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Revision as of 13:36, 3 October 2009
Template:Template Overview is designed for use on template pages to display the general template information and the required template text for copying, pasting, and using in pages.
Template
{{Template Explanation
|usedon=
|purpose=
|othernotes=
|template=
}}
Parameters
[[Category:{{{category}}} Templates|Template Overview]]
usedon
- Usage: Mandatory
- Description: The usedon parameter takes a string or strings denoting the type or types of pages this template is designed for use on. This is used to generate the middle of the template description's introductory sentence.
- Valid Value(s): Any string or strings.
purpose
- Usage: Mandatory
- Description: The purpose parameter takes a string or strings denoting what the template was designed to do or display. This is used to generate the end of the template description's introductory sentence.
- Valid Value(s): Any string or strings.
othernotes
- Usage: Optional
- Description: The othernotes parameter takes a string or strings denoting any further relevant information about the usage or functionality of the template. This is used to generate a sentence or sentences after the template description's introductory sentence.
- Valid Value(s): Any string or strings.
template
- Usage: Mandatory
- Description: The template parameter takes a string or strings denoting the actual text of the template that a user must copy and paste onto a page in order to use the template. This is used to generate the "Template" section. When entered into the Template Explanation template, the template's transclusion code must be enclosed in
<nowiki></nowiki>tags, or else the template itself will be transcluded into the<pre></pre>block. - Valid Value(s): The text of the template for transclusion enclosed by
<nowiki></nowiki>tags.