Template:Parent monthly clean-up category/sandbox
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Usage edit
Add {{Parent monthly clean-up category}} to the top of maintenance categories that have monthly dated subcategories.
Parameters:
- 1= Name of template used to place pages in this category
- 2= Sortkey for this category in its parent categories
- 3,4= optional other templates that also place pages in this category
- backlog= if set, marks the page with
{{backlog}} - container= adds container category notice
- tracking= adds tracking category notice
- polluted= sets polluted category status
The template sets the Category:Wikipedia maintenance categories sorted by month.