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Categories are groups of articles on similar topics. At the bottom of an article, you will see a box containing the categories to which that article has been assigned. Simply click any of these categories to go to the corresponding category page. From there, you can browse other articles on the same
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Most categories have a number of other categories listed as subcategories. These are listed in a section of the category page, which appears above the list of articles belonging to the category. Click on these subcategories to navigate through the category tree to find more specific groups of
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Articles are not usually placed in every category to which they logically belong. They will not be placed directly into a category if they belong to one of its subcategories. This is because categories would become too large, and the list of categories on articles too
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You may want to navigate in the other direction, to find more general groups of articles ("parent categories"). These are listed in the box at the bottom of a category page, just as on a Knowledge article
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For simplicity, the word "categories" is used to refer to the categories at the bottom of articles – not categories for pages other than articles (such as this page and talk pages).
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You will most often find related articles simply by clicking the links that appear in an article. To find which articles contain links
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search parameter to include only the pages in a particular category, or to exclude pages in a category as explained at
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To find the articles you are looking for, it may be necessary to dig down. For example, you won't find
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at the left-hand side of the page. For a general starting point to browsing the encyclopedia, go to
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links to many categories with articles that need to be worked on. Another common category is a
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topic, or navigate through the category tree to find other related categories.
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article and you want to find the category of all cities, start by clicking
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This page lists frequently asked questions about Knowledge's categories.
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This page is intended for readers of Knowledge. Editors should see
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To go directly to the top of the category structure, see
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Why is an article not in the categories I would expect?
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