Template:Portal category/sandbox
 | This category (including subcategories) is meant to contain pages in Wikipedia's portal namespace. It should not be used to categorize articles or pages in other namespaces. |
 | __EXPECTUNUSEDTEMPLATE__This is the template sandbox page for Template:Portal category (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
 | This template should not be substituted. |
This template is meant to be placed at the top of pages for categories whose contents are related to portals (i.e. in Wikipedia's portal namespace). Their parent category is Category:Portals. See also Wikipedia:Avoid self-references.
Parameters (optional)
|description=a description | Adds a description of the category and/or its associated portal to the first message box. |
|nolinkinfo | Suppresses the appearance of the second message box (describing how {{portal}} may be used to present a link to a portal). |
|topic=topic | Sets the topic used to demonstrate the portal link in the second message box (if the link there is incorrect or an alternative required). |