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| This is a documentation subpage for Template:Portal category. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
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:
This category (including subcategories) is meant to contain pages in Wikipedia's portal namespace. It should not be used to categorize articles or pages in other namespaces. - 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:
This would be a description.This category (including subcategories) is meant to contain pages in Wikipedia's portal namespace. It should not be used to categorize articles or pages in other namespaces. - Include
|linkinfoto 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:
This would be a description.This category (including subcategories) is meant to contain pages in Wikipedia's portal namespace. It should not be used to categorize articles or pages in other namespaces. - Use
|linkinfo=topicto 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:
This category (including subcategories) is meant to contain pages in Wikipedia's portal namespace. It should not be used to categorize articles or pages in other namespaces.
See also
Other category-header templates