Template:C

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{{c |category name}}

{{c |category name |link text}}

Usage

Use {{c}} to create a namespace-free link to a category, e.g. Philosophy rather than Category:Philosophy, Cat:Philosophy:

{{c|Philosophy}} produces: Philosophy

{{c|Category:philosophy}} produces: Philosophy

To specify the text used for the link – e.g. "Philosophy category" in place of "Philosophy" – add it as the next parameter:

{{c|Philosophy|Philosophy category}} produces: Philosophy category

{{c|Category:philosophy|Philosophy category}} produces: Philosophy category

Template data

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for C

Creates links to categories without the namespace prefix.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Category name	1	The name of the category to link to, with or without the Category: prefix	String	required
Link text	2	Text of the actual link, if you want to override it	String	optional

See also

• {{cl}}, which produces the second type of link shown in the Usage section (Category:Philosophy, i.e. including the namespace prefix).
• {{cls}}, which produces the third type shown in the Usage section (Cat:Philosophy, i.e. including an abbreviated namespace prefix).
• {{lcs}}, which produces output such as: Category:Philosophy(edit talk links history)
• {{icon}} for standard Wikipedia icons.

Template Example output {{c}} Example {{cl}} Category:Example {{cls}} Cat:Example

Template Example output {{cconly}} Template:Cconly {{clc}} Category:Example (0) {{lc}} Category:Example (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) {{lcs}} Category:Example(edit talk links history)