Template:Administrative category

This is an administrative category: it is used to keep Wikifunctions running smoothly.

Template documentation

This template indicates that a category is administrative and not directly based on its content.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
may be empty	`empty`	If the value is “yes”, it’s normal for the category to be empty, it should not be deleted even then. Default no Example yes	Line	optional
tracking category key	`tracking`	Message key (shown on Special:TrackingCategory) for a standard Mediawiki tracking category. If this is set to a non-empty value, the 'empty' parameter is ignored. Default no Example hidden-category-category	Line	optional

Example

```
{{Administrative category|empty=yes}}
```
renders as:

This is an administrative category: it is used to keep Wikifunctions running smoothly.

Administrators: Please do not delete this category even though it is empty!
This category may be empty occasionally or even most of the time.

{{Administrative category|tracking=hidden-category-category}}

renders as:

This is an administrative category: it is used to keep Wikifunctions running smoothly.
Pages may be automatically added to this hidden tracking category by the MediaWiki software (or by one of its installed and activated extensions) for the following reason:
The category contains __HIDDENCAT__ in its page content, which prevents it from showing up in the category links box on pages by default.

Administrators: Please do not delete this category even though it is empty!
This category may be empty occasionally or even most of the time.