User talk:SenatorIndiana

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Hello, SenatorIndiana, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! DB 1729 talk 16:45, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Categories
Hello. I noticed in some recent edits of yours you attempted to add a person's name directly to a category page.

In Wikipedia, the category must be added to the article, not the other way around. Please see FAQ/Categorization For newer editors, it's understandably a counter-intuitive system.

Category pages are not intended to be exhaustive lists. They are navigation aids; merely groupings of related, existing English Wikipedia pages.

To categorize an article, first make sure it actually belongs to the category. Then, go to the article and add the category at the bottom of the page. Once published (saved) the blue-linked name of the article will automatically appear on the category page. To remove an article from appearing on a category page, edit the article and remove the category. For instructions on how to do all this using VisualEditor, see.

Note, if there is no existing WP article on the subject, then there is nothing to do as far as categorization is concerned. Indeed, in this particular case, there appears to be no Wikipedia article for the subject Michael McNeely. In other words, there is no article to which the category can be added. Therefore, what you're trying to do is currently impossible.

For further detailed information, see Help:Category and Categorization. Let me know if you need assistance or have any questions. Cheers! -- DB 1729 talk 16:50, 31 May 2024 (UTC)