Help:Using Categories

Facts About Categories and Subcategories

• Fact: Subcategories show up on on Special:Categories page in the flat list of all categories.
• Fact: Subcategories get their own special spot on other category pages.
• Fact: Subcategories are not 'double listed' on category pages. There are just pages named the same thing. And they should probably be merged into the category page.

Categories - Usability

• When editing a page the usr is presented with no instructions for using categories.
• It is unlikely that users will figure out how to use Categories on their own.
• One on the one hand users won't add a lot of new, potentially dead-end categories. On the other hand, their information may fit well into a category and have to wait until a knowledgeable editor places it into one.

How do we know what visitors want, and what they need?

• Look at the analytics
  • Improve the analytics
• Listen to feedback
• Empower users to fix it themselves
• Offer encouragement and dialogue wherever possible