Template:Category/Documentation

Template:Category is used to simplify the creation of links to categories.

Usage

It accepts one mandatory string parameter and one optional parameter:

• 1 is the name of an article in the category namespace.
• 2, if supplied, must be one of two options:
  • end adjusts the output, primarily for gramatical purposes.
  • add adds the article to the same category it is linking to.

Return

It returns a link to the category page, without the namespace prepended. For instance, {{Category|Admin}} returns:

Admin

This is in contrast to a normal Mediawiki category link, such as [[:Category:Admin]], which would return:

Category:Admin

If a second parameter of end is included, the return is modified: {{Category|Admin|end}} returns:

Admin category

A second parameter of add can not be demonstrated, as it does not work in the template namespace.