Template:Improve categories
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 | This article needs additional or more specific categorization. It might not be categorized. It may be in the wrong category or belong to further categories. It might be in both a category and its subcategories or in too many categories. (December 2024) |
 | This template should not be substituted. |
When to use
This template indicates that there is an issue with the article's categorization, these issues could be:
- The article needs additional or more specific categories.
- The article has not been categorized. Articles that have not been categorized are listed at Special:UncategorizedPages.
- The article might be in the wrong category.
- The article should possibly be added to additional categories.
Usage
- It is recommended that this template be placed at the bottom of the page, where readers will look for the categories, although it is a somewhat common practice among some editors to put it at the top.
- This template will add tagged pages to Category:Articles needing improved categorization.
- Please do not subst: this template.
- A
|date=parameter is supported. Adding this parameter sorts the article into a dated subcategory of Category:Articles needing improved categorization and out of the parent category, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. A bot should add this parameter if it is omitted. - A
|talk=parameter is supported. Adding this parameter will result in the message "See talk page for details." being included in the tag. - The following code is the recommended use; it will produce the Improve categories template with an appropriate date as its parameter:
- {{Improve categories|date=December 2024}}
- {{Improve categories|date=December 2024|talk=y}}
