Template:Template Overview

Template

{{Template Overview
|usedon=
|purpose=
|othernotes=
|template=
|display=
|parameters=
|category=
}}

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.

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.

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.

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.

Usage: Optional
Description: The display parameter takes a string denoting whether an example of the template should be displayed. This is used to generate the "Display" section.
Valid Value(s): "yes" to automatically display the template in its entirety, or any string or strings making up the display of the template.

Usage: Mandatory
Description: The parameters parameter takes a string denoting whether the template has parameters or not. This is used to generate either a blank space beneath the "Parameters" section if the parameter is left out or left blank, or a boilerplate message indicating that there are no parameters if a "none" is supplied.
Valid Value(s): "none" or blank