Forum:SH Archive/Wikia has changed the way new categories work

Fellow Wookieepedians, Wikia has recently (and by recently I mean the end of June) changed the way that new categories are displayed in articles. Usually, when a non-existent category is added to a page, it is highlighted in red, much the same as a standard redlink. Not anymore, oh no.

''We're changing the way new categories work. Previously, if you added a brand new category to an article, it would appear as a red link and force you into editing mode when you visited the category page (and it would continue this behavior until you edited the page, even if you added the category to 50 pages). Now, new categories will appear as blue links, and they will display as regular category pages, rather than forcing you into editing mode. Unedited Categories will, however, continue to appear under Special:WantedCategories for maintenance purposes.''

So what does this mean? It means that, for the past few months, we've not known that some of the categories that are being added to pages are being correctly categorized as Special:WantedCategories can attest to.

Worse, it's not allowed to be changed in Wiki-wide css because it will violate the TOU! See the forum thread at Community Central here and the original announcement here.

But never fear! Users can individually amend their local or global css to rectify this mistake by adding:

/* Wanted Categories */ .newcategory { color: red; }

Yes, it's annoying and hopefully Wikia will see that this does more harm than good and reverse the decision. Until then, all active editors are encouraged to add this to their css to maintain functionality.

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Cavalier One ( Squadron channel ) 18:12, August 22, 2011 (UTC)