Template:Suppress categories/doc

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This template strips categories from wikitext. For example, if passed the code "foo[[Category:Some category]]", it will return only "foo". It can be used to strip categories from templates as well; if passed the code "{{my template}}", it will return the template output minus the categories.

The template properly handles categories escaped with the colon trick, categories whose names include invalid characters such as ">", and categories that are surrounded with nowiki tags. However, it does not support complex wikitext such as nested links or magic words like __TOC__. Even so, it should still remove the vast majority of categories from any given wikitext.

Examples: {

Usage

{{Suppress categories |- ! Code ! Output= |-= |{{suppress categories|foo}}= |foo= |-= |{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Some category]]}}= |foo= |-= |{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Some category]]bar[[Category:Another category]]}}= |foobar= |-= |{{suppress categories|foo{{{some_parameter|[[Category:Bar]]}}}}}= |foo= |-= |{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Bad ca[]tegory link]]}}= |foo[[Category:Bad ca[]tegory link]]= |-= |{{suppress categories|foo[[:Category:Colon trick]]}}= |fooCategory:Colon trick= |-= |{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Piped link|bar]]}}= |foo= |-= |{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Piped link|ba[]r]]}}= |foo= |-= |{{suppress categories|foo[[non-category link]]}}= |foonon-category link= |-= |{{suppress categories|foo[[ Category : Some category with spaces ]]}}= |foo= |-= |{{suppress categories|{{User alternative account name|Example}}}}= |Template:User alternative account name= |-= |}= }}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
- ! Code ! Output	The input text.		empty	required
-			empty	optional
{{suppress categories|foo}}			empty	optional
foo			empty	optional
-			empty	optional
{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Some category]]}}			empty	optional
foo			empty	optional
-			empty	optional
{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Some category]]bar[[Category:Another category]]}}			empty	optional
foobar			empty	optional
-			empty	optional
{{suppress categories|foo{{{some_parameter|[[Category:Bar]]}}}}}			empty	optional
foo			empty	optional
-			empty	optional
{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Bad ca[]tegory link]]}}			empty	optional
foo[[Category:Bad ca[]tegory link]]			empty	optional
-			empty	optional
{{suppress categories|foo[[:Category:Colon trick]]}}			empty	optional
fooCategory:Colon trick			empty	optional
-			empty	optional
{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Piped link|bar]]}}			empty	optional
foo			empty	optional
-			empty	optional
{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Piped link|ba[]r]]}}			empty	optional
foo			empty	optional
-			empty	optional
{{suppress categories|foo[[non-category link]]}}			empty	optional
foonon-category link			empty	optional
-			empty	optional
{{suppress categories|foo[[ Category : Some category with spaces ]]}}			empty	optional
foo			empty	optional
-			empty	optional
{{suppress categories|{{User alternative account name|Example}}}}			empty	optional
Template:User alternative account name			empty	optional
-			empty	optional
}			empty	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users