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The self-cannibalization warning is just that - check your internal links. It usually tells you that unless they're exact match links pointing to other pages on your site (or even to other websites) then it may not do you much harm. You may find your navigation in Wordpress  has generated internal links to other pages, or the tags system. Without seeing the actual site it's hard to advise, but check these two bit particularly.