How can I clean up a category that points to the wrong place?

+6 votes
158 views
Hugh Eastman has a category that points to Warwickshire, England, Eastman Name Study. Yet where I find it listed is under the Rowley Name Study.  Yes, I am working both one-name-studies but have no idea why it points to Rowley and not Eastman.  This is where it does go: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:England%2C_Rowley_Name_Study

and this is where it should go: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:England%2C_Eastman_Name_Study
WikiTree profile: Hugh Eastman
in WikiTree Help by Judy Bramlage G2G6 Pilot (216k points)
Paul Masini has provided the way to correct the category to link to the correct Name Study category. How the error happened was probably a copy/paste error which is very easy to happen. The way to prevent future errors is to preview the category before saving.

1 Answer

+6 votes
 
Best answer

If you go to Category: Warwickshire, England, Eastman Name Study, on the right side you will see an [edit] link. Click on that, then delete where it says [[Category:England, Rowley Name Study]] and replace it with [[Category:England, Eastman Name Study]]. You probably also want to edit the text that says "This subcategory is part of the Rowley Name Study ..." Then press the "SAVE PAGE" button.

by Paul Masini G2G6 Pilot (396k points)
selected by Judy Bramlage
Thanks much. Success.

Related questions

+7 votes
1 answer
+4 votes
1 answer
+6 votes
1 answer
+8 votes
4 answers
348 views asked Aug 15, 2018 in Policy and Style by Judy Bramlage G2G6 Pilot (216k points)
+16 votes
5 answers
269 views asked Jun 30, 2018 in The Tree House by Judy Bramlage G2G6 Pilot (216k points)
+4 votes
3 answers
+3 votes
1 answer
+4 votes
0 answers
+3 votes
2 answers
228 views asked Dec 10, 2021 in WikiTree Help by Wendy Jones G2G6 Mach 2 (20.4k points)

WikiTree  ~  About  ~  Help Help  ~  Search Person Search  ~  Surname:

disclaimer - terms - copyright

...