Category:Orphaned talk page: Difference between revisions

'''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}}.