Template:Year category name
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A helper template which returns the bare name of the category on a given calendar year.
This is needed because the articles on years take three different formats ("YYY" indicates a number, e.g. "6", "29", "754", "938")
- All BC years: YYY BC
- AD years 1 to 10: AD YYY
- AD years after 10: YYY
This template allows accurate links to be generated.
Usage
{{Year category name|YYYY}}
The parameter may be:
- A bare number for AD years, e.g.
123or1937 - A negative number for BC years, e.g.
-45or-1307 - A number preceded or followed by "AD", with or without a space, e.g.
AD 17or1066AD - A number preceded or followed by "BC", with or without a space, e.g.
BC5or783 BC
Any other input will be ignored. There are no error messages.
Examples
{{Year category name}}→{{Year category name|}}→{{Year category name|5}}→ AD 5{{Year category name|15}}→ 15{{Year category name|4 AD}}→ AD 4{{Year category name|6AD}}→ AD 6{{Year category name|AD 7}}→ AD 7{{Year category name|AD8}}→ AD 8{{Year category name|17 BC}}→ 17 BC{{Year category name|BC 42}}→ 42 BC{{Year category name|BC91}}→ 91 BC{{Year category name|64BC}}→ 64 BC{{Year category name|-26}}→ 26 BC{{Year category name|-319}}→ 319 BC{{Year category name|xyz701}}→{{Year category name|1943abc}}→{{Year category name|Hello}}→{{Year category name|RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner operated by the White Star Line that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912}}→