Template:Documentation

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This template uses Module:Documentation, a script written in Lua.
This template uses CSS found at MediaWiki:Documentation.css (edit | hist).

This template is used to insert documentation to template pages.

Syntax

  • {{Documentation}} will produce the documentation template.
  • {{Documentation|foo}} will fill in the documentation from the "foo" template.
  • {{Documentation|content = This template does something}} will fill in the documentation with the content "This template does something." (not recommended except for very, very short documentation)
  • {{Documentation|heading = Important information}} will replace the default heading with "Important information".
  • {{Documentation|type = category}} will add the "category Templates" category.

Template Data

This template is used to insert descriptions on template pages.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Custom Documentation Page1

Page containing the documentation

Default
{{FULLPAGENAME}}/doc
Page nameoptional
Headingheading

Custom heading

Default
[[File:Template-icon.svg|50px|link=|alt=Documentation icon]] Documentation
Lineoptional
Preload Pagepreload

The page to preload if the `/doc` subpage doesn't exist.

Default
Template:Documentation/preload
Page nameoptional
Contentcontent

Custom documentation content, prevents transclusion of `/doc` subpage.

Contentoptional
Typetype

Category to categorize template in.

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