Help:Categorization

The following are instructions, and you are welcome to add to them or edit them. However, if you'd like to ask questions, make suggestions, or discuss categorization processes, please click the Discussion tab above.

Using an Existing Category
1. Go to the "Special pages" link in the Toolbox on the left side of the screen and click on the link.

2. Select "Categories" from the "Special pages for all users" list.

3. Select the needed category from the Categories page.

4. Copy the category name to ensure accurate use in the following steps:


 * Open the article you will categorize.
 * Click on the edit tab.
 * Go to the bottom of the page.
 * Paste the category title into the page.
 * Add two square brackets before and after the category text.
 * Multiple categories can be added. Separate each bracketed entry with a space. For example, if you wanted to categorize a page under "United States of America" and "Indians of North America," the entry you would add to the page would look like this:


 * In the Summary field in the edit screen, add the text "cat." This will allow others viewing the History of the article to quickly see that the change you made to the page was to add a category.
 * Click Save Page.

Creating a New Category
If the category you want does not exist in the system, use the Family History Library Catalog (Subject Search) and the Library of Congress Authorities to generate ideas of the best terms to use for the category.

Deleting a Category
Deleting a category from an article is as easy as pressing the delete or backspace key. Follow these steps to delete a category from an article:


 * 1) Find the article that needs editing.
 * 2) Select the Edit tab.
 * 3) Move the cursor to the bottom of the article.
 * 4) Delete the category name using either backspace or delete key.
 * 5) Save the article.