[Mediawiki-l] Putting a special page in a category...

[Vernon Thommeret]

> From: "Rob Church" <robchur at gmail.com>
> Date: December 9, 2006 6:38:53 PM EST
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> No. Special pages aren't articles, and can't be categorised in this  
> manner.
>
> Rob Church
>
> From: Adam Nielsen <a.nielsen at shikadi.net>
> Date: December 9, 2006 6:55:56 PM EST
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>> but if I go to the category, the special page isn't listed. Is there
>> any way to get this to work?
>
> Could you create a "dummy" page that's a simple redirect to the  
> special
> page?  Then the dummy page would show up on the category page, and if
> you clicked on it you'd be forwarded to the special page.
>
> Cheers,
> Adam.

Thanks for the help guys. Your approach works well enough for my  
purposes Adam :) The special page is a page that contains a dynamic  
listing of some specific dining hall menus, which I would like to  
appear under my "Dining" category. It worked out.

Vernon