Template:Dated maintenance category
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[[Category:{{{1}}}]]
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Usage[edit]
- 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
Syntax[edit]
- Parameter 1: Default category name (without
Category
) – the category if there is no date, but also the stem of the category name when there is a date.. - Parameter 2: Preposition (from, since, in, as of).
- Parameter 3: Date (month year, e.g. April 2024. Usually the "date" parameter of the calling template
{{{date|}}}
. - Parameter 4: Category all the articles go in, dated or not (if there is one).
- Parameter 5: Alternative default category, used when parameter 1 is right for forming the dated category, but the undated items need to go somewhere else.
Technical[edit]
The parameter onlyarticles ({{Dated maintenance category}} only) is used for template design, restricting the function of this template to article namespace (as in {{DMCA}} ).
Note[edit]
An incorrect date is any date which is not of the form April 2024, e.g. April 20, 2024
, or june
instead of June
, or other spelling mistakes.
Etymology[edit]
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".