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== Usage ==
 
== Usage ==
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{{Unbulleted list |item_style=padding-bottom:1.5em;
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| <code><nowiki>{{Portal category}}</nowiki></code> produces:
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{{Portal category}}
  
{{code|{{braces|Portal category}}}}{{thinsp}} produces the blue-backgrounded message box above and the first two sentences within it.
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| Use {{para|description}}&nbsp; to add a description of the category and/or its associated portal to the message box.<br/>For instance, <code><nowiki>{{Portal category |description=This would be a description.}}</nowiki></code> produces:
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{{Portal category |description=This would be a description.}}
  
===Parameters (optional)===
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  | Include {{para||linkinfo}}&nbsp; to add a second message box describing how {{tl|portal}} may be used to present a link to a portal in an article.<br/>For example, <code><nowiki>{{Portal category |linkinfo |description=This would be a description.}}</nowiki></code> produces:
{{Aligned table |style=line-height:1.35em; |col1style=line-height:1.3em;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:1.0em;
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{{Portal category |linkinfo |description=This would be a description.}}
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| Adds ''description'' (a description of the category and/or its associated portal) to the (first) message box.
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  | Use {{para|linkinfo|''topic''}}&nbsp; to specify the ''topic'' used to demonstrate portal linking in the second message box (if it is otherwise incorrect or an alternative is required).<br/>For instance, <code><nowiki>{{Portal category |linkinfo=Topic}}</nowiki></code> produces:
| {{para||linkinfo}}
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{{Portal category |linkinfo=Topic}}
| Adds the second message box (describing how {{tl|portal}} may be used to present a link to a portal in an article).
 
  | {{para|linkinfo|''topic''}}
 
| Sets the portal ''topic'' used to demonstrate the portal link in the second message box (if the link there is incorrect or an alternative required).
 
 
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Revision as of 23:05, 9 July 2014

This template is meant to be placed at the top of pages for categories whose contents are related to portals (i.e. in Wikipedia's portal namespace). Their parent category is Category:Portals. See also Wikipedia:Avoid self-references.

Usage

  • {{Portal category}} produces:
  • Use |description=  to add a description of the category and/or its associated portal to the message box.
    For instance, {{Portal category |description=This would be a description.}} produces:
  • Include |linkinfo  to add a second message box describing how {{portal}} may be used to present a link to a portal in an article.
    For example, {{Portal category |linkinfo |description=This would be a description.}} produces:
  • Use |linkinfo=topic  to specify the topic used to demonstrate portal linking in the second message box (if it is otherwise incorrect or an alternative is required).
    For instance, {{Portal category |linkinfo=Topic}} produces:

See also

Other category-header templates