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diff --git a/‎examples/recipes/fill_between_alpha.py renamed to ‎examples/lines_bars_and_markers/fill_between_alpha.py b/‎examples/recipes/fill_between_alpha.py renamed to ‎examples/lines_bars_and_markers/fill_between_alpha.py
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diff --git a/‎examples/recipes/common_date_problems.py
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diff --git a/‎examples/recipes/share_axis_lims_views.py renamed to ‎examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/share_axis_lims_views.py b/‎examples/recipes/share_axis_lims_views.py renamed to ‎examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/share_axis_lims_views.py
diff --git a/‎examples/text_labels_and_annotations/date.py
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diff --git a/‎examples/recipes/placing_text_boxes.py renamed to ‎examples/text_labels_and_annotations/placing_text_boxes.py b/‎examples/recipes/placing_text_boxes.py renamed to ‎examples/text_labels_and_annotations/placing_text_boxes.py
diff --git a/‎examples/recipes/centered_spines_with_arrows.py renamed to ‎examples/ticks_and_spines/centered_spines_with_arrows.py b/‎examples/recipes/centered_spines_with_arrows.py renamed to ‎examples/ticks_and_spines/centered_spines_with_arrows.py
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diff --git a/‎examples/widgets/textbox.py
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@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 Note: The `mpl_toolkits.axisartist` axes classes may be confusing for new
 users. If the only aim is to obtain arrow heads at the ends of the axes,
-rather check out the :doc:`/gallery/recipes/centered_spines_with_arrows`
-example.
+rather check out the
+:doc:`/gallery/ticks_and_spines/centered_spines_with_arrows` example.
 """
 
 from mpl_toolkits.axisartist.axislines import SubplotZero
 
@@ -14,17 +14,16 @@
 provides the converter functions `.date2num` and `.num2date`, which convert
 `datetime.datetime` and `numpy.datetime64` objects to and from Matplotlib's
 internal representation.
+
+An alternative way of displaying dates can be seen at
+:doc:`/gallery/ticks_and_spines/date_concise_formatter`.
 """
 
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import matplotlib.dates as mdates
 import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
 
-years = mdates.YearLocator()   # every year
-months = mdates.MonthLocator()  # every month
-years_fmt = mdates.DateFormatter('%Y')
-
 # Load a numpy structured array from yahoo csv data with fields date, open,
 # close, volume, adj_close from the mpl-data/example directory.  This array
 # stores the date as an np.datetime64 with a day unit ('D') in the 'date'
@@ -34,18 +33,24 @@
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 ax.plot('date', 'adj_close', data=data)
 
-# format the ticks
-ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(years)
-ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(years_fmt)
-ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(months)
+# Major ticks every 6 months
+fmt_half_year = mdates.MonthLocator(interval=6)
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(fmt_half_year)
+
+# Minor ticks every month
+fmt_month = mdates.MonthLocator()
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(fmt_month)
+
+# Text in the x axis will be displayed in 'YYYY-mm' format
+ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(mdates.DateFormatter('%Y-%m'))
 
-# round to nearest years.
+# Round to nearest years.
 datemin = np.datetime64(data['date'][0], 'Y')
 datemax = np.datetime64(data['date'][-1], 'Y') + np.timedelta64(1, 'Y')
 ax.set_xlim(datemin, datemax)
 
-# format the coords message box
-ax.format_xdata = mdates.DateFormatter('%Y-%m-%d')
+# Format the coords message box
+ax.format_xdata = mdates.DateFormatter('%Y-%m')
 ax.format_ydata = lambda x: '$%1.2f' % x  # format the price.
 ax.grid(True)
 
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Adjusting the location and appearance of axis spines.
 
 Note: If you want to obtain arrow heads at the ends of the axes, also check
-out the :doc:`/gallery/recipes/centered_spines_with_arrows` example.
+out the :doc:`/gallery/ticks_and_spines/centered_spines_with_arrows` example.
 """
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 Note:  The `matplotlib.widgets.TextBox` widget is different from the following
 static elements: :doc:`/tutorials/text/annotations` and
-:doc:`/gallery/recipes/placing_text_boxes`.
+:doc:`/gallery/text_labels_and_annotations/placing_text_boxes`.
 """
 
 import numpy as np