Template:Dated maintenance category/doc
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- Template:DMC redirects to Template:Dated maintenance category.
Usage[edit]
- This template adds a category or dated category to a page.
- It will add the page to an optional additional category.
- If the dated category is invalid it will add the page to Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template
Syntax[edit]
- Parameter 1: Default category name (without
Category) - the category if there is no date, but also the stem of the category name when there is a date.. - Parameter 2: Preposition (from, since, in, as of).
- Parameter 3: Date (month year, e.g. April 2025. Usually the "date" parameter of the calling template
{{{date|}}}. - Parameter 4: Category all the articles go in, dated or not (if there is one).
- Parameter 5: Alternative default category, used when parameter 1 is right for forming the dated category, but the undated items need to go somewhere else.
Technical[edit]
The parameter onlyarticles ({{Dated maintenance category}} only) is used for template design, restricting the function of this template to article namespace (as in {{DMCA}} ).
Examples[edit]
{{DMCA|Articles to be split|from|{{{date|}}}|All articles to be split}}will categorise all articles in Category:Articles to be split from March 2025, if the date is set March 2025 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.
Note[edit]
An incorrect date is any date which is not of the form April 2025, e.g. April 29, 2025, or june instead of June, or other spelling mistakes.
Etymology[edit]
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".
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