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This currently show John Rhodes (baseball) as a redirect to the 200 births category (the article title is italicized); he is a modern baseball player born in the year 2000; how do I fix the redirect so that it goes to the appropriate birth year category (2000 births)? Thanks for any help you can provide. --FeanorStar7 (talk) 09:14, 3 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hi @FeanorStar7: You can just change the relevant line of the redirect code to
[[Category:2000 births]]
Categorization of redirects as regards years of birth/death doesn't differ from categorization of articles, and does not require any of the redirect templates. Dsuke1998AEOS (talk) 11:59, 3 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
which is part of a listing of players. Thanks again. FeanorStar7 (talk) 12:08, 3 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
When you enter "John Rhodes (baseball)" in the search box, you will be taken to the target article. Just click on the "(Redirected from John Rhodes (baseball)" message that pops up at the top of the article and make the changes I described above. Dsuke1998AEOS (talk) 12:19, 3 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Who makes these decisions? Do I just go ahead and create it (by modelling it on the TV equivalent) and then add it to the template which has the index of Rcats, or is there a formal approval process? PamD 17:35, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I don't think there is anything more formal than asking for comments here. If there's been no objections after a few days (and I have none) then just go ahead and create it. Thryduulf (talk) 13:36, 6 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The "Categorization of multiple taxonomies" section seems like just a specific applied instance of the "Redirects having a target that is incompatible with the category" section above it. Should it be merged into that section? ((u|Sdkb))talk 20:53, 4 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Sdkb, It does look like it could be seen that way. Perhaps further clarification would be useful, or move the subsection on categorization of multiple taxonomies into the one on redirects having a target that is incompatible with the category. · · · Peter Southwood(talk): 08:49, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]