User talk:BoothSR

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Categories

Hello. Regarding this recent edit of yours, I noticed you attempted to add an item directly to a category page.

In Wikipedia, the category must be added to the article, not the other way around. Please see Wikipedia:FAQ/Categorization#How do I add an article to a category? For newer editors, it's understandably a counter-intuitive system.

Category pages are not intended to be exhaustive lists. They are navigation aids; merely groupings of related, existing English Wikipedia pages.

To categorize an article, first make sure it actually belongs to the category. Then, go to the article and add the category at the bottom of the page. Once published (saved) the blue-linked name of the article will automatically appear on the category page. To remove an article from appearing on a category page, edit the article and remove the category. For instructions on how to do all this using VisualEditor, see Help:VisualEditor § Editing categories. For further detailed information, see Help:Category and Wikipedia:Categorization.

Let me know if you need any assistance or have any questions. Cheers! --DB1729^talk 13:10, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I hope that I finally got the edit right. I apologise if not, but when it states that I was supposed to put the following category at the bottom, Category:People educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School, it was not clear what 'bottom' meant'. In the end, I put it under my comments because it was either that or putting it in the box at the bottom. That is what I did first time, but when I reviewed it, it didn't seem to have worked. So I re-did it, putting the category in the big edit box under my comments. If that is still wrong, please explain in plain English where the 'bottom' is. Thank you. BoothSR (talk) 21:17, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thanks for responding:) In plain English: You are editing the wrong page.

If you want to add Andrew Day to the category, you need edit the article Andrew Day and add [[Category:People educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School]] to that article. The problem is of course, no article exists for Andrew Day so there is nothing to categorize.

Hope that makes sense. DB1729^talk 21:25, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. I am getting really stressed about this as I suffer from ASD. I give up, ok. I am simply trying to add something factual, relating to somebody has achieved a lot in business and certainly a lot more than Tom Feldman who is listed. Can you please delete what I have tried to input because I am now totally lost and getting totally overwhelmed. You deal with it please. BoothSR (talk) 21:31, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That category page is not a "list" per se. It only "lists" Wikipedia articles. If there is no Wikipedia article for the person, then that person's name will not appear on the category page. This is true for all category pages.

I have already reverted your edits. Sorry about the rough start here.

And just in case you are tempted to try and create an Andrew Day article, see some advice in collapsed section below:

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If you are wondering why I just didn't simply explain that no article exists for that subject, it is because in the past I have found when I've done precisely that, the first thing the new editor tries next is to try to create the article. Please do not try to create the article in an attempt to "solve the problem" of it "missing" from Wikipedia. Creating a biographical article on Wikipedia is one the most difficult, challenging and frustrating things for a new editor to take on. The notability requirements alone are daunting. For a new WP bio, the subject needs "significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other and independent of the subject". If you think there exists sufficient coverage, see about a request at Wikipedia:Articles for creation.

Take care. DB1729^talk 21:52, 3 January 2024 (UTC) DB1729^talk 21:54, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]