Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Category Suppression

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Welcome!
If you are new here, please take a moment to introduce yourself. I am Willscrlt, the guy who started this WikiProject task force. I was one of the first people to figure out a way to suppress automatic categorization in templates, and I was the first to document that process. Since then, I have received a lot of positive feedback from folks, and I am glad that the concept has been well-received. Unfortunately, category suppression still comes across as a bit confusing to some people, so I started the task force to help coordinate and focus the efforts of other interested Wikipedians in improving the process. I'd love for you to join me. Also, if you have questions about the process, feel free to ask them here. &mdash; Will scrlt ( “Talk” ) 12:01, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Scope and name of this WikiProject

 * The below message was cut out from a longer message on my talk page, and copied here. --David Göthberg (talk) 03:30, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

But I am actually thinking that a slightly different name might be better. It's not just category suppression that we are discussing, but all things to do with automatic categorization and the suppression thereof. It broadens the WP scope a bit, and that's probably good. If so, then the WP name should probably be changed or tweaked. Any suggestions? Any other related topics that should be included? I don't want to tread on WP Templates, but if there are any other template-category related things that should be considered, it would be better to do so now than later. &mdash; Will scrlt ( “Talk” ) 02:37, 19 November 2009 (UTC)


 * End of message copied from my talk page. --David Göthberg (talk) 03:30, 19 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I fully agree on that, auto-categorization and category suppression should be documented and discussed together. And at the moment I can't think of any related topics that needs to be included, so the new scope seems right. Here are some copies of texts and sentences on this topic, just to look for some keywords:
 * You have used these words:
 * "automatic categorization"
 * "category suppression"
 * From the template tlrow:
 * "a feature to suppress the automatic category"
 * From the lead section of cat handler:
 * "It helps other templates to automate categorization and category suppression."
 * "this template prevents auto-categorization in some namespaces"
 * From a message I wrote about these things in another place:
 * "Templates that auto-categorize"
 * "some templates also need to use different categories in different namespaces"


 * So the scope could perhaps be expressed as:
 * "Handling of automatic categorization and suppression of automatic categorization in templates."
 * Or in shorter but not as informative forms:
 * "Category handling in templates."
 * "Template category handling."
 * So how about calling this project something like this?:
 * Wikipedia:WikiProject template category handling
 * And then instead stress that this includes "category suppression" in the lead section on all pages in this area.
 * --David Göthberg (talk) 03:30, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

The scope of this project seems ultra-limited even with the above proposed expansion. What about "WikiProject ParserFunctions" or something? –xenotalk 16:23, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Inactive project
This WikiProject appears to be inactive, so I have tagged it as such. Feel free to revert if there is some active collaboration that I couldnt find. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:23, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

C:WPCATSUP listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect WPCATSUP to the category Category:WikiProject Category Suppression. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. John Vandenberg (chat) 10:02, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

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