Template:Dated maintenance category/doc
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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 November 2024, if the date is set November 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 November 2024, if the date is set November 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 November 2024, if the date is set November 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 December 2024, e.g. December 25, 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
<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Default category name", "description": "The category (without \"Category:\") if there is no date, but also the stem of the category name when there is a date ", "type": "string", "required": true }, "2": { "label": "Preposition", "type": "string", "suggestedvalues": [ "from", "since", "in", "as of" ], "required": true }, "3": { "label": "Date", "description": "Date (month year, e.g. June 2024). Usually the \"date\" parameter of the calling template", "type": "content", "suggestedvalues": [ "" ], "suggested": true }, "4": { "label": "Category", "description": "Category all the articles go in, dated or not (if there is one)", "type": "string" }, "5": { "label": "Alternative default category", "description": "Used when parameter 1 is right for forming the dated category, but the undated items need to go somewhere else", "type": "string" }, "onlyarticles": { "description": "([[Category:{{{1}}}]] only) Used for template design, restricting the function of this template to article namespace (as in ).", "type": "string", "suggestedvalues": [ "no", "yes" ], "default": "no" } } }</templatedata>
Related templates
- {{DMCA}}
{{Dated maintenance category}}