Help:Editnotices/Namespace/Category/doc
This template provides the editnotice for the category namespace. It provides different output if the category page exists and if it does not exist.
Usage
{{Editnotices/Namespace/Category/doc |1= }}
Template parameters
| Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | empty | optional | ||
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: no namespace specified
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified
Category page does not exist
In this case the template provides links for several more detailed editintros, along with a "preload" template:
- Commons:Categories/editintro/people / Commons:Categories/preload/people
- Commons:Categories/editintro/ships / Commons:Categories/preload/ships
- Commons:Categories/editintro/institution / Commons:Categories/preload/institution
in the format:
 | To list a page in this category, do not edit this category page. Instead, edit the page you want to list, adding [[Category:Editnotices/Namespace/Category/doc]] at the bottom. You can also turn on the "HotCat" gadget (in your preferences under "tools for categories") to make adding categories easier and quicker. See Commons:Categories for details. |
Category page does exist
If the category page exists, the template displays:
| You are creating a new category description page. To pre-fill it with some basic elements, choose: People, Ships or Museums |
Hiding the message
This template is marked with the CSS id and CSS class name ".category-namespace-editnotice", so that editors can apply their own CSS customisation if they wish, in particular to hide it (see en:WP:CSSHIDE for details). To hide the message, add
- #category-namespace-editnotice { display: none !important; }
into Special:Mypage/common.css. See en:Wikipedia:Skin.