Template:Category by year

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category header to add year navigation box and categorize categories in the "Category:Topic by year" format

Usage

{{Template:Category by year |topic= |year= |label= |prevcat= |nextcat= |prevlabel= |nextlabel= }}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
topic 1	name of topic from category name		Example	required
year 2	year from category name		current year using #time:Y	required
label 3	desired display text for the topic, use only if different from topic		topic	optional
prevcat 4	category name to link to for previous year, use only to override automatic calculation		empty	optional
nextcat 5	category name to link to for next year, use only to override automatic calculation		empty	optional
prevlabel 6	desired text to display for previous year, use only if prevcat is used and different		prevcat	optional
nextlabel 7	desired text to display for next year, use only if nextcat is used and different		nextcat	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Category namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified

Examples

{{Template:Category by year|topic=Katherine Maher|year=2016}}

renders as:

Katherine Maher by year
← 2015 2016 2017 →

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{{Template:Category by year|topic=Bernie Sanders|year=1991|prevcat=Bernie Sanders before 1991|prevlabel=before 1991}}

renders as:

Bernie Sanders by year
← before 1991 1991 1992 →

See also

{{Decade years navbox}}, {{Person in year}}

Usage

• Specific example
  {{Category by year |Katherine Maher |2016}} results in:

Katherine Maher by year
← 2015 2016 2017 →

• Custom content for the previous category
  {{Category by year |Bernie Sanders |1991 |prevcat=Bernie Sanders before 1991 |prevlabel=before 1991}} results in:

Bernie Sanders by year
← before 1991 1991 1992 →

• Custom content for the next category
  {{Category by year |Bernie Sanders |1991 |nextcat=Bernie Sanders after 1991 |nextlabel=after 1991}} results in:

Bernie Sanders by year
← 1990 1991 after 1991 →