Template:Commonscatinline/doc

Purpose

This template can be used to generate a link to a Commons category. It is intended for use in the "External links" section of an article.

Usage

* {{Commons category-inline|Ursus maritimus}}

yields:

• Media related to Ursus maritimus at Wikimedia Commons

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* {{Commons category-inline|Ursus maritimus|Polar bears}}

yields:

• Media related to Polar bears at Wikimedia Commons

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* {{Commons category-inline|Ursus maritimus|''Ursus maritimus''}}

yields:

• Media related to Ursus maritimus at Wikimedia Commons

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for the template used by the new VisualEditor.

Commonscatinline

<TemplateData> {

       "description": "This template creates a link to a category on Commons.",
       "params": {
               "1": {
                       "label": "Category name",
                       "description": "The name of the Commons category this template will link to. If no value is provided the Wikidata sitelinks are used by default.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "required": false
               },

"2": {

                       "label": "Displayed text",
                       "description": "The text that the link will display to the user. If no value is provided it will default to category name or page name, in that order.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "required": false
               },

"nowrap": { "label": "nowrap", "description": "Stops the text of the commons category from wrapping", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lcfirst": { "label": "lcfirst", "description": "Displays the first letter as lower-case", "type": "string", "required": false }

       }

} </TemplateData>

Tracking categories

Normal categories

• Category:Commons category link from Wikidata (0)
• Category:Commons category link is on Wikidata (2)

Maintenance categories

• Category:Commons category link is defined as the pagename (14,455)
• Category:Commons category link is locally defined (6,610)
• Category:Commons category link is the pagename (10,612)

See also

• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout § External links
• {{Commons}}
• {{Commons-inline}}—shows Commons gallery inline
• {{Commons category}}
• {{Commons category multi}}—to list up to six categories
• {{Commons and category}}—shows Commons gallery and category
• {{Commons and category-inline}}—shows Commons gallery and category inline
• {{Wikimedia Commons redirect}}—specialized soft redirect template for Commons
• {{Sister project links}}—to link all Wikinews, Wikisource, etc.
• {{Wikibooks-inline}}
• {{Wikinews-inline}}
• {{Wikiquote-inline}}
• {{Wikisource-inline}}
• {{Wikispecies-inline}}
• {{Wikiversity-inline}}
• {{Wiktionary-inline}}