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Help:Category#Linking to category pages

To link to a category page without putting the current page in that category, precede the link with a colon: [[:Category:Category name]]. Such a link can be piped like a normal wikilink. (The {{cl}} template, and others listed on its documentation page, may sometimes be helpful.)

<ref name=DDN>{{cite news|last=|first=|title=|newspaper=[[Dayton Daily News]]|date=mmm dd,yyyy|page=}}</ref>

<ref name=DDN/>

Template:Cite web

Most commonly used parameters in horizontal format

For references with author credit {{cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} For references without author credit {{cite web |url= |title= |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

Full parameter set in horizontal format

{{cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |author= |author-link= |last2= |first2= |author2= |author-link2= |date= |year= |editor-last= |editor-first= |editor= |editor-link= |editor2-last= |editor2-first= |editor2-link= |editors= |department= |website= |series= |publisher= |location= |page= |pages= |at= |language= |script-title= |trans-title= |type= |format= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archive-url= |archive-date= |dead-url= |access-date= |quote= |ref= |postscript= |subscription= |registration=}}

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WP:SORTKEY

1. The main article/s of a category, if existent, should get sorted with a space as key so that it/they appear at the very top of the category. Example: [[Category:Example| ]] Those articles are typically homonymous or at least synonymous to their category. Furthermore other general articles that are highly relevant to the category should be sorted with an asterisk as key so that they also appear at the top of a category but beneath the main article/s. Example: [[Category:Example|*]] Those articles are typically called "History of example", "Types of example", "List of example" or similar.
2. Entries containing numbers sometimes need special sort keys to ensure proper numerical ordering. For example, IX comes before V in alphabetical order, so Pope John IX might have a sort key "John 9". Also note that numbers which include separators (such as commas or periods) will only have the part of the number before the first separator considered by the sorting algorithm. So 10,000 Maniacs might have a sort key "10000 Maniacs". It is important to stick to the same system for all similar entries in a given category.
3. Use a space as the sort key for a key article for the category. (Note: If the key article should not be a member, simply edit the category text itself to add it, perhaps using {{Cat main}}.)
4. Use other sort keys beginning with a space (or an asterisk or a plus sign) for any "List of ..." and other pages that should appear after the key article and before the main alphabetical listings. The same technique is sometimes used to bring particular subcategories to the start of the list.
5. To place entries after the main alphabetical list, use sort keys beginning with tilde ("~"). Several Greek letters are also used for specific purposes.
   • "Σ" (capital sigma) is used to place stub categories at the end of subcategory lists. ("µ" (mu) was previously used, but the capital version "Μ" was confusing.)

   (The remaining letters in this list are all lower case.)

   • "β" (beta, displays as capital, "Β") is for Wikipedia books.
   • "ι" (iota, displays as "Ι") is for Wikipedia images.
   • "ρ" (rho, displays as "Ρ") is for portals.
   • "τ" (tau, displays as "Τ") is for templates.
   • "ω" (omega, displays as "Ω") is for WikiProjects.

   Similar to the handling of Latin letters, if the sort key is or begins with a lower case Greek letter, then the capital Greek letter will be displayed in headings on category pages. Items whose sort keys begin with "β", "ι", "ρ", "Σ", "τ", or "ω" will appear beneath "Β" (capital beta), "Ι" (capital iota), "Ρ" (capital rho), "Σ" (capital sigma), "Τ" (capital tau), or "Ω" (capital omega) respectively. Several of these resemble Latin letters B, I, P etc., but they will sort after Z.

Other stuff

For "other uses" templates (such as this one), see Wikipedia:Hatnote.

See also: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists § See also lists