Consumer Action Taskforce:Categorization: Difference between revisions
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While the search bar is useful for finding specific articles, the category system | While the search bar is useful for finding specific articles, the category system is essential for users who need to find articles of a particular category. In order for this system to function, every page needs to belong to a useful set of categories. A page with a poor choice of categories risks being hard to discover, which can lead to important consumer protection incidents not being seen by those who need to see them. This defeats the purpose of the page and wastes the effort of those who contributed the article. | ||
This article | This article describes how categories are determined for different types of pages. This is useful for users who want to help maintain the wiki by clearing out uncategorized pages ([[Special:UncategorizedPages|list]]), uncategorized categories ([[Special:UncategorizedCategories|list]]) and wanted categories ([[Special:WantedCategories|list]]). Users who frequently create new pages also need this information. | ||
== Categorizing company pages == | == Categorizing company pages == | ||