Usage
Examples
Note
An incorrect date is any date which is not of the form November 2025, e.g.November 23, 2025, orjune instead ofJune, or other spelling mistakes.
Etymology
DMCA stands for "dated maintenance category – articles". Similar templates exist for certain other namespaces or combinations. DMCA is a metatemplate with highly circumscribed use, and not intended to be "editor facing".
TemplateData
Template parameters[Edit template data]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status |
|---|
| Default category name | 1 | The category (without "Category:") if there is no date, but also the stem of the category name when there is a date
| String | required |
|---|
| Preposition | 2 | no description - Suggested values
fromsinceinas of
| String | required |
|---|
| Date | 3 | Date (month year, e.g. June 2024). Usually the "date" parameter of the calling template - Suggested values
{{{date|}}}
| Content | suggested |
|---|
| Category | 4 | Category all the articles go in, dated or not (if there is one)
| String | optional |
|---|
| Alternative default category | 5 | Used when parameter 1 is right for forming the dated category, but the undated items need to go somewhere else
| String | optional |
|---|
| onlyarticles | onlyarticles | ({{Dated maintenance category}} only) Used for template design, restricting the function of this template to article namespace (as in {{DMCA}}). - Suggested values
noyes- Default
- no
| String | optional |
|---|
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