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It looks odd to have this template "sticking out" to the side under some of the others (like wikify, cleanup, gcheck, etc.) so I've changed the format to use <div> similarly. --Darkwind 20:42, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)
This template survived a debate at TfD. See here for the discussion. -Splash 01:21, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
This template is protected. It needs a sort key added to the category link, so
[[Category:Wikipedia maintenance templates]]
needs to change to
[[Category:Wikipedia maintenance templates|((PAGENAME))]]
– Doug Bell talk•contrib 01:12, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Could an admin please insert some language into the template description to the effect that this template should not be used on stub articles that already have a specialized stub template? Melchoir 04:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
This template is only useful to editors (and then only to editors who care about categories). If it is to appear I think, it is far better that it appears on the talk page, as unlike template:unreferenced and template:NPOV etc, it does not inform the reader of anything they need to know.
What I mean by this is if a new reader of Wikipedia arrives at the page after doing an internet search, then to have pointed out to that reader that the page does not cite references, or that it may have a bias, helps them realise that the page might not be as accurate as it could be. But the information in this template does not inform that reader of any information which that reader will want to know, and not knowing what a category is, will possibly be confused by it. For such a person it must be like reading a Microsoft error message, I think Wikipedia should be more friendly than that, and by placing the template on the talk page any editor who intends to edit the page should see it, so it will still inform the target audience that who ever put it there would like the page placed into a category.
I used to make the same mistake by placing wikipedia:footnote in the Note section, until someone pointed out that although of interest to editors it was not pertinent information for people who read a page. --Philip Baird Shearer 20:17, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories/uncategorized#Tag placement: on talk page?. Copied from my talk page:
Of course, if you were going to categorise it anyway, for which thanks, moving the template was somewhat moot... I think I'd have to join the dissenters on this in general, and certainly in the particular case of this template. But I'll be sure to mention it to the "consumers" of this cleanup resource, and poll what they think. Alai 03:58, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Please read Wikipedia talk:Template standardisation/article#Most maintenance templates should be placed on the talk page. I think that maintainance templates like this should go on the talk pages, because that is what talk pages are designed for. As is mentioned in several places on Wikipedia guidlines: "Wikipedia optimized for readers over editors" (see Wikipedia:List guideline and Wikipedia:Naming conventions for examples ) --Philip Baird Shearer 18:51, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Becuase regular users cannot edit this page, this link will come in handy on the next edit:
simple:Template:Uncat --Slgrandson 14:18, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
As discussed on Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup, the code
<includeonly>[[Category:Category needed|((PAGENAME))]]</includeonly>
should be changed to
<includeonly>(({category|[[Category:Category needed|((PAGENAME))]]))}</includeonly>
so that the template can be used on example pages without putting the example page itself into Category:Category needed. Kickaha Ota 15:13, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
I recommend modifying the usage on the template page, to indicate that this template can be used both standalone ((uncat))
and with the full ((uncat|<month> <year>))
format, though the latter is preferred. --Elonka 23:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
Are we supposed to add interlanguage wikis to template pages, I'd like to add one but this page is protected. Thanks. --Vanka5 18:31, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
How is this different to ((nocat)) and ((nocats))? Wouldn't all these templates be better replaced by an automatic feature in the category software that lists all uncategorised pages? Or does this exist already, in which case how do these templates differ? Sorry, if these questions are stupid, it is not obvious to me! Nossac 15:56, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
The wording is kind of confusing. Shouldn't it say "this xxx should belong in one or more categories" because the way it is now it sounds as if it already does belong in a category. T REXspeak 16:39, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Part of the template is "should belong in one or more '''[[Wikipedia:Category|categories]]'''. Please [[Wikipedia:Categorization|categorize]] it", but since Wikipedia:Category is just a redirect to Wikipedia:Categorization anyway, you just get two differant links to the same article (not to mention that if this template is used on a redirect page, it gets listed on Special:DoubleRedirects). Could someone take a look at this? ShakingSpirittalk 14:24, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
<div class="messagebox cleanup metadata plainlinks"> {|style="width:100%;background:none" |width=60px|[[Image:Information_icon.svg|40px]] |'''This ((#switch:((NAMESPACE))|((ns:-0))=article|Image=image|Template=template|Category=category|page)) is [[WP:CAT|uncategorized]].'''<br /><small>Please help [((fullurl:((FULLPAGENAME))|action=edit)) improve this ((#switch:((NAMESPACE))|((ns:-0))=article|Image=image|Template=template|Category=category|page))] by adding it to one or more categories, so it may be associated with related ((#switch:((NAMESPACE))|((ns:-0))=articles|Wikipedia=project pages|Image=images|Template=templates|Category=categories|pages)) ([[Wikipedia:Categorization FAQ#How do I add an article to a category?|how?]]). Please remove this tag after categorizing. ((#if:(({1|))}|This article has been tagged since '''(({1))}'''.))</small> |}</div><includeonly>(({Category|((#if:(({1|))}|[[Category:Uncategorized from (({1))}]]|[[Category:Category needed]]))[[Category:All uncategorised pages]]))}</includeonly><noinclude> ---- This template will categorise tagged articles into [[:Category:All uncategorised pages]] and either [[:Category:Category needed]] or a monthly category like [[:Category:Uncategorized from ((CURRENTMONTHNAME)) ((CURRENTYEAR))]], if a date is supplied. The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste ((tlx|Uncategorized|((CURRENTMONTHNAME)) ((CURRENTYEAR)))) at the bottom of the article. * This [[WP:TM|template]] is a [[WP:SELF|self-reference]]. * Please do not [[WP:SUB|subst:]] this template. ==See also== * [[Template:Uncategorizedstub]] * [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup]] [[Category:Cleanup templates|((PAGENAME))]] </noinclude>
Which looks like:
This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:All uncategorised pages and either Category:Category needed or a monthly category like Category:Uncategorized from May 2024, if a date is supplied.
The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste ((Uncategorized|May 2024))
at the bottom of the article.
==See also==
There are too many changes here to mention. I hope it's satisfactory. -- PatrickFisher 08:54, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi. People involved in the cleanup of uncategorized articles are always faced with the problem of articles which are currently under AfD or under Prod. It seems a waste of time to categorize them but then other editors doing cleanup will keep viewing these pages. Is there an elegant solution by which we could automatically have the template categorize differently that are in the deletion categories? Pascal.Tesson 23:49, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Is it really necessary fdor this template to put things into both Category:Uncategorized and Category:Category needed (or both Uncategorized and Uncategorised since month), since one is a subcat of the other? it seems like a doubling up of categories somewhere along the track. Grutness...wha? 22:22, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
The template currently says:
I think it should be changed to:
Eli Falk 09:21, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
An article Hizb_ut-Tahrir is already listed under multiple categories. However, an editor insists to have uncategorized tag because the category he wanted to have is not there. I think that it might makes the article disputed however does not justify having Uncategorized tag because article is under multiple categories already. There is some edit war going on this issue. Hence I thought we take some outside views. Please tell what is your take on it? --- ALM 01:51, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
The category he wants to add is in harmony with his agenda to categorise this radical organisation as a terrorist organisation. I'm sure you will understand the difference between being radical or extreme (which in itself is a POV) from being a terrorist. He has attempted many times to insert this accusation without proper reference, and now he is trying to do so by adding a category related to terrorism. Aaliyah Stevens 17:43, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Please add th:แม่แบบ:ต้องการหมวดหมู่ for interwiki link. Thanks ----Jutiphan | Talk - 17:52, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Could someone please change the category on this template from Category:Wikipedia maintenance templates to the subcategory Category:Category maintenance templates where other category-related templates are grouped? e.g. ((Popcat)), ((Uncategorizedcat)). Thx. Dl2000 16:43, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
((editprotected)) Please remove ((PotentialVanity)) from see also as it is deprecated. – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
So you'll have to excuse me for writing in a less professional tone of voice than usual, but I've just been thrown through the loop for the last several minutes because I had no idea the template is so smart, it knows it's a template. I kept thinking, "but where's the one for articles?" Please, please, please, please, please, modify the page to show us some examples ("on an article/category/image, it looks like this.") I thank you for your attention to this matter, and warn you that I feel like hitting something because I'm such a wikigeek for caring about this. -- Lenoxus " * " 05:28, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 March 23#Category:Uncategorized, please replace Category:Uncategorized by Category:Uncategorized pages in this template. [[Category:Uncategorized from...]] should not be changed. Thanks, Angus McLellan (Talk) 15:12, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
((Editprotect)) Split off documentation (see WP:DOC) add link to Template:UncategorizedTemplate. —Dispenser 19:53, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Might I ask what is the point of this? Aside from the fact that this template tends to appear on articles that are in fact categorized (or remain on articles after they become categorized), the absence of a category seems to hardly necessitate a big honkin' box at the top of the article. >Radiant< 15:43, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Why does the template say "This article belongs in one or more categories."
Isn't this the template that is supposed to say that the article is uncategorized.
The current wording implies that the article is currently categorized. The wording should be fixed immediately. --Leon Sword 00:02, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
((editprotected))
A new way to add this tremplate, properly dated, is:
Can someone please add this to the usage section? Od Mishehu 08:01, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
I was reading through some articles, and I noticed that adding the Uncategorized template actually categorizes it into the Uncategorized pages category, therefore it is categorized. So this is a bit of a paradox template. Matt - TheFearow 22:18, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
((editprotected)) Doubtless this template is likely to appear on pages which use -ise spelling. It would be nice is a parameter were added to allow the template to harmonise with this. Jɪmp 07:35, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
((editprotected)) Bullet point 4 in the documentation: Please do not subst: this template.
Bullet point 5 in the documentation: The simplest way to add this template to a page is to copy and paste
((subst:dated|uncategorized))
into the article.
Documentation probably shouldn't contradict itself, right? JPG-GR 04:11, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
(((({1))}|today's date))
, which is useful for maintenance templates (the alternative is having all template dating done by a bot); also, Template:Uncategorized/doc does not appear to be protected at this time, and is free for editing. While the advice given in the documentation is good, I agree it sounds a bit confusing for someone who doesn't memorize templates for fun (I'm innocent!). Um... I'll see if there's something I can think of to have this make a bit more sense. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:47, 30 July 2007 (UTC)Please express your opinion about the matter at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories/uncategorized#Template:Uncategorized and Template:Uncategorizedstub should match. Od Mishehu 09:02, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
((editprotect))
please remove the Template:Not verified and Template:Unsourced from the see also section as they redirect to other listed templates. additionally please use Wikipedia:Transclusion for the non-template content of this template. Jeepday (talk) 14:28, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
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Could you please edit the template so that it uses the new ambox standardized style instead of the old style for consistancy's sake? ViperSnake151 00:27, 16 September 2007 (UTC)