Banned Categories (Official)

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This is the official page that lists every category that is  banned  on the BNCW. If you are seen adding these categories to pages, you will be warned.

Admins and Bureaucrats can discuss more categories to be added to this list when necessary. Categories that are  banned  will have the BannedCategory template on their category pages which will have a notice and add the "BannedCategory" category.

Categories are generally  banned  for either being an easy way to edit farm (it can be added to an extremely large number of pages) or being too insignificant to need its own category. They can also be  banned  for being too similar to an already existing category.

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Banned Categories

 * Category:Outdated - can be put on too many pages (edit farm)
 * Category:Abandoned Activities - can be put on too many pages (edit farm)
 * Category:Abandoned Surveys - can be put on too many pages (edit farm)
 * Category:Info - too general
 * Category:History - too general
 * All categories that are different variations of an already existing category (wIki page, wiki page, Wiki Page, Wiki page, etc.)
 * Wiki Page in general
 * All phrases/words that can clearly not be a valid category and were probably originally added as a joke. It's probably fine once but don't continually do it. (Example: Hahahaha im badge gaming off the badge gaming page)
 * Category:Unsuccessful/Unpopular Activities - can be put on too many pages (edit farm) Also it's pretty obvious if something was unpopular or unsuccessful.
 * Category:Unsuccessful/Unpopular Surveys - can be put on too many pages (edit farm) Also it's pretty obvious if something was unpopular or unsuccessful.
 * January Comic, Colorless Comic, 1991 Comic, 1991 January Comic, and anything else of that nature - this wiki is not really a fact wiki. If you want to add categories like this, go over to the BNW. A very small amount of pages here fit these categories.
 * Unsuccessful Activities - Another variant of previously mentioned banned categories.
 * Category:Outdated - We already have Joke Pages so this isnt needed.
 * Category:FanFiction - All stories are FanFictions so this is basically a copy of the Stories category
 * Category:Gallery - We already have to category: images.