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===Adding An Article to a Category===
 
===Adding An Article to a Category===
  
Put the text <nowiki>[[Category:Category Name]]</nowiki> at the bottom of whichever page you would like to be in a category.  The main category page will update itself automatically.
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So you've added a page to the Wiki and now you'd like to add it to a particular category?  All you need to do is decide which category you want to put the page into, and then include a specially formatted WikiLink to that category at the bottom of your page.  The contents page of the category will update itself automatically.  The WikiLink format is the word "Category" followed by a colon followed by the category name.
  
 
For example, the page [[A Brief Poetic Guide to Dragon Mythology]] is part of the category "Mythology" because it has the text <nowiki>[[Category:Mythology]]</nowiki> at the bottom.
 
For example, the page [[A Brief Poetic Guide to Dragon Mythology]] is part of the category "Mythology" because it has the text <nowiki>[[Category:Mythology]]</nowiki> at the bottom.

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Adding An Article to a Category

So you've added a page to the Wiki and now you'd like to add it to a particular category? All you need to do is decide which category you want to put the page into, and then include a specially formatted WikiLink to that category at the bottom of your page. The contents page of the category will update itself automatically. The WikiLink format is the word "Category" followed by a colon followed by the category name.

For example, the page A Brief Poetic Guide to Dragon Mythology is part of the category "Mythology" because it has the text [[Category:Mythology]] at the bottom.

Format Text

''italic'' (Enclosed in two single quote marks)
'''bold''' (Enclosed in three single quote marks)
'''''bold and italic''''' (Enclosed in five single quote marks)

Format Headings

==heading== (Enclosed in two equals signs)
===heading level 2=== (Enclosed in three equals signs)
====heading level 3==== (Enclosed in four equals signs)
=====heading level 4===== (Enclosed in five equals signs)

Create Internal Wiki Links

[[Link to a Page on the Wiki]]
[[Link to a Page on the Wiki|Page Title]]

Create External Links

http://www.google.com/
[http://www.google.com/]
[http://www.google.com/ Google Search] (Give the link a Formal Title)

Create Lists

* Bulleted List Item
# Numbered List Item
; Definition List Item

Preformatted or Highlighted Text

(Put a space at the beginning of a line to preformat it)

Other Editing Help Resources

Wikipedia's Cheatsheet
MediaWiki Formatting Help