Editing Help:Wiki Editing Syntax Guide (section)

==Categorizing==

Categories are another integral part of Wikis, and after creating a new page, "how do I add an article to a category" is the most commonly asked question there is. The answer is to add the following code to the article:

 <nowiki>[[Category: Getting Started]]</nowiki>

This will add the article to the [[:Category: Getting Started|Getting Started category]]. Note that while it will work no matter where it is on a page, it is best to put it on the bottom, where the category links actually appear on a page, or else it will be quite difficult for the next person to find. Also, remember, this is the same formatting used for an [[Help: Welcome to Wiki Syntax#Internal|internal (non-category) link]], you need special formatting to actually link to a category rather than add the article to it.

Also, the vertical bar may be used to with the category tag, but it has quite a different effect than the vertical bar does in normal internal links - it does not change the text of the link to the category, or even the name of the article as it appears in the category. What it does is change the alphabetization of the article in the category's list. For example:

 <nowiki>[[Category: Getting Started|Aardvark]]</nowiki>

will cause the article to be listed under A in the category's list, as if the title of the article was Aardvark, even though the actual title of the article will appear in the list. Be aware that using capitals can confuse the Wiki - capitalize only the first letter of the first word of the new title, even if the article has more capitals than that.