Template:Intro Special:UncategorizedCategories

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Options:
  • 1. add parent categories
  • 2. delete (especially empty categories)
    • 2a. add {{speedy|empty, no parent categories, no description}}
    • 2b. add {{speedy|empty, no parent categories}}
    • 2c. add {{badname|new category name}}
    • 2d. add {{subst:DelCatSubst}} so it gets deleted as empty once the last file in the category is deleted.
  • 3. add {{category redirect|current category name}}
  • 4. Wikidata
    • 4a. add {{Wikidata Infobox|qid=}} including the qid
    • 4b. add the category to a Wikidata item (a bot might add the infobox at Commons later)
  • 5. revert vandalism
  • 6. move files to better categories, once this one is empty request deletion or redirect
  • 7. contact "last user"
    • 7a. ask category creator to add parent categories
    • 7b. ask blanker to request speedy deletion or to leave a redirect behind; possibly, to use "move" not "copy and paste".
  • 8. do a nulledit on categories with parent categories from templates where this hasn't fully propagated (ideally done by bot on all categories listed)
  • 9. check RecentChangesLinked
  • 10. open a discussion on CfD about the category, its planned scope and use, possible parent categories, description, Wikidata items to connect or disconnect
See also: VP discussion, bot request for daily update

Template documentation


Introduction for the following reports: