Template:Template category

This category is used for categorizing templates. It should not contain media files or pages outside the template namespace!

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This template sets the following categories.

Header for categories of general, main, tracking, or various translated template types.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
main switch	1	Unused or one of main, tracking, or translated.	String	optional
shortcut	2 shortcut	Wikilink without square brackets	Page name	optional
description	description	Optional wikitext, e.g., show populating template.	String	suggested
type	type	Shorthands for various translated template categories	String	optional
category	category	Bypass categorization for tracking or translated	String	optional

Usage

The named parameters can be combined as needed.

Shorthands

• {{TempCat}}, {{Tcat}}

Parameter #1 – main switch

input	result
{{Template category}}	This category is used for categorizing templates. It should not contain media files or pages outside the template namespace!
{{Template category |main}}	This is a main category used for categorizing templates. It should only contain subcategories and not templates themselves.
{{Template category |tracking}}	This is a tracking category, a category intended to build and maintain a list of templates primarily for the sake of the list itself. Rather than being created for navigation, these categories are used to track templates for various reasons such as to maintain a list of templates that may need to be edited en masse later (e.g. to update deprecated syntaxes), to be used by bots, or to aggregate the members of several subcategories into a larger list.
{{Template category |translated}}	This category is for translations of templates that should never be used directly, but rather their master template should. To place templates in this category add {{translated tag|{{{type}}}}}. All categorization is done through the {{Translated tag}}.

Parameter #2 "shortcut"

input	result
{{Template category |shortcut=CAT:CAT}}	This category is used for categorizing templates. It should not contain media files or pages outside the template namespace! Shortcut Category:CAT

Parameter "description"

The description SHOULD state which template(s) populate the template category.

input	result
{{Template category |description=This category is populated by {{tl|example template}}.}}	This category is used for categorizing templates. It should not contain media files or pages outside the template namespace! This category is populated by {{Example template}}.

Parameter "category" – for manually categorization

• {{Template category|tracking|category=}} disables the categorization into Template tracking categories.
• {{Template category|translated|category=}} disables the categorization determined by the otherwise REQUIRED type parameter:

input	result
{{Template category |category=Wikitext}}	This category is used for categorizing templates. It should not contain media files or pages outside the template namespace!

Parameter "type" – for auto-categorization of different translated templates

All are auto-categorizated into Category:Translated templates with the value of parameter type as sortkey. Secondly they are categorizated into the following category:

input	category
{{Template category |translated|type=cleanup}}	Media cleanup templates
{{Template category |translated|type=documentation}}	Documentation templates
{{Template category |translated|type=header}}	Header templates
{{Template category |translated|type=infobox}}	Infobox templates
{{Template category |translated|type=license}}	License tags
{{Template category |translated|type=localisation}}	Localisation templates
{{Template category |translated|type=location user}}	Location user templates
{{Template category |translated|type=marker}}	Marker templates
{{Template category |translated|type=navigational}}	Navigational templates
{{Template category |translated|type=problem}}	Problem tags
{{Template category |translated|type=protecticon}}	Protection templates
{{Template category |translated|type=restriction}}	Restriction tags
{{Template category |translated|type=source}}	Source templates
{{Template category |translated|type=user}}	User templates

See also

• {{Local template category}}
• {{Global maintenance category}}
• {{Local maintenance category}}
• {{Categorise}}
• {{Autocat}} – to place an infobox by which template a category is filled