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((Category)) redirects here. You may be looking for ((Wikipedia category)) or ((Collapsible list)).

Shortcuts

((cl))
((CL))
((categ))
((category))
((Cat))

((Cl|category name))

((Cl|Category:category name))

((Cl|category name|link text))

((Cl|category name|link text|count=yes))

((Cl|category name|link text|count=yes|count_type=type))

((category link)) or its alias ((cl)) produces a link to a category in a similar fashion to ((Tl)) for a template. For example:

((Cl|Africa)) produces: Category:Africa

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

((Cl|Africa|this category)) produces: this category

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

((Cl|Africa|count=yes)) produces: Category:Africa ( 33 )

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

((Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=all)) produces: Category:Africa ( 33 ) (default)

((Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=pages)) produces: Category:Africa ( 5 )

((Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=subcats)) produces: Category:Africa ( 28 )

((Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=files)) produces: Category:Africa ( 0 )

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

((Cl|Africa|count=yes|backlog=20)) produces: Category:Africa ( 33 )

((C)), which produces output such as: Africa and Afrika
((Cls)), which produces output such as: Cat:Africa
((Clc)), which produces output such as: Category:Africa (33) and Category:Africa (5)
((lc)), which produces output such as: Category:Africa (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
((lcs)), which produces output such as Category:Africa(edit talk links history)
((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
((Category see also))

Template	Example output
((c))	Example
((cl))	Category:Example
((cls))	Cat:Example

Template	Example output
((cconly))	7
((clc))	Category:Example (7)
((lc))	Category:Example (edit \| talk \| history \| links \| watch \| logs)
((lcs))	Category:Example(edit talk links history)

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