Tracking categories
This page lists tracking categories which are automatically populated by the MediaWiki software. Their names can be changed by altering the relevant system messages in the MediaWiki namespace.
| Tracking category | Message name | Category inclusion criteria |
|---|---|---|
| Indexed pages | index-category | The page has a __INDEX__ on it (and is in a namespace where that flag is allowed), and hence is indexed by robots where it normally wouldn't be. |
| Noindexed pages | noindex-category | The page is not indexed by robots because it has the magic word __NOINDEX__ on it and is in a namespace where that flag is allowed. |
| Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls | duplicate-args-category | The page contains template calls that use duplicates of arguments, such as {{foo|bar=1|bar=2}} or {{foo|bar|1=baz}}. |
| Pages with too many expensive parser function calls | expensive-parserfunction-category | The page uses too many expensive parser functions (like #ifexist). See Manual:$wgExpensiveParserFunctionLimit. |
| Pages containing omitted template arguments | post-expand-template-argument-category | The page is bigger than $wgMaxArticleSize after expanding a template argument (something in triple braces, like {{{Foo}}}). |
| Pages where template include size is exceeded | post-expand-template-inclusion-category | The page size is bigger than $wgMaxArticleSize after expanding all the templates, so some templates were not expanded. |
| Hidden categories | hidden-category-category | The category contains __HIDDENCAT__ in its page content, which prevents it from showing up in the category links box on pages by default. |
| Articles with broken file links, Pages with broken file links, Templates with broken file links | broken-file-category | The page contains a broken file link (a link to embed a file when the file does not exist). |
| Pages where node count is exceeded | node-count-exceeded-category | The page exceeds the maximum node count. |
| Pages where expansion depth is exceeded | expansion-depth-exceeded-category | The page exceeds the maximum expansion depth. |
| Pages with ignored display titles | restricted-displaytitle-ignored | The page has an ignored {{DISPLAYTITLE}} because it is not equivalent to the page's actual title. |
| Pages with template loops | template-loop-category | The page contains a template loop, ie. a template which calls itself recursively. |
| Pages using Timeline | timeline-tracking-category | The page includes a <timeline> tag |
| Pages with reference errors | cite-tracking-category-cite-error | Pages in this category have errors in the usage of references tags. |
| Pages with script errors | scribunto-common-error-category | There was an error when processing the modules included on the page. |
| Scribunto modules with errors | scribunto-module-with-errors-category | The module has an error in it. |
| Pages with bad coordinate tags | geodata-broken-tags-category | The page has a malformed {{#coordinates:}} tag. |
| Pages with unknown globe value | geodata-unknown-globe-category | The page uses an unknown value of the globe parameter for coordinates. |
| Pages with invalid region value | geodata-unknown-region-category | The page uses an invalid value of the region parameter for coordinates. |
| Pages with unknown type of coordinates | geodata-unknown-type-category | The page uses an unknown value of the type parameter for coordinates. |
| TemplateStyles stylesheets with errors | templatestyles-stylesheet-error-category | The TemplateStyles stylesheet has an error. |
| Pages with TemplateStyles errors | templatestyles-page-error-category | There was an error when processing a <templatestyles/> tag on the page. |
| Pages with maps | kartographer-tracking-category | The page includes a map |
| Pages with broken maps | kartographer-broken-category | The page includes an invalid map usage |