Category:WaPoCheckDates

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This is a tracking category.

It is used to build and maintain a list or lists of pages—primarily for the sake of the lists themselves and their use in article and category maintenance. It is not part of the encyclopedia's categorization scheme.

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This is for an inconsistent metadata problem. The Washington Post (WaPo) uses weirdly structured webpages, the structure has been through several major revisions. As a result, @Citation bot cannot correctly resolve the dates. (See Talk for more details.)