Category talk:Tracking categories
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Definition
[edit]I've searched Wikipedia and can't find an explanation of what a "tracking category" is, what defines a category as one that would be "tracked". I looked through the list of articles in this category and aside from Wikipedia-related topics, I can't find a commonality that would explain why the others are in this category. What makes a category, trackable? Liz Read! Talk! 00:58, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- @Liz:. I am not aware of any formal definition of them being made anywhere. In general however, our top-level naming scheme for categories is a mess with "tracking categories" and "administration categories" being used interchangeably in a confusing mix. I have raised this issue at Wikipedia_talk:Categorization#Simplify_and_refine_naming_of_category_classes. You are invited to give you opinion if you still are interested in this subject. Cheers, Jason Quinn (talk) 21:41, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
Why isn't Tracking_categories under Hidden_categories?
[edit]I'm not necessarily saying it should be, but perhaps it should. RVS (talk) 23:43, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
- @RVS: Although most (if not all) subcategories of Category:Tracking categories are indeed hidden, the category itself is not, therefore it does not belong in Category:Hidden categories. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:56, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
Doubt regarding a category
[edit]In this category, why was the article Articles containing Austro-Bavarian-language text included? It needs to be in some other category right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adithyak1997 (talk • contribs) 11:05, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
- @Adithyak1997: It's there because Hugopako (talk · contribs) added the
{{tracking category}}template with this edit. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 14:43, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
General thoughts regarding "tracking categories"
[edit]In my opinion, EVERY tracking category ought to tell readers A) if anything needs to be fixed, B) give guidance on how to fix things that should be fixed, C) explain how things are being tracked, and D) who's responsible for the tracking. As things currently stand, there's a lot of tracking categories where it's unclear what the point of the tracking category is and what, if anything, is intended should be done. Each tracking category page should have text that attempts to answer these questions. Jason Quinn (talk) 11:38, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Totally agree - I think we should track this category. G41rn8 (talk) 23:09, 8 April 2026 (UTC)