Template:Information page/doc

This is the page banner template for Category:Wikipedia.

It can be placed on top of administration pages (not-articles) when appropriate (see WP:INFOPAGES for details). This usually means pages in the "Wikipedia:" and "Help:" namespaces, but sometimes also exist as user subpages.

Categorization
If a page that uses this template is in the "Wikipedia:" or "Help:" namespace, then this template adds Category:Wikipedia to the page.

If the page is in the "User:" namespace, it will be put into Category:User essays. If your page is just a draft, please use the nocat parameter to prevent categorization, until it is finished.

If it is in some other namespace, it will not be auto-categorized, and it may be in the wrong place.

Usage
This template can be used as is, like this:



But it can also take up to three shortcuts as parameters. It then displays a small shortcut box inside it. Like this:



Then it looks like this:

If you want to feed more than one or two shortcuts then the shortcut box becomes too high, which doesn't look good. In such a case it is better to use a box directly  this template, like this:

Optional parameters

 * 1 or sc1, shortcut1, shortcut, or first unnamed parameter – First shortcut. Don't include  linking brackets in this or other shortcut parameters.
 * 2 or sc2, shortcut2, or first unnamed parameter – Second shortcut
 * 3 or sc3, shortcut3, or first unnamed parameter – Third shortcut (deprecated; please use separate Template:Shortcut for three or more)
 * interprets or page or pages – Specify name of page (policy, process, etc.) that this essay provides advice about. For a single page, it is not necessary to include  linking brackets;. This will replace the wording "". If more than one page and/or any notes are intended, links must be manually coded, e.g.: Verifiability policy and the Identifying reliable sources guideline
 * sort-by – Specify a sort key for the category. For example, if the how-to page is Producing maps with xplanet and you want it category-sorted to appear under "X", use Xplanet, Producing maps with. This has no effect on the user essays category.
 * category – Specify a complete wikilink (i.e, include the   linking brackets) to one or more categories to override the default Category:Wikipedia . May include a category sort; example:   This parameter does not replace the Category:User essays categorization for pages in the "User:" namespace, but can be used to add them manually to Category:Wikipedia, in addition to the automatic user category.
 * y or y – Bypass all categorization, when the template is used for demo purposes, e.g. in template documentation, on talk pages, etc.
 * style – Pass arbitrary CSS to the Template:Ombox base template that this template uses.

TemplateData
{	"description": "", "params": { "page": {"type": "wiki-page-name","description": "Guideline or other page being interpreted",}, "shortcut1" : {"type": "wiki-page-name","description": "Shortcut to this page",}, "shortcut2" : {"type": "wiki-page-name","description": "Shortcut to this page",}, "shortcut3" : {"type": "wiki-page-name","description": "Shortcut to this page",}, "nocat" : {"type": "string","description": "Any value prevents addition of project category",} } }