Template:Maintenance category
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 of Category:Wikipedia administration.
Parameters
The following descriptions assume the template is transcluded on a page in the Category namespace.
|container=true/yes | Causes the template to add the page (the category) to Category:Container categories and include a {Container category} style message. To inhibit self-categorisation, set |container_category=no. |
|tracking=true/yes | Causes the template to add the page (the category) to Category:Tracking categories and include a {Tracking category} style message. To inhibit self-categorisation, set |tracking_category=no. |
|purpose= | To add a short explanation of the tracking category after the message, use |purpose=Short explanation. The |tracking= parameter must be set to true or yes to display. |
|desc= | Text supplied will be placed below the template with a boldfaced header of "Description:". The word "Description" can be replaced by something else, using |alt=Something else. |
|hidden=true/yes | Causes the template to hide the page (the category), add it to Category:Hidden categories and to include a {Hidden category} style message. Using |tracking=false/no or |tracking=true/yes, in addition, will give slightly different messages in the box. |
|empty=true/yes | Includes a {Possibly empty category} style message. In addition, to add a short explanation of the empty category after the message, use |empty_text=Short explanation. |
|polluted=false/no | Exclude categories that legitimately contain pages in both the (Main) namespace and the user namespace from Wikipedia:Database reports/Polluted categories. |
|shortcut1= | Enables a shortcut to the category to be displayed by the template. Multiple shortcuts are supported: from |shortcut1=, up to |shortcut5=. |
Aliases
- The first positional parameter is recognised as an alias for
|desc=. If both|desc=and the positional parameter are present, the positional parameter is ignored.
- The parameter
|1=is recognised as an alias for|desc=. If both|desc=and|1=are present,|1=is ignored.
- The parameter
|ALTTEXT=is recognised as an alias for|alt=. If both|alt=and|ALTTEXT=are present,|ALTTEXT=is ignored.
- The parameter
|description=is recognised as an alias for|purpose=. If both|purpose=and|description=are present,|description=is ignored.
- The parameter
|shortcut1=is recognised as an alias for|shortcut=. If both|shortcut=and|shortcut1=are present,|shortcut1=is ignored.
Examples
Code
{Maintenance category
|shortcut=CAT:WCAT
|hidden=true
|tracking=false
|purpose=This category tracks pages tagged with {tl|Citation needed}.<!-- This text will not display since "tracking" is set to "false"-->
|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}.
}
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}.Code
{Maintenance category
|tracking=true
|purpose=This category tracks pages that use {tlx|albumchart|Billboard200}.
}
Code
{Maintenance category
|empty=true
|empty_text=This category is tracking [[academic journal]]s by the {para|frequency} parameter of their {tl|Infobox journal}. This category should ideally be empty, but will be populated when non-standard {para|frequency} parameters are used.
|alt='''Alternative text''':
|desc=Usage with the {para|alt} parameter.
}
Alternative text: Usage with the
|alt= parameter.TemplateData
No description.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| category | category | no description | Page name | optional |
| container | container | no description | Boolean | optional |
| container_category | container_category | no description | Page name | optional |
| tracking | tracking | no description | Boolean | optional |
| tracking_category | tracking_category | no description | Page name | optional |
| purpose | purpose description | no description | String | optional |
| hidden | hidden | no description | Boolean | optional |
| empty | empty | no description | Boolean | optional |
| empty_text | empty_text | no description | String | optional |
| polluted | polluted | no description | Boolean | optional |
| shortcut | shortcut shortcut1 | no description | Line | optional |
| shortcut2 | shortcut2 | no description | Line | optional |
| shortcut3 | shortcut3 | no description | Line | optional |
| shortcut4 | shortcut4 | no description | Line | optional |
| shortcut5 | shortcut5 | no description | Line | optional |
| nocat | nocat | no description | Boolean | optional |
| desc | desc 1 | no description | String | optional |
| alt | alt ALTTEXT | no description | String | optional |