Template:Category U.S. State elections by decade
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This template is used as a category header for election by decade categories for state elections in the United States.
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Usage
Just use: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 346: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').</syntaxhighlight>Both the place and the year are derived automatically, from the category name.
To override place and year, use |place=(place) and |decade=(decade).
Automatic categorization
The template automatically adds the transcluding page to the following categories:
- [[Category:DECADE elections in the United States by state]], with a sort key of PLACE
- [[Category:PLACE elections by decade]], with a sort key of YEAR
- In the case of Washington, D.C., this category is: Category:Elections in Washington, D.C., by decade
- [[Category:DECADE in PLACE]], with a sort key of "Elections"
To suppress categorization, use |nocategories=y.
Tracking categories
- Category:Template Category U.S. State elections by decade with place parameter (0)
- Category:Template Category U.S. State elections by decade with place parameter not matching title place (0)
- Category:Template Category U.S. State elections by decade with decade parameter (0)
- Category:Template Category U.S. State elections by decade with decade parameter not matching title year (0)