Help:Categories
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What are categories?
Categories allow articles to be placed in one or more groups, and allows those groups to be further categorized.
When an article belongs to a category, it will contain a special link to a page that describes the category. Similarly, when a sub-category belongs to a parent category, it will contain a special link to the parent category's page.
Each category page contains an introduction that can be edited like an article, and an automatically generated list of links to sub-categories and articles that belong to the category. Categories do not form a strict hierarchy or tree of categories, since each article can appear in more than one category, and each category can appear in more than one parent category. This allows multiple categorisation schemes to co-exist simultaneously. It is possible to construct loops in the category space, but this is discouraged.
Can pages be in more than one category?
Yes, it is expected that many pages will be members of more than one category.
Editing
How do I place an article in categories?
Edit the article and add [[Category:Category name]].
How do I reference a category on a page without categorising the page?
To link to the category page, put a colon before the word "category", inside the link, e.g.
[[:Category:Category name]]. The link will appear as Category:Category name.
Where should the category tag go in the article?
Category tags should be placed at the bottom of the article, after the appendices and before the inter-wiki language links. This ensures that when newcomers press "edit", they are immediately presented with the main article text, rather than the more esoteric category tags. It also ensures that the category tags are in a consistent place so they are easy to find when an editor is updating the categorization of a bunch of articles.
Somebody changed my categorization - what do I do?
All contributions to WikiCPA may be "edited mercilessly". If the change was not explained in the article history , try leaving a question on the relevant user's talk page. If you have a WikiCPA user account, they will respond on your talk page rather than their own.
I want to change the relationships of some categories - will anyone mind?
If you want to restructure some existing categories, it is best to discuss your plans with others working in the same areas, or at least to announce your intentions. This is to avoid the situation where someone is placing an article into multiple categories, someone else is populating a category with multiple articles and parent categories, while someone else is trying to restructure part of the category tree, and nobody ends up with what they want.
WikiCPA Categories
- Category:Accounting
- Category:Attestation (including auditing)
- Category:Business Law
- Category:Consulting
- Category:Ethics
- Category:Financial Accounting & Reporting
- Category:Finance
- Category:Practice Management
- Category:Taxation
- Category:Technology
- Category:Valuation
- Category:Miscellaneous
Other Categories
- Category:Accounting Firm Profiles
- Category:Accounting School Profiles
- Category:Resources
- Category:Links
