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{{Hatnote|"WP:CATEGORY" and "WP:CAT" redirect here. You may be looking for [[Wikipedia:Contents/Categories]] (a list of top-level categories), [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cats|WikiProject Cats]], [[Wikipedia:HotCat]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories|WikiProject Categories]], or even [[Wikipedia:WikiCat]]. For the category system itself, see [[:Category:Contents]].}}

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The centralprimary goalpurpose of the '''categorization''' system on Wikipedia is to provide navigational [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/LinkingLinks|navigational links]] to pages in Wikipedia within a structured, [[#Category tree organization|tree-like hierarchy]] of '''categories'''. UsingBy grouping pages according to their essential, {{em|[[WPWikipedia:DEFINING|defining]]}} characteristics, ofthe asystem topic,allows readers canto browse and quicklyefficiently findlocate sets of pages onrelated topics that are defined by those characteristics.

For proposalsProposals to delete, merge, or rename categories, should follow the instructionsprocess outlined at [[WikipediaWP:Categories for discussion|Categories for discussion]]. Please use itthat forum before undertaking any complicatedextensive re-categorization of existing categories or the mass creation of new categoriesones.

==Categorizing pages==