Template:Category link

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

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{{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 ( 34 )

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 ( 34 ) (default)

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=pages}} produces: Category:Africa ( 6 )

{{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=subcats}} produces: Category:Africa ( 28 )

{{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 ( 34 )

See also

• {{C}}, which produces output such as: Africa and Afrika
• {{Cls}}, which produces output such as: Cat:Africa
• {{Clc}}, which produces output such as: Category:Africa (34) and Category:Africa (6)
• {{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
{{cls}}	Cat:Example

Template	Example output
{{cconly}}	7
{{clc}}	Category:Example (7)
{{lc}}	Category:Example (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
{{lcs}}	Category:Example(edit talk links history)

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