Template:Prospective category

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This category was created for future use and is expected to receive files eventually.

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This documentation is transcluded from Template:Prospective category/doc.

Introduction for empty categories that are to be expected to receive files in the future. Primarily intended to be used for Wiki Loves contests.

Usage

{{Prospective category}} →

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{{Prospective category|Created as part of the foo project.}} →

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This category was created for future use and is expected to receive files eventually. Created as part of the foo project.

{{Prospective category|Created for use in [[COM:WLE]]|Protected areas}} →

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This category was created for future use and is expected to receive files eventually. Created for use in COM:WLE

and categorises into Category:Prospective categories/Protected areas.

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
`1`	text	additional information about the category	empty	optional
`2`	text	name of the subpage of Category:Prospective categories	empty	optional

Template data

Parameter text is empty

TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Discussion
There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion.

Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information

Introduction for empty categories that are to be expected to receive files in the future. Primarily intended to be used for [[Commons:Wiki Loves contests|Wiki Loves contests]].