Template:Category link/core

[[:Category:{{{1}}}|{{{2}}}]]

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This template is used on many pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

{{Category}} redirects here. You may be looking for {{Wikipedia category}} or {{Collapsible list}}.

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{{CL}}
{{categ}}
{{category}}
{{Cat}}

{{Cl|category name}}

{{Cl|Category:category name}}

{{Cl|category name|link text}}

{{Cl|category name|link text|count=yes}}

{{Cl|category name|link text|count=yes|count_type=type}}

{{Cl|category name|link text|count=yes|count_type=type|backlog=backlog threshold}}

{{category link}} or its alias {{cl}} produces a link to a category in a similar fashion to {{Tl}} for a template. For example:

{{Cl|Africa}} produces: Category:Africa

To specify the text used for the link, add it as a second parameter:

{{Cl|Africa|this category}} produces: this category

To add a count of everything in the category, add the |count=yes parameter:

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes}} produces: Category:Africa ( ༠ )

If you just want to get a count of pages, files, or subcats, use the |count_type= parameter:

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=all}} produces: Category:Africa ( ༠ ) (default)

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=pages}} produces: Category:Africa ( ༠ )

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=subcats}} produces: Category:Africa ( ༠ )

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=files}} produces: Category:Africa ( ༠ )

If you want to make counts standout for categories that have a backlog, use |backlog=:

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|backlog=20}} produces: Category:Africa ( ༠ )

See also