Help:Category: Revision history

15 February 2005

• curprev 03:2203:22, 15 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 11,195 bytes +33‎ If you want an item in a list to be positioned in that order, based on an alternative name (sort key) for that item, then this can be specified in the category tag that places the item in the list: <n
• curprev 03:1603:16, 15 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 11,162 bytes +102‎ == Order of the lists; setting sort keys ==
• curprev 02:5902:59, 15 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 11,060 bytes +193‎ On Meta and Wikipedia a redirect to a category shows the editable text only. To get the full page after being redirected, use the link "Image", or "Category", respectively.

14 February 2005

• curprev 14:0114:01, 14 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 10,867 bytes +94‎ →‎Category page: the first 20 characters of the image name are shown, with dots if that is not the full name.
• curprev 10:1010:10, 14 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 10,773 bytes −15‎ page

11 February 2005

• curprev 01:1201:12, 11 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 10,788 bytes −18‎ →‎A category tag in a template; caching problem: null edit
• curprev 00:3300:33, 11 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ m 10,806 bytes +3‎ →‎A category tag in a template; caching problem
• curprev 00:3200:32, 11 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 10,803 bytes +247‎ To refresh category pages with respect to the listing a particular page (adding or deleting the entry), the lesser kind of dummy edit can be applied to that page: just applying section edit and saving

10 February 2005

• curprev 22:5322:53, 10 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 10,556 bytes −140‎ →‎A category tag in a template; caching problem: rm purge, does not seem to work

8 February 2005

• curprev 01:1301:13, 8 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 10,696 bytes +40‎ →‎Large categories: See also w:Template:CompactCatTOC.

7 February 2005

• curprev 11:3911:39, 7 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 10,656 bytes +70‎ →‎Category page: To get the full page after being redirected, use the link "Category".
• curprev 11:2511:25, 7 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 10,586 bytes +56‎ →‎Category page: BUG: A redirect to a category shows the editable text only!

6 February 2005

• curprev 10:1810:18, 6 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 10,530 bytes +63‎ →‎See also: *commons:Commons:Images on normal pages or categories:Vote

5 February 2005

• curprev 21:0821:08, 5 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 10,467 bytes +71‎ →‎Large categories: The editable part of the page is repeated on each of the set of pages.
• curprev 21:0421:04, 5 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 10,396 bytes +62‎ →‎Large categories: Examples of large categories:
• curprev 20:5820:58, 5 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 10,334 bytes +4‎ A page with e.g. the name range Leiden-Rotterdam shows the subcategories, articles and images in that range. Somewhat confusingly, the subcategory count and article count apply to that name range.
• curprev 20:2920:29, 5 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ m 10,330 bytes +1‎ →‎Category page
• curprev 20:2820:28, 5 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 10,329 bytes +497‎ →‎Existing categories: ==Category page==
• curprev 00:4200:42, 5 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 9,832 bytes +245‎ If a category is large, there are multiple pages. A page with e.g. the articles in the name range Leiden-Rotterdam also shows the subcategories in that range. A message like "There is 1 subcategory to

4 February 2005

• curprev 23:0723:07, 4 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 9,587 bytes +128‎ To start the list at a given name, use a URL like http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:American_actors&from=Ford

1 February 2005

• curprev 23:4923:49, 1 February 2005‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 9,459 bytes +101‎ →‎See also: For pecularities of large categories, see e.g. w:Category:American actors.

28 January 2005

• curprev 07:3407:34, 28 January 2005‎ YebisYa talk contribs‎ 9,358 bytes +36‎ →‎See also: parameter "langs" in template "hc"

27 January 2005

• curprev 07:2007:20, 27 January 2005‎ YebisYa talk contribs‎ m 9,322 bytes +17‎ template "hi" -> "hh" and "langs" specified in template "hc"

18 January 2005

• curprev 22:2922:29, 18 January 2005‎ 128.3.10.21 talk‎ 9,305 bytes −1‎ "case-sensitive" and "case-insensitive" were used backwards; swapped them.

6 January 2005

• curprev 17:2917:29, 6 January 2005‎ 193.203.82.226 talk‎ 9,306 bytes 0‎ →‎How to add a category, and include a page in a category

26 December 2004

• curprev 16:3216:32, 26 December 2004‎ YebisYa talk contribs‎ m 9,306 bytes −20‎ →‎Setting sort keys: The sort key is made independent of the category name. See w:en:Wikipedia:Categorization#Categories requirements and usage

25 December 2004

• curprev 18:2318:23, 25 December 2004‎ YebisYa talk contribs‎ 9,326 bytes 0‎ →‎Conventions and project-specific settings: see
• curprev 18:0318:03, 25 December 2004‎ 220.147.119.185 talk‎ 9,326 bytes +3‎ →‎Setting sort keys: makes the second sort key relevant to the context.

20 December 2004

• curprev 00:0200:02, 20 December 2004‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 9,323 bytes +106‎ not the changes in the corresponding talk pages

19 December 2004

• curprev 23:3123:31, 19 December 2004‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 9,217 bytes +158‎ From 1.4: For a category, the "Related Changes" feature gives the changes in the pages in the category and the changes in the editable parts of the pages of its subcategories, but not the changes in
• curprev 11:5711:57, 19 December 2004‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 9,059 bytes +74‎ →‎Applying "What links here" and "Related Changes" to a category: For the "Related Changes" feature, also the links to the pages in the category count, from 1.4.

16 December 2004

• curprev 05:4305:43, 16 December 2004‎ 24.16.18.20 talk‎ 8,985 bytes −65‎ Remove SPAM
• curprev 02:3902:39, 16 December 2004‎ 221.193.212.169 talk‎ 9,050 bytes +65‎ →‎How to add a category, and include a page in a category
• curprev 02:1402:14, 16 December 2004‎ 18.242.5.105 talk‎ 8,985 bytes 0‎ →‎See also: Corrected typeo

4 December 2004

• curprev 03:0103:01, 4 December 2004‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 8,985 bytes +409‎ Linking from a test page, user page, etc. to a category is considered to pollute the category. This restricts the freedom to copy text to a test page or user page:

17 November 2004

• curprev 22:5022:50, 17 November 2004‎ Eloquence talk contribs‎ m 8,576 bytes −160‎ this isn't mediawiki stuff, it's meta stuff
• curprev 22:4922:49, 17 November 2004‎ Eloquence talk contribs‎ m 8,736 bytes +2‎ No edit summary

14 November 2004

• curprev 19:3119:31, 14 November 2004‎ Paddu talk contribs‎ m 8,734 bytes +17‎ →‎here it is for this site: make the rest of the text continue below the category note

8 November 2004

• curprev 18:0118:01, 8 November 2004‎ 83.67.2.246 talk‎ 8,717 bytes −2‎ →‎Setting sort keys

6 November 2004

• curprev 09:5109:51, 6 November 2004‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 8,719 bytes +140‎ In order to update a page in such cases, use "action=purge", in a URL like {{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAMEE}}|action=purge}}

26 October 2004

• curprev 22:3822:38, 26 October 2004‎ Dcljr talk contribs‎ m 8,579 bytes +3‎ →‎Setting sort keys: The Bar -> The Foobar -- example is meaningless unless the categories are the same

10 October 2004

• curprev 12:1012:10, 10 October 2004‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ m 8,576 bytes −9,329‎ Reverted edits by 61.145.136.171 to last version by 200.181.88.238
• curprev 10:3310:33, 10 October 2004‎ 61.145.136.171 talk‎ 17,905 bytes +9,329‎ No edit summary

28 September 2004

• curprev 15:5915:59, 28 September 2004‎ 200.181.88.238 talk‎ 8,576 bytes −1‎ →‎How to add a category, and include a page in a category: Fixing example

23 September 2004

• curprev 08:5008:50, 23 September 2004‎ AaronPeterson talk contribs‎ 8,577 bytes +592‎ reorder and include handbook sidebar:editor toc and included short instructions on how to add a page /etc/
• curprev 07:3307:33, 23 September 2004‎ AaronPeterson talk contribs‎ m 7,985 bytes −30‎ →‎What categories provide: removed header so it would appear above hideable toc

21 September 2004

• curprev 11:2611:26, 21 September 2004‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 8,015 bytes −7‎ other sidebar: {{handbook sidebar|Editor toc}}
• curprev 11:0311:03, 21 September 2004‎ Patrick talk contribs‎ 8,022 bytes +49‎ →‎How categories are implemented: (in fact ASCII order, see Help:Special page).
• curprev 09:3909:39, 21 September 2004‎ AaronPeterson talk contribs‎ m 7,973 bytes +37‎ sidebar

14 September 2004

• curprev 22:4622:46, 14 September 2004‎ Dod1~metawiki talk contribs‎ m 7,936 bytes +56‎ →‎Setting sort keys: more explanation