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How to create a category

Let's say you have thought of a new category you want to place some articles in. To create this new category, go to one of the pages that you wish to put there, and add a category tag naming the new category to the end of the article, like this:

[[category:category name]]

...where in place of "category name" you type the actual name of the category. When you save the page, the category should appear on the bottom line of the page. If the page doesn't exist yet, it will turn up in red. But this doesn't mean there is no such category: it might exist but with a slight difference in naming. Before you create a new category, make sure it doesn't already exist. In a new browser window, click on "Special pages" in the toolbox menu on the left side of your screen. Then click on "All pages". Check the category namespace box, and then enter the name of the category. Look over the index for synonymous categories.

Once you have determined that the category does not exist, click on the redlink you created earlier, and then click on the article creation link provided in the instructions that appear on your screen.

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[edit] Books

Two options.
  1. He can release them under a free license, such as CC-BY-SA. Information on this can be found here.
  2. They can be kept under copyright and tagged with {{Book rationale}}.

[edit] Usage

Parameters Brief instructions 
{{Infobox Book
| name          = COMPULSORY
| title_orig    = 
| translator    = 
| image         = 
| image_caption = 
| author        = COMPULSORY
| illustrator   = 
| cover_artist  = 
| country       = 
| language      = 
| series        = 
| subject       = 
| genre         = 
| publisher     = COMPULSORY
| pub_date      = COMPULSORY
| english_pub_date = 
| media_type    = 
| pages         = 
| isbn          = 
| oclc          = 
| preceded_by   = 
| followed_by   = 
}}


Book name
Original title, if not in English
Translator(s), if original not in English
Image (prefer 1st edition - where permitted)
Image caption (should describe the edition used)
Author (or authors)
Illustrator used consistently throughout (where illustrations are a major feature)
Cover artist
Country of original publication
Language of original book (see note below)
Series (if any)
Subject or subjects (only use for non-fiction)
Genre or genres (only use for fiction) 
Publisher of main publication (prefer 1st edition)
Date published (1st edition)
Published in English (1st English edition)
Media type (paperback, hardback)
Pages (prefer 1st edition)
ISBN (prefer 1st edition)
OCLC
Title of prior book in series (linked if poss.)
Title of subsequent book in series (linked if poss.)
  • Parameters not marked as compulsory can be safely left blank. Note that you may include an image with no caption, but a caption will not be shown if there is no image.
  • Wiki links [[]] are fine in any of the Infobox fields.
  • Include the HTML comments before and following the template; they help inexperienced editors.
  • Please spend some time at the WikiProject Books and its talk page to find about standards on presenting names and other data.
  • In the "language" field, link to the article that is actually about the language; for example, use [[English language|English]], not [[English]]
  • The preceded_by and followed_by fields both apply to books in a series and to sequels. They should not connect separate books chronologically.
  • Use OCLC if possible when the book has no ISBN number.