Wikipedia maintenance categories are often used to categorise different types of pages depending on their sort key. This template gives a way to index entries starting with different letters.

{{category anchor
 |category=
 |letter=
 |description=
}}

Parameters:

  • category (optional): specifies the category; defaults to the current page
  • letter: the letter (or any character actually)
  • description (optional): description of items listed under this letter
*{{category anchor
 |category    = Pending AfC submissions
 |letter      = H
 |description = Held submissions, which have been looked at but need further attention
}}

produces:

  • H: Held submissions, which have been looked at but need further attention