Discussing Categories
Hereâs a puzzle that new editors often encounter: How do you mention a category on a discussion page? If you type [[Category:WhatevertheCategoryis]], youâve just put the discussion page into that category, and the category name itself wonât show up where you typed it. Itâll show up at the bottom of the page, which isnât very helpful. Wikipedia has two different ways to display the category link where you want it: Add a colon just before the word Category, or use the {{cl}} template, as shown in Figure 17-9.
Figure 17-9. Want to mention a category within a comment youâre making on a discussion page? If so, either add a colon just before the word Category, or use the {{cl}} template. Both choices display the category name where you typed it, within your comment, and neither will put the discussion page theyâre on into a category.
If youâre looking at a category page for articles, and find talk or user or other pages listed there as well, itâs worth taking a quick look at these other pages to see if you can fix the problem with a judicious insertion of a colon. Sometimes you shouldnât (for example, a draft article in user space probably isnât hurting anything if itâs being worked on and already has a category), and sometimes you canât easily insert a colon (if the category is embedded in a template, for example). But often the mislisted ...
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