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== Category help - I need to rename it + have all the entries reflect the change ==


''Grooooaaaan''.  Oh, good grief.  OK, I started a new category called [[:category:Guardian's 50 Funniest]] in honour of these two articles: [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1101477,00.html pt1] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1101525,00.html pt2].  Now the (f***ing a*** w***) ''observant'' will notice that whilst these articles reside at [[The Guardian]]'s website, they are actually online versions of articles printed in the Guardian's ''Sunday'' edition.  Which is called: ''The Observer''.

So, I have now spent a good few hours making myself look like, what we sometimes call in England, "a right Jessie".

Now, I'm sure you can guess what's coming.  If I ''move'' the category, will all the entries I've made thus far be renamed too?  Or have I got to (please no) go around and manually change all the tags on all the articles?  I don't do I?  Do I?  Please no.  Pretty please. --[[User:Bodnotbod|bodnotbod]] 23:29, Jun 11, 2004 (UTC)

::On a related question.  Earlier on I would add an article to a category, and go to the category and the article would be there straight away.  Wow!  I thought.  Now this doesn't seem to be happening.  Is there a lag involved sometimes and not others?  Seems strange... --[[User:Bodnotbod|bodnotbod]] 01:03, Jun 12, 2004 (UTC)

: Yes, you have to move each cat tag yourself. Ask someone who is bored to help you if you can ;)
: I think when you create a new cat, it updates on the fly, but if you remove them, they only update when the main text is modified. [[User:Dysprosia|Dysprosia]] 05:03, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)

::I've experienced a similar thing: I created [[:Category:German Cuisine]], added a bunch of articles to it and then realised that it should have been [[:Category:German cuisine]]. I updated all the aforementioned articles, so there are now no articles that are categorised as ...Cuisine. However, [[:Category:German Cuisine]] still exists with a list of articles that aren't actually in the category. What's more, I edited the category so that it was no longer in [[:Category:German culture]], but it still appears there too. Will try editing the categories, and "un-editing" them as [[User:Dysprosia|Dysprosia]] suggests and see what happens. --[[User:Lancevortex|Lancevortex]] 13:15, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Right, I've gone around and manually changed all the tags.  My old category is now empty.  How do I delete it? --[[User:Bodnotbod|bodnotbod]] 00:15, Jun 17, 2004 (UTC)

: You need an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|admin]] to delete it. I'd do it right now but I'm not sure what the policies are regarding deletion of categories. Put a note at [[WP:SD]] and someone will take care of it. [[User:Jrdioko|<nowiki></nowiki>]] &nbsp;&ndash; [[User:Jrdioko|Jrdioko]] [[User talk:Jrdioko|<small>(Talk)</small>]] 00:31, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)