Wikipedia:Template messages/Category namespace

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These notes are generally placed on top of category pages.

For notes about the deletion and renaming of categories, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Deletion.

Additional templates for category pages can be found in Category:Category namespace templates and its subcategories.

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This category may inappropriately label persons. See Wikipedia:categorization of people for advice on how to apply categorization to articles relating to people.
This template should only be used on category pages.
{{birthdecade|12|3|13th}}
Talk		 see e.g. Category:1230s births
{{BirthsInCentury|13th|12|13|12th|14th}}
Talk		 see e.g. Category:13th century births
{{birthyr|123|4}}
Talk		 see e.g. Category:1234 births
{{bookdecade|12|3|13th}}
Talk		 see e.g. Category:1350s books
{{BooksInCentury|13th|12|13|12th|14th}}
Talk		 see e.g. Category:13th century books
{{bookyr|123|4}}
Talk		 see e.g. Category:1999 books
{{Law by year|1911|20th}}
Talk		 see e.g. Category:1911 in law
{{CategorisationDisputedPeople}}

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The inclusion of certain people in this category is disputed.
Please see the relevant discussions on the talk pages of those individual articles.
Consider rewording the inclusion criteria of this category if they are unclear.
See also the guidelines at Wikipedia:Categorization of people.
This template should only be used on category pages.
{{category redirect|othercategory}}
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This category is located at othercategory.
Note: This category page should be empty. All entries should be recategorized under othercategory.
See instructions for more information.
This template should only be used on category pages.
{{categoryTOC}}
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{{catmore}}
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The main article for this category is Template messages/Category namespace.
{{catmore1|[[Article]]}}
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For more information, see Article.
{{catmore2|Article}}
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For more information, see Article.
{{deathdecade|12|3|13th}}
Talk		 see e.g. Category:1230s deaths
{{DeathsInCentury}}
Talk		 see e.g. Category:13th century deaths
{{deathyr}}
Talk		 see e.g. Category:1234 deaths
{{sportsyearcat}}
Talk		 see e.g. Category:2005 in sports
{{verylarge}}
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This category is very large. Pages should be re-categorized into suitable subcategories where appropriate.
This template should only be used on category pages.
{{CatDiffuse}}

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Articles in this category should be moved to subcategories when appropriate.
This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. It should list very few, if any, article pages directly and should mainly contain subcategories.
This template should only be used on category pages.
{{cfd-article|SOMECAT}}
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Category:SOMECAT, which is related to this article, has been nominated for deletion or renaming at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion. You are encouraged to join the discussion.
{{cleancat}}
Talk, list, category
This category is in need of attention.
See talk page for a characterisation of the experienced problems. When there is consensus that the problems mentioned on the talk page have been resolved, this notice can be removed.
This template should only be used on category pages.
{{playdecade}}
Talk, list		 see e.g. Category:2000s plays
{{PlaysInCentury}}
Talk, list		 see e.g. Category:21st century plays
{{playyr}}
Talk, list		 see e.g. Category:2001 plays
{{popcat}}
Talk, list, category
This category contains few articles/categories. It has been requested that this category be populated.
Please help categorize articles/categories on related topics and add [[Category:Template messages/Category namespace]] to any articles/categories that belong here. After more articles/categories have been categorized here, please remove this message.
This template should only be used on category pages.
{{uncategorized}}
category links talk edit
This page is uncategorized.
Please categorize this page to list it with similar project pages.

Place this at the bottom of an uncategorized article/category if you are unsure of which categories apply.
{{workdecade}}
Talk, list		 see e.g. Category:2000s works
{{WorksInCentury}}
Talk, list		 see e.g. Category:21st century works
{{workyr}}
Talk, list		 see e.g. Category:2001 works
{{ subst:category header }}
links talk view		 To add a template to this category, use the following code: 
<noinclude>
[[Category:Template messages/Category namespace|{{PAGENAME}}]]
</noinclude>
{{wikipedia category}}
Talk, list		 see e.g. Category:Wikipedia administration
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