The {{template category}} template should be placed at the top of categories that contain only template pages and their related subcategories.
Usage
- For the displayed output of 'topic' or 'description' inputs (only)
- the parameters BG, FS, LH corresponding to HTML: 'background', 'font-size', and 'line-height' respectively have scope inside the text body.
Full syntax
{{template category|type= |topic= |description= }}
for example, using |type=documentation, like other type enums, the template changes the default message to:
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The pages listed in this category are meant to be Template documentation subpages.
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Parameters
The following parameters that are all optional, may also be used:
- type
- Adds a note as to which type of template the category (but not necessarily its subcategories) is meant to contain, e.g.
{{template category|type=navbox}}
- Currently, setting type to one of several values produces a preset note. The values are:
book · conversion · external link · formatting · function · infobox · meta · navbox · stub · userbox
- If type is set to something other than one of these values, the default message "The pages listed in this category are meant be type templates." appears.
- topic
- Adds the default description "Templates relating to topic.", where topic is usually a wikilink to the book associated with the category (e.g. Algorithms for the category Category:Book:Algorithms/Templates). See Example 1 below.
- description
- Use this if a customized description is needed instead of (or, if topic also used, to follow) the default description above. See Example 2 below.
Examples
Example 1
{{template category
|type = navbox
|topic = United States
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| Templates relating to United States.
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Example 2
{{template category
|type = navbox
|topic = China
|description = For templates relating specifically to the People's Republic of China (PRC) or the current Republic of China (ROC, "Taiwan").
}}
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Templates relating to China.
For templates relating specifically to the People's Republic of China (PRC) or the current Republic of China (ROC, "Taiwan").
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Example 3
{{template category
|description = Here's a ''description'' without a preceding ''topic'' statement.
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Here's a description without a preceding topic statement.
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Example 4
{{template category
|type = external link
|description = '''Templates aiding the creation and formatting of external links to topic databases.'''
}}
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Templates aiding the creation and formatting of external links to topic databases.
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The pages listed in this category are meant to be templates providing external links.
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