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"Bad Titles"

Can we add something about "bad titles" to the template (g8 criterion)? Thanks, JustBerry (talk) 18:27, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've just started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#Proposal of mojibake redirects criterion proposing this. Nowak Kowalski (talk) 15:29, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Template:Find sources to Template:db-a7

Some articles tagged for failure to asset notability ({{db-a7}}) can be salvaged if an editor searches for references. I suggest that the code in {{Find sources}} be added to {{db-a7}} to encourage editors to use those links to try to find references. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 16:07, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

db-disambig - what about set indexes?

Is {{db-disambig}} applicable if the page is labelled as a {{set index}}, {{media index}}, {{animal common name}}, etc., rather than {{disambig}}? It seems to me that if such a page doesn't list any extant articles then deleting it is uncontroversial maintenance, just the same, but WP:G6 doesn't comment on this at the moment. — Smjg (talk) 17:37, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Template error? How to add multiple criteria

Three issues:

1. The current template shows ' Error: No reasons specified ' at the top. Is this working as intended?

2. I chose this template as I wanted to enter more than one criteria, ex. WP:G3, WP:G11, WP:A11. How can this be entered into the template, if indeed it can be? I tried adding {{db-multiple|[[WP:G3]], [[WP:G11]], [[WP:A11]]}} but still got an error.

3. If there is not a template that allows entering more than one criteria. Should I add, as in this case, three templates to the top of the nominated page for speedy deletion, each one representing a different criteria? Veritycheck✔️ (talk) 17:32, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Veritycheck, see the documentations for an example of how to use {{db-multiple}} Galobtter (pingó mió) 17:40, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your 'speedy' answer. Veritycheck✔️ (talk) 17:44, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Db-c1

There seems to be a problem with this template. Category:Candidates for speedy deletion and Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as empty categories are appearing on tagged pages but when you go to these two categories, the tagged pages aren't listed. And what really needs to happen is for the page to be tagged Category:Empty categories awaiting deletion and appear in that category for 7 days.

After 7 days, the tagged category pages are THEN suppose to move from Category:Empty categories awaiting deletion to Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as empty categories where they are then deleted by admins who patrol there. But, today (on Nov. 8th) I'm finding category pages that were tagged on Oct. 31st and they haven't been moved to Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as empty categories. I was editing this template, then realized that I really didn't understand the coding so I'm posting this problem here and maybe an editor who works with templates can figure out what is not working. Thanks! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:21, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Here is an example of what I'm talking about Category:Zhang Liangying albums. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:23, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I did a WP:NULLEDIT on Category:Zhang Liangying albums and the category is now listed. Joe Decker, is this a normal duty for Joe's Null Bot (talk · contribs)? If so, is the bot running? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 00:07, 9 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have found Category:2018 Invictus Games navigational boxes, Category:Indoor rowing at the Invictus Games, Category:Invictus Games by year navigational boxes and Category:Invictus Games events navigational boxes, applied a WP:NULLEDIT to each one, and these are now showing in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as empty categories which was previously empty. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 10:27, 9 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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 :Here is an example of what I'm talking about [[:Category:Zhang Liangying albums]]. <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">[[User:Liz|'''''L'''''iz]]</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">[[Special:Contributions/Liz|'''''Read!''''']] [[User talk:Liz|'''''Talk!''''']]</sup> 22:23, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 ::I did a [[WP:NULLEDIT]] on {{cl|Zhang Liangying albums}} and the category is now listed. {{u|Joe Decker}}, is this a normal duty for {{user|Joe's Null Bot}}? If so, is the bot running? --[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64]] &#x1f339; ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]) 00:07, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
+::I have found {{cl|2018 Invictus Games navigational boxes}}, {{cl|Indoor rowing at the Invictus Games}}, {{cl|Invictus Games by year navigational boxes}} and {{cl|Invictus Games events navigational boxes}}, applied a [[WP:NULLEDIT]] to each one, and these are now showing in {{cl|Candidates for speedy deletion as empty categories}} which was previously empty. --[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64]] &#x1f339; ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]) 10:27, 9 November 2018 (UTC)