Editing Help:Categories (section)

== Finding the right category ==
Browse [[Special:Categories]] to see every category. Check that a category exists before you use it: several plausible names do not.

=== Platform categories ===
Every page about a machine goes in its platform category.

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! Category !! For
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| [[:Category:Apple Vintage Computers]] || Apple II, Macintosh, Lisa and other Apple hardware
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| [[:Category:Atari Systems]] || Atari computers and consoles
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| [[:Category:Commodore Systems]] || Commodore computers
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| [[:Category:Acorn Computers]] || Acorn machines; BBC Micro pages also use [[:Category:BBC Micro]]
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| [[:Category:Sinclair Computers]] || Sinclair computers
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| [[:Category:Amstrad]] || Amstrad computers
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| [[:Category:IBM]] || IBM personal computers and workstations
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| [[:Category:Psion]] || Psion organisers and handhelds
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| [[:Category:Sega Systems]] || Sega consoles and handhelds
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| [[:Category:Nintendo]] || Nintendo consoles and handhelds
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The platform categories sit inside [[:Category:Vintage Computers]]. Some platforms also have narrower categories; the platform category page lists them. Apple machines, including the Lisa and every Macintosh family, go in [[:Category:Apple Vintage Computers]]; there are no per-family Macintosh categories.

=== Guide categories ===
Repair guides also go in a guide-type category as well as the platform category:

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! Page type !! Category
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| General maintenance || [[:Category:Maintenance Guides]]; Apple pages also [[:Category:Apple Maintenance Guides]]
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| Troubleshooting || [[:Category:Troubleshooting Guides]]; Apple pages also [[:Category:Apple Troubleshooting Guides]]
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| Capacitor replacement || [[:Category:Capacitor Replacement Guides]]
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| Other repair procedures || [[:Category:Repair Guides]]
|}

=== Documentation categories ===
Service manuals go in the manufacturer's own category, such as [[:Category:Apple Service Source]], [[:Category:Atari Service Manuals]], [[:Category:Commodore Technical Manuals]], [[:Category:IBM Service Manuals]], [[:Category:Acorn Service Manuals]], [[:Category:Amstrad Service Manuals]], [[:Category:Sega Service Manuals]] or [[:Category:Nintendo Service Manuals]]. Use the top-level [[:Category:Service Manuals]] only for documents that cover more than one manufacturer.

=== Categories not to use ===
Do not add pages to a category whose page carries a deletion notice. The categories below were created in error and have been deleted; do not recreate them.

{| class="wikitable styled-table" style="width:80%;"
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! Deleted category !! Use instead
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| Apple Lisa, All-in-One Macintosh, Compact Macintosh, Macintosh II series, Macintosh Performa, Macintosh Quadra, Macintosh TV || [[:Category:Apple Vintage Computers]]
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| Apple Capacitor Guides, Capacitor Guides || [[:Category:Capacitor Replacement Guides]]
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| Sega Maintenance Guides, Osborne Maintenance Guides || [[:Category:Maintenance Guides]]
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| Sega Troubleshooting Guides || [[:Category:Troubleshooting Guides]]
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| Schematics, Apple Schematics || The manufacturer's service manual or schematics category (see [[#Documentation categories|documentation categories]])
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| Images, Apple Product Images, Electronics Repair Images, Logic Boards || The manufacturer's platform category; files copied from Wikimedia Commons also go in [[:Category:Images sourced from Wikimedia Commons]]
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