Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)
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Usage[edit]
- 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
Examples[edit]
{{DMCFACT|Wikipedia articles that are too technical|from|{{{date|}}}}}will categorise all files, articles, categories and templates in Category:Wikipedia articles that are too technical from September 2025, if the date is set September 2025 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|Wikipedia articles that are too technical|from|{{{date|}}}}}will categorise all articles and article talk pages in Category:Wikipedia articles that are too technical from September 2025, if the date is set September 2025 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 categorise all articles in Category:Articles to be split from September 2025, if the date is set September 2025 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|Dutch mathematicians}}is the straight category Category:Dutch mathematicians.
{{TDMCA|type="Tolkien"|Articles to be split|from|{{{date|}}}|All articles to be split}}will categorise as in the above example but also in Category:Tolkien 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[edit]
An incorrect date is any date which is not of the form October 2025, e.g. October 09, 2025, or june instead of June, or other spelling mistakes.
Etymology[edit]
DMCA stands for "dated maintenance category – articles". Similar templates exist for certain other namespaces or combinations. DMCA is a metatemplate with highly circumscribed use, and not intended to be "editor facing".
TemplateData[edit]
TemplateData for Dated maintenance category (articles)
No description.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default category name | 1 | The category (without "Category:") if there is no date, but also the stem of the category name when there is a date | String | required |
| Preposition | 2 | no description
| String | required |
| Date | 3 | Date (month year, e.g. June 2024). Usually the "date" parameter of the calling template
| Content | suggested |
| Category | 4 | Category all the articles go in, dated or not (if there is one) | String | optional |
| Alternative default category | 5 | Used when parameter 1 is right for forming the dated category, but the undated items need to go somewhere else | String | optional |
| onlyarticles | onlyarticles | ({{Dated maintenance category}} only) Used for template design, restricting the function of this template to article namespace (as in {{DMCA}}).
| String | optional |