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Using a template is similar to calling a function in programming. When called, it returns a value. For a template, calling is known as a template call and the return value is known as the expansion of the template, which is treated as part of the calling page's source. Like functions, some templates can take parameters that affect their output.
We will be writing a user script by modifying your common.js. For the purpose of this tutorial, we will write a simple version of the Quick wikify module, which adds the {{Wikify}} maintenance template to the top of an article when you click a link called "Wikify" in the "More" menu.
Copy a template section into a test-page edit-window, for debug. Copy a template section to the top of the template, for debug. Restructure a template so that each section is more separated. The basic strategy: isolate the code section to be debugged. Next, the testing, of each section of code, is crucial. There are some age-old adages to heed:
This template is for easy installation of JavaScript code — use {{subst:js|page_with_code.js}} in your skin.js (see Wikipedia:Skin for details). The above link should work for your current skin. These are the JavaScript file names left for reference:
Templates on Wikipedia can be used for a variety of purposes. Some common uses for templates include infoboxes to summarize the information presented in an article, while others are information messages.
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This module is for a very particular set of circumstances: when a substituted template needs to dynamically generate the wikimarkup for a template call, forwarding all numbered parameters. It also allows for the option of designating a prefix for a series of named parameters which will be converted to numbered ones.
wikipedia->getpagecontribcount Log you into wikipedia wikipediaapi->login wikipedia->login Wikibot->login Get tokens wikipediaapi->gettokens wikipedia->getedittoken Return recent changes for a wiki wikipediaapi->recentchanges Return search results from wikipedia's internal search engine wikipediaapi->search Retrieve entries from the wikilog