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This template (Template:Notability) was considered for deletion on 2013 February 26. The result of the discussion was "keep".

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In the all2 category part, please change Astronomical object back to Astronomical object articles with topics of unclear notability, and Biography back to Biography articles with topics of unclear notability. This is placing articles into Category:Biography. jlwoodwa (talk) 00:42, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Ahecht. No good deed goes unpunished. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:30, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, looks like I forgot to actually hit Ctrl-C to copy my latest test version before pasting to the live template. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:46, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Sohom (talk) 15:20, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sohom Datta thank you, do you know how long it will take for Category:Biography to empty out again? TSventon (talk) 16:10, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TSventon It depends, but a fast way to make sure the category is cleared is null-edit each one of those pages. Sohom (talk) 16:17, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have tried a couple of null edits, but I wanted to know when the problem would solve itself automatically. Per Help:Purge#Category counts it might be necessary to wait for a monthly refresh. TSventon (talk) 16:33, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I agree it'll probably take a month for the problem to solve itself. Sohom (talk) 16:51, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It might not take that long – I've just used Ahecht's handy refresh script. It's carrying out a null edit every two seconds, so the 9210 articles should be cleared out in about five hours. jlwoodwa (talk) 19:05, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Concerning the "must not be re-added" language

I am not sure the policy basis for this. I started a discussion at Talk:N Graywalls (talk) 05:31, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 26 November 2024

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New line 58: |specie<noinclude></noinclude> = [[Wikipedia:Notability (species)]]

New line 114: | specie<noinclude></noinclude> = Species articles with topics of unclear notability

I know that I can just make this edit myself, but I'm not really a template person so I would appreciate if someone could double-check my work here. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:03, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I've also gone ahead and made Category:Species articles with topics of unclear notability with the standard message. Aidan9382 _(talk) 12:58, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]