Forum:How can I delete a category?

Hello,

I added a category to my wiki, but I want to delete it. I edited all of the pages that were part of that category and removed ; if I go to the category page, there are no pages belonging to that category. However, there is no "delete" button. The help files tell me that I can delete this page, but the don't say how.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

A related problem that I have is that my sidebar menu lists the category I deleted, but not the other categories I've created. I've edited the menu, but no luck.


 * There is no category to delete, because you never created a category page for it. If you re-add the category to the page (which it looks like you did), you'll notice the link is red, meaning the category doesn't exist (and in this case has never existed). The wiki software allows you to populate a category that doesn't exist. This is called a wanted category, you can see w:c:njhackmasters:Special:WantedCategories for that. -- 15:40, June 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding; I'm not sure I understand what to do at this point. How would I delete that WantedCategory? Also, I did add another catgory while editing an page, and that would does not show up as a Wanted Category. If I search for it, I can browse it and it has links to the appropriate articles. What would I have to do to create a category page other than just adding a category to an article? -- Ikvsabre 16:23, June 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * To remove it from "wanted categories" you just remove the category from the pages its in, there is no actual page to delete. -- 18:04, June 15, 2010 (UTC)

But I did. If you click on that category, it no longer lists the one page that had been associated with it, and the page in question no longer references that category. I don't know what else to do. Ikvsabre 19:24, June 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * And the sidebar is "automagically" pulling the wanted categories. You just haven't created any category pages yet. -- 15:42, June 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Shouldn't the other Wanted Category show up on the menu? -- Ikvsabre 16:23, June 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Not necessarily, no. -- 18:04, June 15, 2010 (UTC)