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How to categorize a product
Categorizing a product is simply performed by editing it to include one or more category declarations. For instance, to add Panasonic TC-26LX600 26" LCD Television to the "TVs" category, you would edit the article and enter [[Category:TVs]] at the bottom, but before any stub templates and interlanguage links. The appeal of categories is that unlike lists, they update themselves automatically, and you don't have to edit the category to add an article to it. However, categories are not a substitute for lists, and you will find that many articles belong to both lists and categories.
How to create categories
Creating a category is as simple as adding a link to a category that doesn't yet exist. For instance, to create the "TVs" category, you would edit an article and enter [[Category:TVs]] the same way as adding the product to any other category. The Category:TVs will automatically be created when the article edit is saved.
How to create subcategories
Subcategories may be created by putting [[Category:parent_category_name]] onto the page that you would like to make into a subcategory. This may seem counterintuitive, because you edit the subcategory page rather than the parent category page.
Let's say that you wanted to make the category called Speakers into a subcategory of the category called Audio Products.
- Go to the page called [[Category:Speakers]], and click edit this page.
- Place the text [[Category:Audio Products]] within the body of the [[Category:Speakers]] article, and save.
Finished! Speakers is now a subcategory of Audio Products, and [[Category:Speakers]] will be visible on [[Category:Audio Products]].
Categorizing at Wikispecs
You should find a main category for the product you are adding, say Category:Audio, Category:Cars or Category:Office. Then you should find some subcategory for the product, it may be something like Category:Amplifiers, Category:Citroen or Category:Fax Machines. Go through the main categories and try to find an existing subcategory for your product. If you decide to create a new subcategory, try to make it a simple and describing term for the product group. Also remember to subcategorize the new subcategory to the main category (as described above).
Also add a category for the manufacturer of the product. Use a common short name of the company and check that the link to the manufacturer category is valid, ie. if the company is already been added in categories, check the spelling of your category etc. If the manufacturer is not in the list of manufacturers, add it there by adding manufacturers category to the category page of the company, like this:
[[Category:manufacturers]]
Maybe confusing, but see these examples: Category:Panasonic or Category:BMW. Click the edit button to see how it has been done.
