Template:Double MetaCat

This template has been nominated for deletion since 28 August 2024. To discuss it, please visit the nomination page. Do not remove this tag until the deletion nomination is closed. Reason for the nomination: Going by this and OmegaFallons talk page, as well as my own experiences dealing with it there seems to be a lot of problems with this template. Just to name a few it leads to a bunch of overcategorization. As well as the addition of pointless and obtuse categories to category structures that are already complex enough without the template being involved. There is also no way what-so-ever to deal with that because the template makes it impossible to remove or otherwise delete the problematic categories it created and added. It doesn't help that OmegaFallon seems unable or unwilling to deal with most, if not all, of the issues it's causing. There was also no discussion about it or approval by the wider before it was implemented. Which there really should have been considering the massive number of categories it involves. Apparently the template isn't super intuitive or easy to edit either and it doesn't help that there's no documentation. So it should just be deleted. There's no reason we need a template like this one for this particular thing anyway. Nor is there a valid reason to make it impossible to edit or remove categories from thousands of subcategories just because a single user thinks their way of categorizing things is the best way to do it.

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This meta category should only contain other categories. Files should either be in the relevant subcategory or in the parent category.

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This documentation is transcluded from Template:Double MetaCat/doc.

This template properly sets up a double meta category. It includes a highlighted and translated version of the category's name, a note explaining the conventions of double meta categories, a link to the category's inverse if extant, and automatic categorization of the DMC. For more details on each of these, please see this template's subtemplates.

The template automatically sets the following categories:

• Category:Double meta categories

Usage

{{Double MetaCat |1= |2= |3= |nocat= |noncn= }}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
1	This is the X in "X by Y by Z"		empty	required
2	This is the Y in "X by Y by Z"		empty	required
3	This is the Z in "X by Y by Z"		empty	required
nocat	If any value is entered into this parameter, minimal automatic categorization is done. In certain edge cases, this template can categorize incorrectly or undesirably. This parameter should be used in those scenarios.		empty	optional
noncn	If any value is entered into this parameter, the naming convention note subtemplate will be skipped.		empty	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Category namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Placement: At the top of the page

Relies on:

• Subtemplates:
  • {{Double MetaCat/categorization}}
  • {{Double MetaCat/naming convention note}}
  • {{Double MetaCat/see also and disambiguation}}
  • {{Double MetaCat/translated category name box}}
  • {{Double MetaCat/translated category name}}
  • {{Double MetaCat/complex translate sort criterion}}
• {{MetaCat}}
• {{Mbox}}

Localization

This template is not intended to be localized.

See subtemplates.