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

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

yields:

Media related to Polar bears at Wikimedia Commons

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

yields:

Media related to Ursus maritimus at Wikimedia Commons

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Commons category-inline in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Commons category-inline

This template creates a link to a category on Commons.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of 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 sitelinks are 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
nowrap	`nowrap`	Stops the text of the commons category from wrapping	String	optional
lcfirst	`lcfirst`	Displays the first letter as lower-case	String	optional
italic	`italic`	Force display text to be italic	String	optional
notrack	`notrack`	Turn off tracking categories	String	optional