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- Template:DMC redirects to Template:Dated maintenance category.
Usage
- 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
- 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. November 2024. 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
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
{{DMCFACT|Articles that are too technical|from|{{{date|}}}}}
will categorize all files, articles, categories and templates in Category:Articles that are too technical from October 2024, if the date is set October 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|Articles that are too technical|from|{{{date|}}}}}
will categorize all articles and article talk pages in Category:Articles that are too technical from October 2024, if the date is set October 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 categorize all articles in Category:Articles to be split from October 2024, if the date is set October 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|Waze Map Editor}}
is the straight category Category:Waze Map Editor.
{{TDMCA|type="Style guide"|Articles to be split|from|{{{date|}}}|All articles to be split}}
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 November 2024, e.g. November 16, 2024
, or june
instead of June
, or other spelling mistakes.