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[[Category:Reader handbook]]
You can place a page in a category by adding <nowiki>[[Category:</nowiki>''foobar''<nowiki>]]</nowiki> to the article's text (where ''foobar'' is the name of the category).
[[Category:Categorization]]

For example to add an article called Albert Einstein to the the category "people" you would edit the article and add "<nowiki>[[Category:People]]</nowiki>".

== Setting sort keys ==
If you want the article to be sorted alphabeticaly by something other than its name you should use the following link form <nowiki>[[Category:</nowiki>''foobar''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''sort key''<nowiki>]]</nowiki> (where ''foobar'' is the category name and ''sort key'' is the value to sort by).

For example to add an article called Albert Einstein to the the category "people" and have the article sorted by "Einstein, Albert" you would type "<nowiki>[[Category:People|Einstein, Albert]]</nowiki>".

== Linking to a category ==
If you want to link to a category without the current article being added to it you should use the following kink form <nowiki>[[:Category:</nowiki>''foobar''<nowiki>]]</nowiki> (where ''foobar'' is the category name), note the extra : before Category.

== Viewing a list of categories ==
You can see currently used categories at [[Special:Categories]].


[[Category:MediaWiki User's Guide]]

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