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Categories

I just thought you should know that you cannot really change categories to ones that do not exist as you did in the Cleveland Torso Murderer. The categories are already in existence. Before changing, you should check that they actually link to articles or other pages (if they show up in read, they don't). I just thought you should know for future reference. Michael 07:18, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Killers From History

Stop putting articles into categories that don't exist like Category:Killers From History. I'm going to revert all of your edits and if you continue, you may be blocked. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 17:43, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Chicagoboy3, what you're doing is very unhelpful. Please stop replacing valid categories with nonexistent, misspelled ones. If you have questions about how categories work, please ask us, but stop what you're doing. TomTheHand 19:05, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I have deleted the page Category:Killers From History. This category:

1. Duplicates Category:Murderers
2. Was not named according to naming conventions
3. Was being manually edited by you to have article links, which is not how categories work.

I suggest you read Wikipedia:Category to learn a great deal more about categories before you attempt to create one yourself. You may find Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories very helpful also. KillerChihuahua^?!? 19:12, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Please stop vandalizng

Your putting articles into categories that don't exist like Category:Killers From History is just malicious vandalism, so please stop. I did not check all of your contributions, but those I did check were all malicious, and plainly stupid, adding categories that don't exist, and vandalizing the article. If you are going to contribute, try doing something constructive. old windy bear 01:01, 11 July 2006 (UTC)