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To add a link to a category in an article (as opposed to adding the article to a category) create a normal link to the category page but place a colon at the beginning of it, just after the double opening square brackets. Here's an example:

To provide a link to :Category:Animals (just like this one), add the text :Category:Animals where you want the link to appear. (Notice the extra colon at the beginning of the link).

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