These notes are generally placed on top of category pages.

For notes about the deletion and renaming of categories, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Deletion.

Additional templates for category pages can be found in Category:Category namespace templates and its subcategories.

Table of contents templates[edit]

For more table of contents templates, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Compact tables of contents.

What to type What it makes
((category TOC))
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Special types of categories[edit]

What to type What it makes
((set category))

Talk, links

((container category))

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((File category))

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((Maintenance category))
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((possibly empty category))
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((category disambiguation|SOMECAT))
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((category redirect|othercategory))
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((cat exp|text including links))
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This category is for text including links.

"See also" templates[edit]

What to type What it makes
((cat main))
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((cat more|Article))
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((birth category header|123|4))
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see e.g. Category:1234 births
((birthdecade|12|3|13th))
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see e.g. Category:1230s births
((birthsInCentury|13th|12|13|12th|14th))
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see e.g. Category:13th-century births
((bookdecade|12|3|13th))
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see e.g. Category:1350s books
((booksInCentury|13th|12|13|12th|14th))
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see e.g. Category:14th-century books
((bookyr|123|4))
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see e.g. Category:1353 books
((death category header))
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see e.g. Category:1234 deaths
((death decade|12|3|13th))
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see e.g. Category:1230s deaths
((deathsInCentury))
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see e.g. Category:13th-century deaths
((law by year|1911|20th))
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see e.g. Category:1911 in law
((playdecade))
Talk, list
see e.g. Category:2010s plays
((playsInCentury))
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see e.g. Category:21st-century plays
((playyr))
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see e.g. Category:2011 plays
((sportsyearcat))
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see e.g. Category:2011 in sports
((workdecade))
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see e.g. Category:2010s works
((worksInCentury))
Talk, list
see e.g. Category:21st-century works
((workyr))
Talk, list
see e.g. Category:2011 works

Category maintenance templates[edit]

What to type What it makes
((cleanup))
Talk, list, category
((cfdnotice|SOMECAT))
Talk, list
((category diffuse))

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((overpopulated category))
talk
((subjective category))
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((categorization of people disputed))

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((uncategorized))
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Place this at the bottom of an uncategorized article/category if you are unsure of which categories apply.