Template:Cat main/doc

Usage

This template is for use on Category pages, to refer to the primary article associated with this category, which most of the time, describes the entire set containing the category.

This template is not a replacement for adding a category to the main article. The main article of a category should always have the category set. Furthermore, the main article should always have a space as sort key so that it appears on top of a category.

Normal usage (uses category name for wiki link):

• {{Cat main}} →
  The main article for this category is Cat main/doc.

Multiple articles

Simply append more articles as additional arguments (up to five):

• {{Cat main|1 BC}} results in
  The main article for this category is 1 BC.
• {{Cat main|1 BC|2 BC}} results in
  The main articles for this category are 1 BC and 2 BC.
• {{Cat main|1 BC|2 BC|3 BC|4 BC|5 BC}} results in
  The main articles for this category are 1 BC, 2 BC, 3 BC, 4 BC and 5 BC.

Pages which aren't articles

The template should automatically detect titles being outside the article namespace, but this may also be set manually:

• {{Cat main|WP:WikiProject|article=no}} →
  The main page for this category is WP:WikiProject.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools.

TemplateData for Cat main

Specifies the primary article(s) associated with this category

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Article 1	1	Name of primary article, if different from category name	Page	optional
Article 2	2	Name of second main article	Page	optional
Article 3	3	Name of third main article	Page	optional
Article 4	4	Name of fourth main article	Page	optional
Article 5	5	Name of fifth main article	Page	optional

Redirects

• {{Category main}}

See also

• {{Topic cat}}