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  <nowiki>[[Category:Name]]</nowiki>
 
  <nowiki>[[Category:Name]]</nowiki>
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where Name is the name of the category, to any article to put it in a category. Editing a category page will likewise categorize the category making it a sub-category rather than a linked article.
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where Name is the name of the category, to any article to put it in a category. Editing a category page will likewise categorize the category making it a sub-category rather than a linked article. The link will be placed at the bottom of the page by the wiki formatting system. 
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where the article is referenced into another page <br>
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Where the article is referenced from within the text of another page or you wish to add a category link to the top of a page.<br>
eg. parts of the Technical Manual are compiled from Howto articles [[:SME_Server:Documentation:Technical_Manual:Chapter4]]
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eg. parts of the Technical Manual are compiled from Howto articles [[:SME_Server:Documentation:Technical_Manual:Chapter4]] or [[:Category:SME9-Development|SME Server 9]].
    
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  <nowiki><noinclude>[[Category:Name]]<noinclude></nowiki>
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  <nowiki><noinclude>[[:Category:SME9-Development|SME Server 9]]</noinclude></nowiki>
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<nowiki><noinclude>[[:SME_Server:Documentation:Technical_Manual:Chapter4]]</noinclude></nowiki>
    
===What category should I use?===
 
===What category should I use?===
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===Where should the category wikitext be put?===
 
===Where should the category wikitext be put?===
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While not technically required, it is preferred to put '''<nowiki>[[Category:foobar]]</nowiki>''' entries at the bottom of the article. This follows the flow better. Something that might alter that is using a template in article that also has categories. Also, try to find the best [[Special:Allcategories|existing category]] to fit your article, instead of creating categories on a whim. It  
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While not technically required, it is preferred to put '''<nowiki>[[Category:foobar]]</nowiki>''' entries at the bottom of the article. This follows the flow better. Something that might alter that is using a template in article that also has categories. Also, try to find the best [[Special:Categories|existing category]] to fit your article, instead of creating categories on a whim. It
    
===What about transcluded categories?===
 
===What about transcluded categories?===

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