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A template is a Wikipedia page created to be included in other pages. It usually contains repetitive material that may need to show up on multiple articles or pages, often with customizable input. Templates sometimes use MediaWiki parser functions, nicknamed "magic words", a simple scripting language. Template pages are found in the template ...
Templates are a very powerful feature of MediaWiki, but can be confusing to new users and even experienced users can have difficulty making sense of the more complex ones. Templates should therefore be accompanied by documentation to improve usability. Template documentation should explain what a template does and how to use it.
Infobox used on articles about television episodes or internet videos. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Italic title italic_title A "no" value will disable the automatic italicization of the series name in the parenthesis. This parameter should not be used most of the time. If the title should not be in quotation ...
Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status; Page: 1: The page to grab templates from. Page name: required: Template: 2: The template to look for in the target page. String: required: Template index: 3: Which occurrence of the template to check for parameters ...
Other parameters may be used by their position instead. In this case, use numbers "1", "2", etc. instead of names for the parameters. The template documentation on the main or sub-page may summarize which parameters can be set on a template, and what each parameter must include. Also, template data must be included in the template documentation ...
The parameters allow the templates to be tailored to the specific needs of different articles and pages. When the page is previewed or saved, the result or output of the template will be found in place of the template code. A typical page entry for a template with two parameters takes the form: {{TemplateName|Parameter1|Parameter2}}
} extracts a specified template's parameters and performs a variety of tasks to aid in its documentation or WP:TFD merge nominations. It itself takes two parameters: |1=, the output format; and |base=, the title of a template. The compare function requires a third parameter, |other=. {} must always be substituted. Its usage is demonstrated below.
This template is used on approximately 5,800 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage . Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.