Category talk:Categories

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Category loop[edit]

It's common wiki practice to not assign a category to the root level category, despite the entry created in the maintenance report. Adding the same category to itself, as is the case here, creates a category loop. Is an entry in the maintenance report incorrect? Yes. Is creating a category loop incorrect? Yes. Which one is the "lesser evil" and more universally accepted though? Revision history may be able to provide more insight.--NibKing (talk) 04:34, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

There are quite a few instances of categories being in their own category. For example, almost every page using this: Template:Empty category. I'd say an entry in the maintenance report is worse because it makes it more difficult to find problematic cases of uncategorized categorizes. —Dillonn241 (talk) 07:29, 7 September 2018 (UTC)