Usage[edit]

The ((Overpopulated category)) template adds categories to Category:Overpopulated categories (46). Categories that contain too many pages, and require attention to reduce their size, may be marked with this template. If suitable subcategories do not exist, they should be created; pages should then be re-categorized, as appropriate.

If a category requires constant maintenance, rather than a one-time recategorization, use ((Category diffuse)) instead. Some categories intentionally contain many pages, such as categories populated by certain templates; these categories do not need to be tagged.

In addition to using this template, also consider adding the ((category tree)) template to make all sub-categories visible.

Other category-header templates[edit]

Category-heading templates

Templates meant to appear at or near the top of category pages

By namespace

Category	((Category explanation)) ((Parent-only stub category)) ((Regional stub category)) ((Set category)) ((Stub category)) ((Topic category))
File	((Category game screenshot header)) ((File category)) ((File template notice)) ((Image template notice1)) ((Media template notice))
Other	((Help category)) ((Maintenance category)) ((Portal category)) ((Sockpuppet category)) ((Template category)) ((User category))

Maintenance

See also: Category hatnote templates

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Overpopulated category/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.