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Creates a category of the form "YYY0s television series debuts" or "YYY0s television series endings", where YYY0s is a 4-digit decade (e.g. "1930s") The template detects whether it is being used on a "debuts" or "endings" category, and adjusts its output to suit.
e.g.
It is not for use on other types of categories, e.g.
- Category:2020s television series
- Category:2003 Lebanese television series debuts
- Category:1981 Venezuelan television series endings
Usage
edit{{Decade television series debuts or endings category}}
No parameters needed
Errors
editIf the template is used on an invalid page, an error message is generated and the page is categorised in:
Errors include:
- The page is not in the category namespace
- The page's title does not take the form "YYY0s television series debuts" or "YYY0s television series endings"