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-'''Category:Orphaned talk page''' — the [[talk page]]s listed in this [[Special:Categories|category]] are '[[orphan]]s'.  That is, they do not have an associated article (or category) page.  This is typically due to the 'parent' of the orphaned talk page being previously moved by way of one or more [[redirect]]s.
+'''Category:Orphaned talk page''' — the [[talk page]]s listed in this [[Special:Categories|category]] are '[[orphan]]s'.  That is, they do not have an associated article in the main namespace page (or other [[WikiIndex:Namespace conventions|namespace]] such as Category:, File:, Help:, WikiIndex:, etc).  One common scenario is when a registered [[user]] or [[IP editor]] receives a message on their [[user talk]] page, but (for whatever reason) they do not create their own actual [[user page]].  Another scenario can be as a result of [[Move|moving]] pages, and the related [[redirect]] pages created as a result of moving pages; double or multiple redirects are a particular cause of this problem.  A third example is when a talk page (in any namespace) becomes excessively long or out-dated, and is moved to an {{tag|TalkPage Archives|archive}}.
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