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This guide explores how to and why we use categories.

What is a category?

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How do I add categories to an article?

You can either:
1. manually add "[[Category:Category name]]" to articles via the usual editing process, as described at Help:Category (categories should be inserted below all article content but above any stub templates and interlanguage links); or
2. install and use the automated HotCat script.

If adding manually, don't forget to make a note in the Edit summary!

-- Trevj (talk) 08:55, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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