Template:Tracking category
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- Basic syntax
Use the basic syntax {{Tracking category}} on a category page to designate it as a tracking category. This template places the category into Category:Tracking categories and Category:Hidden categories, causes the category to be hidden on its member pages, and produces the following message box on the category page:
- Note
This template is only for use in the category namespace (ns=14). Using it on any page in any other namespace will add the page to Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace and produce the following error message box on the category page:
- Full syntax
{{Tracking category |template= |text= |container= |1= |category= }}
Parameters
- template
- Used to add text with the name of the template that populates the tracking category. Do not include "Template:" before the template name.
- The syntax
{{Tracking category|template=Template name}}produces:
- text
- Used to add extra text to the template. The text will be shown in the visible (unfolded) part of the template.
- The syntax
{{Tracking category|text=Extra text goes here.}}produces:
- container
- Use to further designate the category as a container category.
- The syntax
{{Tracking category|container=yes}}adds the category page to Category:Container categories and produces:
- delete-empty
- Used to stop the {{Possibly empty category}} template from being transcluded.
- The syntax
{{Tracking category|delete-empty=yes}}will removed the banner
- unnamed parameter 1
- When used with
|container=yes, this parameter will add content below the container category message box. When used without|container=yes, this parameter is ignored. - The syntax
{{Tracking category|container=yes|This content is added below the container category message box.}}produces:
This content is added below the container category message box.
- Due to the current coding of the template this is limited to a single paragraph with SPAN style formatting.
- category
- Used to prevent the addition of Category:Tracking categories and optionally add a different category instead.
- The syntax
{{Tracking category|category=no}}will prevent a category page from being added to Category:Tracking categories. - The syntax
{{Tracking category|category=[[Category:Some other category]]}}will add the category page to Category:Some other category instead of Category:Tracking categories.
See also
Supporting templates
- {{Cmbox}}
- {{Collapse top}} and {{Collapse bottom}}
- {{Category other}}
- {{Single namespace}}