Category:Hidden categories
Hidden categories are categories which have been put into a special place with the category box at the bottom of pages. They are called "hidden" because the default condition of Special:Preferences is to exclude them from the category box.
IP users, in particular, have no way of seeing these categories, so they are actually hidden from the casual user of the site. Registered users must actively check a box at Special:Preferences/Under the hood in order to see them. Even when a user chooses to make them visible, they're still marked as "hidden", allowing the more advanced editor to easily control what the "average" user of the site can see, through the placement of the {{hidecat}} template.
In general, categories should not be hidden. However, there are some cases where it's justified. We don't necessarily want to advertise our maintenance categories to the readers of the site, so most of these categories are hidden. Also there are some instances where categories have been created expressly for playing the Game of Rassilon. We likewise cover these up.
Users cannot see it by default. In order to see it on pages where it has been placed, users must click an option in Special:Preferences.
In general, categories should not be hidden. However, in the case of categories which are created solely for use with advanced coding functions like DPL or SMW, then it can be useful to hide them.
Please do not remove this message from this page without discussion at the Panopticon.
As of 2024, when the Game of Rassilon was discontinued, the hidden categories made for the GOR were:
Subcategories
This category has the following 200 subcategories, out of 216 total.
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- Articles being actively edited (14 P)
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- Brief Encounter stories (48 P)
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- Cover image redirects (762 F)
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- DAN short stories 2 (6 P)
- Doctor Who (1963) television stories (159 P)
- Doctor Who (2005) television stories (184 P)
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- Feature testing (empty)
- Files to be deleted (empty)
- Fully protected articles (69 P, 11 F)
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- Infobox double checked (24 P)
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- Missing leads (61 P)
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- Needs crew check (27 P)
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- Out of universe cleanup (empty)
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- Pages including data maps (16 P)
- Pages that violate spoiler policy (empty)
- Pages using ISBN magic links (empty)
- Pages using Tabber parser tag (20 P)
- Pages using Timeline (7 P)
- Pages with broken file links (424 P, 1 F)
- Pages with missing videos (158 P)
- Pages with reference errors (5 P)
