Do we need consensus or what-have-you to edit the page? - Μετάknowledge discuss/ deeds 16:42, 20 July 2012 (UTC) Reply Re: "they usually have two or so entries the creator put in before they got bored": And that you haven't removed? - Ruakh TALK 16:53, 20 July 2012 (UTC) Reply I usually delete the category as soon as I see it and then empty it I suppose I could empty it first. A "Bad/empty category" merger is a really good idea. Do you often delete bad categories that aren't empty? (Though I think it might make sense to change "Empty category" to "Bad, empty category" or "Bad/empty category" or something.) - Ruakh TALK 14:58, 20 July 2012 (UTC) Reply Yes, they usually have two or so entries the creator put in before they got bored. Any objections to me adding it? - Μετάknowledge discuss/ deeds 06:07, 20 July 2012 (UTC) Reply Well, we already have "Empty category". Once inside PHPMyAdmin console, you should see a screen like this: As you can see in the above. The first thing we should do is to be able to connect using PHPMyAdmin, you can find the information here. What do you say we add "Bad category" for all those categories that really shouldn't exist? I have to delete these quite often. It seems that MediaWiki does not have the option of deleting users through the web interface, you have to do it directly in the database. Versa geek 03:16, 22 November 2008 (UTC) Reply "bad category" I added the section headers so ppl would know they were no longer alphabetical. I'm fond of short lists, as they require less scrolling. Meaning: MediaWiki does not only use it for the usernames, but also associates posts and other stuff with these table rows. You can do that, but this is relational data. (this note was typed on an on-screen keyboard using said trackball). If you want to do that in the database, the easy way is to go to the table 'user' and to delete all the users, which you do no longer want. Also, the list hasn't been much below 20 items for almost a year (≥18 since january, currently 21), and it worked perfectly well, so why start disputing it now? - Gauss 01:56, 22 November 2008 (UTC) Reply I know I'm probably the exception rather then the rule, but I do about 90% of my editing using only a trackball. Besides, scrolling isn't a big issue at all. Instead of scrolling you can probably hit on your keyboard the first letter of the reason you have in mind. Perhaps the section headers Common delete reasons, RFD, Talk pages are debatable. Even if some are somewhat similar they don't mean quite the same, and it is easy to select a relatively specific reason for each deletion. ** Gibberish/nonsense Either "Random Formatting/ No usable content/ Fatuous/Vandalism" Failed RFV do not re-enter without valid citations.
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