Template:Commons category-inline/doc

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Purpose[edit source]

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[edit source]

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

yields:

Media related to Ursus maritimus at Wikimedia Commons

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

yields:

Media related to Polar bears at Wikimedia Commons

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

yields:

Media related to Ursus maritimus at Wikimedia Commons

TemplateData[edit source]

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Commons category-inline in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Commons category-inline

This template creates a link to a category on Commons.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Category name	`1`	The name of the Commons category this template will link to. If no value is provided the Wikidata sitelinks are used by default.	String	optional
Displayed text	`2`	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.	String	optional
nowrap	`nowrap`	Stops the text of the commons category from wrapping	String	optional
lcfirst	`lcfirst`	Displays the first letter as lower-case	String	optional
italic	`italic`	Force display text to be italic	String	optional
notrack	`notrack`	Turn off tracking categories	String	optional

Tracking categories[edit source]

Normal categories[edit source]

Maintenance categories[edit source]

See also[edit source]

Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout § External links
{{Commons}}—shows Commons box
{{Commons-inline}}—shows Commons gallery inline
{{Commons category}}—shows Commons category box
{{Commons category-inline}}—shows Commons category inline
{{Commons category multi}}—to list up to six categories
{{Commons and category}}—shows Commons box with both gallery and category
{{Commons and category inline}}—shows Commons gallery and category inline
{{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}
{{Wikimedia Commons redirect}}—specialized soft redirect template for Commons
{{Wiki category}}—to link to a gallery hosted on Wikipedia
mw:Manual:Pywikibot/commonscat.py

{{Sister project links}}—to link all Wikinews, Wikisource, etc.
{{Wikibooks}} / {{Wikibooks inline}}
{{Wikinews}} / {{Wikinews inline}}
{{Wikiquote}} / {{Wikiquote-inline}}
{{Wikisource}} / {{Wikisource-inline}}
{{Wikispecies}} / {{Wikispecies-inline}}
{{Wikiversity}} / {{Wikiversity inline}}
{{Wikivoyage}} / {{Wikivoyage inline}}
{{Wiktionary}} / {{Wiktionary-inline}}