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.
| Tracking category | Message name | Category inclusion criteria |
|---|---|---|
| Indexed pages | 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. |
| Noindexed pages | 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 using duplicate arguments in template calls | 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 with too many expensive parser function calls | expensive-parserfunction-category | The page uses too many expensive parser functions (like #ifexist). See Manual:$wgExpensiveParserFunctionLimit. |
| Pages containing omitted template arguments | post-expand-template-argument-category | The page is bigger than $wgMaxArticleSize after expanding a template argument (something in triple braces, like {{{Foo}}}). |
| Pages where template include size is exceeded | post-expand-template-inclusion-category | The page size is bigger than $wgMaxArticleSize after expanding all the templates, so some templates were not expanded. |
| Hidden categories | 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. |
| Articles with missing files, Pages with missing files, Templates with missing files | broken-file-category | The page contains a broken file link (a link to embed a file when the file does not exist). |
| Pages where node count is exceeded | node-count-exceeded-category | The page exceeds the maximum node count. |
| Pages where expansion depth is exceeded | expansion-depth-exceeded-category | The page exceeds the maximum expansion depth. |
| Pages with syntax highlighting errors | syntaxhighlight-error-category | There was an error when attempting to highlight code included on the page. |
| MassMessage delivery lists | massmessage-list-category | The page is a delivery list for the MassMessage extension. |
| Pages with graphs | graph-tracking-category | The page includes a <graph> tag. |
| Pages with broken graphs | graph-broken-category | The page includes a <graph> tag with invalid usage. |
| Pages with score rendering errors | score-error-category | There was an error while rendering the score. |
| Files with no machine-readable license | commonsmetadata-trackingcategory-no-license | The file does not have any machine-readable license template. |
| Files with no machine-readable description | 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 | 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 | commonsmetadata-trackingcategory-no-source | The file does not have a machine-readable information template, or its source field is not filled out. |
| Pages with malformed coordinate tags | geodata-broken-tags-category | The page has a malformed {{#coordinates:}} tag. |
| Pages with unknown globe value | geodata-unknown-globe-category | The page uses an unknown value of the globe parameter for coordinates. |
| Pages with invalid region value | geodata-unknown-region-category | The page uses an invalid value of the region parameter for coordinates. |
| Pages with unknown type of coordinates | geodata-unknown-type-category | The page uses an unknown value of the type parameter for coordinates. |
| Pages with script errors | scribunto-common-error-category | There was an error when processing the modules included on the page. |
| Scribunto modules with errors | scribunto-module-with-errors-category | The module has an error in it. |
