How to modify categories on a Wikipedia Talk page

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I was looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_logos and noticed one article already had the logo. So I tried to remove the category from the talk page but couldn't figure out how.

The "categories" option in the UI is greyed out, and there are no categories listed in the talk page source.

Here is an example (though this one doesn't have the logo right now) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:1st_%26_Ten_(1984_TV_series)

How can I remove the logo requested category of a talk page if it's not in the source or in the UI?

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The categories option is greyed out because a Talk pages generally don't need categories. Source

Every Wikipedia page should belong to at least one category. (However, there is no need to categorize talk pages, redirects, or user pages, though these may be placed in categories where appropriate.)

Look at the Template:Logo Requested. You'll see there are several categories and subcategories here. In the case of a TV show you'll likely be looking for {{tvimage}} however, it could also be {{image requested}} or any other template listed on the template page.

Once you removed the appropriate template the category will be removed as well.

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In an infobox such as the one in that article, you can refer to a image file like this: Image:Filename.jpg, but you have to first upload the image to either English Wikipedia itself or Wikimedia Commons. (Those are direct links to upload pages).

Commons is recommended (because then the image can be easily used in Wikipedias in other languages, and in other Wikimedia projects like Wiktionary), but the image needs to be freely licensed. As for English Wikipedia you are also allowed to upload non-free images under certain conditions (e.g. "fair use" rules). (Note that you are not allowed to just upload any random images off the internet, you need to either own the copyright or know that you have the right to use the image.)

Outside of an infobox, you'd typically refer to an image file like this:

[[Image:Example.jpg|right|thumb|Caption]]

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You can use CatScan to do that.

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