[Mediawiki-l] First adventures with Category

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On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 19:08, Anne Wilson <annew at kde.org> wrote:
> I find that, putting the category statement at the end of the page, I actually
> see "Category: Getting Started" at the place I entered it.  What's more,
> 'Getting Started' is red, like an un-created page, although clicking on it
> does take me to the category's listing.

That's strange, and shouldn't happen if the wiki's configured
correctly. I've seen this happen when people try to create category
links using a language for namespaces that the wiki isn't configured
for (e.g. "Catégorie" if the wiki isn't configure for French), but
English should always work.

Is this a public wiki?

> Further on in the wiki it says to add a colon, as
>
> [[:Category:Getting Started]]
>
> but that results in the whole statement turning into a red link.

Yes, this syntax is intended for when you're trying to link to a
category page on a given wiki page, rather than putting that wiki page
into the category.

> What do I need to do to correct this?
>
> Anne

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