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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 ...
{{List missing criteria}} for stand-alone lists {}, to indicate lists that should be converted to prose {{Expand list}} – for use where a list is too short/incomplete {{List to table}} – for use where a table would be better than a list {{Create list}} – for when a list is needed instead of prose
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Currently, left-to-right scripts are unmarked, while most right-to-left scripts have direction specified as {{code|lua|"rtl"}} and Mongolian as {{code|lua|"down"}}.]==] function Script: getDirection return self. _rawData. direction end function Script: getRawData return self. _rawData end--[==[Returns {{code|lua|true}} if the script contains ...
A simple trick allows to protect the "|" in template parameter values while still arriving as real "|" delimiter in the Wiki table, see the magic word {{!}}. Note that "!" (exclamation mark) has no problems with templates, it's the other delimiter used in Wiki tables. Here's the code for plan B: {|
Template documentation This example template shows how to use {{ #invoke:params | call_for_each_group }} in order to create a list of authors in the same way as {{ Cite book }} does. Usage
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.
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