Regcats

Template documentation

This user categories template will declare up to nine regional and national categories when placed on your user page. This template is commonly invoked by other templates as a metatemplate. The complete syntax is:

{{regcats|region=|the=|adj=|group=|member=|res=|cit=|des=|int=|pro=|nocat=|nation=|nthe=|nadj=|nres=|ncit=|ndes=|nint=}}

where:

• region= the required region name as listed in Wikipedia
• the= places a "the " before the region name in the regional resident and regional interest user categories (default=null)
• adj= the adjective form of the region name (default={{{region|}}})
• root= the root name of the regional project (default={{{region|}}})
• group= the type of regional project:
  • group=WikiProject (default)
  • group=work group
  • group=task force
  • group=other
• member= the type of regional project membership:
  • member=none
  • member=member (default)
  • member=participant
  • member=volunteer
  • member=other
• res= determines the regional residence user category:
  • res=no (default)
  • res=yes declares the user a member of [[Category:Wikipedians in {{#if:{{{the|}}}|the }}{{{region|}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
  • res=other declares the user a member of [[Category:{{{res|}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
• cit= determines the regional citizenship user category:
  • cit=no (default)
  • cit=yes declares the user a member of [[Category:{{{adj|{{{region|}}}}}} Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]
  • cit=other declares the user a member of [[Category:{{{cit|}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
• des= determines the regional ancestry user category:
  • des=no (default)
  • des=yes declares the user a member of [[Category:Wikipedians of {{{adj|{{{region|}}}}}} descent|{{PAGENAME}}]]
  • des=other declares the user a member of [[Category:{{{des|}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
• int= determines the regional interest user category:
  • int=no (default)
  • int=yes declares the user a member of [[Category:Wikipedians interested in {{#if:{{{the|}}}|the }}{{{region|}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
  • int=other declares the user a member of [[Category:{{{int|}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
• pro= determines the regional WikiProject membership category:
  • pro=no (default)
  • pro=yes declares the user a member of [[Category:WikiProject {{{region|}}} {{{member|member}}}s|{{PAGENAME}}]] or [[Category:{{{region|}}} {{{group|}}} {{{member|member}}}s|{{PAGENAME}}]]
  • pro=other declares the user a member of [[Category:{{{pro|}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
• nocat=true disables the operation of this template

The following seven parameters pertain only if the region is a subdivision of a Sovereign state:

• nation= the required nation name as listed in Wikipedia only if the region is a subdivision of a sovereign state
• nthe= places a "the " before the nation name in the national resident and national interest user categories (default=null)
• nadj= the adjective form of the nation name (default={{{nation|}}})
• nres= determines the national residence user category:
  • nres=no (default)
  • nres=yes declares the user a member of [[Category:Wikipedians in {{#if:{{{nthe|}}}|the }}{{{nation|{{{region|}}}}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
  • nres=other declares the user a member of [[Category:{{{nres|}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
• ncit= determines the national citizenship user category:
  • ncit=no (default)
  • ncit=yes declares the user a member of [[Category:{{{nadj|{{{nation|{{{region|}}}}}}}}} Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]
  • ncit=other declares the user a member of [[Category:{{{ncit|}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
• ndes= determines the national ancestry user category:
  • ndes=no (default)
  • ndes=yes declares the user a member of [[Category:Wikipedians of {{{nadj|{{{nation|{{{region|}}}}}}}}} descent|{{PAGENAME}}]]
  • ndes=other declares the user a member of [[Category:{{{ndes|}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
• nint= determines the national interest user category:
  • nint=no (default)
  • nint=yes declares the user a member of [[Category:Wikipedians interested in {{#if:{{{nthe|}}}|the }}{{{nation|{{{region|}}}}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
  • nint=other declares the user a member of [[Category:{{{nint|}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Restrictions

• This template will function only in the User namespace.
• This template may be disabled with a nocat=true parameter.

Example

Placing the following Wikitext on your user page:

{{regcats|region=Puerto Rico|adj=Puerto Rican|res=yes|cit=yes|des=yes|int=yes|pro=yes}}

will declare the user page a member of the following five user categories:

• Wikipedians in Puerto Rico
• Puerto Rican Wikipedians
• Wikipedians of Puerto Rican descent
• Wikipedians interested in Puerto Rico
• WikiProject Puerto Rico members

See also

• This template is invoked by Uir