Template:Category link

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{{Category }} redirects here. You may be looking for {{Wikipedia category }} or {{Collapsible list }}.

Shortcuts

{{Cl|category name}}

{{Cl|Category:category name}}

{{Cl|category name|link text}}

{{Cl|category name|link text|count=yes}}

{{Cl|category name|link text|count=yes|count_type=type}}

{{Cl|category name|link text|count=yes|count_type=type|backlog=backlog threshold}}

{{category link }} or its alias {{cl }} produces a link to a category in a similar fashion to {{Tl }} for a template. For example:

{{Cl|Africa}} produces: Category:Africa

To specify the text used for the link, add it as a second parameter:

{{Cl|Africa|this category}} produces: this category

To add a count of everything in the category, add the |count=yes parameter:

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes}} produces: Category:Africa ( 27 )

If you just want to get a count of pages, files, or subcats, use the |count_type= parameter:

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=all}} produces: Category:Africa ( 27 ) (default)

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=pages}} produces: Category:Africa ( 4 )

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=subcats}} produces: Category:Africa ( 23 )

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=files}} produces: Category:Africa ( 0 )

If you want to make counts standout for categories that have a backlog, use |backlog=:

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|backlog=20}} produces: Category:Africa ( 27 )

{{C }}, which produces output such as: Africa and Afrika
{{Clc }}, which produces output such as: Category:Africa (27) and Category:Africa (4)
{{lc }}, which produces output such as: Category:Africa (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
{{lcs }}, which produces output such as Category:Africa (edit talk links history)
{{tl }}, which links produces a link to a template surrounded by template-style double-braces (e.g. {{Africa }}).
Category:Internal category-link templates
Category:Internal link templates
{{Category see also }}

Template Example output

{{c }} Example

{{cl }} Category:Example

{{cconly }} 9

Template Example output

{{clc }} Category:Example (9)

{{lc }} Category:Example (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

{{lcs }} Category:Example (edit talk links history)

This template creates a link to a category and optionally displays the page count. If the page count exceeds a backlog threshold, it will be highlighted.

Template parameters[Edit template data ]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Category name	`1`	The name of the category to link to. Example ExampleCategory	String	required
Display text	`2`	The text to display for the link. If not provided, the category name is used. Example Custom Display Text	String	optional
Show count	`count`	Specifies whether to display the number of pages in the category. Default false Example true	Boolean	optional
Backlog threshold	`backlog`	The threshold for the page count. If the count exceeds this value, it will be highlighted. Example 10	Number	optional
Count type	`count_type`	Specifies the type of count to display (e.g., pages, files, or subcategories). Suggested values `all` `pages` `subcats` `files` Default all Example pages	String	optional

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