These notes are generally placed on top ofcategory pages.
For notes about the deletion and renaming of categories, seeWikipedia:Template messages/Deletion.
Additional templates for category pages can be found inCategory:Category namespace templates and its subcategories.
For moretable of contents templates, seeWikipedia:Template messages/Compact tables of contents.
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| {{category TOC}} Talk |
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| {{set category}} |  This is aset category. It should only contain pages that are{{{1}}} orlists of {{{1}}}, as well assubcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about {{{1}}} in general should be placed in relevanttopic categories. |
| {{container category}} | This is acontainer category. Due to its scope, it should containonlysubcategories. |
| {{File category}} |  This category contains files To place a file in thiscategory, add the tag{{[[Template:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]}} to theLicensing section of the file's description page. If you are not sure which category a file belongs to, consult "Wikipedia:File copyright tags". If this category is very large,please consider placing your file in a new or existing subcategory. |
| {{Maintenance category}} Talk,list | This is amaintenancecategory, used formaintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and containsnon-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories (except foreponymous maintenance categories). |
| {{possibly empty category}} Talk,list |  Administrators: Please do not delete this category as empty! This category may be empty occasionally or even most of the time. |
| {{category disambiguation|SOMECAT}} Talk,list |  This category is not in use because it has an ambiguous title. Note: This category page should be empty. All entries should be recategorized under one of the above categories or an appropriate subcategory.  |
| {{category redirect|othercategory}} Talk |  This category is located atCategory:othercategory.  Note: This category should be empty.The followingcategories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
See theinstructions for more information. Administrators: If this category name is unlikely to be entered on new pages, and allincoming links have been cleaned up,click here to delete. |
| {{cat exp|text includinglinks}} Talk | Thiscategory is for text includinglinks. |
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| {{cleanup}} Talk,list,category |
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| {{cfdnotice|SOMECAT}} Talk,list |
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| {{category diffuse}} |  Pages in this categoryshould be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. It should directly contain very few, if any, pages and should mainly contain subcategories. | ||
| {{overpopulated category}} talk |  This category isoverpopulated. It is suggested that the contents of the category besubcategorized. | ||
| {{subjective category}} Talk | This categorymay inappropriately label persons. SeeWikipedia:Categorization andWP:BLPCAT for advice on how to apply categorization to articles relating to people. See also the policy atWikipedia:Categorizing articles about people regarding categorization byethnicity,gender,religion,sexuality, ordisability.
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| {{categorization of people disputed}} | Theinclusion of certain people in this category isdisputed. Please see the relevant discussions on the talk pages of those individual articles. Consider rewording the inclusion criteria of this category if they are unclear. See also the guidelines atWP:BLPCAT andWikipedia:Categorizing articles about people.(October 2025) | ||
| {{uncategorized}} Talk,list,category | Place this at thebottom of an uncategorized article/category if you are unsure of which categories apply. |
