John McC wrote:

I'm having a problem with categories that are template-updated. The templates are set to add a category at a certain number of days after the template on the page is updated, which should

then be picked up by DPL to keep a "to-do list"

up to date (it's supposed to track farm chores), but the category isn't "visible" to the DPL unless the page the template is used on recieves a null edit. Is there some way to force the

categories to update as soon as the template kicks in?

Having to null-edit sort of defeats the purpose (it's supposed to

remind you to check for weeds/germination/diseases

or do any number of other jobs, sometimes months after the reminder was

set).

We ran into the same problem on en.wikiversity a few months ago when trying to do a category update for the "Bloom Clock", which also uses a type of DPL.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

-Johnny.

Dates aren't updated by the job queue.

You can have all those categories include a "master" one, which would be the only one you would null edit everyday. Please note that this means a lot of work for the job queue, so make sure your sysadmin is OK with doing it.