Template:Dated maintenance category count/doc

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Due to a server limit of 500 "expensive parser function" calls (e.g. #ifexist:, PAGESIZE:, and PAGESINCATEGORY:), this template will only work properly if the page using it has not already exceeded the limit. When the limit is exceeded, the page using this template or module is categorised in Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls. (further information)

Usage

{{Dated maintenance category count|Dated maintenance category}}

Returns the total number of members of [[Category:Dated maintenance category]] plus the total number of members of each of the dated monthly categories going back 5 years.

Dated maintenance category is a parent category whose sub-categories have names in the form [[Category:Dated maintenance category from Month YEAR]].

Example

As of November 2024, {{dated maintenance category count|BLP articles lacking sources}} returns 42051

Used by

Template:Backlog status
Template:Raw backlog status believed to be unused as of September 2020

Dependencies and limitations

Makes 60 calls to Template:dated maintenance category count line
{{dated maintenance category count line|Dated maintenance category|number of months ago}}

resulting in 61 calls to the expensive parser function {{PAGESINCATEGORY:}}.

Wikipedia limits pages to 500 expensive parser function calls.

See also

Template:Backlog count