Template:Tlnc
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, "tlnc" (see examples below).
This template displays the template call as plain text, {{like this}}. To style the template call as code, {{like this}}, use Template:Tl.
The name of this template is based on the phrase "template link no code".
Usage
{{tlnc|template name}}{{tlnc|template name|parameter}}{{tlnc|template name|parameter1|parameter2|…|add=|sp=}}
Up to 19 parameters can be shown. If you need more, or if you want to tack on some additional parameters of a different type, you can use add.
Examples
{{tlnc}}⇒ {{tlnc}}{{tlnc|}}⇒ {{[[Template:|]]}}{{tlnc|tlnc|{{noop}}}}⇒ {{tlnc|}}{{tlnc|code}}⇒ {{code}}{{tlnc|code|span}}⇒ {{code|span}}{{tlnc|missing template}}⇒ {{missing template}}{{tlnc|abbr|NOK|Norwegian krone}}⇒ {{abbr|NOK|Norwegian krone}}
As seen in the second example, calling the template with the first positional parameter present but empty gives an error, since that parameter is supposed to be the name of the template to link to. In such a case, the call in the third example is probably what was intended ({{noop}} is a "placeholder" template that generates no output).
