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 * topic can be one of the following (if you don't remember which – some do overlap a bit – use the descriptions and "includes" links below to find the article in the correct topic list):
 * – includes: all individual or group (e.g. band) biographies, regardless of possible topic below – except sports teams/squads/clubs (under  as organizations). For, use   (current) or   (ancient)
 * , a.k.a.  – includes: fine, literary, musical, performing, and visual (but not mass-media) arts; architecture; cultural venues; fictional subjects
 * – includes: landmasses; extant places, except architectural works; bodies of water; cartography
 * – includes: prehistory to modern history (general); historical (defunct) places; histories of disciplines (of science, technology, etc., but not philosophy); history as a discipline itself
 * , a.k.a.  – includes: fashion; color; food and drink; family and kinship; household items; sexuality and gender; stages of life; sports and recreation;
 * – includes: all maths topics, from arithmetic to calculus, including statistics
 * , or  – includes: philosophy and philosophies; history of philosophy; philosophy of disciplines (of science, etc.); religions and deities; spirituality; esotericism; new religious movements; mythology
 * , a.k.a.  – includes: general biology (zoology, botany, bacteriology, etc.); anatomy and morphology; biochemistry and molecular biology; bodily process and physiology; cell biology; ecology; health (including fitness and disabilities, but not spiritual beliefs about health); medicine (including medical fields, practice, and procedures, but not medical or bio-tech), and disease (including contagions, parasites, disabilities, and mental disorders); organisms (animals, plants, fungi, etc.).
 * includes: anthropology; business and economics; culture; education; ethnology and ethnic groups; international organizations; language; law; mass media (but not communications tech); politics and government; psychology; society, institutions, class, and discrimination (but not transportation); sociology; war and military (but not military tech).
 * – includes: all sciences besides bio/health, social, and engineering (see below for subcategorization into: Basics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Earth science, and Physics)
 * – includes: agriculture, biotech and medical tech, computing and IT, electronics, engineering, industry, infrastructure, machinery and tools, media and communication, military tech, navigation and timekeeping, optics, space (but not astronomy/cosmology), textiles, transportation
 * level can be 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5
 * class can be A, B, C, FA, GA, Start, or Stub

Update: Use Biology, which has been split from the Science topic.
 * A subpage parameter can be used on level-4 Science articles to determine which subpage to link to. Use one of the following (they do not do much as of 2017, but will likely become level-5 subcategories in the future):
 * One of:,  ,  ,  , or    – includes: those named major disciplines, plus: measurement; cosmology; weather and natural disasters; nuclear science; excludes engineering, and philosophy of science.
 * For level 5 articles, the subpage options are:
 * People:
 * , a.k.a.  – includes: writers and journalists (ancient to modern)
 * , a.k.a.  – includes: artists, musicians, and composers
 * – includes: entertainers, directors, producers, and screenwriters
 * , a.k.a., or   – includes: philosophers, historians, political and social scientists
 * – includes: religious figures
 * a.k.a.  – includes: politicians and leaders (ancient to modern)
 * , a.k.a., or   – includes: military leaders, revolutionaries, and activists
 * , a.k.a., or   – includes: scientists, inventors, and mathematicians
 * , a.k.a.,  , or   – includes: sports-related biographies of all sorts, except teams/squads/clubs (under the main Society topic as organizations)
 * a.k.a.,  ,  ,    ,  ,  ,  ,  , , ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , or   – includes: Many other types of biographies
 * Geography:
 * – includes: only the 2,500 most important cities and major towns in the world.
 * , or  – includes: all the world's countries (broadly defined), and major subnational divisions of the larger ones.
 * – includes: general geography and cartography; the earth, its continents, islands; bodies of water and the sea bed; regions and peninsulas; land relief (mountain ranges, canyons); deserts; forests; parks and preserves.
 * Biology:
 * - includes species and breeds of animals, as well as individual animals.
 * - includes species and breeds of plants.   and   are included on the same page.
 * ,, and   - includes topics related to medicine and medication, diseases, and health and fitness.
 * - includes other biological topics, including biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology.
 * Science:
 * - includes high-level concepts about science as a whole, as well as units of measurement.
 * - includes topics related to the study of astronomy, as well as stars and constellations.
 * - includes topics related to the study of chemistry, as well as chemical elements and compounds.
 * - includes topics related to the study of earth science, as well as types of rocks and gems.
 * - includes topics related to the study of physics.
 * Everyday life:
 * , a.k.a.,  ,   or   - includes topics related to sports, games, entertainment and recreation.

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