Category:Orphaned articles
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{{Orphan}}.
- Please help an orphan article by adding links to it in related articles and lists. Once it has an incoming link from at least one article or list the orphan tag can be removed (disambiguation pages, redirects and draft articles do not count). Three or more incoming links are ideal. The Find link tool may be of help, but not in all cases
Articles in this category should have no incoming links from other articles or lists. They are placed in this category by the {{Orphan}} template, with the optional parameter of the date, e.g. {{Orphan|date=June 2026}}. Using the att= parameter places the article instead in Category:Attempted de-orphan, which is included in this category as a sub-category.
This category is for orphaned articles only. For orphaned images, please see:
Note that the bot Addbot started tagging orphans in February 2009, which accounts for the large number of orphans tagged that month.
Progress
Automated progress report at the online cat-track tool.
| As of 4 August 2018, there are 123,128 articles in this category. Select "show" for previous progress. | |
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| As of date | Articles in category |
| 4 August 2018 | 123,128 |
| 21 May 2018 | 125,740 |
| 10 April 2018 | 127,347 |
| 31 January 2018 | 130,130 |
| 22 October 2017 | 137,566 |
| 27 June 2017 | 144,357 |
| 29 May 2017 | 146,752 |
| 28 February 2017 | 142,484 |
| 16 February 2017 | 141,893 |
| 24 January 2017 | 140,481 |
| 12 August 2016 | 134,732 |
| 11 January 2016 | 129,608 |
| 12 September 2015 | 125,013 |
| 13 July 2014 | 118,757 |
| 30 March 2014 | 117,337 |
| 13 February 2014 | 121,092 |
| 22 November 2013 | 121,725 |
| 24 July 2013 | 119,151 |
| 14 May 2013 | 115,768 |
| 17 April 2013 | 118,999 |
| 27 February 2013 | 118,212 |
| 15 February 2013 | 118,658 |
| 14 February 2013 | 121,303 |
| 13 February 2013 | 122,500 |
| 8 January 2013 | 175,000 |
Subcategories
This category has the following 198 subcategories, out of 198 total.
- All orphaned articles (13,195 P)
- Orphaned articles from June 2016 (145 P)
- Orphaned articles from July 2016 (114 P)
- Orphaned articles from May 2021 (129 P)
- Orphaned articles from June 2024 (124 P)
- Orphaned articles from July 2025 (102 P)
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Pages in category "Orphaned articles"
The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
