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Exclude Wikipedia space from CS1 maint: Extra text

There are quite a few pages in Wikipedia space in Category:CS1 maint: Extra text. Instead of "fixing" these pages (many of which are archives), would it be better to exclude Wikipedia space from this category? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 02:32, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

My two cents: Wikipedia-space pages appear in the error categories as well. I have fixed hundreds and have never had a complaint. Note that you need to look carefully to see if the error is really a demonstration of an example. In that case, using |template-doc-demo=true may be appropriate to add.
Excluding all WP-space pages would exclude pages that are intended as help and how-to pages, as well as guidelines and policies. We wouldn't want to exclude those, I think. There may be a way to exclude archives, though, just as we have excluded template sandboxes and test case pages. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:07, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
We can exclude archives. As originally proposed, the code would have excluded /[Aa]rchive and /[Ll]og pages. The original discussion is here.
Trappist the monk (talk) 14:15, 30 January 2016 (UTC)