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Creating a template

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Using a template

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• {{Name}} 'transcludes' (i.e. includes a copy of) the content of the template (stored in the page [[Template:Name]]) aaa
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• {{msgnw:Name}}aaa <nowiki> does) aaa

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• {{Template:Pagename}} includes [[Template:Pagename]]
• {{Foo:Pagename}} includes [[Foo:Pagename]]
• {{:Pagename}} includes [[Pagename]]

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• {{Foo:Bar}} includes [[Template:Foo:Bar]]

Using parameters in templates

Template with numbered parameters
''bbb.'''<br> <small>for {{{1}}}.<br> hugs, {{{2}}}</small>
bbbbb	bbbbbbb
{{aau|abbb|ace}}
with named parameters
'''A little thank you...'''<br> <small>for {{{reason}}}.<br> hugs, {{{signature}}}</small>
You type	You get
{{Thankyou |reason=all your hard work |signature=Joe}}

{{{1}}} or named {{{param}}}.  

When using the tem

Yo {{{reason|all your hard work}}} would result in "all your hard work" if no value was provided for the parameter reason.

Control template inclusion

You can control template inclusion by the use of <noinclude> and <includeonly> tags.

Anything between <noinclude> and </noinclude> will be processed and displayed only when the template's page is being viewed directly.

Possible applications are:

• Categorising templates
• Interlanguage links to similar templates in other languages
• Explanatory text about how to use the template

The converse is <includeonly>. Text between <includeonly> and </includeonly> will be processed and displayed only when the page is being included. The obvious application is to add all pages containing a given template to a category, without putting the template itself into that category.

Organizing templates

For example:

<noinclude>
==Usage==
Allows to establish a link to a subject:
{{NameOfTemplate|Term1+Term2+Term3}}
</noinclude>

• Help:External searches -- a template special use case example
• Help:Magic words -- fancy stuff you may find in some templates
• Template:Mediawiki -- embedding pages from Template:Mediawiki other than Template:.Template:Languages