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Wikipedia:Dewey Decimal System
Here you can find an attempt to organize [[Wikipedia]]'s contents along the lines of the [[Dewey Decimal Classification]], a commonly used system to organize volumes within a [[library]]. This is one of several [[Wikipedia:Category schemes|Wikipedia category schemes]].

:[[Wikipedia:Dewey_Decimal_System/0|0 Generalities]] - reference, computing, the Internet, library and information science, museums, news, publishing
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:[[Wikipedia:Dewey_Decimal_System/Geography and history|9 Geography and History]] - geography and history of the ancient and modern world, archaeology

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''Copyright notice'': 

The Dewey Decimal System may be copyrighted; the one created by the [[Library of Congress classification|Library of Congress]] is not.  See the copyright holder's [http://www.oclc.org/dewey/
about/frequently_asked_questions.htm  FAQ] and (http://www.oclc.org/dewey/about/ddc_21_summaries.htm ) summary page Dewey Decimal Classification site] which imply a license is needed, but contrast this with [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&case=/data2/circs/7th/953485.html United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit] legal precedent.  Also, the DDC has been around since 1876; any version published earlier than 1923 - or [http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm When works pass into the public domain] possibly later - has passed into the public domain and is perfectly legal to use.