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|style="text-align:center; background-color:#fda; border:1px solid #A0A7B4; margin:4px; padding:0.5em"|This '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is either [[Special:UnusedCategories|empty]], or [[:Category:Categories needing populating|sparsely populated]] | |style="text-align:center; background-color:#fda; border:1px solid #A0A7B4; margin:4px; padding:0.5em"|This '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is either [[Special:UnusedCategories|empty]], or [[:Category:Categories needing populating|sparsely populated]],<br>and needs to be 'populated' with [[:Category:All|articles]], [[:Category:Stubs|stubs]] (and / or other [[Special:Categories|categories]])<br>relevant to the [[:Category:Wiki Topic|subject matter]] of <u>this</u> specific category.<br><br>Include an [[:Category:Wikis to add|article]] page in this category via one (or more) of [[WikiIndex:How do categories work|three methods]]:<br>'''''a.''''' add <code>{{PAGENAME}}</code> in the appropriate field of its [[:Category:Infobox templates|infobox template]]<br>'''''b.''''' '[[Template:Tag|tag]]' a word within the prose of the article, as in <code><nowiki>{{tag|</nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code><br>'''''c.''''' add <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{FULLPAGENAME}}<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> at the bottom of its [[edit box]]. | ||
|}<includeonly>[[Category:Categories needing populating]]</includeonly><noinclude> | |}<includeonly>[[Category:Categories needing populating]]</includeonly><noinclude> | ||
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This [[:Category:Category templates|category template]] can be used on any 'unpopulated' '''[[Special:Categories|category]]''' pages, ie, [[Special:UnusedCategories|empty categories]] (or sparsely populated categories). Its' purpose is to prompt editors to add any [[:Category:Wikis to add|new]] or [[:Category:All|existing articles]], including [[:Category:Stubs|stub articles]]; or to create completely new articles here on WikiIndex, to the highlighted category. | This [[:Category:Category templates|category template]] can be used on any 'unpopulated' '''[[Special:Categories|category]]''' pages, ie, [[Special:UnusedCategories|empty categories]] (or sparsely populated categories). Its' purpose is to prompt editors to add any [[:Category:Wikis to add|new]] or [[:Category:All|existing articles]], including [[:Category:Stubs|stub articles]]; or to create completely new articles here on WikiIndex, to the highlighted category. | ||
To include this template banner on any relevant empty or sparsely populated category, simply copy <code><nowiki>{{PopulateCategory}}</nowiki></code> and paste it into said category edit box and save. The text highlighted in grey-white (after '''''a | To include this template banner on any relevant empty or sparsely populated category, simply copy <code><nowiki>{{PopulateCategory}}</nowiki></code> and paste it into said category edit box and save. The text highlighted in grey-white (after '''''a.''''', '''''b.''''', and '''''c.''''' examples) in the template will automatically change to the relevant article or category name. Usage of this template will automatically include the said category into [[:category: Categories needing populating]]. | ||
See also: [[template:Add]] and [[ | See also: [[template:Add]] (used for dumping wiki URLs into a new article without an infobox), [[template:Stub]] (the default generic stub template), and [[:category:Stub templates]] (a list of all targeted stub templates). | ||
[[Category:Categories needing populating| ]] | [[Category:Categories needing populating| ]] | ||
[[Category:Category templates]] | [[Category:Category templates]] | ||
[[Category:Housekeeping templates]]</noinclude> | [[Category:Housekeeping templates]]</noinclude> | ||