Template:Suppress categories

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This template strips categories from wikitext. For example, if passed the code "foo[[Category:Some category]]", it will return only "foo". It can be used to strip categories from templates as well; if passed the code "{{my template}}", it will return the template output minus the categories.

The template properly handles categories escaped with the colon trick, categories whose names include invalid characters such as ">", and categories that are surrounded with nowiki tags. However, it does not support complex wikitext such as nested links or magic words like __TOC__. Even so, it should still remove the vast majority of categories from any given wikitext.

Usage

{{suppress categories|input text}}

This template implements a version of the functionality provided by the HTML <pre> tag.

Usage
This template supports two parameters

|width= The width of the pre "box" 

|space= The way white space is handled in the pre "box"

Markup	Renders as
{{Pre| This Pre-format can look like this. }}

Main differences include:

• It wraps text that overflows the page.
• It allows mid-line-breaks (but not always consistently).

Main limitations include:

• If the text is a single long word, it won't be wrapped and will still break out to the right hand of the page.
• HTML and wikimarkup aren't disabled as in <pre>...</pre> and are rendered as usual (thus if a parameter contains any wikimarkup, enclose it in <nowiki>...</nowiki>); however, multiple spaces are preserved.

As with <pre> and <code>, {{pre}} displays text in the font specified as the monospace font in the user's browser options, or specified in the user's CSS pages.

Example

Markup

{{Pre|
'''First line, markup working:''' and HTML comment <!--HIDDEN--> hidden.

'''Second line, long text wrapping:''' all work and no play make jack a dull boy all work and no play make jack a dull boy all work and no play make jack a dull boy all work and no play make jack a dull boy all work and no play make jack a dull boy.

'''Third line with raw | pipe is handled''', but the space before the pipe is lost. Up to raw 20 pipes are handled, else use <nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki> and {{!}} it's {{!}} OK.

'''Fourth      line,     multiple spaces preserved''' unlike in HTML and wikitext.
'''Fifth line, following the previous one'''.


'''Last line''' preceded by two blank lines in markup and in display.
}}

Result

See also

• {{pre2}}, a template with similar functionality but induces optional line wrap and optional scroll bars.
• <syntaxhighlight>
• <pre>

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Examples

Code	Output
{{suppress categories|foo}}	foo
{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Some category]]}}	foo
{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Some category]]bar[[Category:Another category]]}}	foobar
{{suppress categories|foo{{{some_parameter|[[Category:Bar]]}}}}}	foo
{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Bad ca[]tegory link]]}}	foo[[Category:Bad ca[]tegory link]]
{{suppress categories|foo[[:Category:Colon trick]]}}	fooCategory:Colon trick
{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Piped link|bar]]}}	foo
{{suppress categories|foo[[Category:Piped link|ba[]r]]}}	foo
{{suppress categories|foo[[non-category link]]}}	foonon-category link
{{suppress categories|foo[[ Category : Some category with spaces ]]}}	foo
{{suppress categories|{{User alternative account name|Example}}}}	This user has an alternative account named Example.

See also

• Wikipedia:Category suppression