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How to view the existing categories in MediaWiki?
To view a list of the existing categories that don’t contain pages and media go to Tools menu on the left> Special pages button> Maintenance reports section> Unused categories button: This will open a page that displays a list of the categories that have been created but that contain no pages.
How to see the categories that contain pages and media?
To see a list of the the categories that contain pages and media go to Tools menu on the left> Special pages button> List of pages section> Categories button: This will open a page that lists the categories that are not empty. This means that if a category contains pages and/or media, or even empty subcategories, it will be shown on this list.
How can I Group media files into categories?
In MediaWiki you can group pages (as well as media files) into categories. The category itself is also a page that can have some content, and that lists the pages that are in the category. Each page name in the list is a link to the particular page.
How to create a category in hostknox MediaWiki?
A similar way to create a category is to directly open the URL address of the category. If no such category exists, on the page that’s displayed after you open the URL you’ll see links to create (edit) the page. Again, in the URL address you have to use the Category namespace in front of the name of the category.
What are the different types of hypertext links in MediaWiki?
There are five types of hypertext links in MediaWiki: Internal links to other pages in the same wiki (commonly called “wikilinks”) External links to pages at other websites; External links to internal pages in the same wiki; Interwiki links to other websites using special prefixes registered in advance
How does MediaWiki keep track of internal links?
MediaWiki uses the pagelinks database table to keep track of internal wikilinks. Links to a section/anchor within the target page. See also meta:Help:Piped link . The pipe trick involves less typing for editors, but is potentially confusing to readers, as seen in these DynamicPageList examples.