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Categories that are members of themselves?

It certainly isn't desirable! The problem is having the userbox on the category page - the userbox automatically added the category to itself and the loop is created. The solution is to substitute the userbox and then manually delete the category. Alternatively you can just remove the userbox from the category page - I don't think it is vital to have it there.

What is subst'ing? Well, in Category:MIRC users for example, you would replace {{User mirc}} with {{subst:User mirc}}. Then you save. Then you edit again and remove the text "]". I can help you out with that if you like, just let me know.--Commander Keane 03:58, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

You may find that when you follow the procedure I prescribed that the category doesn't properly update. This is a flaw in the Mediawiki software that Misplaced Pages uses. To "refresh" the category you need to null edit each of the pages that should be appearing in the category. You can do that by opening the edit window on each of the pages and saving (no need to change the page). You don't need to do this, the next time each of the userpages is edited it will be "refeshed" and will appear in the category - I'm letting you know why things was appear strange.--Commander Keane 04:26, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes

All the 3 userboxes were speedy deleted under the criterion:

Templates that are polemical or inflammatory

You could have checked this yourself by visiting the Log and searching for the template. You go to Special:Log. Select "Deletion log". Type in the title of the userbox. Example: --Commander Keane 09:03, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

What you can have on your userpage is discussed at Misplaced Pages:User page. But these userboxes weren't on a user page (having them on your userpage is fine as far as I know) they were in the Template namespace. The template namespace is for writing an encylopedia, hence the speedy delteion criterion above. For a place to discuss this ask at Misplaced Pages talk:Userboxes--Commander Keane 10:14, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Userboxes

I had posted something in this section, but it is basically a repeat of what Commander Keane has said in the previous paragraph. So I have removed my comments. You can check the page history if you want to know what I posted. — Kimchi.sg | Talk 11:13, 19 February 2006 (UTC)