Template:Tracking category

This is a Tracking category: A tracking category is one intended to build and maintain a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself, allowing one to check that, but is not inherently useful within a categorization scheme. Such categories are used to track syntaxes that may be deprecated in the future, maintain a list of pages that may need to be mass-edited later, or aggregate the members of several sub-categories by other classifications into one larger list, et cetera. Some maintain lists which need periodically checked for errors of untimely (belated) de-listing, such as and other XfD tracking administrative categories.


 * Parameters 'ALTTEXT', 'CATS', et. al.:
 * 1. This template (originally) includes the head-end (includeonly) part of Category:Tracking categories with a more normal application name, and takes a parameter 'ALTTEXT' which is inserted after that templates simple message for purpose and such. It places both in an attractive blue box. (above)


 * 2. It also auto-categorizes to and any categories specified by the parameter 'CATS=', which data need be full wiki-links with pipe-tricks.


 * 3. Parameter 'inhibit', when defined to anything, suppresses auto-categorization of the page to the Category:Tracking categories. This is for self use on that category, and for cases when there are sub-categories under a common sub-category of Tracking categories. An 'inhibit' example: Categories for discussion has the sub-categories 'for merging', 'for renaming', and 'for deletion', all as sub-cats. So 'Inhibit' is used in those so they cat as sub-categories of 'for discussion', not of 'Tracking Categories' which already contains 'for discussion'.