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Template:Year category name/doc

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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

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{{Year category name|YYYY}}

The parameter may be:

  • A bare number for AD years, e.g. 123 or 1937
  • A negative number for BC years, e.g. -45 or -1307
  • A number preceded or followed by "AD", with or without a space, e.g. AD 17 or 1066AD
  • A number preceded or followed by "BC", with or without a space, e.g. BC5 or 783 BC

Any other input will be ignored. There are no error messages.

Examples

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  • {{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}}

See also

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