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File:DeletionScreen.jpg

What happened to the image for deletion reasons: File:DeletionScreen.jpg? Thanks! — SpikeToronto 20:47, February 21, 2011 (UTC)

It looks like it was never uploaded. Some of these rewrites were pulled in from other testbed/holding wikis, and its possible that some images were forgotten to be re-uploaded here. I'll ask sarah about it. --Uberfuzzy 22:30, February 21, 2011 (UTC)

Deleting categories

There's no explanation for deleting categories, and also I have found no way of doing so yet. (Chadias 18:48, July 22, 2011 (UTC))

I do not understand the issue. For me, I just go to the pulldown next to Edit and there it is: delete. From that point on it looks like it is pretty standard. But, you will still have to remove the category from each and every page that is categorizing to it. That would require a bot, the AutoWiki Browser, or one-by-one manual effort. — Spike Toronto 19:10, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

I believe the issue here is that the category does not exist in the first place. Yes, it is blue linked on pages, but without any actual page content the category does not exist and can't be deleted. It's for this reason that most people opposed the idea of bluelinking categories. Monchoman45 Talk Contribs Skystone 22:36,7/22/2011

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	:I do not understand the issue. For me, I just go to the pulldown next to ''Edit'' and there it is: '''delete'''. From that point on it looks like it is pretty standard. ''But'', you will still have to remove the category from each and every page that is categorizing to it. That would require a bot, the [[wikipedia:WP:AWB\|AutoWiki Browser]], or one-by-one manual effort. — '''[[w:c:admintools:User:SpikeToronto\|<font color="#DC143C" face="Garamond" size="3">Spike</font>]][[w:c:admintools:User talk:SpikeToronto\|<font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">Toronto</font>]]''' 19:10, July 22, 2011 (UTC)		:I do not understand the issue. For me, I just go to the pulldown next to ''Edit'' and there it is: '''delete'''. From that point on it looks like it is pretty standard. ''But'', you will still have to remove the category from each and every page that is categorizing to it. That would require a bot, the [[wikipedia:WP:AWB\|AutoWiki Browser]], or one-by-one manual effort. — '''[[w:c:admintools:User:SpikeToronto\|<font color="#DC143C" face="Garamond" size="3">Spike</font>]][[w:c:admintools:User talk:SpikeToronto\|<font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">Toronto</font>]]''' 19:10, July 22, 2011 (UTC)
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		+	::I believe the issue here is that the category does not exist in the first place. Yes, it is blue linked on pages, but without any actual page content the category does not exist and can't be deleted. It's for this reason that most people opposed the idea of bluelinking categories. {{User:Monchoman45/SigReal\|22:36,7/22/2011}}