included in the categories that are most closely related to the subject's defining characteristics.

*:For example, ''Italian'' and ''artist'' are defining characteristics of [[Caravaggio]], because virtually all reliable sources on the topic mention them, so that article is included in categories such as [[:Category:Italian Baroque painters]].<section end=DefiningFull />

:* For [[Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Non-defining characteristics|non-defining characteristics]], listseditors areshould preferred.use their However,judgment thereto arechoose occasionalwhich exceptions.additional categories (if any) to include.

:*:For example, [[Caravaggio]] is included in the non-defining category of [[:Category:Deaths from sepsis]].

=== Naming conventions <span class="anchor" id="NC"></span> ===