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{{Metatemplate}} | |||
This template is used to display the documentation for templates, including itself. | This template is used to display the documentation for templates, including itself. | ||
To write documentation for the template | To write documentation for the template {{c|Template:Foobar}}, edit the document {{c|Template:Foobar/doc}}. | ||
edit the document | |||
Then to use this template, include | Then to use this template, include | ||
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at the bottom of the template itself. | at the bottom of the template itself. | ||
So Template:Foobar looks like: | So {{c|Template:Foobar}} looks like: | ||
(... all the actual template code ...) | (... all the actual template code ...) | ||
<nowiki><noinclude>{{Documentation}}</noinclude></nowiki> | <nowiki><noinclude>{{Documentation}}</noinclude></nowiki> | ||
And Template:Foobar/doc looks like: | And {{c|Template:Foobar/doc}} looks like: | ||
Here's some helpful instructions on using the Foobar template ... | Here's some helpful instructions on using the Foobar template ... | ||
Latest revision as of 19:43, 9 April 2016
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This is a metatemplate; that is, a template that will rarely be used directly in articles, but rather used in other templates which will be used directly. |
This template is used to display the documentation for templates, including itself.
To write documentation for the template Template:Foobar, edit the document Template:Foobar/doc.
Then to use this template, include
<noinclude>{{Documentation}}</noinclude>
at the bottom of the template itself.
So Template:Foobar looks like:
(... all the actual template code ...)
<noinclude>{{Documentation}}</noinclude>
And Template:Foobar/doc looks like:
Here's some helpful instructions on using the Foobar template ...