WikiQueer:Template messages/Category namespace

These notes are generally placed on top of category pages.

For notes about the deletion and renaming of categories, see WikiQueer:Template messages/Deletion.

Additional templates for category pages can be found in Category:Category namespace templates and its subcategories.

For table of contents templates, see WikiQueer:Template messages/Compact tables of contents.

What to type	What it makes
{{birth category header|123|4}} Talk	see e.g. Category:1234 births
{{birthdecade|12|3|13th}} Talk	see e.g. Category:1230s births
{{birthsInCentury|13th|12|13|12th|14th}} Talk	see e.g. Category:13th-century births
{{bookdecade|12|3|13th}} Talk	see e.g. Category:1350s books
{{booksInCentury|13th|12|13|12th|14th}} Talk	see e.g. Category:14th-century books
{{bookyr|123|4}} Talk	see e.g. Category:1353 books
{{cat exp|text including links}} Talk	This category is for text including links.
{{cat main}} Talk	The main article for this category is Template messages/Category namespace.
{{cat more|Article}} Talk	For more information, see Article.
{{categorization of people disputed}} Talk	The inclusion of certain people in this category is disputed. Please see the relevant discussions on the talk pages of those individual articles. Consider rewording the inclusion criteria of this category if they are unclear. See also the guidelines at WikiQueer:Categorization of people. (May 2013) See also: WikiQueer:Categorization of people WikiQueer Talk:Categorization of people
{{category diffuse}} Talk, links	Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories when appropriate. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. It should list very few, if any, article pages directly and should mainly contain appropriately categorized subcategories.
{{category disambiguation|SOMECAT}} Talk, list	This category is not in use because it has an ambiguous title. For {{{1}}}, see [[:Category:{{{2}}}]]. For {{{3}}}, see [[:Category:{{{4}}}]]. Note: This category page should be empty. All entries should be recategorized under one of the above categories or an appropriate sub-category.
{{category redirect|othercategory}} Talk	This category is located at Category:othercategory. Note: This category should be empty. See instructions for more information. This template should only be used on category pages.
{{category TOC}} Talk
{{cfdnotice|SOMECAT}} Talk, list	The related Category:SOMECAT has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page.
{{cleanup}} Talk, list, category
{{death category header}} Talk	see e.g. Category:1234 deaths
{{death decade|12|3|13th}} Talk	see e.g. Category:1230s deaths
{{deathsInCentury}} Talk	see e.g. Category:13th-century deaths
{{empty category}} Talk, list	Administrators: Please do not delete this category even if it is empty! This category may be empty occasionally or even most of the time.
{{law by year|1911|20th}} Talk	see e.g. Category:1911 in law
{{playdecade}} Talk, list	see e.g. Category:2010s plays
{{playsInCentury}} Talk, list	see e.g. Category:21st-century plays
{{playyr}} Talk, list	see e.g. Category:2011 plays
{{sportsyearcat}} Talk	see e.g. Category:2011 in sports
{{subjective category}} Talk	This category may inappropriately label persons. See WikiQueer:categorization of people for advice on how to apply categorization to articles relating to people. See also the policy at WQ:BLPCAT regarding categorization by religion or sexual orientation. Unlike others, this note is placed at the bottom of the category page See also: WikiQueer:Categorization of people WikiQueer Talk:Categorization of people
{{uncategorized}} Talk, list, category	Place this at the bottom of an uncategorized article/category if you are unsure of which categories apply.
{{underpopulated category}} Talk, list, category	This category contains few articles/categories. It has been requested that this category be populated. Please help categorize articles/categories on related topics and add [[Category:Template messages/Category namespace]] to any articles/categories that belong here. After more articles/categories have been categorized here, please remove this message. This template should only be used on category pages.
{{very large}} talk	This category is very large. It is suggested that the contents of the category be subcategorized.
{{WikiQueer category}} Talk, list	This is an administration category. It is used for administration of WikiQueer and is not part of the encyclopedia and resource hub. It contains pages that are not articles, or it groups articles by status rather than content. Do not include this category in content categories.
{{workdecade}} Talk, list	see e.g. Category:2010s works
{{worksInCentury}} Talk, list	see e.g. Category:21st-century works
{{workyr}} Talk, list	see e.g. Category:2011 works