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Contents 1 How do I convert a normal page into a category? 2 How do I rename a category? 3 Exporting: How do I pull just the data from a page? 4 [MediaWiki templates (category)] 4.1 Parser functions 4.2 How do I conditionally show rows of a table?

[edit] How do I convert a normal page into a category?

You can't just move/rename it like you can most files... If you try, it will give an error saying you can't change an article to a "special type".

Instead, export the file as an .xml file, find the <title> tag, prefix the value with "Category:", and import it. Simple!

[edit] How do I rename a category?

You can't just rename it... The move link is curiously absent for category pages.

Do the same thing as above: export the file as an .xml file, change value of <title> tag, and import it.

[edit] Exporting: How do I pull just the data from a page?

Special:Export

http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/query.php

[edit] [MediaWiki templates (category)]

[edit] Parser functions

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ParserFunctions

{{#ifeq: <text 1> | <text 2> | <equal text> | <not equal text>  }}
{{#switch: {{{3|NIV}}} | NIV=31 | NLT=51 }}

[edit] How do I conditionally show rows of a table?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Qif_conditionals

{| class="infobox"
{{#if:{{{foo|}}}|
{{!}}-
! Foo
{{!}} {{{foo}}}
}}
|-
! Bar
| {{{bar}}}
|}