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Hi, In my wonderings at Commons, I found this icon.
Can this one be used instead of the "puzzle W" out there now? I think it's more visually descriptive of the de-orphan process. Discussion please. JoeNMLC (talk) 16:32, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Please replace [{{fullurl:Special:Whatlinkshere|target={{PAGENAMEE}}&namespace=0}} link to it] with [{{fullurl:Special:WhatLinksHere|target={{PAGENAMEE}}&namespace=0}} link to it]. The official capitalization of that special page is Special:WhatLinksHere. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 14:06, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It is the very definition of lazy. Instead of fixing the problem themselves, people put an ugly cleanup template on the article asking for someone else to fix it. Is there any objection to adding a line to the template documentation that strongly suggests that people fix the problem themselves instead of using this template? This template could potentially still be useful if the topic is confusing or highly technical, and the tagger does not understand it. If the article is about a video game, there really doesn't seem to be any excuse for not adding the title to one of the lists in lists of video games. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:50, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@NinjaRobotPirate: - thanks for the feedback. As a long-time "de-orphaner" I do agree about fixing vs. Orphan tag. Today I'm starting to update some of the backlog categories with a "Filter category by topic" so editors can work on their favorite articles. See Category:Orphaned articles from March 2023 for example. Recently I researched, wrote & posted the "Petscan tool" page as another way to filter articles not just by month.
There is a bot that automtically adds the Orphan tag (a lot), and it also removes the tag (imperfect). I'm finding about 10-30 percent of years-old orphan articles have valid wikilink(s) & can be un-tagged. Regards, JoeNMLC (talk) 18:42, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Need to edit this template, because this template can't add any categories. So I suggest to following code for add to template:
<includeonly>[[Category:Orphan articles]]</includeonly>
Laziz Baxtiyorov (talk) 05:14, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think this is how it worked in the past It's worked this way for more than ten years, ever since this edit. As for the rationale - it's a compromise between those who wanted it permanently visible (as it had been before 2014) and those who wanted it hidden entirely. There is plenty in the archives of this page. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:40, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:37, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
Not done: As things stand, the article is always placed into Category:All orphaned articles plus one other category. The name of that second category depends upon two parameters: if 
Not a bug. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 19:13, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
