Category talk:Maintenance

Subdivide categories
Seeing as there are many categories here, and there will only be even more in the future, I would propose to divide most of the categories into subcategories. To make it easier to tell which are subcategories and which are maintenance categories, subcategories would have a sort key of "*".

Some ideas would be:
 * "Article maintenance" for categories dealing with the content of articles, such as Category:Verify or Category:Stub.
 * "Template maintenance" for categories dealing with the content of templates, such as Category:Templates with no documentation (currently only two categories, but it could get more, such as a category for deprecated templates)
 * "File maintenance" for categories related to files needing work, such as Category:Broken images‎ or Category:Images violating copyright‎.
 * "Errors" for categories related to improper template parameters and other template errors, such as Category:Missing achievement or Category:Pages with script errors
 * "Article classification" for categories containing pages where there is not a goal to empty the category or the category cannot be emptied without further information or development. Some examples are Category:Upcoming, Category:Conjecture‎, Category:Outdated‎, and Category:Soft redirects
 * "Pending action" for categories about pending requests such as deletion, moving, splitting, etc.

– KnightMiner  t/c 23:17, 4 April 2015 (UTC)


 * : Bringing this back up again since the category now has 70 subcategories and is rather cluttered. In addition, I think some of the categories can be combined (e.g. Category:AutoUnsigned template used incorrectly and Category:Unsigned template used incorrectly, "Testing needed" with "Verify", etc).


 * Some categories also seem to be broken or unused (e.g. Category:Fixme doesn't seem to be used anywhere and was only mentioned twice in talk pages); and Category:History uses deprecated header has nothing even though Special:WhatLinksHere/R has quite a few results (from history template using deprecated headers). - Sonicwave ( talk )  18:42, 24 May 2018 (UTC)


 * . Started organization in my my sandbox, and will try to finish later today (I'll be busy within the next few users though).-- Madminecrafter12 Orange Glazed Terracotta.png to meLight Blue Glazed Terracotta.png 19:01, 24 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I've started a table, but it's nowhere near finished, so anybody's welcome to add the rest of the categories or move some of the categories in the table as they like. All I have right now is the layout and some basic examples:


 * {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"

! Article maintenance !! Template and module maintenance !! File maintenance !! Errors !! Article classification !! Pending action
 * Category:Citation needed || Category:Modules with bad documentation || Category:Broken images‎ || Category:AutoUnsigned template used incorrectly || Category:Conjecture || Category:Pending deletion
 * Category:Cleanup || Category:Modules with no documentation || Category:Images requesting to be reuploaded || Category:Fixme‎ || Category:Disambiguation pages || Category:Pending merge
 * Category:Dead links || Category:Templates with bad documentation || Category:Images violating copyright || Category:History uses deprecated header || Category:Editcopies || Category:Pending move
 * Category:Deprecated || Category:Templates with no documentation || Category:Unlicensed files || Category:Missing achievement || Category:Edition specific categories || Category:Pending split
 * Category:Empty crafting usage || || Category:Pages with broken file links || Category:Missing advancement || Category:Inaccurate videos ||
 * Category:Incomplete lists || || || Category:Missing blast resistance || ||
 * Category:Information needed || || || Category:Missing default control || Category:Pages with overridden hardness ||
 * Category:Needs updating || || || Category:Missing hardness || Category:Pages with overridden tntres ||
 * Category:Orphan || || || Category:Pages missing history footer || Category:Planned removal ||
 * Category:Pages needing images || || || Category:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls || ||
 * Category:Pages using deprecated sprite names || || || Category:Pages using invalid self-closed HTML tags || Category:Resources with invalid renewability ||
 * Category:Pages with missing sprites || || || Category:Pages where template include size is exceeded || Category:Soft redirects ||
 * Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls || || || Category:Pages with ignored display titles || Category:Tables without description ||
 * Category:Pages without a lead section || || || Category:Pages with reference errors || Category:Unknown version history ||
 * Category:Research required || || || Category:Pages with script errors || Category:Upcoming ||
 * Category:Stub || || || Category:Pages with templates requiring substitution || Category:Update infobox history ||
 * Category:Testing needed || || || Category:Undated template used incorrectly || Category:Versions using legacy download site ||
 * Category:Verify || || || Category:Unprotected pages using Template:Protected || ||
 * Category:When || || || Category:Unsigned template used incorrectly || ||
 * Category:Work in progress || || || || ||
 * }
 * Category:Pages using deprecated sprite names || || || Category:Pages using invalid self-closed HTML tags || Category:Resources with invalid renewability ||
 * Category:Pages with missing sprites || || || Category:Pages where template include size is exceeded || Category:Soft redirects ||
 * Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls || || || Category:Pages with ignored display titles || Category:Tables without description ||
 * Category:Pages without a lead section || || || Category:Pages with reference errors || Category:Unknown version history ||
 * Category:Research required || || || Category:Pages with script errors || Category:Upcoming ||
 * Category:Stub || || || Category:Pages with templates requiring substitution || Category:Update infobox history ||
 * Category:Testing needed || || || Category:Undated template used incorrectly || Category:Versions using legacy download site ||
 * Category:Verify || || || Category:Unprotected pages using Template:Protected || ||
 * Category:When || || || Category:Unsigned template used incorrectly || ||
 * Category:Work in progress || || || || ||
 * }
 * Category:Testing needed || || || Category:Undated template used incorrectly || Category:Versions using legacy download site ||
 * Category:Verify || || || Category:Unprotected pages using Template:Protected || ||
 * Category:When || || || Category:Unsigned template used incorrectly || ||
 * Category:Work in progress || || || || ||
 * }
 * Category:When || || || Category:Unsigned template used incorrectly || ||
 * Category:Work in progress || || || || ||
 * }
 * }
 * }
 * }


 * -- Madminecrafter12 Orange Glazed Terracotta.png to meLight Blue Glazed Terracotta.png 14:30, 25 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Having an "Easy" category that doesn't really require much thought (like substing templates), for new users to start with would be good too. –Majr ᐸ Talk Contribs 07:52, 26 May 2018 (UTC)


 * FTB Wiki has a backlog page. I'm planning to do something similar on the Russian wiki one day, and we might be able to borrow the fundamental idea and adapt it to our needs. --AttemptToCallNil (report bug, view backtrace) 08:11, 26 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I went ahead and split it up - there's been no objection; so instead of waiting 3 1/2 more years for more people to respond, I went ahead and boldly took action. There are some categories that remain uncategorized if anyone wants to help out with that, and I mostly just followed Knight's proposal, so subcategorizing even further (such as the "Easy" category Majr mentioned) might be a good idea.-- Madminecrafter12 Orange Glazed Terracotta.png to meLight Blue Glazed Terracotta.png 01:20, 30 July 2018 (UTC)