Template:Maintenance category
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![]() | This is amaintenancecategory,used formaintenance of the Wikipedia project.It is not part of the encyclopedia and containsnon-article pages,or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories. |
Usage
This template should be placed at the top of categories used in the maintenance of Wikipedia rather than as part of the encyclopedia – for example, at the top ofCategory:Wikipedia administration.
Parameters
The following descriptions assume the template istranscludedon a page in theCategory namespace.
|shortcut= | Enables ashortcutto the category to be displayed by the template. Multiple shortcuts are supported: |shortcut1= up to|shortcut5= . |
|hidden=true/yes/on | Causes the template to hide the page (the category), add it toCategory:Hidden categoriesand to include a{{Hidden category}} -style message. |
|tracking=true/yes/on | Causes the template to add the page (the category) toCategory:Tracking categoriesand include a{{Tracking category}} -style message.1To add a short explanation of the tracking category after the message, use |purpose=Short explanation. |
|container=true/yes/on | Causes the template to add the page (the category) toCategory:Container categoriesand include a{{Container category}} -style message.2 |
|desc= or|1= or | (firstunnamed parameter) | Text supplied will be placed below the template with a boldfaced header of "Description:". (The word "Description" can be replaced by something else, with |alt=Something else ). |
- 1Category:Contentscategorisation andCategory:Tracking categoriesself-categorisation is prevented by setting
|tracking_category=false/no/off
. - 2Category:Container categoriesself-categorisation is prevented by setting
|container_category=false/no/off
.
Example
Code
{{Maintenance category |shortcut=CAT:WCAT |hidden=true |tracking=true |purpose=This category tracks pages tagged with {{tl|Citation needed}}. |desc=Category for articles (and other pages, such as portals and mainspace-intended templates) tagged as needing or more citations for verification, using the {{tlx|Citation needed}} template. Does not include discussion pages tagged with {{tlx|Talkfact}}. }}
![]() | This is amaintenancecategory,used formaintenance of the Wikipedia project.It is not part of the encyclopedia and containsnon-article pages,or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.
This is atracking category.It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of theencyclopedia's categorization scheme.
This category tracks pages tagged with {{Citation needed}}.
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Description:Category for articles (and other pages, such as portals and mainspace-intended templates) tagged as needing or more citations for verification, using the
{{Citation needed}}
template. Does not include discussion pages tagged with{{Talkfact}}
.