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The language inside templates is the same language as regular wiki markup, but template writers tend to use the more complex available functions such as #if: statements. See Wikipedia's Help:Template and Wikimedia's mw:Help:Template , including all of "advanced functioning" help pages listed toward the bottom of that page .
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The following lists ways of hunting or finding templates of Wikipedia markup-language (or markup macros) [1] by searching for related words. Also note that the word "template" has another connotation, mainly used by Wikipedia system admins, as a verb to refer to issuing a canned message to users, based on putting templates on user talk-pages.
(For example, the script with the code <code>Semap</code> has the name <code>"flag semaphore"</code>, which should remain lowercase when used as part of the category name [[:Category:Translingual letters in flag semaphore]] but should be capitalized in [[:Category:Flag semaphore templates]].)
For example, a template may only output certain text when in the main namespace, or it may output different things when it is used on a base page and when it is used on a subpage. For these kinds of tests, you can use the "Preview page with this template" feature that you can see underneath the edit window on template pages.
The remainder of the page source is enclosed between <noinclude> tags, so it shows up when you display the template page itself but not when you display a page that calls the template. To transclude Template:TM onto another page (i.e., to use it on another page), type {} into the source of that page (the target page) and click Show preview.
Most templates allow authors to override the default text in this way, some require text put after the template call and some also need a vertical bar in between: {{table cell template}} text or {{table cell template}} | text. This information, the colors and default texts are found in the table below.
Wikipedia:Citation templates for templates used to format article references and citations; Wikipedia:Requested templates, to request creation of a template. Category:Wikipedia templates; Special:ExpandTemplates, expands all templates recursively; Use this form to search in the Template: or Template_talk: namespaces. See Help:Searching for more ...