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	<div class="tf-lead">This page explains how categories work and how to give a new one a proper description. Categories are the wiki's filing system: they group related pages so readers can browse them.</div>		<div class="tf-lead">This page explains how categories work and how to give a new one a proper description. Categories are the wiki's filing system: they group related pages so readers can browse them.</div>

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<div class="tf-lead">This page explains how categories work and how to give a new one a proper description. Categories are the wiki's filing system: they group related pages so readers can browse them.</div>

==Adding a page to a category==
Put a category tag at the very foot of the page:
<pre>[[Category:Ships]]</pre>
The page then shows up in that category, and a link to the category appears at the bottom of the page. You can add several.

==Giving a category a description==
A category with pages in it but no description page shows as a red link. Every category should have a short description so readers know what belongs in it. To add one:
# Click the red category link, or search for <code>Category:Yourname</code>.
# Write one clear sentence saying what the category holds.
# Add a '''parent category''' so it nests in the tree, for example a fleet-orders category sits inside <code><nowiki>[[Category:Orders]]</nowiki></code>.

A finished category page looks like this:
<pre>Orders and directives issued by the Second Fleet of {{trmn}}.

[[Category:Orders]]</pre>

<div class="tf-tip"><span class="tf-lbl">Find the ones that need descriptions</span><br>The page '''[[Special:WantedCategories]]''' lists every category that is in use but has no description page. It is the to-do list for tidying the category tree.</div>

==Hidden maintenance categories==
Some categories are added automatically by the software to track problems, such as "Pages with broken file links". These are maintenance categories. Mark them hidden by putting <code><nowiki>__HIDDENCAT__</nowiki></code> at the top of the category page, which keeps them off the category bar at the foot of articles while still letting maintainers find them.

<div class="tf-note"><span class="tf-lbl">Watch for typos</span><br>A misspelled category tag creates a brand-new empty category. If you see two categories that differ by one letter, one is almost certainly a typo. Fix the tag on the source page rather than describing the wrong spelling.</div>

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