Template:Commons and category

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Usage

Sometimes articles have both Commons articles (galleries) and categories about them. This template can be used to generate a right-aligned (default) message box link to a Commons gallery and a Commons category. It is intended for use in the "External links" section of an article.

Format

{{Commons and category|CommonsGalleryName|CommonsCategoryName}}

Please note that the Commons gallery (1st parameter) or the Commons category (2nd parameter) are both optional: if either is left blank, the template will search for them in Wikidata.

There are two optional parameters:

• |position= -- can specify whether the box is shifted to the left of the article
• |linktext= -- can override the text in the main link

Location

If using a large, graphical template produces odd layout problems, like the excessive white space shown on the right of this screenshot, then switch to a different sister template.

Generally:

N Do not place this template in a section all by itself without floating left.

N Do not place this template in a section containing columns without floating left.

N Do not indent this template with colon (:) or a bullet (*) markup.

Specifically:

• In articles, this template should be placed at the top of the last section on the page.
  • See Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects#Where to place links for more information and alternatives.
• In disambiguation pages, this template is usually placed at the top of the page.
• In categories, this template should be grouped with other templates at the beginning of the category introduction. This avoids unnecessary white space as any text is floated around the template boxes.

Examples

{{Commons and category|Automobile|Automobiles}}

{{Commons and category}} when placed on Car (gallery and category both in wikidata):

{{Commons and category}} when placed on Beinn an Dòthaidh (only category in wikidata):

{{Commons and category}} when placed on Samuel Baker House (only gallery in wikidata):

{{Commons and category}} when placed on Chicago Lawn, Chicago (neither gallery nor category in wikidata):

See also

• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout § External links
• {{Commons}}—shows Commons box
• {{Commons-inline}}—shows Commons gallery inline
• {{Commons category}}—shows Commons category box
• {{Commons category-inline}}—shows Commons category inline
• {{Commons category multi}}—to list up to six categories
• {{Commons and category}}—shows Commons box with both gallery and category
• {{Commons and category inline}}—shows Commons gallery and category inline
• {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}
• {{Wikimedia Commons redirect}}—specialized soft redirect template for Commons
• {{Wiki category}}—to link to a gallery hosted on Wikipedia
• mw:Manual:Pywikibot/commonscat.py

• {{Sister project links}}—to link all Wikinews, Wikisource, etc.
• {{Wikibooks}} / {{Wikibooks inline}}
• {{Wikinews}} / {{Wikinews inline}}
• {{Wikiquote}} / {{Wikiquote-inline}}
• {{Wikisource}} / {{Wikisource-inline}}
• {{Wikispecies}} / {{Wikispecies-inline}}
• {{Wikiversity}} / {{Wikiversity inline}}
• {{Wikivoyage}} / {{Wikivoyage inline}}
• {{Wiktionary}} / {{Wiktionary-inline}}

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