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'''''Note: This page is not very active. See below for links to the active pages in this WikiProject. For current information about categorization, see: [[Wikipedia:Categorization]].'''''

==Current projects==

TheseThe aremain currentproject is '''[[Wikipedia:Categorization|CategorizationWikiProject Categories]]'''. Its sub-projects are listed below. Volunteers to these projects are very welcome.

===Categorization policy===

* [[Wikipedia talk:Categorization]] is where categorization policy is discussed

* [[Wikipedia talk:Categories for discussion]] is for discussions related to policy about deleting, splitting or merging categories.

===Finding uncategorized articles===

* [[:Category:UnderpopulatedUncategorized categoriespages]]

* [[Wikipedia:Auto-categorization]] lists pages that need categorization which have been pre-sorted by topic.

* [[:Category:Underpopulated categories]]

* [[Special:Uncategorizedpages]] displays an alphabetical list of pages that are not categorized. It is cached (which means it may be slightly out of date) and is not editable. Discuss on [[Wikipedia talk:Special:Uncategorizedpages]].

* [[Wikipedia:People by year/Reports/No other categories]]

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===Cleaning the category system===

* [[Wikipedia:Category deletion policy]] lists the rules, in particular the case of a category corresponding to a template.

* [[:Category:Wikipedia categories in need of attention]] lists specific categories that need organizing.

* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Deletion]] covers important related deletion templates.

* [[:Category:Orphaned categories]] lists categories that have no parents. These shouldn't exist.

* [[Wikipedia:Categories for deletiondiscussion]] list categories that need renaming, merging or deleting.

* [[Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/resolved]] has a number of interesting precedents for naming conventions.

* [[:Category:Wikipedia categories in need of attention]] lists specific categories that need organizing.

* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories]] is a coordination point for systematic cleanup and standards.

===Table of Contents schemes===

There are various attempts to create a "Table of Contents" for Wikipedia. "Top-level" categories of this type are themselves added to [[:Category:CategoriesWikipedia categories]]. Other schemes are listed at [[Wikipedia:Category schemes]]. The pages and categories listed generally require updating, organizing, and consolidation.

===Cross-referencing projects===

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Categories]]

*[[Category talk:Academic institutions]] for guidelines on colleges and universities

===Useful Tools===

*[[Special:CategoryTree]]

*[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/WikiSense/CategoryTree.php?&wikilang=en&wikifam=.wikipedia.org&m=c&cat=Fundamental Category Tree]

*[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/WikiSense/CategoryIntersect.php Category Scan]

===Organizing it all===

*[[WP:CBTF]]

==Known category-related bugs==

Please report new category-related bugs on [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ bugzilla] and list them below.

(Bugs higher than 1775 have not been checked)

===Redirects===

* [[bugzilla:491|Categories need piping feature to list by alternative name]] (to show redirects next to the articles they redirect to in categories, when appropriate)

* [[bugzilla:927|Problem categorizing redirects]]

===Special:Categories===

* [[bugzilla:461|Link to Special:Categories should be customisable]]

* [[bugzilla:844|Special:Categories should be paged by letter, like Special:Allpages]]

===Large categories===

* [[bugzilla:1058|Dealing with large categories]]

* [[bugzilla:1212|On paged categories, article totals and subcat totals are incorrect]]

* [[bugzilla:1211|Subcategory paging is not separate from article paging]]

* [[bugzilla:1502|Table of contents for Categories]]

===Updating problems===

* [[bugzilla:939|changes to links in a template do not update 'links', 'categorylinks', etc for pages including it]]

===General===

* [[bugzilla:243|Add anchor tags to the headers used on category pages]]

* [[bugzilla:337|Characters in category names]]

* [[bugzilla:449|uncategorized pages report speedup hack]]

* [[bugzilla:450|Categories need to be structured by namespace]]

* [[bugzilla:516|Ability to filter user contributions by time (e.g. "January 2003") or category]]

* [[bugzilla:835|syntax to transclude a page without the containing page inheriting categories, interlanguage links]]

* [[bugzilla:900|Category page listings have unbalanced columns]]

* [[bugzilla:931|automatic edit summary for categorizing pages]]

* [[bugzilla:943|RSS feed for category updates]]

* [[bugzilla:1029|Whitelist doesn't work correctly for categories]]

* [[bugzilla:1106|Feature request: boolean search in categories]]

* [[bugzilla:1119|Page move updates categories with sorting tweak]]

* [[bugzilla:1289|Feature request: Category reverse sort by date]]

* [[bugzilla:1701|Korean wikipedia's categories need new sectioning scheme]]

* [[bugzilla:1710|Ability to watch all articles in a category]]

* [[bugzilla:1745|can't edit the history versions of the categories!]]

* [[bugzilla:1775|Request: parameters in categories]]

==See also==

;Browsing categories

*[[Portal:Contents]] - A large navigation page that includes links to high-level categories

*[[Special:CategoryTree]] - CategoryTree browser

*[[Wikipedia:CatScan]]

*[[Special:Categories]] - Lists all existing categories alphabetically.

*[[:Category:Wikipedia categories]] - List of top-level categories. Requires this category be defined on the top of a tree.

*[[:Category:Main topic classifications]]

;Maintenance

*[[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion]]

*[[Special:Uncategorizedpages]]

*[[Special:Uncategorizedimages]]

*[[Special:Uncategorizedcategories]]

*[[Special:Unusedcategories]]

*[[Special:Wantedcategories]]

*[[Special:Mostlinkedcategories]]

;Other

*[[Help:Category]]

*[[Wikipedia:FAQ/Categorization]]

*[[m:Categorization requirements]] (original guidelines for category proposals and implementations)

*[[:Category:Knowledge representation]] - Material related to concept categorization.

*[[Wikipedia:Category intersection]], proposal

*[[s:EB1911:Classified table of contents — Introduction]] (Wikisource) Technique of categorization for the 1911 ''Britannica''

*[[Wikipedia:Categorization/Gender, race and sexuality]]

*[[Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates]]

*[[Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects]]

[[Category:Wikipedia categorization|Categorization porjectsprojects (current)]]

[[Category:WikiProject Categories|Current subprojects]]