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{{Cl|category name}}{{Cl|Category:category name}}{{Cl|category name|link text}}{{Cl|category name|link text|count=yes}}{{Cl|category name|link text|count=yes|count_type=type}}{{Cl|category name|link text|count=yes|count_type=type|backlog=backlog threshold}}
{{category link}} or its alias {{cl}} produces a link to a category in a similar fashion to {{Tl}} for a template. For example:
- {{Cl|Africa}} produces: Category:Africa
To specify the text used for the link, add it as a second parameter:
- {{Cl|Africa|this category}} produces: this category
To add a count of everything in the category, add the |count=yes parameter:
- {{Cl|Africa|count=yes}} produces: Category:Africa ( 33 )
If you just want to get a count of pages, files, or subcats, use the |count_type= parameter:
- {{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=all}} produces: Category:Africa ( 33 ) (default)
- {{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=pages}} produces: Category:Africa ( 5 )
- {{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=subcats}} produces: Category:Africa ( 28 )
- {{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=files}} produces: Category:Africa ( 0 )
If you want to make counts standout for categories that have a backlog, use |backlog=:
- {{Cl|Africa|count=yes|backlog=20}} produces: Category:Africa ( 33 )
See also
- {{C}}, which produces output such as: Africa and Afrika
- {{Cls}}, which produces output such as: Cat:Africa
- {{Clc}}, which produces output such as: Category:Africa (33) and Category:Africa (5)
- {{lc}}, which produces output such as: Category:Africa (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- {{lcs}}, which produces output such as (edit talk links history)
- {{tl}}, which links produces a link to a template surrounded by template-style double-braces (e.g. {{Africa}}).
- Category:Internal category-link templates
- Category:Internal link templates
- {{Category see also}}
| Template | Example output |
| {{c}} | Example |
| {{cl}} | Category:Example |
| {{cls}} | Cat:Example |
| Template | Example output |
| {{cconly}} | 7 |
| {{clc}} | Category:Example (7) |
| {{lc}} | Category:Example (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) |
| {{lcs}} | (edit talk links history) |