Template:Autocat

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Template for categories that are autofilled by a template

The template automatically sets the following categories:

Uses of Autocat template

Usage

Template parameters

Parameter text is empty

TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Discussion
There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion.

Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information

Template for categories that are autofilled by a template

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
template name	`1` `template`	name of the template that must be used for categorisation	Template	required
value	`2` `value`	value the first parameter (or the specified parameter below) must have for categorisation	String	optional
comment box	`comment`	additional comment are still displayed in an separate issue message box (but it's now preferable to use the "Mbox" template separately)	String	deprecated
missing parameter	`missing`	parameter that must be missing (or empty) for categorisation	String	optional
file namespace	`ns`	file NameSpace meaning: NOT EMPTY (default) – the specified template to fill a category is placed on pages of >> NON-FILE namespace << (articles, galleries, discussion or documentation pages, etc.) set to EMPTY – the specified template to fill a category is placed only on FILE description pages Default 1	String	optional
set parameter	`param`	name of the parameter that must be set for categorisation Default 1	String	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Category namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified

Relies on:

Localization

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please edit the template and add a row to the "{{LangSwitch|}}" construct. It takes the form "|xx= Your translation " (xx being the code of your language)

This template employs some extremely complicated or esoteric features of template syntax. Please do not attempt to alter it unless you are certain that you understand the setup and are prepared to repair/revert any consequent collateral damage if the results are unexpected. Any experiments should be conducted in a sandbox or your userspace.