Editing Help/Templates (section)

== Ways to invoke a template == <!--T:262-->

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Templates can be used in other pages in these ways:

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* <code><nowiki></nowiki></code> – As described above, this text (commonly referred to as a "template call") will be ''dynamically'' replaced by the content of the page titled Template:Name (a process called "transclusion") every time the page with the template call is '''loaded''' (i.e., viewed by a reader of the wiki).</translate> <translate><!--T:234--> Because the template call remains in the pages's source, any subsequent change to Template:Name will be seen on the page containing the template call.</translate> <translate><!--T:235--> Also, the page will be listed among those that "link to" the template.</translate>
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* <code><nowiki></nowiki></code> – When this type of template call is used, it will be replaced by a ''static copy'' of the content of Template:Name as of the time the page containing the template call is '''saved'''.</translate> <translate><!--T:236--> That is, a copy of the contents of Template:Name will be ''substituted'' for the template call.</translate> <translate><!--T:237--> No link is maintained between the page and the template, so each can be edited further without affecting the other.</translate> <translate><!--T:238--> In effect, there is little difference between substituting the content in this way and simply typing it into the page's source "manually".</translate> <translate><!--T:263--> See <tvar name=1></tvar> for more information.</translate>
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* </nowiki></code></tvar>|Name}} – This was introduced to allow for recursive substitution in cases where templates contain calls to other templates or parser functions.</translate> <translate><!--T:239--> See <tvar name=1></tvar> for more information.</translate>
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* </nowiki></code></tvar>|Name}} – This displays the template content as raw wiki syntax (the way <tvar name=1></tvar> does) when the page containing it is viewed.</translate> <translate><!--T:264--> For example, <tvar name="1"><code><nowiki></nowiki></code></tvar> displays:</translate>

|Template:Thankyou/|Template:Thankyou}}}}

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In fact, an ordinary wiki page can also be used as a template, simply by specifying the namespace it resides in, so:
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* <translate><!--T:20--> <code><nowiki></nowiki></code> transcludes the page titled Template:Pagename (equivalent to <code><nowiki></nowiki></code>)</translate>
* <translate><!--T:21--> <code><nowiki></nowiki></code> transcludes the page titled Talk:Pagename</translate>
* <translate><!--T:22--> <code><nowiki></nowiki></code> transcludes the page titled Pagename (i.e., in the main namespace)</translate>
** <translate><!--T:23--> <code><nowiki></nowiki></code> substitutes the contents of the page titled Pagename</translate>

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If the specified namespace doesn't exist, the full title is assumed to be a template:

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* <tvar name=1><code><nowiki></nowiki></code></tvar> transcludes <tvar name=2>Template:Foo:Bar</tvar>
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<translate><!--T:265--> Regardless of what syntax is used, the name of the template can be relative to the current page</translate>
/$2</code></tvar> is called on page <tvar name="2">$1</tvar>, it will transclude the page <tvar name="3">$1/$2</tvar>.</translate>
|1=<translate><!--T:267--> foo</translate>
|2=<translate><!--T:268--> bar</translate>
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<translate><!--T:269--> It can also be generated dynamically. </translate>
$1 }}</code></tvar> calls <tvar name="2">Template:$1</tvar> and interprets the result as the name of another template to call.</translate>
|1=<translate><!--T:271--> foo</translate>
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