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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Dated maintenance category.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Usage Restriction

This template is not supposed to be used directly but is transcluded from the template {{As of}}.

Usage

This template adds a dated category to a page : Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements from October 2024 if, for instance, October 2024 is the year specified in Parameter 1.
It will also add the page to a generic category : Category:All articles containing potentially dated statements
If the dated category is invalid it will also add the page to Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template

Syntax

Parameter 1: Date (month year, e.g. November 2024. Usually the "date" parameter of the calling template {{{date|}}}.

Note

An incorrect date is any date which is not of the form November 2024, e.g. November 15, 2024, or june instead of June, or other spelling mistakes.

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 <!-- PLEASE ADD CATEGORIES AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE -->
-:''Template:DMC redirects to [[Template:Dated maintenance category]].''
+== Usage Restriction==
+This template is not supposed to be used directly but is transcluded from the template {{tl|As of}}.
 == Usage ==
-* This template adds a category or dated category to a page.
+* This template adds a dated category to a page : [[:Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements from {{#time:F Y|-1 month}}]] if, for instance, {{#time:F Y|-1 month}} is the year specified in Parameter 1.
-* It will add the page to an optional additional category.
+* It will also add the page to a generic category : [[:Category:All articles containing potentially dated statements]]
-* If the dated category is invalid it will add the page to [[:Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template]]
+* If the dated category is invalid it will also add the page to [[:Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template]]
 == Syntax ==
-* Parameter 1: Default category name (without <code>Category</code>) - the category if there is no date, but also the stem of the category name when there is a date..
+* Parameter 1: Date (month year, e.g. {{#time:F Y}}. Usually the "date" parameter of the calling template <code><nowiki>{{{date|}}}</nowiki></code>.
-* Parameter 2: Preposition (from, since, in, as of).
-* Parameter 3: Date (month year, e.g. {{#time:F Y}}. Usually the "date" parameter of the calling template <code><nowiki>{{{date|}}}</nowiki></code>.
-* 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 ==
-The parameter ''onlyarticles'' ({{Tl|Dated maintenance category}} only) is used for template design, restricting the function of this template to article namespace (as in {{tl|DMCA}} ).
-== Examples ==
-* <code><nowiki>{{DMCFACT|Articles that are too technical|from|{{{date|}}}}}</nowiki></code> will categorize all ''files'', ''articles'', ''categories'' and ''templates'' in [[:Category:Articles that are too technical from {{#time:F Y|-1 month}}]], if the date is set {{#time:F Y|-1 month}} 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]].
-* <code><nowiki>{{DMCAT|Articles that are too technical|from|{{{date|}}}}}</nowiki></code> will categorize all ''articles'' and  ''article talk pages'' in [[:Category:Articles that are too technical from {{#time:F Y|-1 month}}]], if the date is set {{#time:F Y|-1 month}} 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]].
-* <code><nowiki>{{DMCA|Articles to be split|from|{{{date|}}}|All articles to be split}}</nowiki></code> will categorize all ''articles'' in [[:Category:Articles to be split from {{#time:F Y|-1 month}}]], if the date is set {{#time:F Y|-1 month}} 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]].
-* <code><nowiki>{{DMCA|Waze Map Editor}}</nowiki></code> is the straight category [[:Category:Waze Map Editor]].
-* <code><nowiki>{{TDMCA|type="Style guide"|Articles to be split|from|{{{date|}}}|All articles to be split}}</nowiki></code> will categorize as in the above example but also in [[:Category:Style guide 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]].
 == Note ==
 An incorrect date is any date which is not of the form {{#time:F Y}}, e.g. <code>{{#time:F d, Y}}</code>, or <code>june</code> instead of <code>June</code>, or other spelling mistakes.
-== Related templates ==
-{{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|Dated maintenance category|* {{Tl|DMCA}}|{{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|DMCA|* {{Tl|DMC}}|* {{Tl|DMCA}}<br />{{Tl|DMC}}}}}}
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