[[Category:{{{1}}}]]
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Usage
- This template adds a category or dated category to a page.
- It will add the page to an optional additional category.
- If the dated category is invalid it will add the page to Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template
Examples
{{DMCFACT|Wikipedia articles that are too technical|from|{{{date|}}}}}
will categorise all files, articles, categories and templates in Category:Wikipedia articles that are too technical from July 2024, if the date is set July 2024 e.g. If such a category does not exist, or the date was set incorrectly, this template will also add the article to Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template.
{{DMCAT|Wikipedia articles that are too technical|from|{{{date|}}}}}
will categorise all articles and article talk pages in Category:Wikipedia articles that are too technical from July 2024, if the date is set July 2024 e.g. If such a category does not exist, or the date was set incorrectly, this template will also add the article to Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template.
{{DMCA|Articles to be split|from|{{{date|}}}|All articles to be split}}
will categorise all articles in Category:Articles to be split from July 2024, if the date is set July 2024 e.g. If such a category does not exist, or the date was set incorrectly, this template will also add the article to Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template. In either case the article will be added to Category:All articles to be split.
{{DMCA|Dutch mathematicians}}
is the straight category Category:Dutch mathematicians.
{{TDMCA|type="Tolkien"|Articles to be split|from|{{{date|}}}|All articles to be split}}
will categorise as in the above example but also in Category:Tolkien articles to be split if it exists. If it doesn't the page will be added to the hidden Category:Articles with tags with unsupported types.
Note
An incorrect date is any date which is not of the form August 2024, e.g. August 18, 2024
, or june
instead of June
, or other spelling mistakes.
Etymology
DMCA stands for "dated maintenance category – articles". Similar templates exist for certain other namespaces or combinations. DMCA is a metatemplate with highly circumscribed use, and not intended to be "editor facing".
TemplateData
TemplateData for Dated maintenance category
No description.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Default category name | 1 | The category (without "Category:") if there is no date, but also the stem of the category name when there is a date | String | required |
Preposition | 2 | no description
| String | required |
Date | 3 | Date (month year, e.g. June 2024). Usually the "date" parameter of the calling template
| Content | suggested |
Category | 4 | Category all the articles go in, dated or not (if there is one) | String | optional |
Alternative default category | 5 | Used when parameter 1 is right for forming the dated category, but the undated items need to go somewhere else | String | optional |
onlyarticles | onlyarticles | ({{Dated maintenance category}} only) Used for template design, restricting the function of this template to article namespace (as in {{DMCA}}).
| String | optional |
Related templates
- {{DMCA}}