Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories

WikiProject Categories has been set up to help manage the categories of Wikipedia and improve them. The goal is to categorize all articles in a way that is consistent with the guidelines at Wikipedia:Categorization.

Discussions about categorization policy happen at Wikipedia talk:Categorization. That page is also the place for solving specific issues related to category organization.

To discuss deleting, merging, or renaming categories, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion.

Please direct all talk to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories if you would like to help or comment on the project.

There is a task force that puts uncategorized articles into categories.

You may wish to view all subpages of this page.

Participants

If you would like to take part then add your signature to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories/Participants page and a description of any areas in which you may be interested.

Userboxes

Code	Result
{{User WP Categories}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Categories to improve Wikipedia categorization.
{{User WikiProject Categories}}	This user is a participant in WikiProject Categories.
{{User Catbox}}	CAT WP:CAT WP:NCCAT WP:CLN WP:CFD WP:OC WP:OC/U WP:USERCAT Help:Category Help:Categories Readers' FAQ Editors' FAQ Categories (Tree)
{{User Cattalk}}	CAT talk WT:CAT WT:NCCAT WT:CLN WT:OC WT:USERCAT WT:OC/U WT:CFD Help talk:Category Help talk:Categories Readers' FAQ talk Editors' FAQ talk

Barnstar

• Awarded to users who dedicate themselves to pruning, maintaining and caring for our category structure, helping it to grow, or who devote themselves to categorising articles to better aid our readers.

{{The Categorisation Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~|alt}}

		The Categorisation Barnstar
		put your message here ~~~~

Resources

Resource	Description
Category:Wikipedia categorization	Category page listing our project pages
Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories/Current subprojects	WikiProject Categories subprojects
{{WikiProject Categories}}	Use this banner template on talk pages of interest to this WikiProject
Wikipedia:Template messages/Category namespace	a list of maintenance templates for category namespace
/uncategorized	Taskforce page for finding and categorizing uncategorized articles
Category:Uncategorized pages	Category containing pages that need categorization
Special:UncategorizedPages	Special page for uncategorized pages
Uncategorized Categories	Special page for uncategorized categories
Wikipedia:Database_reports#Categories	Page containing generated reports about categories
Wikimedia stats:Category Overview Index	Dumps of the category tree
Category:Overpopulated categories	Categories having pages that should be moved into subcategories

Current projects

Please list any categorization projects you are planning or are in the process of working on. Include your name and date and describe what you are/will be doing. See also: Category:Wikipedia category cleanup

• WP:CFDWM: manual work after closure of CfD discussions. Please help. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:37, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Current discussions

Please list any pages where discussions about categorization are taking place. Please date the entry and add your name.

Policies and guidelines

• Wikipedia:Categorization
• Wikipedia:Naming conventions (categories)
• Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates
• Wikipedia:Overcategorization

Essays

• Wikipedia:Categories are different from articles
• Wikipedia:Categories vs lists
• Wikipedia:Categorising fictional characters by attribute
• Wikipedia:Do not write articles using categories
• Wikipedia:Overcategorization/Intersection of location and occupation
• User:Alan Liefting/Essays/On categorisation

See also

• Category:WikiProjects
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting
• Portal:Contents
• Portal:Contents/Overviews
• The HotCat gadget
• Categories (Aristotle)