Thread:CGT dk/@comment-258494-20170410212049/@comment-258494-20170411142210

CGT dk wrote: Same issue as

Ryoung122 wrote:

Greetings,

I'm wondering how you can make categories disappear by putting them in the Infobox!Ryoung122 (talk) 21:40, March 13, 2017 (UTC)

CGT dk wrote:

The Infobox-template generates categories by the 'tags' in the infobox:

status, sex, nationality, birthyr, and deathyr.

The 'ordinary' categories can then be removed.

In the Maria do Carmo Geronimo article I replaced the "Unvalidated SC" with "Longevity claims". When the categories are generated by the infobox template they are not needed in the categories box and should be removed.

The use of templates makes it possible to make changes to all pages that contain the template in one edit. The last example was the verified to validated change, where ONE edit in a template replaced the 'verified' to 'validated' category in all pages with this category, instead of making the change in hundreds of pages seperately.

Another reason in 'putting the categories in the infobox':

The 'sort=surname, firstname' tag in the infobox will sort people into the categories by their surname.

Only the 5 tags mentioned above are currently generating categories. If these categories are not removed from the category box, then the sort function generated by the infobox will be overwritten.

O.K. Well, that makes for a good reason (efficiency of changing...all can be changed at once if needed).

On the negative side, however, it does make it difficult to make "just one" change...for example, a "living" person passed away. I'll expect you, the "expert" to make the high-tech changes for things like that.Ryoung122 (talk) 14:22, April 11, 2017 (UTC)