Template:Categorise

This is a main category requiring frequent diffusion and maybe maintenance. As many pictures and media files as possible should be moved into appropriate subcategories.

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Use this tag for categories which require long term or permanent diffusion. For main categories requiring temporary control use {{CatDiffuse}}, for metacategories ("by country", "by name" etc.) use {{MetaCat}} or its more specialized variants.

The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:Categories requiring permanent diffusion

Usage

{{Categorise}}

Or use the shorthand

{{Subcategorise}}, {{Subcategorize}}, {{Categorize}}, more

Use this just for tagging main categories requiring permanent control. For categories to get sorted once use {{CatDiffuse}}, for metacategories ("by country", "by name" etc.) use {{MetaCat}} or its more specialized variants. Tagged categories are automatically inserted into Category:Categories requiring permanent diffusion.

The template takes no parameters.

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

Relies on:
{{Dir}}

See also

• {{MetaCat}}
• {{CatDiffuse}} – temporary tag when a category needs files sorted into subcategories because it's overcrowded.
• {{Template category}}
• Commons:Categories requiring diffusion - tabular listing

Localization

This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:Categorise/layout.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:Categorise/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang from en (or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.