# வார்ப்புரு:Navseasoncats/doc



## About
is intended to be a minimal-input, near-universal template for navigating *most* sequential categories.  

**'''Recognized category types'''**

| Decade | கிமு |  |
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| Ordinal (Decade) | கிமு |  |
| Decade | கிமு |  |
| Year | – |  |
| Ordinal (Year) | கிமு |  |
| Ordinal (நூற்றாண்டு) | கிமு |  |
| Ordinal (temporal) | கிமு |  |
| Ordinal (temporal) | கிமு |  |
| Ordinal (numeric) | – | } |

### Searching behavior
Most multi-year seasons/office terms/numerical ranges are acceptable, as long as the season duration/term length/range size is <= 10, *and* the gap between seasons is <= 6. For series exceeding either of these criteria, see/use .  

The length of each season is automatically determined from the originating category name, up to and including 10 years. MOS:DATERANGE compliance is preferred, but some deviation is allowed and tracked for regular series with seasons > 1 year long. s are followed, and tracked for either MOS contravention (to be corrected) or for navigational aid (no error). The gap size between successive seasons is *also* automatically determined, up to and including 5 years, and defaults to 0 (e.g. → ).  

Automatically condensed years are supported for *presidential* categories only (but can be easily expanded as needed), for gaps up to and including 5 years, and defaults to 1. To skip gaps of up to 25 years in any *year* categories, use .  

### Limitations
;Numerical limitations & AD/BC/E  
- Season/office term categories do not work for *any* years BC, which will be hidden, because no working examples were found.
- Decade categories recognize BC, but not BCE, because no working examples were found.
- Ordinal & numeral words do not work above the ninety-ninth & ninety-nine, because no working examples were found.
;Condensation  
- Automatically condensed *Olympics* display is not supported due to peculiarities; use , etc., instead.
- Automatically condensed *years* *are* supported for *presidential* categories only, due to their consistency; use as desired elsewhere.
;Work-arounds  
- **Base-name changes:** create at least 2 logically numbered (1 forward & 1 backward), to join both related series.
- **Unaccounted-for name+number conventions:** where a fixed number is part of the prefix text, e.g. *Chapter 11 bankruptcies*, a non-breaking space may force the template to work. See this fix, where skipped over *11* as part of a word rather than a discrete number. (This has been accounted for and is no longer required in this example.)
- **General:** for large, permanent gaps<sup>†</sup> between successive categories, use , , , as needed, in addition to on both sides, or in the middle, of the gap. Even if is isolated, it has the benefit of confirming the absence of nearby categories to the reader or maintainer.
<sup>†</sup>*Permanent gaps*, where there is confirmed to be an absence of data, and not just a current, yet to be filled, gap on Wikipedia.  

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## Usage
;Typical usage  
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;Specify a minimum and/or maximum year to display  
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;To skip gaps in year categories  
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;To *not* automatically follow s  
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;Exceptional cases  
- &mdash; to behave as if placed on ; consider using instead of

## Testing & debugging
To test the output of the template on a particular category name, use the parameter, and if necessary:  
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To see all links produced and/or tested, and what effect each has on their display, use :  
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1. :Category:Nations at the 2006 World Athletics Championships (<span>2006</span>) (<span>2006</span>)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2007 World Athletics Championships (<span>2007</span>) (<span>2007</span>)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2008 World Athletics Championships (<span>2008</span>)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2008–2009 World Athletics Championships (<span>2008–2009</span>) (tried; not displayed)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2008–09 World Athletics Championships (<span>2008–09</span>) (tried; not displayed)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2009 World Athletics Championships → :Category:Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics (2009)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2011 World Athletics Championships → :Category:Nations at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics (2011)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2015 World Athletics Championships → :Category:Nations at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics (2015)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2017 World Athletics Championships → :Category:Nations at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics (2017)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2019 World Athletics Championships (2019)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2020 World Athletics Championships (<span>2020</span>)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2020–2021 World Athletics Championships (<span>2020–2021</span>) (tried; not displayed)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2020–21 World Athletics Championships (<span>2020–21</span>) (tried; not displayed)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2021 World Athletics Championships (<span>2021</span>)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2021–2022 World Athletics Championships (<span>2021–2022</span>) (tried; not displayed)
1. :Category:Nations at the 2021–22 World Athletics Championships (<span>2021–22</span>) (tried; not displayed)
- All possible element types are shown above (blue, red/grey, hidden, and redirect), and would otherwise display as:

## Tracking categories
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If the template encounters an issue, it displays an error message and/or places the category into one or more of the following tracking categories:  

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