User blog comment:Somarinoa/Idea for useful new category/@comment-1197011-20160325144047

I fully support this idea. I also think this new category could include several sub-categories, each indicating a different "type of problem" that pages may suffer from. And I do like the idea that each "type of problem" has its own notice template. We already have Template:Revision, Template:Cleanup, Template:Blank, Template:Noimage, Template:Incomplete and Template:Stub. The only one I can think of now that we don't have a template yet would be "Needs Infobox".

These templates are quite useful in informing the readers and editors that the page requires attention. As long as they're not misused (e.g. applying Template:Noimage to species that have never been illustrated, which is incredibly annoying) they can be our friends. And it's easy to make it so that every page that has the template added to them is automatically added to the relevant category as well. Templates "Stub" and "Noimage" already do this, directing the pages to Category:Stub and Category:Unillustrated respectively.

So, here's what I'd suggest:
 * 1) Create a "Needs Infobox" template that also automatically links the page to the "Needs Infobox" category.
 * 2) Create four new categories for pages using Template:Cleanup, Template:Revision, Template:Incomplete and Template:Blank.
 * 3) Create this root category called "Articles Requiring Cleanup" (or perhaps "Articles Requiring Attention") to cover all seven sub-categories:
 * 4) "Stub" for pages that require more information (Template:Stub).
 * 5) "Blank" for pages that are completely empty (Template:Blank).
 * 6) "Clean-up" for pages that are badly written (Template:Cleanup).
 * 7) "Rewrite" for pages that have been copy-pasted (Template:Revision).
 * 8) "Incomplete Sections" for pages that require more information in a specific section, such as a "list of appearances" (Template:Incomplete).
 * 9) "Unillustrated" for pages that should have an image but don't (Template:Noimage).
 * 10) "Needs Infobox" for pages that should have an infobox but don't.

Just as well I'd like to discuss "Needs Infobox" in more detail. But I'll wait for what you have to say on this idea because I fear I've written too much already :)