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Categories - to be determined (priority 3)

1. Look at the title and the links on the page for hints about a category to use.
2. To see if a category already exists place category:possible name into the search box on upper right.
3. Search the possible categories for the best.
4. If no category fits, place Category:Best name, make sure the words are just what you want it to say, and search.
5. Click on the Red lettered words.
6. This takes you to a new page.
7. This will create a new category to place on your page.
8. This category will need an existing category added to it.
9. Now go to the page and add the new category between [[ ]].

1. Look at the title and the links on the page for hints about a category to use.
2. To see if a category already exists place category:possible name into the search box on upper right.
3. Search the possible categories for the best.
4. If no category fits, place Category:Best name, make sure the words are just what you want it to say, and search.
5. Click on the Red lettered words.
6. This takes you to a new page.
7. This will create a new category to place on your page.
8. This category will need an existing category added to it.
9. Now go to the page and add the new category between [[ ]].

1. Look at the title and the links on the page for hints about a category to use.
2. To see if a category already exists place category:possible name into the search box on upper right.
3. Search the possible categories for the best and place on page between [[ ]]
4. If no category fits, place Category:Best name, make sure the words are just what you want it to say, and search.
5. Click on the Red lettered words.
6. This takes you to a new page.
7. This will create a new category to place on your page.
8. This category will need a category added to it.
9. Now go to the page and add the new category between [[ ]].

Help review these categories
Problem:
When Category pages are too large they are hard to search.
Why fix:
This makes these pages more useful.
Help links:
How to report:
The template {{verylarge}} is applied
Steps to resolve:
1. Go to the page
2 Decide what pages or sub categories can be reorganized and do it.

1. Look at the title and the links on the page for hints about a category to use.
2. To see if a category already exists place category:possible name into the search box on upper right.
3. Search the possible categories for the best, then add to page between [[ ]]
4. If no category fits, place Category:Best name, make sure the words are just what you want it to say, and search.
5. Click on the Red lettered words.
6. This takes you to a new page.
7. This will create a new category to place on your page.
8. This category will need an existing category added to it.
9. Now go to the page and add the new category between [[ ]].

1. Look at the title and the links on the template for hints about a category to use.
2. To see if a category already exists place category:possible name into the search box on upper right.
3. Search the possible categories for the best, if found add to page between [[ ]].
4. If no category fits, place Category:Best name, make sure the words are just what you want it to say, and search.
5. Click on the Red lettered words.
6. This takes you to a new page.
7. This will create a new category to place on your page.
8. This category will need a category added to it.
9. Now go to the page and add the new category between [[ ]].

1. First check to see if another category may fit.
2. Look at the items linked to this page.
3. Do search for other pages or categories in this area to find possible matches to move these pages to.
4. If none are found. Then find what category will fit this category to make it active, and add that category.

Resources for content maintenance (requiring some knowledge or study about the subject matter)
Type	Title (click for report)	Priority	#	How to fix
Cleanup	Out-of-date information	2	2	How to
	Citations needed (statements)	3	0	How to
	Citations needed (articles)	3	0	How to
	Orphaned Pages	3	**	How to
	Oldest Pages	4	**	How to
	Long Pages	4	**	How to
	Dead-end Pages	4	0	How to
Categorization	To be determined	2	0	How to
	Uncategorized pages	2		How to
	Uncategorized categories	3		How to
	Uncategorized files	5		How to
	Uncategorized templates	5		How to
	Wanted categories	5		How to
	Unused categories	5		How to
Content Needed	Wanted Pages	2-4		How to
	Wanted Files	5		How to
	Wanted Templates	5		How to
Other	Unused Files	4		How to
Other	Unused Templates	4		How to