Template talk:Catphoto

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[edit] Sample

  • For detailed articles about Catphoto, select pages in category (thumbnail images are for reference)

[edit] Syntax

{{catphoto}}

[edit] Parameters

  • For detailed articles about {{PAGENAME}} select pages in category (thumbnail images are for reference)

The Category PAGENAME is inserted automatically into the message (without the "Category:" prefix)

[edit] Use

A generic template, placed into any category page that includes (categorized) images. For the tightest fit at the top of the category, arrange templates in the following order:

{{commons}}
Description
{{catmore}}{{catphoto}}
{{CategoryTOC}} 
Category tags
  • Positioned below the optional {{commons}} or {{commonscat}} tag at the top of the category page. Check to make sure there really is a page on the Commons, as links to another namespace appear active (blue).
  • Positioned below the required brief description of the category
  • If you choose to include the optional {{catmore}} or {{catmore2}} tag (for instance, when the description does not have a link to the main article):
    • Position {{catphoto}} directly after {{catmore}} to save space (by avoiding a linefeed)
  • Positioned above the optional {{CategoryTOC}}, if included
  • Positioned above the required category tags at the bottom of the edit page

[edit] Example

{{commons|Use pipe trick}}
This is the description of this category
{{catmore2|Pipe trick to get article name}}{{catphoto}} 
{{CategoryTOC}}
[[Category:Category]]

Displays the following (all the options are shown):

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

This is the description of this category

For more information, see Pipe trick to get article name.
  • For detailed articles about Catphoto, select pages in category (thumbnail images are for reference)


[edit] History

  • Created in response to a discussion on Wikipedia_talk:Categorization#Images_in_categories (March 2006) about the use of images in a category page and the possible confusion for novice users who click on the category thumbnail images - expecting to see an article, but instead getting the often minimal description documented in the Image: file.
- Dogears (talk) 16:02, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Added capability to use PAGENAME and added documentation
- Dogears (talk) 21:10, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] See also

  • {{abscat}} Template_talk:Abscat