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Wikipedia:HotCat
Kamis, 2026-05-28 23:19:28

Shortcuts WP:HOTCATWP:HOTCAT WP:HCWP:HC HotCat is a gadget that helps registered users easily remove, change, and add categories to Wikipedia pages. It...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-09-06/WikiProject report
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 08:21:12

can patrol the uncategorized category to find articles and use tools like HOTCAT to easily add categories. We talked to Pichpich and EdGl. What motivated...

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Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators
Selasa, 2026-06-02 17:19:00

recategorise them manually. Paste a link to the CFD in the edit summary. WP:HOTCAT will help, as re-selecting the old category redirect will result in using...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories/uncategorized
Sabtu, 2025-07-19 01:27:43

Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser, a tool which makes repetitive edits faster Wikipedia:HOTCAT, used for adding, removing, and changing categories Category:Uncategorized...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Star767/Archive
Rabu, 2022-02-16 18:34:52

philosophy). intersect Both did/do a lot of messing around with categories using Hotcat eg Star767:[2] Farrajak:[3] Both edit roughly at the same times of day....

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2013 June 30
Senin, 2023-02-27 21:28:34

Dismas|(talk) 14:14, 30 June 2013 (UTC) It appears that there is a problem with wp:hotcat. More here. Thanks in advance, XOttawahitech (talk) 13:14, 30 June 2013...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-09-06/Dispatches
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 08:21:04

integration allows easy fixing from within the tool. Author: Dispenser Hotcat allows the placement of categories on a page from a "hot" list. It adds...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2018-03-29/Technology report
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 09:35:51

code pages are displayed. Certain popular Gadgets, such as MoreMenu and HotCat, are incompatible with this skin. The notification color scheme (grey all...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Article Rescue Squadron/Newsletter/20091001/Interview2
Senin, 2012-02-06 01:40:04

minutes of stubifying should do the trick. If you haven't installed wp:Hotcat try it out, it isn't just a quicker way to categorise (though that in itself...

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Wikipedia:Editor review/Charles Edward
Jumat, 2009-10-23 09:11:11

contribs, mostlty the old fashioned way. I have use twinkle for vandalism, and hotcat for categorizing. I do not really have any great ambition other than to...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2015 August 19
Jumat, 2021-09-10 14:32:41

discussed: I use wp:Hotcat when I do categorization work on Wikipedia. Unfortunately categories of templates cannot be altered using HOTCAT, and the results...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2024 August 16
Minggu, 2024-09-01 07:18:34

in 1854, someone (I think the Emperor of Russia) is referred to as "the Hotcat of all the Rushes". The pun is apparently irresistible and may have been...

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Wikipedia:Editor review/hintss
Sabtu, 2008-12-13 10:08:32

an internet context that is widely regarded as yelling. Looking at your hotcat usage, I find that arbitrarily adding very general categories such as in...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eight-week rule
Selasa, 2026-01-06 15:14:07

rollback'. Go to 'my preferences' and select what you want - I've ticked 'hotcat' (if ya know what I mean) and 'friendly'. I don't understand people who...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tacolover2025/Archive
Minggu, 2026-05-10 10:36:41

There is a focus on adding bad see also links, adding categories not using hotcat and almost never using edit summaries, and bad inline copyedits or minor...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk/Archives/2012 March 29
Jumat, 2022-12-23 00:22:37

activate Hotcat. 1) Go to Special:Preferences, 2) From top toolbar, click Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets, 3) Under "Editing" check "Hotcat" 4)...

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Wikipedia:RBMS edit-a-thon 2015
Kamis, 2015-07-02 00:03:52

Strategies for effective and ethical editing Enabling the visual editor and hotcat Creating and adding categories to pages Discussing nominating pages for...

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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot 42
Jumat, 2017-02-03 19:28:25

Magioladitis (talk) 13:51, 2 February 2017 (UTC) See Wikipedia_talk:HotCat/Archive_2#Using_Hotcat_to_delete_duplicate_categories.3F requested in 2011. -- Magioladitis...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 July 5
Rabu, 2021-08-04 20:42:36

do so but would have to automatically point to a single target cat in WP:HOTCAT. - RevelationDirect (talk) 10:09, 27 June 2021 (UTC) N.B. I don't want to...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 March 17
Rabu, 2025-02-12 23:29:12

much harder to detect. Categories are commonly added to articles using WP:HOTCAT, which provides editors with absolutely zero warning that a category name...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nenetarun/Archive
Sabtu, 2024-04-20 10:21:27

MOS:HON, MOS:SIR : Nenetarun [24][25][26][27], Abby1101[28][29] Both use Hotcat for adding categories, Abby1101 was able to use it despite being new on...

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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Nyubot
Jumat, 2016-04-29 23:48:59

but it might end up having to be more manual checking and adding with HotCat – in the latter case, can I still use the bot account for that? Though #2...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment
Senin, 2026-03-23 01:18:22

health using HotCat) diffhist Natural risk 05:28 −43 Marcocapelle talk contribs (removed Category:Works about natural disasters using HotCat) Tags: Mobile...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Incubator/Ongoing conflicts
Selasa, 2026-03-03 08:42:33

from (mostly Southern) Africa Reflinks Fills in bare references Citegen Generates a reference from the page you are browsing Hotcat Manages categories...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 September 10
Senin, 2018-12-03 03:28:24

that this format was WP:LOCALCONSENSUS even though it can be helpful with hotcat. There are 2 "City of ..." categories where "Foo District" is used which...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Marcus Brute/Archive
Sabtu, 2023-02-11 06:48:20

Thanos Lives and One-Man Army corps having lots of contributions using Hotcat for fairly new accounts and the scope of the articles. Although it seems...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 October 23
Senin, 2023-01-30 17:17:01

HotCat. (The discussion regarding HotCat seemed to not really happen, probably due to most of the discussion centering on IPA for English. If HotCat needs...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 August 3
Senin, 2018-12-03 04:11:54

others then? The reason was apparently because they are easier to add with hotcat. Crouch, Swale (talk) 10:56, 3 August 2018 (UTC) There was an earlier cfd...

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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 3
Senin, 2023-03-13 17:46:29

2017 (UTC) Support - this will simplify our category usage - both with Hotcat bypassing redirects to place the correct category, and with bots which move...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-09-24/Discussion report
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 08:49:48

Image filter; HotCat; Syntax highlighting; and more: Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include... ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 24 September...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/GMCmcrow/Archive
Senin, 2021-08-09 02:49:27

drafts, egs [13], [14] - [15] [16] Both are heavy users of twinkle and hotcat. GMCmcrow was blocked by User:MER-C for "Using Wikipedia for spam or advertising...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 February 22
Sabtu, 2022-03-05 17:57:14

states. This actually made it more difficult to find the actual category in Hotcat. MB 01:47, 22 February 2022 (UTC) The above is preserved as an archive of...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/September 2018
Kamis, 2018-10-04 11:21:44

wikitables Categories at the bottom of the page that can't be changed with HOTCAT- How can they be changed? Page views analysis Amy Wadge DIS art...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/June 2013
Senin, 2022-03-28 11:35:03

needed for Nimbuzz. A private sandbox? International Golf Federation page HotCat Cleaning question Tables help ULRICH surname vs ULLRICH I accidentally uploaded...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/September 2013
Senin, 2022-03-28 11:32:40

about resubmitting article Not sure where to post this Who is maintaining Hotcat? Notability of academic centres Request footnote format cleanup Arrietty...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories
Minggu, 2025-03-23 01:47:01

categorisation Category:WikiProjects Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting Portal:Contents Portal:Contents/Overviews The HotCat gadget Categories (Aristotle)...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/August 2013
Senin, 2022-03-28 11:37:12

the same webpage as a source more than once? Wrong Information Provided A HotCat-like tool for stub sorting? Broadchurch wiki icon Mundgod Information And...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 87
Jumat, 2025-08-29 05:09:36

the manual use of WP:HOTCAT at a rate not exceeding a rate of 10 pages edited using hotcat in any 60 minute period. Your hotcat edits should not exceed...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2023 May 4
Senin, 2023-05-08 07:29:07

discussion. I noticed that despite downloading HotCat on my Wikipedia account (a long time ago) HotCat doesn't show up in the Categories section. Is this...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vice regent/Archive
Minggu, 2021-12-12 09:37:07

pretty advanced tools in his first edit he used shortdesk helper [2] and hotcat in their third edit [3] The user has made 33 edits and already have 8 pages...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 August 21
Senin, 2018-12-03 04:13:34

others then? The reason was apparently because they are easier to add with hotcat. Crouch, Swale (talk) 10:56, 3 August 2018 (UTC) There was an earlier cfd...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 September 6
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:43:10

above. I think hatnotes have limited value because they don't show up in Hotcat. RevelationDirect (talk) 10:31, 14 September 2015 (UTC) The above is preserved...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 October 11
Senin, 2023-04-17 17:46:16

not actually look at the category pages if they add categories using WP:HOTCAT. Note Anthony Appleyard's comments at Talk:Congress of Deputies: he moved...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2022 May 4
Minggu, 2022-05-08 07:22:36

@YTKJ Minor mistake: You wrote Categories, but it's Category. See also WP:HOTCAT. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:37, 4 May 2022 (UTC) (edit conflict) I am...

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Wikipedia:New pages patrol
Minggu, 2026-05-31 16:23:12

You can check similar articles for potentially relevant categories. The Hotcat gadget can help in adding or changing categories. Stub sorting Stubs are...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2010 April 25
Minggu, 2026-02-22 21:14:23

images still apply. Karenjc 10:59, 25 April 2010 (UTC) Hi, Similar to WP:HOTCAT, is there any quick method or link to add templates to articles? Thanks...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2023 January 16
Jumat, 2023-01-20 10:19:36

January 2023 (UTC) This entire process can be done much more simply using WP:HOTCAT. It's a great tool. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:22, 16 January 2023 (UTC) I cannot...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 January 27
Senin, 2023-02-27 23:14:19

created by these moves, so for example entering "Slaves from Réunion" into WP:HOTCAT will still work. And adopting the standard demonymic form will allow the...

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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/B-bot 2
Sabtu, 2018-05-19 04:18:31

be errors, such as people erroneously adding a category to a page using Hotcat. Instead of looking at the event log, note that you can also find these...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting
Kamis, 2025-07-10 11:17:27

tools and Task-oriented tool list. User:SD0001/StubSorter: provides a HotCat-style search field for searching for stub templates and adding them....

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 September 12
Jumat, 2026-01-23 13:59:41

don't appear in Hotcat. Looks like we just disagree on this one. RevelationDirect (talk) 03:20, 14 September 2015 (UTC) Misuse of hotcat is an editor behavioural...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 September 3
Minggu, 2020-11-08 20:26:41

privilege. This misspelled cat name causes needless confusion such as within WP:HOTCAT, by forcing the editor to locate and choose the non-misspelled name. UW...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Biology
Selasa, 2026-03-24 00:37:46

assessment of articles, see WikiProject Biology/Assessment for details Wikipedia:HotCat--Used for editing categories on articles Wikipedia:PetScan--Used for analyzing...

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Wikipedia:Meetup/Christchurch/16
Rabu, 2020-11-18 01:48:56

on homepage content (On this day; In the News; Recent deaths) How to use HotCat "How do I write" – Herewhy would like to talk about that, in an interactive...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 December 20
Kamis, 2021-10-21 23:04:00

Comment It may be more consistent but it's not necessarily easier to use as hotcat automatically lists them alphabetically once you enter "Pubs in the L.....

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Wikipedia:WikiProject United States presidential elections
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 20:11:25

(added Category:Mass media people from Beverly Hills, California using HotCat) diffhist Richard Nixon 1968 presidential campaign 13:48 −1 Rageking890m...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 107
Sabtu, 2024-09-28 22:07:37

using AWB, or similar tool (such as WPCleaner) bit not for HotCat, on the English Wikipedia. HotCat is a JavaScript program that helps registered users easily...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2019-04-30/Opinion
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 09:42:16

types of tasks really are not explained well, such as the proper use of HotCat or how to write a good Shortdesc. The adoption process is awful--I actually...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2013 September 14
Kamis, 2022-05-19 21:52:53

I'd like to be able to use it again. I've left messages on Wikipedia_talk:HotCat and it's compliment on MediaWiki as well as some past contributor's personal...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 107
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 06:45:11

edits should be made to this discussion. Addendum In turning HotCat off by default, HotCat appears to have been turned off for everybody, including people...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 September 11
Kamis, 2021-09-30 18:50:47

articles to aid navigation for readers. (Making editors less careless with WP:HOTCAT would certainly be nice but I see that issue as more carelessness than category...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Canova
Senin, 2025-11-24 04:40:06

are largely expended in making tens of thousands of immensely important Hotcat additions to articles about obscure movies. I really can't fathom any interest...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 94
Jumat, 2025-01-24 07:51:31

(UTC) Proposals Original proposal: enable HotCat for all editors by default Another proposal: Convert Hotcat to a user-right Revised Proposal 1: Enable...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 88
Rabu, 2026-03-25 01:09:13

bug in HotCat where it doesn't work The categories bar at the bottom doesn't appear if there is no categories. It makes it impossible to use HotCat too....

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 January 31
Minggu, 2022-05-22 04:12:23

properly (create subcats and then move appropriate articles down manually / hotcat / AWB / bot) rather than making a bad move and then tidying up miscategorized...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 March 29
Senin, 2020-04-20 16:43:28

current League 2 clubs will be removed from the category by an editor using Hotcat and not seeing this text. The category title should be self-explanatory...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 May 15
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:31:33

on. It helps in searching them easily. Also helps when the dropdown of HotCat starts showing the similar categories automatically. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 December 5
Rabu, 2022-03-02 14:33:31

is a great idea, but with categories they don't really work now that WP:HOTCAT allows categories to be added and removed without seeing any notes, whether...

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Wikipedia:Categories versus lists
Jumat, 2024-10-11 21:14:14

indicators and as task reminders (to create those articles). B Wikipedia:HotCat is a gadget that helps registered users easily remove, change, and add categories...

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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 19
Rabu, 2017-08-23 03:48:15

of) determined that having duplicate categories could potentially mess up hotcat, as well as users changing/modifying/removing/etc categories from a page...

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Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Resources
Jumat, 2025-10-31 16:03:53

min 47 sec) Copyright licenses involved in uploading files (3 min 28 sec) HotCat and categories explanation (5 min 43 sec) How to use a watchlist (2 min...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 January 12
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:52:49

always do with such categories, because most categorisation is done via WP:HOTCAT which doesn't display any such notes. Categories will in practise be used...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cyberfan195/Archive
Senin, 2023-08-28 05:36:06

everywhere with no explanation other than "fixed" and "added source using HotCat". Seems to possibly be a WP:DUCK case. Magitroopa (talk) 23:58, 8 October...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2013 August 11
Kamis, 2023-02-09 03:39:29

threads. --Redrose64 (talk) 18:33, 11 August 2013 (UTC) I love using WP:HOTCAT, just typing a keyword and finding fitting categories. But I hate having...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2016 August 5
Jumat, 2023-02-10 13:36:47

Jimfbleak (talk) 15:24, 5 August 2016 (UTC) Except that when I added Twinkle, Hotcat and WikiEd, it all went to pot again. Only seems to work when everything...

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Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Resources
Jumat, 2026-04-10 17:24:16

Variety of useful tools. Configure Twinkle to log your CSDs and PRODs. HotCat – For adding categories to pages. MoreMenu MarkBlocked – Strikes out blocked...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 May 21
Kamis, 2019-08-01 00:31:43

for uninhabited villages redirecting to one for former villages. I used Hotcat, found Cat:Uninhabited villages, clicked it, it returned Cat:Former villages...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Finland
Senin, 2026-05-18 04:53:21

talk contribs (added Category:Pedestrian infrastructure in Finland using HotCat) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit diffhist Finland...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 57
Selasa, 2026-04-21 12:59:03

find hotcat works. But, strangely, while I disabled it ages ago (within days of the search suggestions being implemented), I've only noticed hotcat problems...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 August 8
Selasa, 2023-03-14 11:35:31

should be changed. Cjc13 (talk) 21:43, 9 August 2009 (UTC) Yes, I used Hotcat to restore them. I promise I will get to that asap. Shawn in Montreal (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Categorization
Senin, 2026-04-27 21:13:28

Template:Category link with count Template:Wikipedia categorization navbox Wikipedia:HotCat commons:Help:Gadget-Cat-a-lot, script for moving subcategories between categories...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Resources
Selasa, 2025-06-24 17:19:51

need people to sort articles into more specific subcategories. Tools like HotCat may make this easier. Requested articles Category:Medicine templates contains...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 June 21
Jumat, 2023-03-10 21:37:56

criteria don't work in practice, because most categs are added using WP:HOTCAT which doesn't display any caveats on the categ page. The only way this categ...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 January 29
Minggu, 2024-11-17 12:55:20

if I understand correctly, when people try to put in this category with hotcat it immediately puts it to where it has been redirected, which will aqvoid...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Essays/Writing women into the encyclopedia
Jumat, 2024-01-05 01:46:45

and/or political affiliations (if significant) You may want to use Wikipedia:HotCat to easily add, modify and remove categories on your articles. Search for...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2017-01-17/Technology report
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 09:31:08

bytes. (Phabricator task T6715) #1 – Global gadgets Popular gadgets such as HotCat, wikEd, navigation popups, and WikiMiniAtlas, have to be maintained as separate...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 April 5
Minggu, 2022-02-27 19:42:35

back to the old problem that with most categorisation now done using WP:HOTCAT, editors don't see category explanations when adding a categ to an article...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 105
Minggu, 2026-03-15 17:17:17

there. peace - קיפודנחש (talk) 16:57, 17 November 2012 (UTC) "HotCat [ResourceLoader] | HotCat.js" is clearly present there. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive758
Minggu, 2024-05-12 22:15:28

The Rambling Man (talk) 20:09, 2 July 2012 (UTC) He makes 12 edits using HotCat scattered over 2.5 days that are deemed problematic and you guys want to...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 99
Rabu, 2026-01-07 00:01:36

discussion using HotCat, which brought home to me the seriousness of the problem. Several potential solutions present themselves: Disable HotCat by default...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion
Jumat, 2026-06-05 00:24:42

Category:AfD debates relisted 3 or more times, which can be removed via HotCat After closing the AfD, the page should look like this: The following discussion...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 July 7
Senin, 2023-01-30 19:34:27

criteria don't work in practice, because most categs are added using WP:HOTCAT which doesn't display any caveats on the categ page. The only way this categ...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 March 31
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:48:01

article named differently than the category (even if makes categorizing form hotcat easier). RevelationDirect (talk) 12:34, 1 April 2016 (UTC) User:Oculi, I...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Backendgaming/Archive
Rabu, 2018-08-15 21:44:53

Backendgaming is the primary editor with 67 edits. He added categories using Hotcat in his very first edits - obviously not a new editor. I am filing this report...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 July 18
Senin, 2022-02-21 19:58:25

June 2021 (UTC) For now, keeping a redirect will help editors using WP:HOTCAT with categorizing older biography articles that use the old school name...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 January 20
Sabtu, 2019-04-06 01:39:26

new cats" in 2019. Most appear to have been added as a single edit using Hotcat, thus. Oculi (talk) 13:50, 9 March 2019 (UTC) The above is preserved as...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2017 April 28
Selasa, 2017-05-02 09:24:04

stuff at times, if you have never used it yourself. BTW. i disabled your Hotcat inclusion, you can enabled that in the Gadgets section of your preferences...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 June 10
Kamis, 2023-07-27 21:37:18

07:17, 12 June 2012 (UTC) A hatnote is invisible to an editor using WP:HOTCAT. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:12, 16 June 2012 (UTC) Well, we...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 June 9
Rabu, 2021-06-23 08:42:31

Australia and its quite easy to add incorrect categories with things like hotcat. Crouch, Swale (talk) 16:42, 14 June 2021 (UTC) I support moving it away...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-02-20/Special report
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 08:42:39

to guide them. One thing I've tried is encouraging patrollers to install Hotcat and adopt a policy of if in doubt - categorise. ϢereSpielChequers 09:46...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 January 23
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:37:07

Jrcla2 (talk) 19:26, 23 January 2012 (UTC) Delete per nom. Now that WP:HOTCAT is so widely used for categorisation, I see no need for a redirect based...

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Wikipedia:Huggle/Config
Sabtu, 2021-07-17 01:28:06

using [[User:Dispenser/Checklinks|checklinks tool]], (using [[WP:HOTCAT|HotCat]]), using [[User:MichaelBillington/MWT|MWT]], using...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive233
Senin, 2023-04-03 11:50:34

other automated tools (hotcat in particular) to modify categories" and was notified about this, but since than he has used HotCat at least five times since...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 March 4
Senin, 2020-08-17 09:39:37

that doesn't address the problem. When editors add a category through WP:HOTCAT or by editing the wikicode, no text on the category page is visible; the...

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Wikipedia:Help desk
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 01:07:21

general maintenance work such as reverting vandalism, adding categories with HotCat, fixing formatting issues, copyediting, adding references, patrolling recent...

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Wikipedia:Uploading images
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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive216
Senin, 2023-04-03 12:43:32

believe in Widom-Larsen Theory but I'm still skeptical of the E-cat and Hotcat as I'm not yet satisfied that wireless power transmission into the device...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive53
Minggu, 2025-03-02 09:31:17

to article talk pages. As for not giving edit summaries - indeed, I used HotCat (default settings) to remove categories. I did not know until Offliner brought...

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Wikipedia:What is an article?
Senin, 2026-05-18 07:50:07

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Wikipedia:Drafts
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Wikipedia:Bots
Kamis, 2026-06-04 13:51:06

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 116
Kamis, 2023-02-16 05:02:46

@Rosiestep: - If Wikipedia talk:HotCat#HotCat problem? doesn't solve your problem, I suggest you post at Wikipedia talk:HotCat#Hotcat not working and specify...

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Wikipedia:Images
Minggu, 2026-04-05 06:17:07

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Wikipedia:Books
Senin, 2026-04-13 05:36:39

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals/Newsletter archive
Minggu, 2024-11-03 14:41:05

dealt with soon after they are reported. Lots of wikignome activity (using Hotcat, etc.). Keep up the good work.    — The Transhumanist   07:35, 20 January...

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Wikipedia:Template documentation
Rabu, 2026-06-03 16:59:43

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 March 21
Senin, 2023-03-20 23:50:43

categorize an article in Category:Operation Mobilisation while with the redirect Hotcat automatically changes OM into Category:Officine Meccaniche) while if there...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive741
Selasa, 2023-03-14 00:42:05

community sanction. Do any administrators/bureaucrats here know how to disable HotCat for a particular user? Axem Titanium (talk) 07:02, 29 February 2012 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Moving files to Commons
Kamis, 2025-05-29 01:30:33

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Wikipedia:Namespace
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Wikipedia:User pages
Senin, 2026-06-01 23:02:59

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Louisville
Selasa, 2026-06-02 02:59:34

article's subject, then use it to replace the existing more general one (WP:HOTCAT helps here). Neglected articles Forgotten articles Daily Articles in project...

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Wikipedia:Template sandbox and test cases
Jumat, 2026-06-05 06:31:35

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Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload
Senin, 2025-10-27 08:59:41

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Wikipedia:User scripts
Jumat, 2026-05-01 04:22:48

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Wikipedia:Edit filter
Selasa, 2026-06-02 22:13:20

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2015-09-30/News and notes
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 09:22:03

enabled are reporting issues with other gadgets, including Twinkle and HotCat. Disabling the beta feature causes the other gadgets to act normally. G...

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Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia
Jumat, 2026-03-27 13:33:53

is a subcategory of A (or more complicated than that) User:TheDJ/Gadget-HotCat.js – user script that provides an easy way to add, modify and remove categories...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2016 October 17
Rabu, 2022-05-04 12:08:41

by region shows Category:WikiProject Ottawa on the bottom. I am using wp:Hotcat and would like to remove this category from this page, but don’t know how...

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Wikipedia:Lua
Minggu, 2026-05-24 09:35:56

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Wikipedia:Portal
Senin, 2026-01-12 02:06:04

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Wikipedia:IRC
Senin, 2026-02-02 22:01:39

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Wikipedia:Project namespace
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Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser
Senin, 2026-05-18 01:56:29

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Wikipedia:Twinkle
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 03:31:14

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 126
Rabu, 2026-01-14 06:12:08

May 2014 (UTC) Can anybody get HotCat to work? I do nopt see the jumping problems, but I also do not see anything HotCat related on my edit pages (independent...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2010-09-06
Selasa, 2023-11-07 07:53:33

integration allows easy fixing from within the tool. Author: Dispenser Hotcat allows the placement of categories on a page from a "hot" list. It adds...

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Wikipedia:VisualEditor
Selasa, 2026-05-19 08:31:35

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Wikipedia:User groups
Minggu, 2026-05-10 00:48:18

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Sanitation
Minggu, 2026-04-26 23:31:38

need people to sort articles into more specific subcategories. Tools like HotCat may make this easier. Writing good sanitation-related articles and trimming...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive599
Selasa, 2026-03-10 19:22:44

(reverted all of Sam's changes with HotCat) 20:33, 24 February 2010, SamJ removed two of the categories with HOTCAT. 20:34, 24 February 2010, SamJ tags...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive312
Minggu, 2024-10-20 02:53:47

described above, he just gutted the cats at Penn & Teller. Please take away his Hotcat privileges. --Guy Macon (talk) 07:07, 20 August 2019 (UTC) Guy Macon, I...

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Wikipedia:Moving a page
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Wikipedia:Pending changes
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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive142
Sabtu, 2023-04-15 23:14:30

be used for malicious purposes. Why not remove popups too then, or even hotcat? Stop trying to prevent malice using blanket restrictions. We're fighting...

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Wikipedia:Course pages
Jumat, 2025-11-28 14:38:24

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 November 6
Kamis, 2022-11-17 23:46:45

Rathfelder (who edits at a prodigious rate, without using any tools except Hotcat). Category:Labour MPs educated at Eton College would be easy to complete...

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Wikipedia:Huggle
Senin, 2026-04-27 23:47:58

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Wikipedia:Bot policy
Minggu, 2026-05-24 01:32:36

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Religion
Kamis, 2026-05-28 06:49:30

min 50 sec) Copyright licenses involved in uploading files (3 min 28 sec) HotCat and categories explanation (5 min 43 sec) Uploading images – tutorial, general...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 July 4
Senin, 2022-02-21 19:58:45

July 2021 (UTC) If renamed, keep a redirect. Editors who categorize with Hotcat will need the redirect. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:11, 4 July 2021 (UTC) Speedy...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 00:36:50

00:25 +31 NoonIcarus talk contribs (added Category:Freemium software using HotCat) diffhist Category talk:Freemium software 00:02 +31 NoonIcarus talk contribs...

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Wikipedia:RefToolbar
Minggu, 2026-02-01 02:33:04

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive279
Kamis, 2026-03-12 19:32:06

Magioladitis (talk) 07:47, 8 February 2016 (UTC) A comment about HotCat just for the record: HotCat is a java script installed internally by Wikipedia perferences...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive210
Jumat, 2026-02-13 14:58:56

re-inserted into many non-image categories, with reverts summarised as "hotcat abuse"(?). When I then partially resolved the copyright problems by applying...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive780
Senin, 2026-04-20 16:53:21

a maximum level of disruption. They also knew how to use categories and Hotcat from their third edit, and knew what "rv" (revert) meant by their seventeenth...

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Wikipedia:Template index/Sources of articles
Rabu, 2025-09-24 02:55:18

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1103
Sabtu, 2024-08-31 00:32:19

summaries I have made were after you brought this issue up. When one uses hotcat directly to make an edit there is no ability to make an edit summary.John...

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Wikipedia:Bypass your cache
Minggu, 2025-12-21 17:16:33

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Wikipedia:Citation templates
Selasa, 2026-05-19 01:40:56

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive171
Minggu, 2025-08-17 04:48:40

seriously reminded that inappropriate usage of "extra tools" (such as AWB, and Hotcat) may result in their removal. (I thought about suggestion "tool removal"...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Soviet Union
Minggu, 2026-01-11 09:40:06

04:10 +35 Zalaraz talk contribs (added Category:Hegelian philosophers using HotCat) diffhist Ivan Konev 02:55 +12 Khanopeter84 talk contribs (→(top)) Tags:...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive789
Jumat, 2023-04-21 21:32:08

(UTC) (edit conflict) It look to me like that user is perhaps new with WP:HOTCAT. To answer the "how", we don't delete "editors", although there are times...

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Wikipedia:Editnotice
Senin, 2026-06-01 02:01:13

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 January 6
Senin, 2021-02-08 17:55:04

West Midlands as a precedent. Being more concerned about confusion in Hotcat versus going to the wrong article values avoiding wasting a editor's time...

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Wikipedia:Editing restrictions
Jumat, 2026-02-06 04:53:09

User:Stefanomione be banned from using any gadgets or other automated tools (hotcat in particular) to modify categories in any way. This includes, but is not...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 June 15
Jumat, 2020-07-10 05:54:59

Awards. (That category is proposed for renaming so that editors using WP:HOTCAT don't inadvertently add individual winners to a list category.) - RevelationDirect...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Conservatism
Minggu, 2025-11-30 10:08:21

using HotCat) diffhist Rupert Murdoch 14:19 +62 Gjb0zWxOb talk contribs (added Category:Mass media people from Beverly Hills, California using HotCat) diffhist...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 August 10
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:43:56

article, Source (journalism). Will it lead to confusion for users using Hotcat, with main category Category:Sources? I don't think so. Anyway if we can't...

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Wikipedia:Timeline
Selasa, 2025-10-07 20:20:52

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Helper script
Senin, 2026-01-05 01:39:54

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Latter Day Saint movement
Minggu, 2025-11-23 06:18:03

from Utah using HotCat) diffhist Morris D. Rosenbaum 19:15 +32 Johnpacklambert talk contribs (added Category:American hoteliers using HotCat) diffhist Wikipedia:Teahouse...

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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval
Jumat, 2026-06-05 03:45:48

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Wikipedia:Page Curation
Rabu, 2026-06-03 15:56:55

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2018-03-29
Selasa, 2023-11-07 07:57:58

code pages are displayed. Certain popular Gadgets, such as MoreMenu and HotCat, are incompatible with this skin. The notification color scheme (grey all...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 July 14
Minggu, 2023-01-29 02:18:13

number of us who do this kind of mass categorization activities via AWB/Hotcat in the group, and would be able to set up some more categories, Sadads (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Emailing users
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 20:25:10

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Wikipedia:Skin
Minggu, 2026-05-24 00:56:40

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Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials
Selasa, 2025-01-21 06:12:21

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive106
Kamis, 2026-02-05 20:23:03

Tarkhan (Punjab) (using HotCat)") 10:20, 7 August 2009 (edit summary: "Quick-adding category List of Tarkhan clans (using HotCat)") 10:24, 7 August 2009...

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Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group
Kamis, 2025-12-11 02:55:34

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 February 14
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:35:09

In fact, I sometimes apply to articles because I'm using a tool called Hotcat that simply shows the category name. Although parentheticals are ugly, it...

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Wikipedia:Bots/Dictionary
Minggu, 2026-03-01 18:42:18

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Wikipedia:Meetup/Aotearoa New Zealand Editor Support
Minggu, 2023-08-06 06:30:00

introductions; discuss queries Topics covered: Assigning categories, using HotCat, navigating Wikipedia Help, using the Style Manual, locating introductory...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Courses/Spring 2011/Professional and Technical Editing (Cindy Allen)
Jumat, 2025-10-31 16:05:47

min 47 sec) Copyright licenses involved in uploading files (3 min 28 sec) HotCat and categories explanation (5 min 43 sec) How to use a watchlist (2 min...

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Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial
Sabtu, 2025-11-29 06:27:18

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Wikipedia:STiki
Kamis, 2024-12-26 18:40:39

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive277
Jumat, 2024-08-16 05:28:53

the category was added by the script. The category can be removed using HotCat, so it's not like one has to search for it. More just remembering to do...

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Wikipedia:How to write Wikipedia pages for children's picture books
Rabu, 2024-08-28 05:43:08

happy to help add categories. If you want to do it yourself, enable the “hotcat” widget under your preferences>gadgets>editing. Then go back to your page...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Evad37
Sabtu, 2023-02-11 03:47:35

see the tools I do use are mostly are Twinkle for reverting edits, and Hotcat for adding/removing categories. Another tool with some automation, that...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive262
Selasa, 2024-10-15 09:47:32

not-so-well-meaning) category editors. I'm still waiting for a way to block hotcat and twinkle from malfeasant editors for these and other reasons. There are...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 78
Kamis, 2025-02-27 11:59:38

but in doing so, most of my gadgets no longer work, especially popups, HotCat, and the RefToolbar. Since I've never had an issue with this on my home...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive623
Sabtu, 2024-11-16 21:38:01

(contribs) 03:13, 1 July 2010 (UTC) As a Wikignome who has done thousands of hotcat edits I would like to put it on record, that whilst I appreciate it if people...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 January 13
Jumat, 2020-01-31 08:47:20

doesn't seem fair, imho. please note, I make all my category edits using hotcat, so everything I do in this area is immediately apparent and transparent...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 January 15
Sabtu, 2022-01-15 17:36:51

until the dab page was deleted to make way for your speedy move. That way, HotCat prompts its users with a menu choice when they enter the ambiguous name...

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Wikipedia:Bug reports and feature requests
Kamis, 2026-03-19 08:30:48

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive849
Selasa, 2026-01-06 23:23:17

because what would previously have been a simple exercise of using WP:HOTCAT now requires loading up a raft of new tabs. The idea of "non-diffusing subcategories"...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 September 16
Rabu, 2020-11-11 18:24:58

Equality is used over Pride, just like I would with WP:ENGVAR. A redirect for Hotcat users would be helpful though. RevelationDirect (talk) 22:11, 1 November...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2012
Selasa, 2022-06-14 18:09:31

"interested" in the article to perform a few beneficial corrections. I use HotCat and Twinkle to aid me. I have been approved for AWB but have still not learned...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive942
Rabu, 2025-09-24 04:44:23

may seem "bitey" toward a new editor, but this is one who's already using HotCat and Twinkle and so I think we can expect competence. -- Hoary (talk) 00:06...

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Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia/Research and editing tools
Sabtu, 2026-01-24 08:34:39

Wikipedia. linked pages {{User HotCat only}} This user does not use automated or semi-automated editing tools other than HotCat. linked pages...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive910
Rabu, 2022-05-25 19:23:01

topic area is very sensitive for obvious reasons and widespread use of HotCat like this is at least subject to enhanced scrutiny. I left the current ArbPIA...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive924
Senin, 2026-05-04 02:25:59

among other things, a ban on User:Stefanomione editing categories using HotCat or other automated tools. The reason for the restrictions was a long history...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive909
Sabtu, 2023-03-04 00:39:57

topic area is very sensitive for obvious reasons and widespread use of HotCat like this is at least subject to enhanced scrutiny. I left the current ArbPIA...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive953
Senin, 2024-05-20 19:14:43

categories on Wikipedia. This issue is URGENT and he is abusing the use of HotCat like nobody I've seen before. For example, he completely disregarded this...

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Wikipedia:Igloo
Kamis, 2024-12-26 18:39:22

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive250
Minggu, 2025-01-26 23:03:05

There are lots of editors willing to spend the 5 seconds it takes to use HotCat and add appropriate categories. Why hassle this editor? UltraExactZZ Said...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive751
Jumat, 2024-09-20 22:37:42

removing pages from existing cats, and adding others. He's using AWB and Hotcat. I've asked him to stop and explain (see discussion here), as some of the...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive283
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 21:05:01

tag articles with auto wiki browser and twinkle, adding categories using hotcat. They will use all those primary sources to expand the article. They will...

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Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests
Jumat, 2026-06-05 00:22:42

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1048
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 05:05:52

of Arnold Schoenberg Hyacinyth then made 291 edits to articles using WP:HOTCAT, removing articles for from the deleted category: see the 291 edits. This...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive241
Sabtu, 2023-04-15 01:39:45

Following the discussion at VP (proposals) I have globally enabled the HotCat gadget for all logged-in users. See also the request at the gadget's talk...

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Wikipedia:Gadget
Minggu, 2026-05-24 00:57:10

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1072
Rabu, 2025-09-24 03:57:12

Category:Rosids of Argentina have been systematically depopulated by Plantdrew using HotCat. Subsequently users like UnitedStatesian have apparently unknowingly of...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive270
Jumat, 2026-02-20 12:40:59

reverts 15:31, 4 February 2015 (UTC) "removed Category:1980s births using HotCat" 16:17, 4 February 2015 (UTC) "Reverted 1 edit by NiciVampireHeart (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive636
Senin, 2026-05-04 21:57:07

HotCat; typical new users take quite a while to discover such tools. Nyttend (talk) 11:12, 6 September 2010 (UTC) Not sure you know that, but HotCat can...

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Wikipedia:Advanced template coding
Rabu, 2026-05-06 13:17:20

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 June 22
Senin, 2022-02-21 19:59:19

article space (even if vague names frustrate CFD editors like me in WP:HOTCAT). - RevelationDirect (talk) 12:35, 22 June 2021 (UTC) Weak oppose, ambiguity...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive905
Senin, 2026-05-04 20:11:58

year. The IP is a sock which I can certainly prove. He uses HotCat (the only problem is HotCat isn't available to IPs which seems to imply someone using...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive850
Selasa, 2025-08-26 03:47:11

also.   ArcAngel   (talk) ) 09:23, 14 August 2014 (UTC) @ArcAngel: And by HotCat. Pretty sure this was someone's sock, albeit not sure whose. An actual new...

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Wikipedia:Customisation
Kamis, 2026-05-28 01:23:31

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Wikipedia:User scripts/Most imported scripts
Senin, 2026-06-01 09:11:02

js 481 11 53 User:Ucucha/HarvErrors.js 475 145 54 User:TheDJ/Gadget-HotCat.js 475 49 55 User:SD0001/DYK-helper.js 473 204 56 User:Ohconfucius/script/formatgeneral...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 62
Senin, 2024-11-18 09:05:57

me now. I'm still getting dialog boxes that I have to dismiss when I use HotCat, which also started happening following the Safari upgrade, but I assume...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive524
Selasa, 2026-03-17 22:11:26

is not a a new user, registers and immediately dives into WP space, uses HotCat, concerned about "cruft," yes. The IP is quite certainly Fred, that specific...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 119
Minggu, 2025-01-26 22:52:13

longer-term set of curatorial bits and bobs around categorisation (a "souped-up" HotCat gadget, possibly), language links (extending Wikidata's current gadget)...

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Wikipedia:Page Curation/Suggested improvements/Archive 1
Minggu, 2026-01-18 20:24:39

- Gives links to previous AfDs and pervious deletions next to title. WP:HOTCAT WP:DELSORT Page -> Tools -> Copyright vio detector - I do not recall if...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive165
Kamis, 2026-02-12 21:07:58

experimentation rather than prior mastery. Anyone can install Twinkle or HotCat and anyone can write a script to create articles en masse. Once they do...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive206
Senin, 2023-04-03 14:23:08

they have registered an account and done nothing but bugger around with HotCat causing a lot of problems in their wake. They are editing EXTREMELY rapidly...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive186
Kamis, 2026-02-12 21:08:47

March 2009 (UTC) Not really an admin issue, but I went through with some HotCat and did the work for you. NuclearWarfare (Talk) 23:39, 9 March 2009 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 137
Minggu, 2026-03-15 22:12:27

likely know that level of detail about the category structure. Perhaps hotcat could help by listing subcats in a dropdown when you pick a supercat. Graeme...

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Wikipedia:Wikimedia Cloud Services
Jumat, 2026-04-03 23:47:23

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive290
Jumat, 2024-08-16 01:18:06

Duplication may case problems when recategorising using a bot or even HotCat which is the most popular tool. I ould lik to clean those. -- Magioladitis...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive553
Selasa, 2026-03-17 07:31:04

two users need attention. Swerqitamin's eighth edit was "quick add using HotCat" with a misguided category (the article was already in Category:Psychology...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive559
Jumat, 2026-02-20 13:28:42

added the cat', this time around; that was User:ExpressingYourself, using HotCat. When I saw it had been removed, I did reflexively revert to re-add it,...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive624
Kamis, 2025-04-10 22:04:20

(diff | hist) m Paper Man ‎ (Quick-adding category Independent films (using HotCat)) 19:41, 18 December 2008 (diff | hist) User talk:Chantessy/Archive 5 ‎...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive567
Rabu, 2026-03-18 00:58:26

category ("Quick-adding category Mathematics articles by quality (using HotCat)") diff Esowteric+Talk 11:20, 29 September 2009 (UTC) I removed the closure...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive772
Minggu, 2026-02-08 23:47:37

2012‎ Kauffner (added Category:Redirects from titles with diacritics using HotCat). After a Dolovis-style redirect edit June 30 2012 the only way to restore...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive821
Senin, 2024-05-06 20:05:39

5 Dec. He also proceeded to make thousands of rather quick edits (using HotCat) to tag several thousand pages into these categories, within this same time...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive803
Kamis, 2026-02-19 05:19:27

that has raised major concerns in the past week or two. The other being HotCat. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:27, 4 July 2013 (UTC) Personally, I would change...

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Wikipedia:Tags
Selasa, 2026-04-28 03:14:42

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1085
Minggu, 2026-05-03 22:34:55

logs · filter log · block user · block log) BostonMensa has been using HotCat to take women out of non-diffusing parent categories so that they are only...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive896
Minggu, 2026-03-15 01:20:00

when I've missed a group of articles is simply to isolate that group using HotCat and run AWB again to remove the offending category. It's quick, it's dirty...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive792
Rabu, 2025-09-24 05:25:12

Wikipedia:Copyright problems issue. On his 3rd day he was using Wikipedia:HotCat. There is nothing on his user page about his background or any specialist...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive885
Jumat, 2025-02-07 06:20:13

chafed from all the button pushing. (I don't use automated tools except HotCat). BMK (talk) 00:52, 11 May 2015 (UTC) Also, unless something has changed...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive781
Senin, 2026-04-20 17:26:27

to 82% whose edits benefit the encyclopaedia. I'll miss the watchlist, HotCat, page moves and Twinkle but I managed without them before. All the best...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive856
Sabtu, 2023-03-04 06:34:36

conduct is inappropriate and am requesting that they have their access to HotCat revoked until they show a willingness to pursue a consensus rather than...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive894
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 20:43:29

topic area is very sensitive for obvious reasons and widespread use of HotCat like this is at least subject to enhanced scrutiny. I left the current ArbPIA...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive95
Rabu, 2025-09-24 01:50:34

Russavia comment on the content matter besides removing the category with HotCat, thus essentially not spelling out a reason. Given that Russavia's removal...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive869
Selasa, 2025-09-23 20:50:13

established in 1962; +Category:1962 establishments in British Columbia using HotCat; formatting: 7x whitespace (using Advisor.js) 15:38 +92 Danyallstar15 Added...

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Wikipedia:WPCleaner
Jumat, 2026-04-10 15:06:42

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 October 5
Selasa, 2023-03-14 11:32:29

October 2009 (UTC) User_talk:TheDJ/HotCat#Question_about_possible_change - soft redirects were no longer recognized by HotCat. To be fixed soon. —TheDJ (talk...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive265
Minggu, 2024-11-17 06:51:22

advocated blocking his ability to alter his preferences, and then dropping his HotCat. (Redacted) — CpiralCpiral 19:29, 29 September 2014 (UTC) Removed personal...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive828
Minggu, 2026-04-05 22:25:46

Because a small proportion of editors focus on editing categories and with HotCat, one single-minded editor can do a lot of damage in a short period of time...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1030
Minggu, 2022-04-10 15:15:42

adding elf category to dwarf pages. Reallt should be restricted from using HotCat or anything to do with categories at a minimum. Slywriter (talk) 22:14,...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2017-01-17
Selasa, 2023-11-07 07:57:42

bytes. (Phabricator task T6715) #1 – Global gadgets Popular gadgets such as HotCat, wikEd, navigation popups, and WikiMiniAtlas, have to be maintained as separate...

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Wikipedia:Simple diff and link guide
Selasa, 2021-11-30 04:30:57

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Wikipedia:Page name
Senin, 2026-05-18 08:23:41

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 August 11
Rabu, 2022-04-20 10:03:25

not apparent that it is a miscategorization. There is no way to show in HOTCAT that this is a miscategorization, since there's no indication that it isn't...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 February 14
Sabtu, 2023-03-25 17:24:08

(UTC) I don't find the capnotes that useful because they don't show up in Hotcat. I definitely want to keep this category, even if the rename doesn't happen...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2015-09-30
Selasa, 2023-11-07 07:56:46

enabled are reporting issues with other gadgets, including Twinkle and HotCat. Disabling the beta feature causes the other gadgets to act normally. G...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 141
Jumat, 2024-05-10 14:14:14

with HotCat.[45] I haven't been active with categories lately and rarely use HotCat. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:24, 25 October 2015 (UTC) Yeap, it's Hotcat. Strangely...

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Wikipedia:How to improve image quality
Selasa, 2025-09-16 14:52:39

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Wikipedia:Scripts
Rabu, 2026-02-11 19:26:03

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Wikipedia:User scripts/List
Kamis, 2026-05-21 14:42:37

once. Basically, a cooler HotCat. N/A N/A HotCat edit summary warning (source) Removes no summary entered warning for HotCat. 17 6 HotDefaultSort (source)...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 183
Kamis, 2026-02-12 04:42:34

| talk | history | links | watch | logs) MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat/de (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) MediaWiki:Gadget-popups...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 82
Senin, 2024-02-19 16:02:22

20:24, 8 November 2010 (UTC) And now they're working. A few minutes ago HotCat - and cat piping when viewing Edit This Page - weren't working for a moment...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 23
Selasa, 2022-11-01 02:12:43

that I know several people have been waiting for. I have started a port of HotCat.js hopefully later to be turned into one of the available gadgets. The code...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-10-31/Opinion essay
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 08:38:34

think the problems are fixed? It would be something along the lines of HotCat, where a single click would remove the template. Or put a message on the...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 August 18
Senin, 2022-02-21 19:53:51

nominated. Capitalisation does remove the ambiguity, esp when using WP:HOTCAT, which will autocomplete without regard to capitalisation. I would support...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 87
Kamis, 2026-02-05 23:50:06

so, does HotCat use Java applets? If so, you may need to upgrade to Firefox 3.6.15. --Redrose64 (talk) 18:01, 4 March 2011 (UTC) No, HotCat doesn't use...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 181
Selasa, 2023-08-22 07:45:43

of all books have 2 just distinct editors (the 2nd edit mostly being AWB/HotCat). This doesn't indicate that they were decently popular ever. – SD0001 (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 August 17
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:44:09

Having more specific naming for categories values the time of editors using Hotcat over readers going to wrong article. If an article, needs a more specific...

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Wikipedia:Help namespace
Rabu, 2025-07-16 03:37:07

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Wikipedia:How to create a page
Minggu, 2026-05-10 00:34:33

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 101
Sabtu, 2025-08-16 03:53:09

if this idea sounds stupid (it may do :). Is there any way of making a hotcat-like editing function for pages marked with the #Redirect markup, so that...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Raaggio
Selasa, 2023-04-04 02:17:03

shows too little understanding of wiki policy. I recommend installing wp:Hotcat and categorising a few articles rather than seeing uncategorised as a possible...

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Wikipedia:Random
Minggu, 2026-01-25 19:58:12

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Wikipedia:Catalogue of CSS classes
Jumat, 2026-06-05 01:32:42

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Wikipedia:Simplest diff guide
Rabu, 2026-05-06 03:53:52

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC Reviewer permission
Senin, 2023-04-03 16:36:32

while I may have noticed several issues and just added a category with hotcat. Digging in to your WP:G13 list I found a rejected submission that I believe...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Eddie891
Sabtu, 2023-02-11 03:46:54

semi-automated tools is not concerning - we're mostly talking gnoming with HotCat and ShortDescriptionHelper here, this is not a Huggleoholic. Thanks for...

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Wikipedia:User scripts/Guide
Senin, 2026-03-09 16:44:14

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Wikipedia:Responsible tagging
Kamis, 2026-04-30 13:33:01

references already in the article. Experienced Wikipedians will probably have HotCat installed, and for them it usually just as quick to add at least a high...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 117
Minggu, 2025-01-26 22:56:54

I don't want to. I didn't even translate MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat/de - I knew that the HotCat gadget on en.wp is, in most respects, identical to that on...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 December 26
Jumat, 2020-01-03 10:26:10

the category name is safer in case editors categorize by means of e.g. Hotcat, without checking that Frozen state pension is exclusively about the UK...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 May 13
Selasa, 2020-06-09 19:02:28

awarded in 1976 so this new name will avoid confusion, especially in WP:HOTCAT. - RevelationDirect (talk) 01:48, 13 May 2020 (UTC) Support per nom, and...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 September 6
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:48:50

Foo" format would also make it easier to apply these categories using WP:HOTCAT, because it would save editors from having to search through a long list...

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Wikipedia:Complete diff and link guide
Senin, 2025-09-22 00:29:20

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Wikipedia:Browser notes
Senin, 2026-02-16 14:45:34

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Wikipedia:Flow
Kamis, 2025-05-01 13:23:58

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Wikipedia:Tools/Editing tools
Senin, 2026-03-30 00:43:22

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Wikipedia:User scripts/Techniques
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Wikipedia:AntiVandal
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Wikipedia:How to create charts for Wikipedia articles
Senin, 2026-05-11 20:25:28

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Wikipedia:Customizing watchlists
Rabu, 2024-03-06 22:01:05

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 May 24
Selasa, 2026-01-06 23:42:49

reluctant to rely on category headers because they're not viewed when using WP:HOTCAT. (Some editors share that concern; others do not.) Is there a less wordy...

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Wikipedia:History of Wikipedia bots
Senin, 2025-03-10 06:58:38

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 June 19
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:06:13

June 2012 (UTC) Make it simple: let a bot move the whole lot, then use WP:HOTCAT to move back the small minority that are named after people. – Fayenatic...

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Wikipedia:Graphs and charts
Jumat, 2026-05-22 23:32:54

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Microformats/classes
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Wikipedia:Span tags
Selasa, 2023-10-03 17:49:11

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Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation shortcuts
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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 113
Minggu, 2025-01-26 22:52:22

while I agree with the result of the discussion here about removing default HotCat, having some warning before it was turned off would have been nice. I thought...

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Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Resources
Senin, 2020-10-26 00:33:44

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Wikipedia:Tools/Alternative browsing
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Wikipedia:Common.js and common.css
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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 October 24
Rabu, 2026-02-18 00:29:00

naming format over the suggested change is that typing Foobian murder into HotCat autosuggests Foobian murderers and Foobian murder victims. The suggested...

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Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests/Archive 3
Jumat, 2024-06-21 02:49:52

best I have found is User:Ais523/stubtagtab2.js, ideally we would have a hotcat-like searchable field for stub tagging. This would be useful to both New...

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Wikipedia:Lua/Resources
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Wikipedia:Basic bitmap image editing
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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2013 May 1
Minggu, 2022-05-01 09:08:55

you would add [[Category:Living people]] to the bottom of the page. Using hotcat is much easier. It can be found at the bottom of every page. To add a category...

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Wikipedia:To scale charts
Senin, 2025-08-11 19:30:47

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2013 July 1
Kamis, 2023-02-09 03:35:58

the box labelled "Hot Cat". Mdann52 (talk) 15:58, 1 July 2013 (UTC) The HotCat gadget was changed from opt-out to opt-in after a recent discussion; numerous...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 August 14
Jumat, 2026-01-23 14:04:04

description to find out -- and not everyone does, especially when using HotCat. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:06, 14 August 2009 (UTC) Oppose - "books" means...

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Wikipedia:Growth Team features/Mentor list
Jumat, 2026-03-27 03:00:19

April 2026 Average (the default) Active Experienced editor specializing in HotCat, categorizing articles, and general article cleanup. Glad to help new editors...

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Wikipedia:Guide to Scribbling
Jumat, 2026-01-16 23:16:10

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Insects/ant task force/topicon
Senin, 2025-09-15 22:29:15

topicon}} {{AntiVandal topicon}} {{Discord topicon}} {{CopyPatrol topicon}} {{HotCat topicon}} {{Huggle topicon}} {{Igloo topicon}} {{IRC topicon}} {{Lupin antivandal...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Courses/Spring 2011/Media and Telecommunication Policy (Jonathan Obar)
Jumat, 2026-01-23 21:21:46

min 47 sec) Copyright licenses involved in uploading files (3 min 28 sec) HotCat and categories explanation (5 min 43 sec) How to use a watchlist (2 min...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 160
Kamis, 2022-12-01 08:27:39

(talk) 16:24, 27 October 2017 (UTC) @Mjroots: HotCat feature suggestions can be requested at Wikipedia talk:HotCat. — xaosflux Talk 17:31, 27 October 2017 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 60
Sabtu, 2023-04-15 22:15:26

this is the place to report it, or if it has already been reported, but HotCat breaks on "view source" pages (example), causing all my other javascript...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 197
Jumat, 2026-01-16 20:54:17

available in my account because I haven't sent a request at Meta. I have Hotcat, Lupin, ProveIt, Twinkle, wide-vector-2022, and WikEd. Disabling all of...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 September 12
Rabu, 2022-04-20 10:00:58

titles will be Category redirected to their current targets so tools like HotCat understand. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  06:29, 15 September 2017 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 114
Minggu, 2025-11-02 21:27:22

Help:Category#Putting pages in categories. The HotCat gadget is an extra option for logged in users in the English Wikipedia. When HotCat was first enabled by default and...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 153
Selasa, 2026-03-03 04:23:40

redirect pointing from the "s" spelling to the "z" spelling. When using hotcat, at least, this will change the input to the correct category. bd2412 T...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 98
Sabtu, 2022-12-31 23:23:23

(Morriswa) (talk) 23:52, 14 April 2012 (UTC) I'm not aware of any HotCat problem. Note that HotCat cannot edit categories that are transcluded onto the page from...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 109
Minggu, 2025-01-26 22:57:53

MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js, which was made "default" for all registered users recently. in all the discussions of making everyone load hotcat as default, i...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 146
Rabu, 2026-04-15 13:33:41

—TheDJ (talk • contribs) 06:54, 18 May 2016 (UTC) Have just noticed that the Hotcat tools have disappeared from the bottom of articles. Am using Edge on Win10...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 February 10
Jumat, 2026-01-23 13:42:10

into the title. This will make it harder to enter the category names using HotCat, because more typing will be needed before reaching the core part of the...

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Wikipedia:Uncategorized biographies of living people/BLPPotential
Rabu, 2009-07-15 06:07:33

persons that need to be put into Category:Living people. Using tools like HotCat or AutoWikiBrowser, please take a section of biographies, go through each...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 114
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 17:02:51

expectations? I see editors bulk-adding dozens of articles per seconds with HotCat and AWB, many are stubs 3-5 lines long with no sources at all. Do you revert...

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Wikipedia:ProveIt
Selasa, 2026-03-24 06:23:07

editing AfC helper script AntiVandal AutoWikiBrowser Bots Creating history HotCat Huggle Interceptor Navigation popups RedWarn Twinkle Ultraviolet WPCleaner...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 120
Minggu, 2026-03-15 23:54:36

User:Armbrust has reported that my edit to the CSD helper script broke Hotcat and Twinkle for him. Has anyone else noticed any problems with either of...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 61
Jumat, 2023-04-21 14:17:49

didn't know about that tool, but I've started going through them with WP:HOTCAT and added several new subcats. I'll use it as a check when I've finished...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 106
Jumat, 2023-03-17 06:26:22

allows you to add a summary to the rollback Hide HotCat markers: If you are like me, you love HotCat functionality, but you hate the way it uglify the...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 132
Minggu, 2026-02-22 11:02:33

(UTC) It appears that you found a bug in HotCat. You can report it at Commons:MediaWiki_talk:Gadget-HotCat.js. Ruslik_Zero 20:53, 13 November 2014 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Huggle/Config.yaml
Senin, 2025-12-01 11:28:50

'using [[User:Dispenser/Checklinks|checklinks tool]]' - '(using [[WP:HOTCAT|HotCat]])' - 'using [[User:MichaelBillington/MWT|MWT]]' - 'using...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 January 17
Senin, 2022-02-21 19:58:09

to type the accent, or don't know beforehand which categories use it. WP:HOTCAT will substitute the target of any redirect, and if a redirected category...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 121
Senin, 2024-04-29 10:37:37

Wikimedia Foundation's "Teahouse" project Reference Tooltips Citation expander HotCat, not checked in the gadgets, but imported through a script Form for filing...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 77
Selasa, 2024-02-27 14:18:54

problematic. I have mostly the default settings, plus things like Twinkle, Hotcat, section editing for leads. SlimVirgin talk|contribs 04:58, 10 June 2010...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/October 2017
Sabtu, 2017-11-04 07:07:05

visual editor. "Break for editing"? Album Art Help Elijah Muhammad Hide page HotCat categorisation in my watchlist Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2017 October...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 September 3
Jumat, 2022-04-22 06:05:06

category explanations as being ineffective since they don't show up in WP:HOTCAT which is how most categories are added. I would favor 2 or ?. RevelationDirect...

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Wikipedia:Template index/Examples
Minggu, 2026-01-25 17:45:40

topicon}} {{AntiVandal topicon}} {{Discord topicon}} {{CopyPatrol topicon}} {{HotCat topicon}} {{Huggle topicon}} {{Igloo topicon}} {{IRC topicon}} {{Lupin antivandal...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 25
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 21:15:28

en.wikipedia. I would love if you would help test it. User:TheDJ/Gadget-HotCat.js --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:27, 12 March 2008 (UTC) Lol, it seems that...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/October 2021
Jumat, 2021-11-05 10:25:11

building be merged into that school's article? Similar to Disputed template HotCat in timeless theme Pramod Bhagat Birth place Massive BLP violation - what...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 September 14
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:47:43

articles without explanation, and are usually added through the very useful WP:HOTCAT, which sadly does not display any of the explanations which may be present...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 130
Rabu, 2024-08-14 15:38:42

on it. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:22, 5 October 2014 (UTC) Hi! I am using WP:HOTCAT for easy editing of categories on articles/categories. Do we have any other...

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Wikipedia:Toolserver
Sabtu, 2022-01-29 05:16:36

editing AfC helper script AntiVandal AutoWikiBrowser Bots Creating history HotCat Huggle Interceptor Navigation popups RedWarn Twinkle Ultraviolet WPCleaner...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 100
Senin, 2023-04-03 16:35:57

mobile accounts for some of our all caps friends? I would have thought that hotcat would lend itself to mobile editing, if mobiles can be used to send texts...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 September 9
Rabu, 2020-11-11 18:15:09

has what is, at least to me, an obscure name a redirect makes sense for Hotcat users. RevelationDirect (talk) 21:54, 1 November 2020 (UTC) The above is...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 November 24
Rabu, 2026-01-21 15:28:50

category to be constantly patrolled for miscategorized recording equipment. HOTCAT doesn't show you the category description, and the musical instruments are...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 181
Rabu, 2025-09-24 04:37:35

enwiki MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js seems to just load the script from Commons. Lines 130–132 of commons:MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js: // A regexp matching...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 8
Sabtu, 2025-08-02 15:34:14

contribs) 19:25, 5 December 2007 (UTC) I'd stump for Commons:MediaWiki:HotCat.js ... not yet installed here, but very useful. Perhaps too useful, as it...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 138
Minggu, 2023-07-09 22:19:23

them after creation. Getting an AWB tag on it while you are going through hotcat yourself can be very annoying for many people. TonyBallioni (talk) 13:39...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 115
Minggu, 2025-01-26 23:03:32

nowhere to be found in the article, nor in anything transcluded on it? Hotcat won't remove the category, and it doesn't appear in the coding anywhere...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Tools
Sabtu, 2022-07-02 17:47:20

need people to sort articles into more specific subcategories. Tools like HotCat may make this easier. Requested articles Category:Medicine templates contains...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 128
Minggu, 2026-03-29 02:39:55

no difference. It's not that HotCat doesn't function, it's that the HotCat (+)(-) etc. don't even show up. I use HotCat regularly on Commons with the...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 81
Jumat, 2026-03-20 19:33:27

up)⁄(background check) 04:41, 12 October 2010 (UTC) For what it's worth, HotCat and Twinkle both seem to be working fine for me (Chrome/Chromium 6.0.472...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 50
Kamis, 2025-01-16 21:21:50

This might be something that someone can make a JS tool for (kinda like WP:HOTCAT), that can edit section names and reorder the ToC right there as you're...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 104
Selasa, 2026-03-10 22:52:59

or so. Tijfo098 (talk) 21:39, 26 October 2012 (UTC) Resolved Wikipedia:Hotcats has stopped working for me; it's still set in my preferences and I'm using...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 195
Rabu, 2025-07-16 19:33:59

those 100 entries. - Klein Muçi (talk) 02:40, 11 March 2022 (UTC) That's WP:HOTCAT. AWB can do this as well. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 03:00, 11 March 2022 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/October 2022
Jumat, 2022-11-04 07:09:57

Page Creation Changing photo How do I delete an account? Requested move HotCat feature Request of an admin Mysterious cite journal error on article which...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 150
Senin, 2026-03-23 16:58:50

I also received a 503 HTTP/2.0 503 error message when I tried to usewp: hotcat. I am not using wp:twinkle. For more see: Wikipedia:Help desk#How can I...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 132
Senin, 2026-03-09 20:04:15

allowed to pre-qualify them for auto-confirmed status (probably using WP:HOTCAT edits in the new pages feed)? Yes, I've had Wikipedia:Account_creator a...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 185
Rabu, 2024-10-23 01:23:19

at the moment - none of the categories are showing. You can add one via Hotcat and that works, but anything that goes via the main edit screen doesn't...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Volcanoes/Categorization
Sabtu, 2026-01-03 04:47:56

listed in Category:Volcanologists. A useful tool for categorization work is HotCat, which allows you to edit in cats from a dynamic list on the page by clicking...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 178
Selasa, 2024-05-07 00:02:17

https://nsindex.net/w/load.php?lang=en-gb&modules=ext.gadget.DotsSyntaxHighlighter,HotCat,ReferenceTooltips,edittop,refToolbar&skin=vector&version=pl82e:46 jQuery...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 145
Rabu, 2025-09-24 21:50:03

expected. fredgandt 23:21, 19 March 2016 (UTC) Hi, I can't seem to get hotcat to give any suggestions for categories, am using safari on ipad, please...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 September 28
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:34:07

category from an article to find related content or adding a category with Hotcat, I think it's helpful to have the denomination be clear. RevelationDirect...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 154
Senin, 2023-04-03 16:07:11

seen a need to do anything with it - I use almost no scripts or gadgets (hotcat, popups, the insert bar below the editing window and tracking of phab tickets...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 108
Kamis, 2022-12-01 08:28:59

are the defaults: 1) "Ask a question" feature, 2) Reference Tooltips, 3)Hotcat, 4)Form for filing disputes at the dispute resolution noticeboard, 5) CharInsert...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 111
Senin, 2023-09-18 21:32:10

endlessly: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 August 12
Senin, 2022-02-21 19:57:05

should be left behind, in order to avoid confusion for editors who are using Hotcat. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:13, 31 July 2021 (UTC) @Explicit: are you planning...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 149
Minggu, 2022-05-29 19:54:59

"But someone should probably notify WP:BOT/WP:BAG, WP:AWB, WP:TWINKLE, WP:HOTCAT, etc., to make sure that this won't affect/break those tools." - did this...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 149
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 06:44:14

and you use HotCat to make several changes, which editing environment did you use? I'd like to see that get a Special:Tag for both HotCat and WikEd, but...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 58
Rabu, 2026-01-21 17:05:55

reviewing articles at wp:FAC would be a good start. For others installing wp:Hotcat and starting at Category:Uncategorized pages might be possible - though...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 89
Senin, 2026-05-04 07:35:02

Hutchinson (screenwriter) and saved them. Then I added a category using HotCat, and when I saved that change, I saw all my previous changes had been reverted...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 42
Jumat, 2024-07-26 20:14:29

22:10, 9 July 2008 (UTC) I edited the article Gilroy, California using HotCat to remove a category in this edit: [4] and what I think was a non-breaking...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 January 30
Senin, 2023-02-27 23:15:47

(contribs) 21:36, 1 February 2013 (UTC) BHG I mean: the category is ready with hotcat, a list needs edit time. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 15:38, 2 February 2013 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 143
Minggu, 2026-02-22 10:57:33

January 2016 (UTC) I'm getting this too. I have reset my preferences (adding HotCat) recently. Blythwood (talk) 23:42, 15 January 2016 (UTC) Hey, I got it also...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 110
Sabtu, 2023-07-15 09:23:35

couldn't see it on a quick scan through archived discussions... I note that HotCat doesn't seem to work with my browser when there is more than one navigation...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 September 18
Minggu, 2022-05-15 01:27:24

Category:Construction trades workers. So these should be clearer now. If someone with hotcat or whatever would now tackle the individual articles, that would be appreciated :...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 118
Kamis, 2024-10-17 05:39:08

2013 (UTC) Just noticed the servers are going cough-sputter-hack, with HotCat not loading sometimes (sometimes taking five-to-six refreshes before correctly...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 177
Rabu, 2024-04-24 05:12:11

those are related to gadgets that I have enabled (MoreMenu, Cat-a-lot, and HotCat apparently have to load localized messages for other than lang=en), and...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 92
Selasa, 2026-04-14 06:10:28

that name, do you mean Foo?" Is a similar sort of feature possible with hotcats, so that if you accidentally mis-spell a category name it doesn't automatically...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 176
Rabu, 2025-02-26 23:50:59

(talk | contribs‎) (-Category:Politics of Morocco; -Category:Jihad using HotCat un-related) [ rollback ] As you can see, it's quite different from what...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 137
Minggu, 2024-06-09 18:47:55

they can be found by interested editors. The AfC helper script has an easy HotCat-like tool for doing this. I was wondering if such a thing existed separately...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 112
Minggu, 2025-01-26 23:03:31

in South Korea) to article New Community Movement. I was trying to use HotCat (which I use commonly, and which still seems to work perfectly fine on all...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 November 18
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:55:28

engineers by century, by the most time-saving way, i.e. by using mass-move with hotcat, was restarted immediately by wiki-individual categorization following that...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 90
Senin, 2026-02-16 06:02:15

changes made by HotCat are exactly the same as what you would do by hand to change a category on a page. The only real difference is that HotCat gives a more...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/July 2019
Minggu, 2019-08-04 10:28:51

Please! (Copyright) Removing Templates Changing to correct information HotCat with Timeless skin Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 July 30 Hidden content...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 190
Minggu, 2022-06-05 18:20:29

marked as minor. For example, I was surprised to discover recently that HotCat doesn't mark its edits as minor. -- RoySmith (talk) 11:47, 30 June 2021...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 136
Sabtu, 2025-07-26 09:43:19

special characters (troubles?)", but Faroese Wikipedia has only one gadget, HotCat. --Redrose64 (talk) 09:45, 9 May 2015 (UTC) On the Faroese Wikipedia: fo:Special:Version...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 193
Senin, 2026-03-23 06:58:48

MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat/de is the German translation of enwiki's localised MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat, which overrides the global MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat. Like this...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 74
Rabu, 2024-12-25 09:05:04

desirable, but usually it isn't.) Perhaps Wikipedia:HotCat could somehow flag such cases when a HotCat user visits A. Rd232 public talk 10:59, 27 June 2011...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 196
Minggu, 2022-09-11 21:50:49

unlinked "Hebrew Infant Asylum". Then I used HotCat to update a category, and the link came back. I remember HotCat unexpectedly dropping me into an edit dialog...

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Wikipedia:GLAM/Beginner's guide to Wikipedia
Jumat, 2025-10-31 16:07:10

min 50 sec) Copyright licenses involved in uploading files (3 min 28 sec) HotCat and categories explanation (5 min 43 sec) Ready to find more resources?...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 January 6
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:29:01

January 2014 (UTC) Delete - not a likely error, and with increasing use of HOTCAT having a redirect is not necessary. GiantSnowman 19:10, 8 January 2014 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 93
Selasa, 2026-03-24 00:49:02

scripts need updating to use protocol-relative URLs... User:TheDJ/Gadget-HotCat.js (done) User:Henrik/js/afc-helper.js (done) User:Dr pda/prosesize.js (done)...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 179
Jumat, 2023-03-03 10:13:14

articles here, I can tell you that 7 happened in Twinkle, 8 used STiki, 5 used HotCat, 1 used AutoEd, and that at least 40 used AWB ("at least", because only...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 January 24
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:28:49

as Category:Excluded from HotCat and added to these redirect categories as a hidden category, making a blacklist of HotCat cats. Cat, cat, cat. Lugnuts...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2024 October 29
Sabtu, 2024-11-02 09:47:23

(UTC) I really can't say enough about how much easier this is if you use WP:HOTCAT. Just Step Sideways from this world ..... today 18:22, 29 October 2024 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1174
Senin, 2026-05-04 02:30:10

27 December 2022 (UTC) @CharlemagneJane, you may want to try Wikipedia:HotCat. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:34, 27 December 2022 (UTC) @ColinFine "the...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 93
Rabu, 2023-02-08 20:38:33

vessels. I tried to fix Category:Patrol vessels of South Africa, using hotcat -- and couldn't at first, because the errant categories were being transcluded...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 158
Rabu, 2024-03-06 00:23:25

2001:2003:54FA:D2:0:0:0:1 (talk) 22:13, 10 August 2017 (UTC) I opened a tab and HotCat was gone. Cat-a-Lot as well. Can anyone tell me why and how to re-enable...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 172
Rabu, 2026-02-18 12:55:19

says it all. If I use HotCat to add multiple categories, I will get a warning that no edit summary has been entered despite HotCat filling in a summary...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 43
Jumat, 2026-06-05 00:19:30

Check the editor's history. A long string of good faith additions using HotCat, and in the middle of the string you get a blanking. 4 minutes apart in...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 184
Sabtu, 2022-05-28 04:59:39

projects: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 133
Senin, 2026-05-04 07:03:50

broken for a few minutes on Tuesday. It was because of old code in the HotCat tool. The same problem happened on some Wikipedias on Wednesday. It is now...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 147
Rabu, 2025-09-24 20:48:55

run when you are in Vector. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:59, 3 June 2016 (UTC) HotCat works a treat having changed the skin to Vector and back. Twinkle works...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2018 April 26
Senin, 2018-04-30 07:52:20

information is at Help:Category and there is a helpful gadget you can use called hotcat that makes it even easier. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:13, 26 April 2018 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 65
Sabtu, 2024-11-16 20:50:45

September 2009 (UTC) Hmm, well I was not seeing it anymore. Do you have HotCat enabled per chance ? —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 23:23, 17 September 2009 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 122
Jumat, 2023-03-17 06:26:29

29 January 2014 (UTC) I keep getting this too, especially while using HotCat. De728631 (talk) 17:10, 29 January 2014 (UTC) I am facing same problem.--Wikiuser13...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 97
Selasa, 2026-03-24 00:49:45

response. After making an edit, saving it, and then removing a category using HotCat, the previous edit I made is reversed, as can be seen in this diff. Does...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2010 March 23
Minggu, 2023-03-26 03:07:31

Also is there any sort of automated tool that would be of any use in this? Hotcat?Naraht (talk) 21:13, 23 March 2010 (UTC) I'll contact WikiProject Geography...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Graymornings
Jumat, 2023-03-03 07:24:30

edit count. I saw several edits that weren't manual (twinkle, friendly, hotcat, etc.). That was all in the first 250 edits. You haven't done anything wrong...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 67
Jumat, 2025-08-29 10:05:09

since no (TW)s show up in recent changes. Friendly is also not working, but HotCat and Popups seem fine. I still see (HG)s in recent changes, so I guess Huggle...

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Wikipedia:User scripts/Ranking
Sabtu, 2022-02-12 17:31:41

will see d → 145 475 HotCat TheDJ 6 Sep 2014 An example of HotCat in use, in this case attempting to predict the next word. --> HotCat is a gadget that helps...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 July 1
Selasa, 2023-03-14 11:35:17

articles inadvertently in the wrong category (without visiting it, eg using Hotcat) if the names are imprecise, as happens regularly with Category:People from...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 183
Minggu, 2022-05-01 10:31:04

August 2020 (UTC)  You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:HotCat § Doesn't always work. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 20:54, 25 August 2020 (UTC) When...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 51
Selasa, 2025-09-23 20:19:55

September 2009 (UTC) "a tool to edit and manage categories" Are you aware of WP:HotCat? --Cybercobra (talk) 11:34, 7 September 2009 (UTC) Not entirely sure what...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 103
Jumat, 2025-01-24 07:51:52

Modern skin, Enhanced edit toolbar. Editing gadgets: Citation Expander, HotCat, Provelt, wikiEd. There's other issues going on since early summer, when...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 91
Senin, 2023-04-03 17:07:40

but it's since stopped working again - and now I seem to have lost the HotCat function. Bearing in mind that I am completely an "end user" and wouldn't...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 155
Selasa, 2025-09-23 20:23:45

JavaScript is: mw.loader.load( '/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' ); Now, as a coder, that really does...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 175
Senin, 2026-03-23 07:01:35

MEDUSA/superjump-config.json ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 19:24, 5 August 2019 (UTC) HotCat does not appear to work with the timeless skin activated. Is there any way...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 96
Senin, 2026-02-16 06:01:29

—TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:53, 8 January 2012 (UTC) I use Twinkle and HotCat. The browser I am using is Mozilla Firefox 3.6.24 and the log out URL is...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/May 2020
Kamis, 2020-06-04 07:28:13

:File:Limonese Authentic Party flag.png not public domain? Musa S. Dibadj HotCat Jaya Suberg as a biography candidate Benson, Arizona Table sorting Deleted...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/July 2013
Senin, 2022-03-28 11:35:27

concerns of administrator's behavior I saved a page and cannot find it HotCat Inappropriate language and description of a phrase Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 85
Sabtu, 2026-04-11 13:19:29

fixing after deployment. Happy‑melon 12:04, 16 February 2011 (UTC) And HotCat isnz't working either. Are any of the gadgets in user preferences working...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 April 30
Jumat, 2026-01-23 22:10:25

but an unambiguous name is even better. Most categories are added by WP:HOTCAT or by typing the category name, so editors don't see any inclusion criteria...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 36
Jumat, 2026-02-06 01:14:32

pages is growing every day, and even with such excellent tools such as HotCat, it can be difficult to manage. I think categories are important on wikipedia...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1069
Jumat, 2025-07-18 23:57:06

using hotcat? Aans03 (talk) 09:36, 16 July 2020 (UTC) Aans03 (talk) 09:36, 16 July 2020 (UTC) @Aans03: The end result is exactly the same. HotCat just...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 94
Jumat, 2025-01-10 22:22:52

18:54, 24 October 2011 (UTC) Probably not a good idea if you consider that HotCat and also ajaxCategories/InlineCategorizer (or whatever, if it ever gets...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)/Archive 72
Kamis, 2022-12-15 15:07:48

to make HotCat tool globally? Eurohunter (talk) 14:37, 19 November 2022 (UTC) @Eurohunter: Special:Gadgets shows it uses MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js. It...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 170
Minggu, 2026-03-22 22:53:35

2018 (UTC) My scripts afaik: 'User:Js/ajaxPreview.js'; 'MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js'; 'User:Cameltrader/Advisor.js'; WikEd, JS WikiBrowser =...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 173
Senin, 2024-11-18 11:45:38

don't show up when I try to edit the page, and they can't be removed with HotCat. They should be removed, but I'm not sure how. How can this be remedied...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 95
Senin, 2026-02-16 06:01:30

tipsy"]],["ext.gadget.HideFundraisingNotice","1311020640",[]],["ext.gadget.HotCat","1317470597",[]],["ext.gadget.textareasansserif","1311020640",[]],["ext...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 127
Jumat, 2025-11-14 03:07:13

Not all Wikipedias have Twinkle. There are no universal gadgets, not even HotCat, since Welsh Wikipedia has no gadgets at all. You can use Wikidata to get...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 99
Sabtu, 2025-08-02 17:06:44

pages'), 'Uncategorized Pages'); }); importScript('User:TheDJ/Gadget-HotCat.js'); importScript('User:AzaToth/twinkle.js'); TwinkleConfig = { revertMaxRevisions...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 161
Minggu, 2026-05-24 04:51:13

T182322 Resolved Is anyone else having Twinkle (and sometimes, it seems, HotCat?) loading tremendously slow lately, including just about all day today?...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 169
Sabtu, 2025-10-18 11:42:41

them. For manual categorization, i.e. not by a template (gadgets, like HotCat and Cat-a-lot are also a bit relevant in this regard), the categories are...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2017 December 30
Jumat, 2021-09-10 14:37:13

facilities are certainly useful, though I have only experimented thus far: Hotcat, Purge, Twinkle. Being able to move a page would undoubtedly be advantageous...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Najla Mahfouz
Selasa, 2025-12-16 09:17:45

because they were capitalising all the words in categories. You've got HotCat, which would fix those kinds of problems if you let it, but instead chose...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 May 9
Senin, 2023-03-20 09:05:08

category titles (rather than in hatnotes) so that the meaning is clear in Hotcat where most categories are applied. RevelationDirect (talk) 16:29, 10 May...

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Wikipedia:Editor review/Porchcrop (4)
Jumat, 2023-02-10 02:23:36

more rounded in their editing. When I was at Newpage patrol I installed Hotcat and adopted the policy of "if in doubt categorise". By the time I passed...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 91
Minggu, 2023-03-19 07:44:33

I am in favour of Rich being able to use semi-automated tools such as HotCat, Twinkle, etc. All old bot requests whether they have been approved or not...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 124
Kamis, 2024-10-17 05:39:15

tabbed choices. It's one long page. Another thing is that I cannot use HotCat or WikiEd. I have no toolbar in the Edit window. — Maile (talk) 17:54, 12...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 125
Sabtu, 2024-06-29 21:39:42

working: Refjumper Ask a question (Teahouse) Hide green bullets (Watchlist) HotCat AFC Helperscript Yunshui 雲水 10:12, 17 April 2014 (UTC) Just tried manually...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/April 2012
Senin, 2022-03-28 11:37:50

How can I persuade my teachers that Wikipedia is a reliable source? Lost HotCat with the new mods to Preferences page Glitch with saving/previewing pages...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 May 1
Kamis, 2026-01-22 21:50:47

find it. A lot of keen category editors use HotCat and when I add a new category and type "officials", HotCat immediately offers me Category:Officials associated...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 86
Senin, 2026-02-09 00:24:04

Very, very good. But hey, I do AWB once a month. I really need to learn HotCat, to use it once a month. Maybe I am a TWinkle-editor, once a month. You...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 March 18
Jumat, 2020-04-17 23:38:05

editors tag categories without looking at the parent (especially when using HotCat), which means these categories are now being used for non-visual artworks...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Salvio giuliano
Minggu, 2026-02-22 02:33:33

and left as it is. For instance, to add a couple of categories using WP:HOTCAT, insted of dropping a {{uncategorised}}, or to move the article to the correctly...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 July 18
Sabtu, 2022-03-12 09:45:15

category names to be more clear than articles (e.g. to help editors using WP:HOTCAT). – Fayenatic London 22:42, 19 July 2012 (UTC) The above is preserved as...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 202
Sabtu, 2023-02-04 09:43:19

gadgets side, other than those enabled by default, I only have Twinkle, HotCat, Shortdesc helper, Xtools, and Enterprisey's scripts-installer ticked. —...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 April 14
Senin, 2018-12-03 04:20:10

17:56, 14 April 2018 (UTC) @Doc James: most categories are added using WP:HOTCAT or by editing the article's wikicode. Either way, there is no need for anyone...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 March 27
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:07:07

for use of HotCat comes simply from my huge watchlist (30K pages): most non-bot edits on that watchlist which involve categorisation use HotCat. I am sure...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Courses/Spring 2011/Environmental Law (Aaron Frank)
Jumat, 2025-10-31 16:06:00

min 47 sec) Copyright licenses involved in uploading files (3 min 28 sec) HotCat and categories explanation (5 min 43 sec) How to use a watchlist (2 min...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 97
Selasa, 2023-03-14 00:22:58

I've wondered before about the practicality of a one-click system, a la HotCat, which allows readers to easily remove no-longer-appropriate tagging......

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2016 March 22
Jumat, 2023-03-03 20:06:51

are largely expended in making tens of thousands of immensely important Hotcat additions to articles about obscure movies. I really can't fathom any interest...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 February 21
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:35:33

format that is being phased out. If you type in a redirected category using hotcat it will automatically place the correct category. I doubt anyone else would...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Everymorning
Sabtu, 2023-01-28 23:29:49

for the oppose that seems to be for using Hotcat, words fail me, as indeed would my own RFA if using hotcat was widely seen as a negative. As for the...

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Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/Archive/28
Selasa, 2023-03-14 19:31:18

can try using the gadget Hotcat to assist. —fetch·comms 21:28, 30 May 2010 (UTC) Excellent. Thank you. Great tip about Hotcat. Austin3301 23:49, 30 May...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Guoguo12
Sabtu, 2026-02-21 17:29:07

happy to consider you again in three or four months, and suggest installing hotcat and working on the basis of "if in doubt categorise it rather than tag it"...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 June 26
Kamis, 2025-07-17 21:42:45

category description would help, but that doesn't really help people who use hotcat... although that obviously isn't the primary concern. At the moment, it...

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Wikipedia:Category redirects that should be kept
Kamis, 2026-04-23 15:03:15

Bolton. Consider whether the redirect will be helpful for editors using WP:HotCat, which autofills depending on the what has been typed so far. So for e.g...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Index of Tanzania-related articles
Senin, 2025-12-15 03:30:46

least one tool that makes it easier to edit categories called HotCat Wikipedia:HotCat. Gusfriend (talk) 22:31, 13 February 2022 (UTC) The above discussion...

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Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/SPIE 2020
Rabu, 2025-11-12 08:50:58

min 50 sec) Copyright licenses involved in uploading files (3 min 28 sec) HotCat and categories explanation (5 min 43 sec) How to search for relevant sources...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 April 6
Selasa, 2026-01-06 21:54:51

assured that HotCat no longer offers these categories, see Wikipedia talk:HotCat/Archive 2#Stub categories, and this edit to MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js/local...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Arbitration enforcement 2/Evidence
Jumat, 2026-01-23 16:29:05

editors in that range Eric has made only 621 semi-automated edits using AWB, HotCat, etc., and 1747 Twinkle edits. This is a complicated problem with many parts...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 June 21
Minggu, 2026-03-08 00:48:09

architectural nom that will make problems worse not better; for that work on Hotcat etc is needed. Johnbod (talk) 11:55, 22 June 2010 (UTC) At the very least...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 March 9
Rabu, 2019-07-10 16:58:06

taxonomic names is wrong-headed. When categorizing new articles on species with HotCat, I just work my way up the taxonomic hierarchy in the taxobox until I find...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2020 December 5
Rabu, 2021-03-24 22:22:30

–Novem Linguae (talk) 12:58, 5 December 2020 (UTC) Hi Novem Linguae - WP:HOTCAT does something similar, worth checking first, or WP:AWB which needs some...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Louisville/Tasks
Minggu, 2026-05-24 14:31:47

WP:Orphan (current list of orphans). Fully categorize our articles, per WP:CAT (HotCat is very useful in this endeavor). To work on our most likely categorizing...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1010
Selasa, 2019-09-10 12:00:41

you want to add categories to a page I would strongly suggest using WP:HOTCAT. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:30, 5 September 2019 (UTC) @Mac Henni: The source...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 206
Senin, 2025-01-27 22:32:17

(UTC) And the user has chosen the option to use hotcat. You cannot use hotcat without categories. So hotcat assumes when you enable it you also want to enable...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 January 13
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:01:32

new page patroller or new editor not be aware (especially working with hotcats). Calmer Waters 07:26, 14 January 2010 (UTC) Merge. The distinction is...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 January 24
Kamis, 2023-02-09 19:54:36

naming guideline for future entries and help when searching for them with hotcat. The current name actually made me miss it when searching for it with the...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2017 May 31
Sabtu, 2022-06-04 19:37:49

removed by clicking edit or by use of several available 'tools' E.g. WP:HOTCAT. Eagleash (talk) 21:27, 31 May 2017 (UTC) The odd fact here is that the...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1093
Rabu, 2025-09-24 03:16:48

called HotCat that you can use. I do not use it myself, but many editors do. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 23:49, 25 January 2021 (UTC) I do use HotCat (WP:HOTCAT)...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 December 20
Kamis, 2023-02-09 19:41:41

difficult but again you assume that users have or want to use HotCat. I doubt that HotCat can correct templates like Template:Airntd, really need convincing...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 15
Minggu, 2019-02-17 11:43:02

is a nuisance, because most articles are categorised either by using WP:HOTCAT or by directly entering the code in the edit box. In both cases, the hideously...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 979
Minggu, 2019-07-14 11:58:37

Dixon Jr.. I guess you usually use a tool to add categories to articles. HotCat and maybe other tools are disabled in template pages because categories...

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Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects and categories/2017-09
Sabtu, 2025-01-11 16:38:42

has been declined. Please do not modify it. Target of redirect: Wikipedia:HotCat Reason: Source (if applicable): 93.168.245.41 (talk) 05:05, 17 August 2017...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 400
Kamis, 2026-01-22 23:46:55

. Lightly salt the article with some cogent sectioning. You can use WP:HOTCAT at the bottom of the page and click on the "+" sign to populate with live...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1128
Jumat, 2024-10-04 07:34:45

(talk) 22:15, 26 October 2021 (UTC)) @Bpk365: You can also install the HotCat gadget in your preferences. It'll make your life a lot easier. Ixfd64 (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2013 RfC/2
Senin, 2025-09-01 07:29:01

80% automated edits is too high. Candidate needs to give up Huggle and Hotcat and do 60,000 more manual edits in addition to the 20,000 they've already...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Skater 2
Rabu, 2025-09-24 20:50:05

and maybe help some newbies get their articles through DYK or install wp:hotcat and categorise that which isn't obviously speediable. I hope you treat this...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 May 24
Sabtu, 2026-01-24 00:26:52

can't see what you are getting when you pick a suggested category using WP:HOTCAT. – Fayenatic London (talk) 16:47, 25 May 2012 (UTC) Oppose There are too...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2010 May 29
Senin, 2023-01-30 18:05:33

What do I do wrong??? Lova Falk talk 18:01, 29 May 2010 (UTC) When I use hotcat to take it out, it says it may be from a template. I'm taking a look now...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1157
Rabu, 2023-08-09 14:43:04

I am not very familiar with the web client, but I recommend setting up HotCat in the "Gadgets" section of your preferences. Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 June 22
Rabu, 2026-01-21 07:10:55

without paragraphs of explanation. Most categorisation is done through WP:HOTCAT, which provides no sight of any explanation on the category page ... so...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 November 29
Selasa, 2022-04-05 11:43:33

rollback'. Go to 'my preferences' and select what you want - I've ticked 'hotcat' (if ya know what I mean) and 'friendly'. I don't understand people who...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/FlyingToaster 2
Selasa, 2026-04-21 07:44:14

constructive content building. There are just too many edit summaries with the (HotCat) and (TW) marks and not enough of the expanding stubs, wikifying and other...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1094
Jumat, 2023-03-03 10:55:21

link, e.g. [[Category:Wikipedia Teahouse]]. You can also use a tool like HotCat which allows you to quickly add, change or remove categories without editing...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1154
Sabtu, 2024-08-17 09:07:41

Thank you! DottedSkies (talk) 19:34, 30 May 2022 (UTC) @DottedSkies, WP:HOTCAT can be of help. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:28, 31 May 2022 (UTC) https://en...

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Wikipedia:FurMe
Sabtu, 2022-02-12 17:28:17

editing AfC helper script AntiVandal AutoWikiBrowser Bots Creating history HotCat Huggle Interceptor Navigation popups RedWarn Twinkle Ultraviolet WPCleaner...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 February 3
Senin, 2023-02-27 23:15:18

status" is just our way of categorising them. Try this yourself: use WP:HOTCAT to add a new category, and type in "terrorist". It will autocomplete to...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1049
Senin, 2022-05-09 22:52:43

—[AlanM1(talk)]— 00:50, 14 February 2020 (UTC) King of Scorpions, also wp:hotcat, found on Preferences -> Gadgets -> Editing, is a very useful tool that...

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Effect of arbitration processes on editor retention
Sabtu, 2023-01-28 22:57:38

easier to remove them. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 15:44, 12 June 2012 (UTC) Add WP:Hotcat to that list. And an approval process could be something as simple as asking...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 March 28
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:41:48

redirect allows a user to type in the category name that is redirected from in HotCat, and have it appear as the category name redirected to. - The Bushranger...

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