Template:Commons category-inline

Media related to Commons category-inline at Wikimedia Commons

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Purpose

This template can be used to generate a link to a Commons category. It is intended for use in the "External links" section of an article.

Usage

* {{Commons category-inline|Ursus maritimus}}

yields:

• Media related to Ursus maritimus at Wikimedia Commons

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* {{Commons category-inline|Ursus maritimus|Polar bears}}

yields:

• Media related to Polar bears at Wikimedia Commons

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* {{Commons category-inline|Ursus maritimus|''Ursus maritimus''}}

yields:

• Media related to Ursus maritimus at Wikimedia Commons

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Commons category-inline

This template creates a link to a category on Commons.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Category name	1	The name of the Commons category this template will link to. If no value is provided the Wikidata property P373 or page name is used by default.	String	optional
Displayed text	2	The text that the link will display to the user. If no value is provided it will default to category name or page name, in that order.	String	optional

Tracking categories

Normal categories

• Category:Commons category link from Wikidata (0)
• Category:Commons category link is on Wikidata (0)

Maintenance categories

• Category:Commons category link is on Wikidata using P373 (0)
• Category:Commons category link is defined as the pagename (15)
• Category:Commons category link is locally defined (10)
• Category:Commons category link is the pagename (4)

See also

• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout § External links
• {{Commons}}
• {{Commons-inline}}—shows Commons gallery inline
• {{Commons category}}
• {{Commons category multi}}—to list up to six categories
• {{Commons and category}}—shows Commons gallery and category
• {{Commons and category-inline}}—shows Commons gallery and category inline
• {{Wikimedia Commons redirect}}—specialized soft redirect template for Commons
• {{Sister project links}}—to link all Wikinews, Wikisource, etc.
• {{Wikibooks-inline}}
• {{Wikinews-inline}}
• {{Wikiquote-inline}}
• {{Wikisource-inline}}
• {{Wikispecies-inline}}
• {{Wikiversity-inline}}
• {{Wiktionary-inline}}

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