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| The article should be left in those categories it would belong to if it had no category of its own; see [[Wikipedia:Categorization and subcategories#Topic article rule]] as well as [[Wikipedia:Categorization#Some general guidelines]]. | | The article should be left in those categories it would belong to if it had no category of its own; see [[Wikipedia:Categorization and subcategories#Topic article rule]] as well as [[Wikipedia:Categorization#Some general guidelines]]. |
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| ==State of the Category feature==
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| The category feature appeared in the [[MediaWiki]] software v1.3, which was implemented on Wikipedia in late May 2004.
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| Initially categories were displayed at the top right of articles, but they were soon moved to the bottom due to layout conflicts. (Not every skin has them at the bottom; e.g. Cologne Blue has them at top right.)
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| ===Known issues===
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| [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/?query_format=advanced&product=MediaWiki&component=Categories Reported categorisation bugs] can be seen at [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/ Phabricator]. ''See also'': [[Wikipedia:Categorization#Known category-related bugs]].
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| *Category pages still show old sub-categories and articles after edits [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=970584&group_id=34373&atid=411192] [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=975072&group_id=34373&atid=411192].
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| :''Work-around'': You need to make a dummy edit to the category page to fix this, e.g., add a space at the end of a line. Explain this in the edit summary (e.g. "Dummy edit to refresh"), and flag the edit as minor if you have a Wikipedia user account.
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| *Categories can be sub-categories of themselves [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=970259&group_id=34373&atid=411192].
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| :''Work-around'': Don't do it.
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| *Categories cannot be redirected [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T2100].
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| :''Work-around'': Don't do it, place a link on the page instead if it already exists.
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| *Layout issues:
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| **Category and interwiki tags produce ugly whitespace [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T2087]
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| **Category pages show a pre-formatted box from spaces within category lines [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T2833]
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| ::''Work-around'': Edit category pages so that there is only one category tag per line.
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| ===How do I report bugs?===
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| Bugs should be reported to the Wikimedia [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/ Phabricator] website. (See [[Wikipedia:Bug reports and feature requests]] for instructions.)
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| ===How do I request feature enhancements?===
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| Enhancements can be requested at the [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/ Phabricator] website. (See also [[mw:MediaWiki roadmap]].)
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| ==What is the state of categorization?== | | ==What is the state of categorization?== |
