Tracking categories
This page lists tracking categories which are automatically populated by the MediaWiki software. Their names can be changed by altering the relevant system messages in the MediaWiki namespace. See Category:Tracking categories for tracking categories made by the English Wikipedia, usually added by templates.
| Tracking category | Message name | Category inclusion criteria |
|---|---|---|
| Articles with missing files (1 P), Pages with missing files (2 C, 91,065 P, 159 F), Templates with missing files (1 P) | broken-file-category | The page contains a broken file link (a link to embed a file when the file does not exist). |
| Articles using duplicate arguments in template calls (8 P), Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls (1 C, 946 P) | duplicate-args-category | The page contains template calls that use duplicates of arguments, such as {{foo|bar=1|bar=2}} or {{foo|bar|1=baz}}. |
| Pages where expansion depth is exceeded (4 P) | expansion-depth-exceeded-category | The page exceeds the maximum expansion depth. |
| Pages with too many expensive parser function calls (285 P) | expensive-parserfunction-category | The page uses too many expensive parser functions (like #ifexist). See Manual:$wgExpensiveParserFunctionLimit. |
| Hidden categories (36,786 C) | hidden-category-category | The category contains __HIDDENCAT__ in its page content, which prevents it from showing up in the category links box on pages by default. |
| Indexed pages (636 P, 1 F) | index-category | The page has a __INDEX__ on it (and is in a namespace where that flag is allowed), and hence is indexed by robots where it normally wouldn't be. |
| Pages where node count is exceeded (21 P) | node-count-exceeded-category | The page exceeds the maximum node count. |
| Noindexed pages (55,040 C, 1,921,150 P, 772,816 F) | noindex-category | The page is not indexed by robots because it has the magic word __NOINDEX__ on it and is in a namespace where that flag is allowed. |
| Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments (2 C, 43,283 P) | nonnumeric-formatnum | The page contains a non-numeric argument to the formatnum parser function. |
| Pages containing omitted template arguments (359 P) | post-expand-template-argument-category | The page is bigger than $wgMaxArticleSize after expanding a template argument (something in triple braces, like {{{Foo}}}). |
| Pages where post-expand include size is exceeded (1,772 P) | post-expand-template-inclusion-category | The page size is bigger than $wgMaxArticleSize after expanding all the templates, so some templates were not expanded. |
| Pages with disallowed DISPLAYTITLE modifications (9 C, 4,866 P) | restricted-displaytitle-ignored | The page has an ignored {{DISPLAYTITLE}} because it is not equivalent to the page's actual title. |
| Pages which use a template in place of a magic word (empty) | template-equals-category | The page contains {{=}} but on this wiki that does not expand to =. This usage is deprecated; a future MediaWiki version will implement {{=}} as a parser function. |
| Pages with template loops (5 P) | template-loop-category | The page contains a template loop, ie. a template which calls itself recursively. |
| Pages where the unstrip depth limit is exceeded (empty) | unstrip-depth-category | The page exceeds the unstrip depth limit. |
| Pages where the unstrip size limit is exceeded (15 P) | unstrip-size-category | The page exceeds the unstrip size limit. |
| Pages with invalid language codes (empty) | bad-language-code-category | The page contains a {{#dir}} with an invalid language code. |
| Pages with image sizes containing extra px (11 P) | double-px-category | The page contains an image whose size contains an extra px suffix, like 100pxpx. |
| Pages using the EasyTimeline extension (17 C, 17,865 P) | timeline-tracking-category | The page includes a <timeline> tag |
| Pages using the WikiHiero extension (2,453 P) | wikihiero-usage-tracking-category | This category is automatically added to pages that use WikiHiero extension |
| Pages with reference errors that trigger visual diffs (9,013 P) | cite-tracking-category-cite-diffing-error | Pages in this category have errors in the usage of references tags, and these errors are not rendered in the same way in the legacy parser and in Parsoid. |
| Pages with reference errors (2 C, 2,399 P), Talk pages with reference errors (10,602 P), User pages with reference errors (33,776 P) | cite-tracking-category-cite-error | Pages in this category have errors in the usage of references tags. |
| Pages that use extended references (4 P) | cite-tracking-category-ref-extends | Pages in this category use the "extends" attribute of the <ref> tag. |
| Pages with syntax highlighting errors (859 P) | syntaxhighlight-error-category | There was an error when attempting to highlight code included on the page. |
| Pages using deprecated enclose attributes (empty) | syntaxhighlight-enclose-category | The syntaxhighlighting on the page uses deprecated enclose syntax. |
| Pages using deprecated source tags (462 P) | syntaxhighlight-source-category | The syntaxhighlighting on the page uses deprecated source tags. |
| Pages using deprecated categorytree parameters (8 P) | categorytree-deprecation-category | The page uses deprecated categorytree parameters like onlyroot. |
| Pages transcluding nonexistent sections (116 P) | lst-invalid-section-category | The page uses a #lst or #lsth parser function that references a section that doesn't exist on the given page. |
| Pages using deprecated score attributes (72 P) | score-deprecated-category | These pages use options provided by the Score extension which are deprecated. These are: "override_audio", "override_ogg", and "override_midi". |
| Pages using the Score extension (1,762 P) | score-use-category | These pages use the Score extension. |
| Pages with score rendering errors (62 P) | score-error-category | There was an error while rendering the score. |
| TemplateStyles stylesheets with errors (empty) | templatestyles-stylesheet-error-category | The TemplateStyles stylesheet has an error. |
| Pages with TemplateStyles errors (27 P) | templatestyles-page-error-category | There was an error when processing a <templatestyles/> tag on the page. |
| MassMessage delivery lists (500 P) | massmessage-list-category | The page is a delivery list for the MassMessage extension. |
| Files with no machine-readable license (99 F) | commonsmetadata-trackingcategory-no-license | The file does not have any machine-readable license template. |
| Files with no machine-readable description (825,935 F) | commonsmetadata-trackingcategory-no-description | The file does not have a machine-readable information template, or its description field is not filled out. |
| Files with no machine-readable author (667,700 F) | commonsmetadata-trackingcategory-no-author | The file does not have a machine-readable information template, or its author field is not filled out. |
| Files with no machine-readable source (114,111 F) | commonsmetadata-trackingcategory-no-source | The file does not have a machine-readable information template, or its source field is not filled out. |
| Files with no machine-readable patent (empty) | commonsmetadata-trackingcategory-no-patent | The file does not have a machine-readable patent template. |
| Articles with math errors (29 P), Pages with math errors (3 C, 417 P), Templates with math errors (5 P) | math-tracking-category-error | Pages in this category have errors in the usage of math tags. |
| Articles with math render errors (630 P) | math-tracking-category-render-error | Pages in this category have rendering errors in the math tags. |
| Pages that use a deprecated format of the chem tags (436 P) | math-tracking-category-mhchem-deprecation | Pages in this category use a deprecated format of the chem tags |
| Pages that use a deprecated format of the math tags (451 P, 1 F) | math-tracking-category-texvc-deprecation | Pages in this category use a deprecated format of the math tags |
| Pages using babel with named parameters (39 P) | babel-template-params-category | The page passes a name=value parameter to the #babel parser function. The behavior of these parameters may change in the near future. |
| Pages with malformed coordinate tags (40 P) | geodata-broken-tags-category | The page has a malformed {{#coordinates:}} tag. |
| Pages with unknown globe value (empty) | geodata-unknown-globe-category | The page uses an unknown value of the globe parameter for coordinates. |
| Pages with invalid region value (empty) | geodata-unknown-region-category | The page uses an invalid value of the region parameter for coordinates. |
| Pages with unknown type of coordinates (empty) | geodata-unknown-type-category | The page uses an unknown value of the type parameter for coordinates. |
| Talk pages with comments before the first section (140,985 P) | discussiontools-comments-before-first-heading-category | The discussion page contains comments in the lede section (before first heading). This may cause the lede or the comments to be displayed incorrectly, especially in the mobile version and in mobile apps. |
| Pages with script errors (8 C, 443 P, 1 F), User pages with script errors (797 P) | scribunto-common-error-category | There was an error when processing the modules included on the page. |
| Scribunto modules with errors (empty) | scribunto-module-with-errors-category | The module has an error in it. This category is not used. |
| Pages with unreviewed translations (1 C, 339 P) | cx-unreviewed-translation-category | Pages translated with the Content Translation tool that contain a high amount of unreviewed content |
| Pages with unresolved properties (12 P) | unresolved-property-category | This category lists pages that reference Wikidata properties that cannot be found neither by their property ID nor label. |
| Redirects connected to a Wikidata item (1 C, 271,264 P) | connected-redirect-category | This category lists redirect pages that are connected to a Wikidata item. |
| Pages with too many Wikidata entities accessed (empty) | exceeded-entity-limit-category | This category lists pages with too many Wikidata entities accessed. |
| Category is disabled | jsonconfig-use-category | These pages use the mw.ext.data.get method provided by the JsonConfig extension. The mw.ext.data.get method is considered expensive. |
| Pages using the Kartographer extension (17 C, 339,919 P) | kartographer-tracking-category | The page includes a map |
| Pages with broken maps (118 P) | kartographer-broken-category | The page includes an invalid map usage |
| Pages using the Phonos extension (4 C, 29,455 P) | phonos-tracking-category | The page uses the Phonos extension. |
| Pages with Phonos rendering errors (22 P) | phonos-error-category | There was an error while rendering Phonos. |
| Pages using the Graph extension (24 C, 16,172 P) | graph-tracking-category | The page includes a <graph> tag. |
| Pages with disabled graphs (24 C, 16,177 P) | graph-disabled-category | The page includes a <graph> tag, which is temporarily not available (T334940). |