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Category
) – the category if there is no date, but also the stem of the category name when there is a date..{{{date|}}}
.The parameter onlyarticles ({{Dated maintenance category}} only) is used for template design, restricting the function of this template to article namespace (as in {{DMCA}} ).
{{DMCFACT|Wikipedia articles that are too technical|from|{{{date|}}}}}
will categorise all files, articles, categories and templatesinCategory:Wikipedia articles that are too technical from May 2024, if the date is set May 2024 e.g. If such a category does not exist, or the date was set incorrectly, this template will also add the article to Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template.{{DMCAT|Wikipedia articles that are too technical|from|{{{date|}}}}}
will categorise all articles and article talk pagesinCategory:Wikipedia articles that are too technical from May 2024, if the date is set May 2024 e.g. If such a category does not exist, or the date was set incorrectly, this template will also add the article to Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template.{{DMCA|Articles to be split|from|{{{date|}}}|All articles to be split}}
will categorise all articlesinCategory:Articles to be split from May 2024, if the date is set May 2024 e.g. If such a category does not exist, or the date was set incorrectly, this template will also add the article to Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template. In either case the article will be added to Category:All articles to be split.{{DMCA|Dutch mathematicians}}
is the straight category Category:Dutch mathematicians.{{TDMCA|type="Tolkien"|Articles to be split|from|{{{date|}}}|All articles to be split}}
will categorise as in the above example but also in Category:Tolkien articles to be split if it exists. If it doesn't the page will be added to the hidden Category:Articles with tags with unsupported types.
An incorrect date is any date which is not of the form June 2024, e.g. June 02, 2024
, or june
instead of June
, or other spelling mistakes.
DMCA stands for "dated maintenance category – articles". Similar templates exist for certain other namespaces or combinations. DMCA is a metatemplate with highly circumscribed use, and not intended to be "editor facing".