Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories/uncategorized

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This is a task force for Wikipedians dedicated to categorizing articles that are uncategorized. If you enjoy eliminating links from Category:Category needed, then join this organized effort to make every article on Wikipedia belong to a category.

[edit] Tasks

[edit] Current task

Clear Category:Uncategorized from February 2007. The objective is to clear the category entirely before the end of April so that the backlog stays under 3 months old. As of April 8, nearly 46% of the backlog has been cleared already. Come on over and help out!!! (In all fairness, this is partly due to the creation of the subcategory Category:Uncategorized stubs from February 2007 but hey, let's stay positive)

[edit] Alternative task

A page that needs to be worked on, preferably sooner than later /previous-April. It is a list of articles that used to belong to a category but are now uncategorized. Mostly this is the result of vandalism so fixing these should be a priority since the absence of the cat indicates potentially more serious problems. Help is certainly appreciated.

[edit] Hints and tips

[edit] General

• In order to help people find this project, consider using an edit summary like the following: Categorizing article - [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories/uncategorized|You can help!]]
• Use the most specific category you can find and remember that an article can often be placed in multiple categories.
• Look at similar articles to see what categories are available.
• Often, one of the first internal links will lead to an article that's in a category (or categories) appropriate for the article you are trying to categorize. For example, if the first sentence of the article is X is a letter of the alphabet, then click either "letter" or "alphabet" (or both, if necessary), and see what category (or categories) the article falls under. Then, determine whether it is indeed an appropriate category for the article you're concerned about (keeping in mind that an even more specific category may be available; in the example given above, this would be necessary), and add the category to the article.
• When in doubt, use a temporary higher-level category, and try to leave a message on the article's talk page so that future editors can refine the categorization.
• Stub and maintenance categories are considered only "temporary" categories; stubbed articles should be included in non-stub categories as well.
• It is not considered necessary to add the {{uncategorized}} template to stub-sorted articles, but neither is it forbidden to do so. It's preferable to simply add a category instead. Alternatively, add {{uncategorizedstub}} or {{uncatstub}}, to enable prioritisation of categorisation effort between entirely uncategorised articles, and those with sorted stub types.

[edit] Check validity of articles

• Check if the article qualifies for speedy deletion/prod/afd/merge/redirect, nominate if appropriate
• If suspicious, check for possible copyright violation
• Help other editors working on the backlog by categorizing articles even if you nominate or propose them for deletion.

[edit] Biography articles

• If the first name is not the surname: use

{{DEFAULTSORT:surname, givenName}}

• Remember to use the birth/death/living categories for articles about people, e.g.:

[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:YYYY births]]

[[Category:YYYY deaths]]

[edit] Special tools

• Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser, recommended time saver.

[edit] Participants

Sign here if you wish to join this task force. Please also consider adding {{User wikipedia/Uncat}} on your userpage.

1. →EdGl 03:18, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
2. Count me in. Pascal.Tesson 08:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
3. Stardust8212 01:24, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
4. Vsion 02:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
5. -- Rajith Mohan ^{(Talk to me..)} 11:14, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
6. Magichands 01:22, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
7. Yewlongbow 19:55, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
8. --Quywompka 10:34, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
9. - Ozzykhan 20:24, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
10. Addere 13:22, 13 February 2007 (UTC) Might as well fess up to my current obsession.
11. Jimj wpg 16:30, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
12. Joe Decker 17:54, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
13. Flubeca 17:29, 19 February 2007 (UTC) Another one of my helping Wikipedia tasks.
14. Crystallina - Not sure why I didn't see this. Crystallina 00:02, 23 February 2007
15. Gimboid13 05:57, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
16. Carlosguitar 19:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
17. Postcard Cathy 14:13, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
18. Pigslookfunny 23:10, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
19. Julius Sahara 19:05, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
20. Guthrie 00:53, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
21. Woohookitty 10:16, 28 February 2007 (UTC) My favorite project on here.
22. cbeaudoin 17:06, 1 March 2007 (UTC) Nothing better to do at work
23. Ebyabe 20:47, 2 March 2007 (UTC) If I'd known, I'd've joined ages ago
24. Flowerpotman 21:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC) (What Ebyabe said)
25. Strangerer 05:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
26. Scarykitty 21:42, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
27. Kevinsam 05:54, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
28. Keesiewonder ^talk 03:12, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
29. Sbpat21 22:47, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
30. Bass fishing physicist 18:57, 18 March 2007 (UTC) Organisation is important.
31. Minnaert 21:03, 20 March 2007 (UTC) just trying to do my part
32. John Carter 19:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
33. Lankiveil 03:06, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
34. Weggie 18:05, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
35. Mysdaao 19:06, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
36. Jeodesic 00:46, 3 April 2007 (UTC) As long as there are no stubs to sort...
37. FateClub 15:57, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
38. Dbm11085 05:56, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
39. Kurrurrin 20:11, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Articles that need help/special attention

Add a list of articles here that you can not categorize and/or need help with:

also see Category:Category needs checking

(Cabej is now categorized; discussion moved to talk page)

[edit] Useful links

• /previous-April
• Category:Category needed
• Special:Uncategorizedpages
• A searchable top level list of categories