Template:Empty category

Administrators: Please do not delete this category even if it is empty! This category may be empty occasionally or even most of the time.

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This documentation is transcluded from Template:Empty category/doc.

Introduction for occasionally empty maintenance/tracking categories.

Usage

{{Empty category |1= }}

Or use the shorthand

{{EmptyCatGood}}

Template parameters

 Parameter text is empty

<templatedata>JSON</templatedata> ./. {{TemplateBox}}

TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

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Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Discussion
There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion.

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Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information

Introduction for occasionally empty maintenance/tracking categories.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
text	1	Description, e.g. “Populated by {{tl|intricate template}}.”	Content	suggested
hide	hide	Set to “true” to hide the banner, e.g., category is not empty	Line	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

Example

{{Empty category|Populated by {{tl|intricate template}}.}}

renders as:

Administrators: Please do not delete this category even if it is empty! This category may be empty occasionally or even most of the time. Populated by {{Intricate template}}.

Localization

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