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HotCat

JavaScript program which helps to easily remove, change and add categories to Wikimedia pages
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HotCat

Summary

HotCat is a Wikimedia gadget[1]. HotCat has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • HotCat received the Wikimedia Coolest Tool Award[3].
  • HotCat's image is recorded as HotCat.png[4].
  • HotCat's instance of is recorded as Wikimedia gadget[5].
  • HotCat's copyright license is recorded as GNU Free Documentation License[6].
  • HotCat's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License[7].
  • HotCat's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License[8].
  • HotCat's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported[9].
  • HotCat's Commons category is recorded as HotCat[10].
  • HotCat's said to be the same as is recorded as Help:Gadget-HotCat[11].
  • HotCat's publication date is recorded as +2007-07-07T00:00:00Z[12].
  • HotCat's source code repository URL is recorded as https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js[13].
  • HotCat's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'HotCat'}[14].
  • HotCat's different from is recorded as CoolCat[15].
  • HotCat's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[16].

Body

Recognition

HotCat received the Wikimedia Coolest Tool Award[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for HotCat include Category:Wikipedians who use HotCat[17], a Wikimedia user category[18].

Why It Matters

HotCat has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] HotCat is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for HotCat include Category:Wikipedians who use HotCat[17], a Wikimedia user category[18].

FAQs

What awards did HotCat receive?

Honors received include Wikimedia Coolest Tool Award[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . meta.wikimedia.org. meta.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). HotCat. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hotcat
MLA “HotCat.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hotcat.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hotcat_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{HotCat}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hotcat}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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