Reference:BlueSpiceInsertCategory

InsertCategory displays all existing categories, helping to keep the terminology uniform. You can then assign the page you are on to one or more of these existing categories. On top of this, you can create new categories here too. The dialogue can be called up from both the "Edit" mode and the "View" mode. Where can I find InsertCategory?Inserting categories in the "edit" mode: In the edit view (wiki code and WYSIWYG), click the button to assign keywords.

Inserting categories in the "Read" mode:

Screenshot: Inserting categories in the "Read" mode

Click on the button "more" on the right hand side.
You will find several orders, one of which is "Insert Category". Here you can add new and insert categories or you can delete categories that doesn't fit the article.

It does not matter if you start from the "Read" or "Edit" mode, when you choose to assign categories, a dialogue opens that looks something like this: Dialogue of InsertCategoryAs you can see on the screenshot on the left side, in the left column all available categories, in the right column there are all choosen categories for the article and you can add new categories in the same field.
InsertCategory's functions

The caregories are listed hierarchically in the left column. The column on the right shows the categories which are already assigned to the article.

• Assigning categories: Click on one of the categories listed, it will appear on the right in the column "Chosen categories" and is then assigned to the article. Is a category is chosen which lies in a deeper level of the category hierarchy, all the categories above it will be transferred into the right hand column too.
• Deleting categories: To remove a category from the site you are on, click on the delete symbol (a red cross).
• Adding new categories: A category can be created and assigned by typing the category's name in the text box and clicking on "Enter". New categories only show up in the dialogue after the page has been saved and the dialogue has been reloaded.
• Ok button: In order to assign the chosen categories to the page, click the "Ok" button. The categories you have chosen will only be added to the page when you do this. Then they are added at the end, in the form [[Category:]].
• Abort: If you do not want to make the change, you can cancel the action with the button "Abort".

Tips for working with InsertCategory

By the way: One can set whether categories should be inserted with or without their parent categories in the preferences.
There is no limit on the number of categories to which an article can be assigned.

Video tutorial: How to insert categories?

Classical categories in MediaWiki

Here is information about how to add Categories the classical way in MediaWiki.

Extension: BlueSpiceInsertCategory

Overview
Description:	Dialog to enter a category link
State:	stable	Dependency:	BlueSpice
Developer:	HalloWelt	License:	GPL-3.0-onlyProperty "BSExtensionInfoLicense" (as page type) with input value "</br>GPL-3.0-only" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.
Type:	BlueSpice	Category:	Editor
Edition:	BlueSpice free, BlueSpice pro, BlueSpice Farm, BlueSpice Cloud
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Features

InsertCategory allows to add categories to a page in view mode or in visual edit mode.

This extension is in use in the page information flyout, in the title section and in the multi-upload dialog.

Some aspects of this extension can be configured on Special:BlueSpiceConfigManager, under section "Insert category". Here wiki administrators can configure:

• whether to set the page categories as default in the file upload dialog
• whether to insert a category with its parent category

Technical Information

This information applies to BlueSpice 3 . Technical details for BlueSpice cloud can differ in some cases.

Requirements

• MediaWiki: 1.31

• BlueSpiceFoundation: 3.2

Integrates into

• BlueSpiceArticleInfo

Special pages

Configuration

Name	Value
InsertCategoryUploadPanelIntegration	false
InsertCategoryWithParents	false

Hooks

• BeforePageDisplay
• SkinTemplateNavigation
• SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec