Template:Tl/doc

This is a subpage documenting Template:Tl. To change the template, edit that page; to change the template's documentation (seen below), edit this one.

Documentation

This template is used to form a link to a template in a way that looks like a template call (i.e., inside of double curly-braces: {{}}). The template need not actually exist. This should only be used on talk pages or in template documentation (or help pages, user pages, etc.), not in articles. If no input is given to the template, it uses its own name, "tl" (see examples below).

This template styles the template call as code, {{like this}}. To display the template call as plain text, {{like this}}, use Template:Tlnc.

The name of this template is based on the phrase "template link".

This template is used on a great many pages. Making any changes to it will cause lots of jobs to be added to the processing queue.

Usage

• {{tl|template name}}
• {{tl|template name|parameter}}
• {{tl|template name|parameter1|parameter2|…}}

Up to 8 parameters can be shown using the third form.

Examples

• {{tl}} ⇒ {{tl}}
• {{tl|code}} ⇒ {{code}}
• {{tl|code|span}} ⇒ {{code|span}}
• {{tl|missing template}} ⇒ {{missing template}}
• {{tl|abbr|NOK|Norwegian krone}} ⇒ {{abbr|NOK|Norwegian krone}}

See also

• {{tlnc}} – same as this template, but renders the template link as plain text (not code)
• {{tc}} – similar to this template, but doesn't link the template name