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
:[[Wikipedia:Dewey_Decimal_System/Philosophy and psychology|1 Philosophy and Psychology]] - ethics, paranormal phenomena
:[[Wikipedia:Dewey_Decimal_System/Religion|2 Religion]] - bibles, religions of the world
:[[Wikipedia:Dewey_Decimal_System/Social sciences|3 Social Sciences]] - sociology, anthropology, statistics, politics, economics, law, government, public administration, social services, education, commerce, communications, standards, customs
:[[Wikipedia:Dewey_Decimal_System/Language|4 Language]] - linguistics, language learning, specific languages
:[[Wikipedia:Dewey_Decimal_System/5|5 Natural Sciences and Mathematics]] - general science, mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, earth sciences, palaeontology, biology, genetics, botany, zoology
:[[Wikipedia:Dewey_Decimal_System/Technology|6 Technology]] (Applied sciences) - medicine, psychiatry, applied physics, engineering, agriculture, home economics, management, accounting, chemical engineering, food technology, metallurgy, manufacturing
:[[Wikipedia:Dewey_Decimal_System/The arts|7 Arts]] - art, planning, architecture, photography, music, games, sport
:[[Wikipedia:Dewey_Decimal_System/Literature and rhetoric|8 Literature and Rhetoric]] - literature of specific languages
:[[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 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 ) this 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 ) possibly later - has passed into the public domain and is perfectly legal to use.
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