Template:Commons category

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{{Commons category}} links to a "Category:" name in the Wikimedia Commons repository. If that category name is misspelled or missing, the link will still appear "blue" even though the link will fail. Check the existence of the category on Commons as well as the spelling of names carefully.

Usage

{{Commons category}}	–	Equivalent to {{Commons category|{{PAGENAME}}}}
{{Commons category|catname}}	–	Puts link-box connecting title catname
{{Commons category|catname|showname}}	–	Puts link-box showing the title showname
{{Commons category|catname|position=left}}	–	Floats link-box to the left side, as option to align box to left-margin
{{Commons category|nowrap=yes}}	–	Stops the text of the commons category from wrapping
{{Commons category|lcfirst=yes}}	–	Displays the first letter as lower-case

The two parameters catname and showname (1 & 2) are optional, and are intended for cases where the Commons category name is different from the page name. The first parameter is the name of the corresponding category on the Wikimedia Commons, without the "Category:" prefix. If this first parameter is used, then the template will display the Commons category name, which may be confusing to readers. This text can be overridden by the second parameter, where the Wikipedia page name would typically be used.

For example, {{Commons category|Ursus maritimus|Polar bears}} produces a link to Commons:Category:Ursus maritimus displayed as "Polar bears".

The parameter |position= accepts one value, |position=left, that moves the box to the left side, instead of the default right side. More information may be found at Template:Side box.

Location

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TemplateData

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TemplateData for Commons category

This template creates a small box containing a link to a category on Commons. If no value is provided then the page name is used.

Template 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 page name is used.	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
Position	position	When set to 'left', the template will be positioned on the left side of the page. Otherwise it will default to the right side.	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

Redirects

• {{C cat}}
• {{Category commons}}
• {{Cc}}
• {{Ccat}}
• {{Commons cat}}
• {{Commonscat}}
• {{Commonscategory}}
• {{Commonsimages cat}}
• {{Wikimedia commons cat}}

See also

• {{Commons}}
• {{Commons-inline}} – shows Commons gallery inline
• {{Commons and category}} – shows Commons box with both gallery and category
• {{Commons and category-inline}} – shows Commons gallery and category inline
• {{Commons category-inline}} – shows Commons category inline
• {{Commons category multi}} – lists up to 6 categories
• {{Sister project links}} – links to all Wikimedia sister projects (Wikinews, Wikisource, etc.)
• {{Wikimedia Commons redirect}} – specialized soft redirect template for Commons
• {{Wiki category}} – to link to a gallery hosted on Wikipedia

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