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Category tree[edit]
All of the categories form a hierarchy, although sub-categories may be a member of more than one category. An example of a small part of this hierarchical structure looks somewhat like this:
Category:Technology ↓ Category:'Mechs ↓ Category:Clan BattleMechs ↓ Category:Clan OmniMechs ↓ Adder (Puma), Alpha Wolf, etc |
The uppermost category in the hierarchy is Category:Contents. From here all other categories branch out, including those that are used for the maintenance of Wikipedia.
If an entry in a category is shown in italics it is a redirect to an article of a different name or a section of an article that contains information about that particular subject.