Template:Category link/doc

This subpage contains documentation, categories and other content that is not part of the template.
To view the template page itself, see Template:Category link.

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

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{{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 ( 0 )

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 ( 0 ) (default)

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=pages}} produces: Category:Africa ( 0 )

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=subcats}} produces: Category:Africa ( 0 )

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=files}} produces: Category:Africa ( 0 )

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

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|backlog=20}} produces: Category:Africa ( 0 )

See also

• {{C}}, which produces output such as: (Africa) and (Africa)
• {{Cls}}, which produces output such as: Template:Cls
• {{Clc}}, which produces output such as: Category:Africa (0) and Category:Africa (0)
• {{lc}}, which produces output such as: Template:Lc
• {{lcs}}, which produces output such as Template:Lcs
• {{tl}}, which links produces a link to a template surrounded by template-style double-braces (e.g. {{Africa}}).
• Category:Internal category-link templates
• Category:Internal link templates
• {{Category see also}}

Template	Example output
{{c}}	(Example)
{{cl}}	Category:Example
{{cls}}	Template:Cls

Template	Example output
{{cconly}}	0
{{clc}}	Category:Example (0)
{{lc}}	Template:Lc
{{lcs}}	Template:Lcs