Template:Geography parent category/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Geography parent category. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template formats an information box at the head of a geographical parent category, a category where all or most of the articles are held in sub-categories. It holds information such as notes on the content, Wikimedia Commons category, main article and "see also" links, and may link to a map from OpenStreetMap showing the coordinates of child pages. For a diffused parent category, it may provide a link to a canned PetScan query that gives a consolidated list of pages in the child categories. For a non-diffused category, it may provide links to PetScan queries on articles in child categories but not in the parent and articles in the parent but not in any child category. The PetScan links and the map should be useful in maintenance.

This template may replace {{All included}} for non-diffused geographical categories, and may also replace {{Cat main}}, {{See also}}, {{Category see also}} and {{GeoGroup}}, presenting the same information in a less cluttered and more consistent format.