Template:PAGESINCATEGORY/sandbox
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 | This is the template sandbox page for Template:PAGESINCATEGORY (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
 | Please use {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Category}}, rather than {{PAGESINCATEGORY|Category}}. This uses the magic word directly instead of using the template to call the magic word. |
Usage
[edit]{{PAGESINCATEGORY|Featured articles}}gives 6,620{{PAGESINCATEGORY|Featured articles|R}}gives 6620 (no commas)
{{PAGESINCATEGORY|Wikipedia files requiring renaming|all}}gives 4 — all pages{{PAGESINCATEGORY|Wikipedia files requiring renaming|pages}}gives 0 — ordinary pages (excluding subcategories and files){{PAGESINCATEGORY|Wikipedia files requiring renaming|subcats}}gives 4 — subcategories{{PAGESINCATEGORY|Wikipedia files requiring renaming|files}}gives 0 — files
This behaviour is the same as (and uses) the WP:Magic word "PAGESINCATEGORY". The only exception is that if no parameter is used, the current pagename is used as the parameter.