Template:Category/doc

Usage

Everything a growing category needs!

Parameters

Parameter name:	What it does:	Paste me:
1st unnamed parameter	If it's empty, the template won't have the "Best of" or "Important articles" sections. Use for small categories that don't have many silver/gold ranked articles or important articles.	{{category|}}
alt	Changes the main article linked to at the top. By default, links to {{PAGENAME}}	{{category|alt=RationalWiki}}
icon	Adds the icon for the category. By default: first, searches for file "File:Icon"; second, searches for "File:alt.svg"; third, searches for "File:PAGENAME.svg"; if none exist, no file displays.	{{category|icon=Wigorw.svg}}
text	Adds the description of the category. By default, says "Articles about PAGENAME".	{{category|text=Articles about goats.}}
best	Manually adds to the "Best-edited articles in the 'PAGENAME' category" to the section. By default, does not display. Should be in the form "*Goats *Scapegoat *RatWiki"	{{category|best=*Goat *Scapegoat}}
imp (depracted)	Unused. Manually adds to the "Important PAGENAME articles" section. By default, does not display. Should be in the form "*Goats *Scapegoat *RatWiki"	{{category|imp=*Goat *Scapegoat}}
quote	Adds a quote. By default, does not display.	{{category|quote=Goats goats goats!}}
author	Adds the author of the quote. By default, does not display.	{{category|author=RationalWiki}}
links	Adds any useful links, such as links to sidebar navigation templates. Should be in the form "*[[Goats]] *[[Scapegoat]] *[[RatWiki]]"	{{category|links=*[[Goat]] *[[Scapegoat]]}}
category	Sets what categories the "important" and "best of" sections draw articles from. Multiple categories must be separated with {{!}}. To get all the categories of a metacategory, go to Template:Category/meta, edit it, and follow its instructions.	{{category|category=Goats {{!}} Scapegoat {{!}} RatWiki}}

Paste me

{{category|1=        <!-- If empty, defaults to "simple" category style. -->
|alt=                <!-- Sets the "main article". -->
|icon=               <!-- Sets the icon. -->
|text=               <!-- Sets the text. -->
|best=               <!-- Adds to the "best of" section. -->
|quote=              <!-- Adds a quote. -->
|author=             <!-- Adds an author for the quote. -->
|links=              <!-- Adds useful links. -->
|category=           <!-- Sets categories for important and best of sections. -->
}}

See also

• {{Category redirect}}
• {{Meta-cat}}