Template:Template category

This category is a "template category". It is used to categorise pages which are in the template namespace. The category is part of the Wikipedia project infrastructure and should not be used to categorise pages belonging to other namespaces, in particular project main namespace pages  such as articles. For this namespace Category:Wikipedia templates is the top (root level) template category. Description No description has been set for this category. See Template:Template category for details on setting a description.

How to add a template to this category To add a template to this category, use the following code at the end of the template: <noinclude> [[Template:Template category|{{PAGENAME}}]] </noinclude> If you add this code at the end of the template, please make sure that the opening <noinclude> starts on the same line as the last char of the template code. Experience confirmed by experiments revealed that some templates became seriously defunct when that rule was violated.

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Version at a glance for M:TSP [ Template:Ltsmta ]
Version	Origin	Change Description	datestamp and programmer
Ver: J_a	Wikipedia	(m) Iterim (Fix locally) rephrasing of last (Root Category) line -- The very divergent diversity issue again still needs solved	FrankB 15:55, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Ver: J	Meta	Further interwikify, export to Meta, Add this table in several edits, re-export as new standard to all M:MP:TSP Sister Projects.	FrankB 18:04, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Ver: Ix	Wikipedia	I3: (make small another 2% safer for closer zoom-ins by user/readers) I2: m (lighten color a bit to improve contrast) I3: (small from width:70% to 67% which satisfies IE6 as well as firefox on medium font selected (Zoom level))	I3:FrankB 16:59, 13 March 2007 (UTC) I2: FrankB 03:45, 11 March 2007 (UTC) I1 from: 06:35, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Ver: H6 a+b	Wikipedia	(b) (Revise out stray doubled single quotes... use OR logic for message, so same plc) [likely this was the 1st version shared interwiki(?)] (a)(Simply template a bit, and make it look nicer.)	FrankB 21:36, 6 March 2007 (UTC) from: 21:42, 26 February 2007 (UTC) by: W:user:Mike Peel
Ver: _	Wikipedia	Origin/Genesis: (b) 16:01, 31 August 2006 CesarB (better wordin) (a) 19:04, 29 August 2006	16:01, 31 August 2006 (UTC) by w:user:CesarB from: 19:04, 29 August 2006 by: w:user:CesarB

{{Template category}} should be placed at the top of categories that contain template pages and their related subcategories. This template populates Category:Wikipedia template categories.

Usage

Syntax

Basic

{{Template category
|description=
}}

Basic topical

Syntax of {{Template category}}

No type	Navbox	Sidebar	Stub
{{Template category |topic= }}	{{Template category |type=navbox |topic= }}	{{Template category |type=sidebar |topic= }}	{{Template category |type=stub |topic= }}

Full

{{Template category
| onright = 
| type = 
| container = 
| topic = 
| description = 
| ALTTEXT = 
| help = 
}}

Parameters and examples

The template may be used without any parameters.

With no parameters

This category is a "template category". It is used to categorise pages which are in the template namespace. The category is part of the Wikipedia project infrastructure and should not be used to categorise pages belonging to other namespaces, in particular project main namespace pages  such as articles. For this namespace Category:Wikipedia templates is the top (root level) template category. Description No description has been set for this category. See Template:Template category for details on setting a description.

How to add a template to this category To add a template to this category, use the following code at the end of the template: <noinclude> [[Template:Template category|{{PAGENAME}}]] </noinclude> If you add this code at the end of the template, please make sure that the opening <noinclude> starts on the same line as the last char of the template code. Experience confirmed by experiments revealed that some templates became seriously defunct when that rule was violated.

The following, however, may be used to make the template more informative:

onright

---

Use onright (or rhs) to place right-aligned boxes beside the template such as {{Portal}} (to provide link/s to related portal/s), {{Commons category}} (to provide a link to the same or a similarly-named Commons category), etc. If more than one box is included, ensure the widest one appears first (see example below) otherwise overlapping may occur.

topic, onright

{{Template category
| topic = the [[United States]]
| onright = {{Commons category|United States|the United States}}{{Portal|United States}}
}}

This category is a "template category". It is used to categorise pages which are in the template namespace. The category is part of the Wikipedia project infrastructure and should not be used to categorise pages belonging to other namespaces, in particular project main namespace pages  such as articles. For this namespace Category:Wikipedia templates is the top (root level) template category. Description No description has been set for this category. See Template:Template category for details on setting a description.

How to add a template to this category To add a template to this category, use the following code at the end of the template: <noinclude> [[Template:Template category|{{PAGENAME}}]] </noinclude> If you add this code at the end of the template, please make sure that the opening <noinclude> starts on the same line as the last char of the template code. Experience confirmed by experiments revealed that some templates became seriously defunct when that rule was violated.

type

---

Setting type to one of the following values adds a preset note as to which type of template the category (but not necessarily its subcategories) is meant to contain. The values are:

• ambox
• campaignbox
• (category header
• category heading
• catheader
• cat header
• cathead)
• conversion
• external link
• formatting
• function
• infobox
• message
• meta
• module
• (navigation
• navigational
• navbox)
• sidebar
• stub
• sub
• timeline
• (user
• userbox)

If type is set to something other than one of these values, the default "The pages listed in this category are templates" note appears unmodified.

type alone

{{Template category |type=sidebar}}

This category is a "template category". It is used to categorise pages which are in the template namespace. The category is part of the Wikipedia project infrastructure and should not be used to categorise pages belonging to other namespaces, in particular project main namespace pages  such as articles. For this namespace Category:Wikipedia templates is the top (root level) template category. Description No description has been set for this category. See Template:Template category for details on setting a description.

How to add a template to this category To add a template to this category, use the following code at the end of the template: <noinclude> [[Template:Template category|{{PAGENAME}}]] </noinclude> If you add this code at the end of the template, please make sure that the opening <noinclude> starts on the same line as the last char of the template code. Experience confirmed by experiments revealed that some templates became seriously defunct when that rule was violated.

container

---

Set container as true, yes, etc. to identify the category as a container category, i.e. a category meant to contain only subcategories. A note requesting that no templates are added to the template category is then included. The category is automatically added to Category:Container categories.

container alone

{{Template category |container=true}}

This category is a "template category". It is used to categorise pages which are in the template namespace. The category is part of the Wikipedia project infrastructure and should not be used to categorise pages belonging to other namespaces, in particular project main namespace pages  such as articles. For this namespace Category:Wikipedia templates is the top (root level) template category. Description No description has been set for this category. See Template:Template category for details on setting a description.

How to add a template to this category To add a template to this category, use the following code at the end of the template: <noinclude> [[Template:Template category|{{PAGENAME}}]] </noinclude> If you add this code at the end of the template, please make sure that the opening <noinclude> starts on the same line as the last char of the template code. Experience confirmed by experiments revealed that some templates became seriously defunct when that rule was violated.

An alternative to using container is to place {{Container category}} after the {{Template category}} template:

{{Container category}} following {{Template category}}

{{Template category
| type = ''type''
| topic = ''[[topic]]''
| description = This text supplied by the ''description'' parameter.
}}
{{Container category}}

This category is a "template category". It is used to categorise pages which are in the template namespace. The category is part of the Wikipedia project infrastructure and should not be used to categorise pages belonging to other namespaces, in particular project main namespace pages  such as articles. For this namespace Category:Wikipedia templates is the top (root level) template category. Description This text supplied by the description parameter.

How to add a template to this category To add a template to this category, use the following code at the end of the template: <noinclude> [[Template:Template category|{{PAGENAME}}]] </noinclude> If you add this code at the end of the template, please make sure that the opening <noinclude> starts on the same line as the last char of the template code. Experience confirmed by experiments revealed that some templates became seriously defunct when that rule was violated.

This is a container category. Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories.

topic

---

Use topic to add a default description ending "...relating to topic", where topic is usually a wikilink to the main article associated with the category (e.g. United States for the Category:United States templates).

topic alone

{{Template category |topic=the [[United States]]}}

This category is a "template category". It is used to categorise pages which are in the template namespace. The category is part of the Wikipedia project infrastructure and should not be used to categorise pages belonging to other namespaces, in particular project main namespace pages  such as articles. For this namespace Category:Wikipedia templates is the top (root level) template category. Description No description has been set for this category. See Template:Template category for details on setting a description.

How to add a template to this category To add a template to this category, use the following code at the end of the template: <noinclude> [[Template:Template category|{{PAGENAME}}]] </noinclude> If you add this code at the end of the template, please make sure that the opening <noinclude> starts on the same line as the last char of the template code. Experience confirmed by experiments revealed that some templates became seriously defunct when that rule was violated.

type, topic

{{Template category |type=infobox |topic=the [[United States]]}}

This category is a "template category". It is used to categorise pages which are in the template namespace. The category is part of the Wikipedia project infrastructure and should not be used to categorise pages belonging to other namespaces, in particular project main namespace pages  such as articles. For this namespace Category:Wikipedia templates is the top (root level) template category. Description No description has been set for this category. See Template:Template category for details on setting a description.

How to add a template to this category To add a template to this category, use the following code at the end of the template: <noinclude> [[Template:Template category|{{PAGENAME}}]] </noinclude> If you add this code at the end of the template, please make sure that the opening <noinclude> starts on the same line as the last char of the template code. Experience confirmed by experiments revealed that some templates became seriously defunct when that rule was violated.

description

---

Use description if a customised description is needed instead of – or, if topic also used, to follow – the default description above.

type, topic, description

{{Template category
| type = navbox
| topic = [[China]]
| description = <br />{{small|For templates relating specifically to the [[People's Republic of China|People's Republic of China (PRC)]] or the current [[Taiwan|Republic of China (ROC, "Taiwan")]], see, respectively, {{c|People's Republic of China templates}} and {{c|Taiwan templates}}.}}
}}

This category is a "template category". It is used to categorise pages which are in the template namespace. The category is part of the Wikipedia project infrastructure and should not be used to categorise pages belonging to other namespaces, in particular project main namespace pages  such as articles. For this namespace Category:Wikipedia templates is the top (root level) template category. Description For templates relating specifically to the People's Republic of China (PRC) or the current Republic of China (ROC, "Taiwan"), see, respectively, People's Republic of China templates and Taiwan templates.

How to add a template to this category To add a template to this category, use the following code at the end of the template: <noinclude> [[Template:Template category|{{PAGENAME}}]] </noinclude> If you add this code at the end of the template, please make sure that the opening <noinclude> starts on the same line as the last char of the template code. Experience confirmed by experiments revealed that some templates became seriously defunct when that rule was violated.

description alone

{{Template category |description=This text is supplied by the ''description'' parameter.}}

This category is a "template category". It is used to categorise pages which are in the template namespace. The category is part of the Wikipedia project infrastructure and should not be used to categorise pages belonging to other namespaces, in particular project main namespace pages  such as articles. For this namespace Category:Wikipedia templates is the top (root level) template category. Description This text is supplied by the description parameter.

How to add a template to this category To add a template to this category, use the following code at the end of the template: <noinclude> [[Template:Template category|{{PAGENAME}}]] </noinclude> If you add this code at the end of the template, please make sure that the opening <noinclude> starts on the same line as the last char of the template code. Experience confirmed by experiments revealed that some templates became seriously defunct when that rule was violated.

help

---

Use help to replace the instructions on adding a template to the category (second paragraph of the "Further template category notes" section):

replace help text

{{Template category |help=This text supplied by the ''help'' parameter.}}

This category is a "template category". It is used to categorise pages which are in the template namespace. The category is part of the Wikipedia project infrastructure and should not be used to categorise pages belonging to other namespaces, in particular project main namespace pages  such as articles. For this namespace Category:Wikipedia templates is the top (root level) template category. Description No description has been set for this category. See Template:Template category for details on setting a description.

This text supplied by the help parameter.

To omit the default instructions, set help to no:

omit help text

{{Template category |help=no}}

This category is a "template category". It is used to categorise pages which are in the template namespace. The category is part of the Wikipedia project infrastructure and should not be used to categorise pages belonging to other namespaces, in particular project main namespace pages  such as articles. For this namespace Category:Wikipedia templates is the top (root level) template category. Description No description has been set for this category. See Template:Template category for details on setting a description.

no

Tracking category

Uses with a topic or description parameter are tracked:

• Category:Template:Template category with no topic or description (17,738)

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Template category in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Template category

This template is used as a header for category pages that contain templates.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
onright	onright rhs	no description	Unknown	optional
type	type	no description	Unknown	optional
container	container	no description	Unknown	optional
topic	topic	no description	Unknown	optional
description	description 1	no description	Unknown	optional
ALTTEXT	ALTTEXT	no description	Unknown	optional
help	help 2	no description	Unknown	optional
category	category	no description	Unknown	optional