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Categories are the basic organizing element for this wiki.  
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Categories are a basic organizing element for this wiki.
This page discusses the categories we use, and how to use them.
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Click on a category below to see a list of sub-categories and pages.
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For example, the category '''Courses''' has sub-categories for '''CS1''', '''CS2''', etc,
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and contains pages for actual courses involving HFOSS.
  
==General Guidelines ==
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=== General Guidelines ===
  
* Every page should have one or more categories assigned
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* Every page should have one or more category tags (placed the bottom of the page).
* Category tags should be placed the bottom of the page
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** The basic syntax is:  '''<nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:''Name''<nowiki>]]</nowiki>'''
* The basic syntax is:  <nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{ns:category}}:'''''Name''''']]
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*: Examples: <nowiki>[[Category:Courses]]  [[Category:Pathways]]  [[Category:Projects]]</nowiki>
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* To link to a category, start the tag with a colon and add a link text: '''<nowiki>[[</nowiki>:Category:''Name''|''Link''<nowiki>]]</nowiki>'''
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: Examples: <nowiki>[[:Category:Courses|Courses]]  [[:Category:Pathways|Pathways]]  [[:Category:Projects|Projects]]</nowiki>
 
* [[Special:Categories]] lists all categories for this wiki.
 
* [[Special:Categories]] lists all categories for this wiki.
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories Media Wiki help for categories]
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* See also [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories Media Wiki help for categories]

Revision as of 11:33, 10 February 2017

Categories are a basic organizing element for this wiki. Click on a category below to see a list of sub-categories and pages. For example, the category Courses has sub-categories for CS1, CS2, etc, and contains pages for actual courses involving HFOSS.

General Guidelines

  • Every page should have one or more category tags (placed the bottom of the page).
    • The basic syntax is: [[Category:Name]]
    Examples: [[Category:Courses]] [[Category:Pathways]] [[Category:Projects]]
  • To link to a category, start the tag with a colon and add a link text: [[:Category:Name|Link]]
Examples: [[:Category:Courses|Courses]] [[:Category:Pathways|Pathways]] [[:Category:Projects|Projects]]

Subcategories

This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total.

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