diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategorizationFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategorizationFragment.java
index 76a70c0b3..51376c7fe 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategorizationFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategorizationFragment.java
@@ -298,8 +298,10 @@ public class CategorizationFragment extends CommonsDaggerSupportFragment {
         //Check if item contains a 4-digit word anywhere within the string (.* is wildcard)
         //And that item does not equal the current year or previous year
         //And if it is an irrelevant category such as Media_needing_categories_as_of_16_June_2017(Issue #750)
+        //Check if the year in the form of XX(X)0s is relevant, i.e. in the 2000s or 2010s as stated in Issue #1029
         return ((item.matches(".*(19|20)\\d{2}.*") && !item.contains(yearInString) && !item.contains(prevYearInString))
-                || item.matches("(.*)needing(.*)") || item.matches("(.*)taken on(.*)"));
+                || item.matches("(.*)needing(.*)") || item.matches("(.*)taken on(.*)")
+                || (item.matches(".*0s.*") && !item.matches(".*(200|201)0s.*")));
     }
 
     private void updateCategoryCount(CategoryItem item) {