Template:Documentation/doc
- Description
- This template is used to insert descriptions on template pages.
- Syntax
- Type
<noinclude>{{documentation}}</noinclude>
at the top of the template page or<onlyinclude>Template code</onlyinclude>{{documentation}}
. - See also
- {{Documentation2}} - for documenting template-like page in the main namespace.
General usage[edit]
On the Template page[edit]
<noinclude>{{documentation}}
</noinclude>Template code
<includeonly>Categories applied to pages using the template</includeonly>
The line break before <includeonly>
is included here for formatting purposes, and should not appear in actual templates. Depending on the template, it may be beneficial to move the <includeonly>
to immediately after </noinclude>
, hiding the template from view.
OR
{{documentation}}
<onlyinclude>Template code</onlyinclude>
<includeonly>Categories applied to pages using the template</includeonly>
On the Template/doc page[edit]
;Description
:This template is used to do something.
;Syntax
:Type <code>{{t|templatename}}</code> somewhere.
;Sample output
:<code><nowiki>{{templatename|foo}}</nowiki></code> gives...
:{{templatename|foo}}
<includeonly>Any categories for the template itself</includeonly>
<noinclude>[[Category:Template documentation|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>
Use any or all of the above description/syntax/sample output sections. You may also want to add "see also" or further usage information sections.
Note that the above example also uses the Template:T and Template:T/piece templates.
Non-Template namespace usage[edit]
On the Template page[edit]
<noinclude>{{documentation|ns=User}}
</noinclude>Template code
<includeonly>Categories applied to pages using the template</includeonly>
The line break before <includeonly>
is included here for formatting purposes, and should not appear in actual templates. Depending on the template, it may be beneficial to move the <includeonly>
to immediately after <noinclude>
, hiding the template from view.