Template:Cat plug

Categories will eat any spaces above them, and if the next bit of text is a link, any spaces after them. This template plugs the categories up, to stop them from eating the spaces around them. Just place it before the first category, or after the last category.

All it does it output a, however using a template makes the practice self-documenting, rather than seeming like a mistake.

Examples
That's some nice spaces you have there
 * Normal space eating behavior

...would be a shame if something were to

happen to them. That's some nice spaces you have there

...would be a shame if something were to

happen to them.

That's some nice spaces you have there
 * Plugged up categories prevented from eating

...would be a shame if something were to

happen to them. That's some nice spaces you have there

...would be a shame if something were to

happen to them.

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