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documentation
subpage for
Template:Dated maintenance category. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
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approximately 2,550,000 pages, or roughly 4% of all pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
{{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 May 2024, if the date is set May 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 May 2024, if the date is set May 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 May 2024, if the date is set May 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.An incorrect date is any date which is not of the form June 2024, e.g. June 23, 2024
, or june
instead of June
, or other spelling mistakes.
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 for Dated maintenance category
No description.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Default category name | 1 | The category (without "Category:") if there is no date, but also the stem of the category name when there is a date | String | required |
Preposition | 2 | no description
| String | required |
Date | 3 | Date (month year, e.g. June 2024). Usually the "date" parameter of the calling template
| Content | suggested |
Category | 4 | Category all the articles go in, dated or not (if there is one) | String | optional |
Alternative default category | 5 | Used when parameter 1 is right for forming the dated category, but the undated items need to go somewhere else | String | optional |
onlyarticles | onlyarticles | ({{Dated maintenance category}} only) Used for template design, restricting the function of this template to article namespace (as in {{DMCA}}).
| String | optional |
![]() | This is a
documentation
subpage for
Template:Dated maintenance category. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
![]() | This template is used on
approximately 2,550,000 pages, or roughly 4% of all pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
{{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 May 2024, if the date is set May 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 May 2024, if the date is set May 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 May 2024, if the date is set May 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.An incorrect date is any date which is not of the form June 2024, e.g. June 23, 2024
, or june
instead of June
, or other spelling mistakes.
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 for Dated maintenance category
No description.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Default category name | 1 | The category (without "Category:") if there is no date, but also the stem of the category name when there is a date | String | required |
Preposition | 2 | no description
| String | required |
Date | 3 | Date (month year, e.g. June 2024). Usually the "date" parameter of the calling template
| Content | suggested |
Category | 4 | Category all the articles go in, dated or not (if there is one) | String | optional |
Alternative default category | 5 | Used when parameter 1 is right for forming the dated category, but the undated items need to go somewhere else | String | optional |
onlyarticles | onlyarticles | ({{Dated maintenance category}} only) Used for template design, restricting the function of this template to article namespace (as in {{DMCA}}).
| String | optional |