Commons talk:Report UncategorizedCategories with infobox
Whether the Wikidata item exists
[edit]Some of these have {{Wikidata Infobox}} but are not linked from any Wikidata item. Is there any way for us to determine automatically whether a related Wikidata item exists? Clearly there is some way that the mediawiki software determines that when rendering the infobox; is it accessible to us? - Jmabel ! talk 19:53, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- They all have {{Wikidata Infobox}}, but none are linked to an item. You can click on the search link to find items that may match.
- If an item is added at Wikidata just now or before I refresh the list and its categories, some of the categories may be linked to item without any changes here at Commons being visible.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 21:07, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Trying to prevent people from creating lots of these
[edit]If the history shows that someone basically blanked a previously populated category page, leaving only {{Wikidata Infobox}} or perhaps that plus a description, you may want to use {{How to delete empty categories}} on their talk page to teach them how to ask for speedy deletion of a category instead. (See that template page for details.) - Jmabel ! talk 22:53, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- Good idea, though I'm not sure if the wording is ideal. I don't even know what "C1" and "C2" abbreviates. {{Badname}} seems much clearer.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 08:48, 29 August 2024 (UTC)- @Enhancing999: That's why it links to where they are explained. When I created the template, I didn't want a mass of text.
- I'm not a fan of how non-mnemonic the SD criteria are, but there seems to be a consensus behind them. - Jmabel ! talk 17:33, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Empty ones
[edit]There are currently 683 empty ones (cat size = 0). I think all of these can be speedy deleted.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 09:45, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Some 100 "Entertainment of"-ones are currently being deleted.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 10:47, 29 August 2024 (UTC) - When deleting empty ones, do make sure they shouldn't be cat redirects. - Jmabel ! talk 17:34, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- I have checked those 40 categories with my name, and noted that they were not empty but just uncategorized. I have categorized them by now, and they should be kept, please. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 03:36, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- The empty ones (cat size = 0) are mostly gone: just 3 are left.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 09:56, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Move request (only with empty infoboxes)
[edit]To avoid confusion please move it to "Report UncategorizedCategories with empty infobox". This is only implicit because categories with an infobox that is not empty will have at least Category:Uses of Wikidata Infobox. But many users don't know this and the title is somewhat misleading even if that was explained in the page intro. Prototyperspective (talk) 22:46, 24 September 2024 (UTC)