Forum:Category redlinks not red

This may well have been discussed before or something, but I've just noticed it now - since when did non-existent categories change to blue, as if their pages already exist? Any reasoning for the change?--Acer4666 12:35, August 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * It happened at least a few weeks ago. It was discussed in one of the technical updates blog.  DaRanger   |  Talk to Me  |   What I've Done  12:39, August 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * It was an intentional change by Wikia, because categories with pages in them "exist". It's since caused a lot of people to try to delete a category that doesn't exist.


 * Probably one of the more stupid "features". The product team thinks red links are "scary", next thing you know they'll get rid of red links for everything else.


 * The idea behind a red link is to get you to create the page. If you aren't for certain whether or not it already exists, that just defeats the purpose entirely. 13:34, August 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, I've found the update: User_blog:Dopp/Technical_Update:_June_28,_2011. I was about to say "Oh dear, I missed the debate so couldn't join in", but reading through the comments I see that the staff have put forward a few mild replies to the arguments against and then got bored and kept it anyway, brilliant. Ah well, spelling mistakes on categories will just have to go unnoticed, what joy


 * @Charitwo - yes, it seems they'll do anything to keep new editors, even if it means not informing them that what they are doing is wrong. It seems that all and any lengths will be gone to to make sure new editors are accomodated, even if it means disenfranchising the veteran ones who contribute most of their content. It's like 10% of the editors create 95% of wikia's content, but that ten percent is sold down the river to make sure the 90% of passers by have a nice carefree time.--Acer4666 13:38, August 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * I feel that it was very much done by fiat. The response to our protests was essentially, “This is how it is going to be, we have decided, we will not listen to you on this matter.” It was quite clear that this topic was not open for debate. The response was chilling inasmuch as it froze discussion. We counted on those red links to let us know when we had spelled a category incorrectly. And, since we no longer see a red link, we don’t know that there is a category at the bottom of a page that needs to be created. I predict that the number of non-existent categories across Wikia will rise because we will not have the red links to remind us to create them. It’s the sole exception to the red link rule. But, sole for how long? — Spike Toronto  09:50, August 3, 2011 (UTC)