Parameter #1 – main switch

input	result
{{Template category}}	This category is used for categorizing templates. It should not contain media files or pages outside the template namespace! Category:Main message boxes
{{Template category |main}}	This is a main category used for categorizing templates. It should only contain subcategories and not templates themselves. Category:Main message boxes
{{Template category |tracking}}	This is a tracking category, a category intended to build and maintain a list of templates primarily for the sake of the list itself. Rather than being created for navigation, these categories are used to track templates for various reasons such as to maintain a list of templates that may need to be edited en masse later (e.g. to update deprecated syntaxes), to be used by bots, or to aggregate the members of several subcategories into a larger list. Category:Main message boxes
{{Template category |translated}}	This category is for translations of templates that should never be used directly, but rather their master template should. To place templates in this category add {{translated tag|{{{type}}}}}. All categorization is done through the {{Translated tag}}. Category:Main message boxes

Parameter #2 "shortcut"

input	result
{{Template category |shortcut=CAT:CAT}}	This category is used for categorizing templates. It should not contain media files or pages outside the template namespace! Shortcut Category:CAT Category:Main message boxes

Parameter "description"

The description SHOULD state which template(s) populate the template category.

input	result
{{Template category |description=This category is populated by {{tl|example template}}.}}	This category is used for categorizing templates. It should not contain media files or pages outside the template namespace! This category is populated by {{Example template}}. Category:Main message boxes

Parameter "category" – for manually categorization

• {{Template category|tracking|category=}} disables the categorization into Template tracking categories.
• {{Template category|translated|category=}} disables the categorization determined by the otherwise REQUIRED type parameter:

input	result
{{Template category |category=Wikitext}}	This category is used for categorizing templates. It should not contain media files or pages outside the template namespace! Category:Main message boxes

Parameter "type" – for auto-categorization of different translated templates

All are auto-categorizated into Category:Translated templates with the value of parameter type as sortkey. Secondly they are categorizated into the following category: