Template:Template category/doc

Template category should be placed at the top of categories that contain template pages and their related subcategories. This template populates Category:Wikipedia template categories.

Full syntax


Parameters
The template may be used without any parameters, i.e. as.

The following, however, may be used to make the template more informative:

type

 * Setting type to one of the following values adds a preset note as to which type of template the category (but not necessarily its subcategories) is meant to contain. The values are:
 * ambox · campaignbox · conversion · external link · formatting · function · message · meta · navbox · navigation · sidebar · stub · sub · timeline · userbox
 * If type is set to something other than one of these values, the default "The pages listed in this category are templates" note appears unmodified.


 * Further examples of type's output appear in the examples below.

topic

 * Use topic to add a default description ending "...relating to topic", where topic is usually a wikilink to the main article associated with the category (e.g. United States for the Category:United States templates).

description

 * Use description if a customised description is needed instead of – or, if topic also used, to follow – the default description above.



onright

 * Use onright (or rhs) to place right-aligned boxes beside the template such as Portal (to provide link/s to related portal/s), Commons category (to provide a link to the same or a similarly-named Commons category), etc. If more than one box is included, ensure the widest one appears first (see example below) otherwise overlapping may occur.

container

 * Set container as true, yes, etc. to identify the category as a container category, i.e. a category meant to contain only subcategories. A note requesting that no templates are added to the template category is then included.


 * An alternative to using container is to place Container category after the Template category template:

help

 * Use help to replace the instructions on adding a template to the category (second paragraph of the "Further template category notes" section):


 * To omit the default instructions, set help to false, no, etc.: