Template talk:Fooian expatriate sportspeople in Bar cat

Avoiding red-linked categories

Per WP:REDNOT A page in any Wikipedia namespace should never be left in a red-linked category. Either the category should be created, or else the non-existent category link should be removed or changed to one that exists. At present this template is creating 141 such red links such as Category:Bissau-Guinean expatriates in Uzbekistan that are unlikely to ever contain many members. Personally I think it's blatant WP:OVERCATEGORISATION to distinguish expats by occupation but given that we are where we are, could this template be changed to #ifexist Category:Fooian expatriates in Bar and instead show Category:Fooian expatriates if it doesn't exist? If nothing else it would reduce the load on the volunteers working on the backlog at WP:Database reports/Categories categorized in red-linked categories by nearly 20%. TIA Le Deluge (talk) 10:02, 14 December 2019 (UTC)