[Mediawiki-l] RE: Newbie : Categories Explained?

[Jamie Bliss]

Unless you have access to LocalSettings.php (which is doubtful, since
this is a WikiMedia site), you can't make your own namespace.

Like, you've already done, you should use categories.

Finally! A volunteer! ;)

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:17:30 -0500, Tom Melendez <tmelendez at bascom.com> wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> Thanks for the prompt responses to my questions about uploading and skins.
> 
> Would someone mind explaining Categories and Namespaces?
> 
> I'm trying to organize our documentation - which one should I use?  It appears to me that I should be using Categories,
> is this correct?
> 
> I found this page:
> 
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Category
> 
> which is pretty useful, but I'm confused at the first section: "How to add a category, and include a page in a category"
> 
> I put that line in my page, and I can see that this category now shows up if I run Special:Categories, but
> I'm unclear as to how to put pages in this category.  Do I just link to them like [[MyCategory:PageName]]
> 
> Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tom
> 
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