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template may be placed at the top of any category page for which it is normal that it sometimes is empty. This is typical for some maintenance, tracking and clean-up categories. It shows up only when the category is detected as empty.
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criteria applies, such as "Categories populated by deleted or retargeted templates", then deletion may take place. Admins should check if a legitimate G8 applies before deleting.
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Experience has shown that people sometimes delete those categories, thinking that they are no longer in use. However, if a legitimate
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This template is also intended to be used to prevent these categories from being listed at
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and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's
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This category may be empty occasionally or even most of the time.
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Administrators: Please do not delete this category as empty!
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Knowledge (XXG):Database reports/Empty categories
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