Template:Cl

[[:Category:{{{1}}}|Category:{{{1}}}]]

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{{Cl|category name}}

{{Cl|category name|link text}}

{{Cl|category name|link text|count=

yes}}

{{Cl|category name|link text|count=

yes|count_type= type}}

{{Cl|category name|link text|count=

yes|count_type= type|backlog= backlog threshold}}

{{Cl}} ("[C]ategory [l]ink") produces a link to a category in a similar fashion to {{Tl}} for a template. For example:

To specify the text used for the link, add it as a second parameter:

To add a count of everything in the category, add the |count=yes parameter:

If you just want to get a count of pages, files, or subcats, use the |count_type= parameter:

Template:Tlf produces: Category:Africa ( 7 ) (default)

If you want to make counts standout for categories that have a backlog, use |backlog=:

{{C}}, which produces output such as: Africa and Africa
{{Cls}}, which produces output such as: Template:Cls
{{lc}}, which produces output such as: Template:Lc
{{lcs}}, which produces output such as Template:Lcs
{{tl}}, which links produces a link to a template surrounded by template-style double-braces (e.g. {{Africa}}).
Category:Internal category-link templates
Category:Internal link templates

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Cl/doc. (edit | history)
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