User talk:Prillen

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We have astoundingly few Special:UncategorizedPages so HotCat might not be so useful. You should also note that most grammatical categories (Category:English nouns for example) are added by using relevant templates ({{en-noun}} in this case, {{infl}} in the general case) and so should not be added directly. Conrad.Irwin 10:06, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi Conrad. It's just that I stumbled on Category:Danish derivations witch is orphant and thought "this can't be right" – and thought a HotCat is a must (allthough I'm a .js and .css novice). Am I wrong about the category? (and do you have a working HotCat I could copy?) Prillen 10:13, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey, Danish derivations should be added by using {{Dan.}} under the === Etymology === heading. I've never looked at HotCat - though it sounds like it might be useful for our topical categories (like Category:Computing) - though we might have to modify it to add the correct language's category on the correct language's section of the page. Conrad.Irwin 10:19, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Ohhhh!? It was the category that was orphant, but when I followed the link above it was not ophant any more. But then again when I opened again!?! So nothing wrong with the category, but with the software. But I have never experienced it on WP. Have you heard about it here on wikt? (I use Windows XT, IE6). Prillen 10:28, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

I know that we have some problems with the software generating SpecialPages from information that is out of date, though I don't know the specific issue in this case. Conrad.Irwin 10:33, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

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piccina

Thanks, I've blocked the two IPs involved. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:44, 13 October 2010 (UTC)