Template talk:R from year

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Tests of template

The below will show the pipetricks applied...

to sort to the category Redirects from year format. Asserting the parameter 'test' as TRUE, bypassed normal output, and prevents actual categorization.

• Template:R from year(edit talk links history)
• Category: Redirects from year format

Test with 'test' FALSE

• {{R from year|0}} -- {{R from year}}

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• {{R from year|2000}} -- {{R from year}}

Test with 'test' TRUE (Defined)

• {{R from year|45|test=1}} -- {{R from year}}

• {{R from year|450|test=1}} -- {{R from year}}

• {{R from year|1945|test=1}} -- {{R from year}}

• {{R from year|145|test=1}} -- {{R from year}}

• {{R from year|1|test=1}} -- {{R from year}}

• {{R from year|15|test=1}} -- {{R from year}}

• {{R from year|150|test=1}} -- {{R from year}}

• {{R from year|1500|test=1}} -- {{R from year}}

• {{R from year|1345|test=1}} -- {{R from year}}

Conclude tests all satisfactory // FrankB 16:52, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why add year category?

Why does this template add the year category? It leads to lots of confusing double listings like in Category:90 where 90 AD and 90 go to the same article. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:54, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It seems a bad idea, the template is painfully complicated for a simple, somewhat vague task. Rich Farmbrough, 19:51, 13 January 2011 (UTC).[reply]