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[edit] Progress

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Please remove this notice when the backlog is cleared.

Categorization Progress

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As of 9 April 2007, there are over 13000 articles in this category & its subcategories. Select "show" for previous progress.

As of 1 April 2007, there are over 12000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 24 March 2007, there are over 12000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 14 March 2007, there are over 12000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 16 February 2007, there are over 17000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 7 February 2007, there are over 19000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 2 February 2007, there are over 22000 articles in this category and its subcategories (!).
As of 27 January 2007, there are over 12000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 16 January 2007, there are over 13000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 6 January 2007, there are over 15000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 3 January 2007, there are over 17000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 1 January 2007, there are over 18000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 30 December 2006, there are over 21000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 7 December 2006, there are over 24000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 2 December 2006, there are over 17800 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 10 November 2006, there are over 23000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 6 October 2006, there are over 20000 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 3 October 2006, there are over 18800 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 27 September 2006, there are over 9110 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 16 September 2006, there are over 5500 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 11 September 2006, there are over 4600 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 7 September 2006, there are over 6800 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 5 September 2006, there are over 4500 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 1 September 2006 (UTC), there are over 2500 articles in this category and its subcategories.
As of 00:31, 25 August 2006 (UTC), there are 646 articles in this category.
As of 09:50, 15 August 2006 (UTC), there are 554 articles in this category.
As of 10:09, 13 August 2006 (UTC), there are 464 articles in this category.
As of 15:05, 10 August 2006 (UTC), there are 285 articles in this category.
As of 10:36, 9 August 2006 (UTC), there are 83 articles in this category.
As of 01:24, 9 August 2006 (UTC), there are 0 articles in this category.
As of 12:00, 7 August 2006 (UTC), there are 219 articles in this category.
As of 15:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC), there are 129 articles in this category.
As of 16:00, 3 August 2006 (UTC), there are 297 articles in this category.
As of 12:06, 3 August 2006 (UTC), there are 471 articles in this category.
As of 08:31, 26 July 2006 (UTC), there are 952 articles in this category.
As of 05:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC), there are 863 articles in this category.
As of 10:27, 13 July 2006 (UTC), there are 681 articles in this category.
As of 11:14, 1 July 2006 (UTC), there are 723 articles in this category.
As of 11:11, 21 June 2006 (UTC), there are 669 articles in this category.
As of 19:30, 25 May 2006 (UTC), there are 524 articles in this category.
As of 12:27, 21 May 2006 (UTC), there are 599 articles in this category.
As of 04:22, 19 May 2006 (UTC), there are 763 articles in this category.
As of 02:46, 17 May 2006 (UTC), there are 854 articles in this category.
As of 20.45, 15 May 2006 (UTC), there are 932 articles in this category.
As of 03.00, 13 May 2006 (UTC), there are 853 articles in this category.
As of 01.44, 5 May 2006 (UTC), there are 705 articles in this category.
As of 17.00, 10 April 2006 (UTC), there were 0 articles in this category.
As of 19.00, 7 April 2006 (UTC), there are 998 articles in this category.
As of 09:08, 31 March 2006 (UTC), there are 851 articles in this category.
As of 01:40, 23 March 2006 (UTC), there are 856 articles in this category.
As of 03:46, 7 February 2006 (UTC), there are 933 articles in this category. A, B, E, and F are empty.
As of 03.19, 1 February 2006 (UTC), there are 859 articles in this category.
As of 12:21, 13 January 2006 (UTC), there are 345 articles in this category.
As of 20:34, 31 December 2005 (UTC), there are 190 articles in this category.
As of 01:50, 13 December 2005 (UTC), there are 408 articles in this category.
As of 20:31, 4 December 2005 (UTC), there are 483 articles in this category.

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Use the most specific category you can find and remember that an article can often be placed in multiple categories.
Look at similar articles to see what categories are available.
Remember to use the birth/death/living categories for articles about people. (especially Category:Living people)
Help other editors working on the backlog by categorizing articles even if you nominate or propose them for deletion.
When in doubt, use a temporary higher-level category, and try to leave a message on the article's talk page so that future editors can refine the categorization.
Stub and maintenance categories are considered only "temporary" categories; stubbed articles should be included in permanent categories as soon as possible.
It is not considered necessary to add the {{uncategorized}} template to stub-sorted articles, but neither is it forbidden to do so. It's preferable to simply add a category instead. Alternatively, add {{uncategorizedstub}} or {{uncatstub}}, to enable prioritisation of categorisation effort between entirely uncategorised articles, and those with sorted stub types.