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| − | + | {{redirect|Template:DMCA|the United States law of that name|Digital Millennium Copyright Act}} | |
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| + | === Usage === | ||
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* This template adds a category or dated category to a page. | * This template adds a category or dated category to a page. | ||
* It will add the page to an optional additional category. | * It will add the page to an optional additional category. | ||
* If the dated category is invalid it will add the page to [[:Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template]] | * If the dated category is invalid it will add the page to [[:Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template]] | ||
| − | == Syntax == | + | === Syntax === |
| − | * Parameter 1: Default category name (without <code>Category</code>) | + | |
| + | * Parameter 1: Default category name (without <code>Category</code>) - the category if there is no date, but also the stem of the category name when there is a date.. | ||
* Parameter 2: Preposition (from, since, in, as of). | * Parameter 2: Preposition (from, since, in, as of). | ||
* Parameter 3: Date (month year, e.g. {{#time:F Y}}. Usually the "date" parameter of the calling template <code><nowiki>{{{date|}}}</nowiki></code>. | * Parameter 3: Date (month year, e.g. {{#time:F Y}}. Usually the "date" parameter of the calling template <code><nowiki>{{{date|}}}</nowiki></code>. | ||
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* Parameter 5: Alternative default category, used when parameter 1 is right for forming the dated category, but the undated items need to go somewhere else. | * Parameter 5: Alternative default category, used when parameter 1 is right for forming the dated category, but the undated items need to go somewhere else. | ||
| − | == Technical == | + | === Technical === |
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| − | + | The parameter ''onlyarticles'' is used for template design, restricting the function of this template to article namespace (as in {{tl|DMCA}} ). | |
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| − | + | === Example === | |
* <code><nowiki>{{DMCA|Articles to be split|from|{{{date|}}}|All articles to be split}}</nowiki></code> will categorise all ''articles'' in [[:Category:Articles to be split from {{#time:F Y|-1 month}}]], if the date is set {{#time:F Y|-1 month}} e.g. If such a category does not exist, or the date was set incorrectly, this template will ''also'' add the article to [[:Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template]]. In either case the article will be added to [[:Category:All articles to be split]]. | * <code><nowiki>{{DMCA|Articles to be split|from|{{{date|}}}|All articles to be split}}</nowiki></code> will categorise all ''articles'' in [[:Category:Articles to be split from {{#time:F Y|-1 month}}]], if the date is set {{#time:F Y|-1 month}} e.g. If such a category does not exist, or the date was set incorrectly, this template will ''also'' add the article to [[:Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template]]. In either case the article will be added to [[:Category:All articles to be split]]. | ||
| − | * <code><nowiki>{{DMCA|Dutch mathematicians}}</nowiki></code> is the straight category [[:Category:Dutch mathematicians]]. | + | * <code><nowiki>{{DMCA|||Dutch mathematicians}}</nowiki></code> is the straight category [[:Category:Dutch mathematicians]]. |
| − | + | === Note === | |
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An incorrect date is any date which is not of the form {{#time:F Y}}, e.g. <code>{{#time:F d, Y}}</code>, or <code>june</code> instead of <code>June</code>, or other spelling mistakes. | An incorrect date is any date which is not of the form {{#time:F Y}}, e.g. <code>{{#time:F d, Y}}</code>, or <code>june</code> instead of <code>June</code>, or other spelling mistakes. | ||
| − | == | + | === Related templates === |
| − | + | {{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|Dated maintenance category|* {{Tl|DMCA}}|{{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|DMCA|* {{Tl|DMC}}|* {{Tl|DMCA}}<br />{{Tl|DMC}}}}}} | |
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[[Category:Time and date maintenance templates]] | [[Category:Time and date maintenance templates]] | ||
[[Category:Namespace manipulation templates]] | [[Category:Namespace manipulation templates]] | ||
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