Cèṭa'an:Dated maintenance category (files, articles, categories, and templates)

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Template:DMC redirects to Template:Dated maintenance category.

Usage

• This template adds a category or dated category to a page.
• It will add the page to an optional additional category.
• If the dated category is invalid it will add the page to Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template

Examples

• {{DMCFACT|Wikipedia articles that are too technical|from|{{{date|}}}}} will categorise all files, articles, categories and templates in Category:Wikipedia articles that are too technical from Ḍèsèmber 2025, if the date is set Ḍèsèmber 2025 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 pages in Category:Wikipedia articles that are too technical from Ḍèsèmber 2025, if the date is set Ḍèsèmber 2025 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 articles in Category:Articles to be split from Ḍèsèmber 2025, if the date is set Ḍèsèmber 2025 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.

Note

An incorrect date is any date which is not of the form Jânuwari 2026, e.g. Jânuwari 13, 2026, or june instead of June, or other spelling mistakes.

Etymology

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".

TemplateData

Ariya dokumenna TemplateData ka'angghuy template nèka èghuna'aghi bi' VisualEditor tor alat laènna; see a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles.

TemplateData untuk Dated maintenance category (files, articles, categories, and templates)

Tidak ada keterangan.

Parameter templat[Kelola data templat]

Parameter		Keterangan	Jenis	Status
Default category name	1	The category (without "Category:") if there is no date, but also the stem of the category name when there is a date	Kata	wajib diisi
Preposition	2	tidak ada keterangan Nilai yang disarankan from since in as of	Kata	wajib diisi
Date	3	Date (month year, e.g. June 2024). Usually the "date" parameter of the calling template Nilai yang disarankan {{{date|}}}	Isi	disarankan
Category	4	Category all the articles go in, dated or not (if there is one)	Kata	opsional
Alternative default category	5	Used when parameter 1 is right for forming the dated category, but the undated items need to go somewhere else	Kata	opsional
onlyarticles	onlyarticles	({{Dated maintenance category}} only) Used for template design, restricting the function of this template to article namespace (as in {{DMCA}}). Nilai yang disarankan no yes Bawaan no	Kata	opsional

Related templates

• {{DMCA}}
  {{Dated maintenance category}}

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