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
Articles with broken file links(2 P), Pages with broken file links(2 C), Templates with broken file links(empty)broken-file-categoryThe page contains a broken file link (a link to embed a file when the file does not exist).
Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls(empty)duplicate-args-categoryThe page contains template calls that use duplicates of arguments, such as {{foo|bar=1|bar=2}} or {{foo|bar|1=baz}}.
Pages where expansion depth is exceeded(empty)expansion-depth-exceeded-categoryThe page exceeds the maximum expansion depth.
Pages with too many expensive parser function calls(empty)expensive-parserfunction-categoryThe page uses too many expensive parser functions (like #ifexist). See Manual:$wgExpensiveParserFunctionLimit.
Meta categories(40 C)hidden-category-categoryThe category contains __HIDDENCAT__ in its page content, which lists it separately from content categories in the category links box on pages.
Indexed pages(empty)index-categoryThe 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.
Pages where node count is exceeded(empty)node-count-exceeded-categoryThe page exceeds the maximum node count.
Noindexed pages(empty)noindex-categoryThe 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 with non-numeric formatnum arguments(empty)nonnumeric-formatnumThe page contains a non-numeric argument to the formatnum parser function.
Pages containing omitted template arguments(empty)post-expand-template-argument-categoryThe page is bigger than $wgMaxArticleSize after expanding a template argument (something in triple braces, like {{{Foo}}}).
Pages where template include size is exceeded(empty)post-expand-template-inclusion-categoryThe page size is bigger than $wgMaxArticleSize after expanding all the templates, so some templates were not expanded.
Category is disabledrestricted-displaytitle-ignoredThe page has an ignored {{DISPLAYTITLE}} because it is not equivalent to the page's actual title.
Category is disabledtemplate-equals-categoryThe page contains {{=}} but on this wiki that does not expand to =. This usage is deprecated; a future MediaWiki version will implement {{=}} as a parser function.
Pages with template loops(empty)template-loop-categoryThe page contains a template loop, ie. a template which calls itself recursively.
Pages where the unstrip depth limit is exceeded(empty)unstrip-depth-categoryThe page exceeds the unstrip depth limit.
Pages where the unstrip size limit is exceeded(empty)unstrip-size-categoryThe page exceeds the unstrip size limit.
Pages with reference errors(empty)cite-tracking-category-cite-errorPages in this category have errors in the usage of references tags.
Category is disabledcommonsmetadata-trackingcategory-no-licenseThe file does not have any machine-readable license template.
Category is disabledcommonsmetadata-trackingcategory-no-descriptionThe file does not have a machine-readable information template, or its description field is not filled out.
Category is disabledcommonsmetadata-trackingcategory-no-authorThe file does not have a machine-readable information template, or its author field is not filled out.
Category is disabledcommonsmetadata-trackingcategory-no-sourceThe file does not have a machine-readable information template, or its source field is not filled out.
Category is disabledcommonsmetadata-trackingcategory-no-patentThe file does not have a machine-readable patent template.
Pages with math errors(3 C)math-tracking-category-errorPages in this category have errors in the usage of math tags.
Pages with math render errors(empty)math-tracking-category-render-errorPages in this category have rendering errors in the math tags.
Pages that use a deprecated format of the chem tags(empty)math-tracking-category-mhchem-deprecationPages in this category use a deprecated format of the chem tags
Pages that use a deprecated format of the math tags(empty)math-tracking-category-texvc-deprecationPages in this category use a deprecated format of the math tags
Pages with syntax highlighting errors(2 C)syntaxhighlight-error-categoryThere was an error when attempting to highlight code included on the page.
Pages using deprecated enclose attributes(empty)syntaxhighlight-enclose-categoryThe syntaxhighlighting on the page uses deprecated enclose syntax.
Pages using deprecated source tags(empty)syntaxhighlight-source-categoryThe syntaxhighlighting on the page uses deprecated source tags.
Pages with script errors(empty)scribunto-common-error-categoryThere was an error when processing the modules included on the page.
Scribunto modules with errors(empty)scribunto-module-with-errors-categoryThe module has an error in it.
TemplateStyles stylesheets with errors(empty)templatestyles-stylesheet-error-categoryThe TemplateStyles stylesheet has an error.
Pages with TemplateStyles errors(empty)templatestyles-page-error-categoryThere was an error when processing a <templatestyles/> tag on the page.