Template:Bad name

This category has an incorrect name. A correctly named duplicate category exists at: [[:{{{1}}}]] This category qualifies for speedy deletion. Please make sure this template is on the category that should be deleted – inversions are frequent. Please use {{bad name|correctly named category}} and make sure the correctly named category appears above. For administrators: Follow the directions on Commons:Deletion policy Add to : {{move cat|Bad name|Example|reason=incorrectly named duplicate}}

Documentation

This documentation is transcluded from Template:Bad name/doc.

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The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:Other speedy deletions

Usage

{{Bad name |1= }}

You can also simply use the name of the correct category as parameter. See the example below.

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
1	Correct name	Name of the correct category	empty	required

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Category namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified

Placement: At the top of the page

Example

{{Bad name|correctly named category}}

renders as:

This category has an incorrect name. A correctly named duplicate category exists at: ''correctly named category'' This category qualifies for speedy deletion. Please make sure this template is on the category that should be deleted – inversions are frequent. Please use {{bad name|correctly named category}} and make sure the correctly named category appears above. For administrators: Follow the directions on Commons:Deletion policy Add to : {{move cat|Bad name|correctly named category|reason=incorrectly named duplicate}}

See also

• Categories
  • Commons:Categories for discussion.
  • COM:REDCAT mentions alternatives for {{bad name|new name}}.
  • {{Move}} for uncontroversial moves

• Files
  • {{rename|new_name|reason}}
  • {{duplicate|the file name this file is a duplicate of}}

• Other pages
  • If the page is move protected: {{Edit request}}
  • If the page is a duplicate {{Speedydelete|this page is a dupe of ...}}

Localization

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This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:Bad name/layout.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:Bad name/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang from en (or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.