Template:YYYY beginnings or endings category header/core
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Creates a category of the form "YYYY beginnings" or "YYYY endings", where YYYY is a 2-, 3- or 4-digit year.
e.g.
The template detects whether the page is a "beginnings" or "endings" category, and configures the output accordingly.
Usage
{{YYYY beginnings or endings category header}}
No parameters needed.
Errors
If this template is used on an invalid page, then an error message is displayed, and the page is categorised in a tracking category:
- Category:Errors reported by other category header templates (population: 3 pages)
Note that this tracking page is shared with other category header templates)
Errors include:
- The page is not in the category namespace
- The page's title does not take the form "YYYY beginnings" or "YYYY endings"