Template talk:Fooian expatriate sportspeople in Bar cat

Avoiding red-linked categories

Per WP:REDNOT A page in any Wikipedia namespace should never be left in a red-linked category. Either the category should be created, or else the non-existent category link should be removed or changed to one that exists. At present this template is creating 141 such red links such as Category:Bissau-Guinean expatriates in Uzbekistan that are unlikely to ever contain many members. Personally I think it's blatant WP:OVERCATEGORISATION to distinguish expats by occupation but given that we are where we are, could this template be changed to #ifexist Category:Fooian expatriates in Bar and instead show Category:Fooian expatriates if it doesn't exist? If nothing else it would reduce the load on the volunteers working on the backlog at WP:Database reports/Categories categorized in red-linked categories by nearly 20%. TIA Le Deluge (talk) 10:02, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 12 January 2025

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I'd like to have some changes added to the Fooian expatriate sportspeople in Bar cat/core template. [1]

I've added West Germany to the list of countries parented by Germany, and I've added a new parent for countries that only existed in the 20th century.

I've tested it on the following categories, and it seems to work as expected: Both adding the parents were it should, Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in West Germany, Category:Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in East Germany, and not adding parents were it shouldn't Category:Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in South Sudan, Category:Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany. ^SMason_Garrison 16:28, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:02, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! ^SMason_Garrison 00:59, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]