Help talk:Template gallery

Block categorization?

I think this is probably the best place to raise the issue, although it doesn't directly have anything to do with this help page: Is there any way (code) to supress categorization? Many templates contain a category tag as part of the template. This appeared to be a smart idea when I started it, but it also sorts "wrong" articles into the respective categories, namely articles of an administrative nature such as this Help article that contain the templates in question for one reason or another. Simply disabling wikicode won't work as the templates would not display correctly (I assume). Any ideas anybody? Frabby 16:15, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

I've been wrestling with that too. I know there is a way, but I can't recall it. I tried using 'pre' code, but that doesn't seem to work. Maybe Ebakunin might know. Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 17:18, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

I've been doing some reading on category suppression but my big attempt to update one of the templates with it to attempt to address this very issue failed miserably. I'll keep plinking away at it. JubalHarshaw (talk) 14:40, 27 March 2018 (EDT)

Looks like I've got it! I created a template, CatMainOther, with documentation. I've modified one template and verified it no longer categories this help page, but does still categorize main pages. JubalHarshaw (talk) 15:26, 27 March 2018 (EDT)

Additional functionality

I've refrained from updating the Policy template, Deletion template, etc. because they are a bit more complex, or in the case of Policy use a different namespace. I'll look into increasing the functionality of the suppression template to address other namespaces, but I feel it's a good start. JubalHarshaw (talk) 15:40, 27 March 2018 (EDT)