Template:List of lists/doc

This template should be placed at the foot of a list of lists article. It adds the list to Category:Lists of lists, or a subcategory, and also adds it to the category corresponding to the list of lists, which typically has the same name as the list of lists.

Default

This template can be used without any parameters to mark a page as a generic list of lists article. E.g.:

{{List of lists}}

which renders as:

or, if the page name does not start with "List", as:

The template then categorizes the page into Category:Lists of lists and Category:list name (if that category exists)

Type of list of lists

The template can be given a type of list of lists as a first parameter. For instance:

{{List of lists|book}}

will categorize the page into Category:Lists of book lists, and will render as:

Up to three types may be specified. Thus:

{{List of lists|people|military|aviation}}

will categorize the page into Category:Lists of lists of people, Category:Lists of military lists and Category:Lists of aviation lists, and will render as:

Category sorting

By default, the list will be sorted by name in Category:Lists of lists or the chosen type categories, and in any other categories you specify.

• Use the |sort= parameter to specify a sort key for the list in Category:Lists of lists or the chosen type categories.

  E.g. {{List of lists|location|sort=Ruritanian villages}}

• Use {{DEFAULTSORT}} to specify a different different sort key which will apply to all categories for the list where no sort key is specified.

  E.g. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruritanian villages}}.

• You may specify sort keys for each category in the normal way.

  e.g. [[Category:Ruritania-related topics|Villages]]

Matching category

Each list of lists should have a matching category. Thus Lists of academic journals has Category:Lists of academic journals. All entries in the list should also be in the category.

By default, this template adds the list to a category with the same name, if it exists. To override the category, use the |listcat= parameter. Thus, in Lists of Ruritanian villages

{{List of lists}} will add the list of lists to Category:Lists of Ruritanian villages (if that category exists)

{{List of lists |listcat=Ruritanian village lists}} will add the list of lists to Category:Ruritanian village lists

By default the template uses a blank sort key for the list category, placing the list at the top of the pages in the category. Use the |sort= parameter to give a different sort key. Thus:

{{List of lists |listcat=Ruritania-related lists |sort=Villages}}

Maintenance categories

If a list-of-lists with no matching category is under 500 characters long it is also placed in Category:Short lists of lists‎, and if it is over 500 characters long it is also placed in Category:Long lists of lists‎. Creating a category with the same name as the list, or adding a category using the |listcat= parameter, will remove it from these maintenance categories.

The template also populates Category:Lists of lists with listcat specified‎ and Category:Lists of lists with sort specified. These maintenance categories do not indicate a problem, but may be useful to editors undertaking maintenance activity.

The template only categorizes a page if the page is in the main (article) space. Thus, for instance, it will not categorize a talk page where the template might be shown or discussed.

TemplateData

Use this template to declare that a page is a list of lists.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
First category	1	Use this parameter to categorize the page. For a full, up-to-date listing of acceptable values, see Category:Lists of lists. Suggested values awards biology building companies education engineering entertainment environment food and beverage geography history language law literature mathematics people politics religion science sports technology transport Example technology	String	required
Second category	2	A second category to categorize the page, if needed. For a full, up-to-date listing of acceptable values, see Category:Lists of lists. Suggested values awards biology building companies education engineering entertainment environment food and beverage geography history language law literature mathematics people politics religion science sports technology transport Example law	String	optional
Third category	3	A third category to categorize the page, if needed. For a full, up-to-date listing of acceptable values, see Category:Lists of lists. Suggested values awards biology building companies education engineering entertainment environment food and beverage geography history language law literature mathematics people politics religion science sports technology transport Example biology	String	optional
Page title to link to	page-title	If you specify this parameter, then in the text "If an internal link led you here,...", the phrase "internal link" will be linked to a list of pages that link to the value you specified, rather than to the page itself. Example Lists of lists of hotels	Page name	optional
Sort key	sort	Set this value to have the page display in Category:List of lists, or the appropriate subcategory, as if it had that title. Example Shapes, lists of	String	optional
Category corresponding to this list	listcat	Use this parameter to declare the name of the category that corresponds to this list. Omit the "Category:" prefix. If you do not use this parameter, the list will be added either to Category:Short lists of lists or Category:Long lists of lists. Example Breweries	String	optional

See also

• List of lists of lists
• Wikipedia:Contents/Lists
• Wikipedia:Lists of lists
• Category:Lists of lists with no matching category