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97: 295: 175:) is an external tool that searches an article category (and its subcategories) according to specified criteria to find articles, stubs, images, and categories. It can also be used for finding all articles that belong to two specified categories (the intersection). CatScan was developed by the German Wikipedian 585: 303: 595: 549: 401: 575: 432: 580: 565: 616: 394: 467: 442: 621: 518: 513: 261: 232: 544: 387: 680: 636: 452: 631: 539: 611: 649: 570: 17: 659: 457: 685: 340: 508: 183:, as part of Wikimedia Foundation's cloud computing environment. The tool has been rewritten three times by 503: 498: 437: 119: 237: 196: 42: 626: 462: 180: 493: 447: 427: 422: 345: 278: 590: 274:
finding certain articles with a certain template, e.g. featured articles containing the template
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finding articles for an educational project (class): search for stubs within a
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find short articles to expand – For example, Category tab:
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Overcategorization/Intersection of location and occupation
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A few examples of how the English Knowledge uses PetScan:
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To link to PetScan queries, see 576:Categorising fictional characters by attribute 395: 409: 433:Categories, lists, and navigation templates 402: 388: 95: 617:DexDor/Categorization of award recipients 259:finding articles for deletion sorting, 27:Wikimedia tool for searching categories 14: 673: 581:Do not write articles using categories 566:Categories are different from articles 369:Until 2014 most tools were run on the 383: 304:Featured articles needing citations 24: 468:Overcategorization/User categories 443:Categorizing articles about people 293: 271:corresponding to the class subject 25: 697: 650:Category:Knowledge categorization 637:Kbdank71/Wikiproject notification 519:Template index/Category namespace 514:Category classification templates 545:Categories for discussion/Speedy 622:Alan Liefting/On categorisation 341:Knowledge:Category intersection 681:Knowledge categorization tools 363: 13: 1: 632:gracefool/What is a category? 612:DexDor/Terminology categories 453:Categorization/Sorting names 7: 228:GitHub issues (bug tracker) 43:Knowledge:No pet peeve wars 10: 702: 238:m:User:Duesentrieb/CatScan 101:Output from article search 47: 40: 30:For instructions, see the 29: 645: 604: 558: 540:Categories for discussion 532: 476: 415: 150: 140: 118: 106: 94: 410:Knowledge categorization 346:Knowledge:Categorization 571:Categories versus lists 686:Searching in Knowledge 660:WikiProject Categories 489:Basic help for editors 484:Basic help for readers 458:Categorizing redirects 298: 297: 205:PetScan Documentation 627:Coder Dan/Categories 509:Categorizing portals 504:Container categories 559:Projectspace essays 91: 438:Overcategorization 299: 108:Original author(s) 89: 32:Manual for PetScan 668: 667: 655:Category:Contents 317: 316: 311: 223:GitHub repository 166: 165: 18:Knowledge:CatScan 16:(Redirected from 693: 605:Userspace essays 404: 397: 390: 381: 380: 374: 367: 310: 290: 289: 283: 277: 244:Template:PetScan 208: 206: 162: 136: 99: 92: 88: 86: 84: 74: 67: 60: 36:Template:PetScan 21: 701: 700: 696: 695: 694: 692: 691: 690: 671: 670: 669: 664: 641: 600: 554: 528: 499:FAQ for editors 494:FAQ for readers 472: 463:User categories 411: 408: 378: 377: 368: 364: 359: 337: 319: 318: 284:(see box below) 281: 279:citation needed 275: 253: 233:Grafana metrics 214: 209: 204: 202: 159: 157: 154: 133: 131: 129: 127: 124: 102: 87: 82: 80: 78: 77: 70: 63: 56: 52: 46: 39: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 699: 689: 688: 683: 666: 665: 663: 662: 657: 652: 646: 643: 642: 640: 639: 634: 629: 624: 619: 614: 608: 606: 602: 601: 599: 598: 593: 588: 583: 578: 573: 568: 562: 560: 556: 555: 553: 552: 547: 542: 536: 534: 530: 529: 527: 526: 521: 516: 511: 506: 501: 496: 491: 486: 480: 478: 474: 473: 471: 470: 465: 460: 455: 450: 448:People by year 445: 440: 435: 430: 428:Category names 425: 423:Categorization 419: 417: 413: 412: 407: 406: 399: 392: 384: 376: 375: 361: 360: 358: 355: 354: 353: 348: 343: 336: 333: 332: 331: 326:; Output tab: 324:Aviation stubs 315: 314: 307: 300: 288: 287: 286: 285: 272: 265: 252: 251:Uses and ideas 249: 248: 247: 241: 235: 230: 225: 220: 213: 210: 201: 179:and is run on 164: 163: 152: 148: 147: 142: 138: 137: 122: 116: 115: 110: 104: 103: 100: 83:Launch PetScan 79: 76: 75: 68: 61: 53: 48: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 698: 687: 684: 682: 679: 678: 676: 661: 658: 656: 653: 651: 648: 647: 644: 638: 635: 633: 630: 628: 625: 623: 620: 618: 615: 613: 610: 609: 607: 603: 597: 594: 592: 591:Wiki workflow 589: 587: 584: 582: 579: 577: 574: 572: 569: 567: 564: 563: 561: 557: 551: 548: 546: 543: 541: 538: 537: 535: 531: 525: 522: 520: 517: 515: 512: 510: 507: 505: 502: 500: 497: 495: 492: 490: 487: 485: 482: 481: 479: 475: 469: 466: 464: 461: 459: 456: 454: 451: 449: 446: 444: 441: 439: 436: 434: 431: 429: 426: 424: 421: 420: 418: 414: 405: 400: 398: 393: 391: 386: 385: 382: 372: 366: 362: 352: 351:Help:Category 349: 347: 344: 342: 339: 338: 329: 325: 321: 320: 313: 312: 306: 305: 301: 296: 292: 291: 280: 273: 270: 266: 264: 263: 258: 257: 256: 245: 242: 239: 236: 234: 231: 229: 226: 224: 221: 219: 216: 215: 207: 200: 198: 195:, finally in 194: 190: 186: 185:Magnus Manske 182: 178: 174: 170: 161: 153: 149: 146: 143: 139: 135: 130:/magnusmanske 123: 121: 117: 114: 113:Magnus Manske 111: 109: 105: 98: 93: 85: 73: 69: 66: 62: 59: 55: 54: 51: 44: 37: 33: 19: 523: 365: 330:(x) by size. 327: 323: 309: 308: 302: 260: 254: 240:- About page 218:Instructions 172: 171:(previously 168: 167: 533:Discussions 187:, first in 177:Duesentrieb 675:Categories 477:Help pages 416:Guidelines 371:toolserver 191:, then in 141:Written in 120:Repository 72:WP:CATSCAN 65:WP:PETSCAN 212:Resources 181:Cloud VPS 50:Shortcuts 335:See also 269:category 158:.wmflabs 132:/petscan 524:PetScan 262:example 173:CatScan 169:PetScan 156:petscan 151:Website 90:Petscan 126:github 58:WP:PET 357:Notes 328:Sort: 197:Rust 160:.org 145:Rust 128:.com 193:C++ 189:PHP 134:_rs 677:: 282:}} 276:{{ 199:. 403:e 396:t 389:v 45:. 38:. 20:)

Index

Knowledge:CatScan
Manual for PetScan
Template:PetScan
Knowledge:No pet peeve wars
Shortcuts
WP:PET
WP:PETSCAN
WP:CATSCAN
Launch PetScan

Original author(s)
Magnus Manske
Repository
github.com/magnusmanske/petscan_rs
Rust
petscan.wmflabs.org
Duesentrieb
Cloud VPS
Magnus Manske
PHP
C++
Rust
PetScan Documentation
Instructions
GitHub repository
GitHub issues (bug tracker)
Grafana metrics
m:User:Duesentrieb/CatScan
Template:PetScan
example

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