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 * 02:29, 27 November 2005 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 02:28, 27 November 2005 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 03:46, 25 November 2005 User:Uncle G (Fixed capitalization of template name.)
 * 18:10, 23 November 2005 User:84.185.225.166 (→Parameters - )
 * 05:48, 19 November 2005 User:70.176.232.214 (→Template tag lay-out)
 * 06:43, 16 November 2005 User:Uncle G (Fixed hyperlinks that break when this page is copied to other projects.)
 * 04:56, 16 November 2005 User:Uncle G (Fixed hyperlinks that break when this page is copied to other projects.)
 * 03:46, 16 November 2005 User:Uncle G (Fixed hyperlinks that break when this page is copied to other projects.)
 * 07:34, 15 November 2005 User:59.93.39.132
 * 07:27, 15 November 2005 User:59.93.39.132
 * 10:35, 12 November 2005 User:Patrick m (→Noinclude and includeonly)
 * 10:33, 12 November 2005 User:Patrick (Note that spaces and newlines between the general content and e.g. the noinclude part are part of the content, so if they are not desired the include tag should not be put on a new line.)
 * 09:18, 12 November 2005 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 09:12, 12 November 2005 User:Patrick (new bug:*A parameter value can contain pairs of square brackets or text to be used within a link, but not a closing part of one link and an opening part of another link: <nowiki>{{</nowiki>tli|abc]]de)
 * 04:33, 12 November 2005 User:LarryLACa (→Server cache impacts - Move purge example after cache discussion, tweak title and last sentence.)
 * 04:18, 12 November 2005 User:LarryLACa (→Caching - Move section below cache model.)
 * 04:16, 12 November 2005 User:LarryLACa (→Server cache efficiency - Clarification +.  Add a general 'simple model' caveat and example. Move other factors to comments)
 * 00:26, 12 November 2005 User:Patrick (→Navigational templates - Also for a link to a section the self-link feature does not work.)
 * 23:50, 11 November 2005 User:203.134.196.82
 * 23:49, 11 November 2005 User:203.134.196.82
 * 11:16, 11 November 2005 User:Patrick m (→Server cache efficiency)
 * 06:35, 11 November 2005 User:LarryLACa (→Server efficiency - move impact consierations up, use more mnemonic frequency variables.)
 * 04:35, 11 November 2005 User:LarryLACa m (→Indentation or list code at the beginning of template content -  Restrain myself from introducing the term 'indent character'.)
 * 04:32, 11 November 2005 User:LarryLACa (→Indentation or list code at the beginning of template content - Reorder and number examples to simplify identification. Include action for parm values.)
 * 01:14, 11 November 2005 User:Patrick (→Server efficiency - Projects may have policies like e.g. w:en:Wikipedia:Avoid using meta-templates.)
 * 00:58, 11 November 2005 User:Patrick (clarify: The master version of this page is the page m:Help:Template on Meta-Wikipedia;)
 * 21:58, 10 November 2005 User:LarryLACa (rv - mia culpa - confused Meta-Wikipedia with w:Help:Talk)
 * 21:38, 10 November 2005 User:LarryLACa m (Add link to w:Help:Template in the lead para.)
 * 10:54, 5 November 2005 User:Patrick (→Subst)
 * 10:47, 5 November 2005 User:Patrick (→Subst - However, it requires applying "noinclude" and "includeonly" manually, or at least disabling the "includeonly" tag by changing one character of it.)
 * 10:43, 5 November 2005 User:Patrick (→Subst - However, "noinclude" and "includeonly" are not applied: everything, including these tags, is included.)
 * 10:27, 5 November 2005 User:Patrick (→Noinclude and includeonly - "subst" (see below) includes everything, also these tags.)
 * 21:18, 3 November 2005 User:Blackcap m (→subst - cap section title)
 * 16:13, 31 October 2005 User:Patrick (→Noinclude and includeonly - where page content is arranged such that a selection of it can be displayed in a different format in a table row.)
 * 15:59, 31 October 2005 User:Patrick (→Noinclude and includeonly - See also $π$.)
 * 15:55, 31 October 2005 User:Patrick (With these tags a page can also call one of two specified templates with the same parameters, depending on whether the page is included in another page, by putting the tags in the template name part o)
 * 13:02, 31 October 2005 User:Patrick (→Noinclude and includeonly - in particular this is useful when including an article in a user page or test page)
 * 13:00, 31 October 2005 User:Patrick (→Noinclude and includeonly - including a page in another page without putting the including page in the categories the included page is in)
 * 23:53, 26 October 2005 User:Patrick m (→Effect of an undefined parameter if no default has been specified)
 * 23:52, 26 October 2005 User:Patrick (→Effect of an undefined parameter if no default has been specified - update)
 * 23:45, 26 October 2005 User:Verdy p (→Template tag lay-out)
 * 23:37, 26 October 2005 User:Verdy p (Clarifications about how the chess layout effectively works and how its parameters are numbered.)
 * 23:21, 26 October 2005 User:Verdy p (→Template tag lay-out)
 * 22:57, 26 October 2005 User:Verdy p (Ooops! correction)
 * 22:56, 26 October 2005 User:Verdy p (→Template tag lay-out)
 * 22:52, 26 October 2005 User:Verdy p (→Parameters)
 * 22:45, 26 October 2005 User:63.149.157.116 (→Server efficiency - fix bullets)
 * 22:28, 26 October 2005 User:Verdy p (Move reference to Wikicities at end of the article, and signal that Wikicities projects are NOT hosted by Wikipedia.)
 * 22:01, 26 October 2005 User:Verdy p (→Indentation or list code at the beginning of template content)
 * 21:51, 26 October 2005 User:Verdy p (→Interwiki links)
 * 21:42, 26 October 2005 User:Verdy p (→Images in templates)
 * 21:31, 26 October 2005 User:Verdy p (→Images in templates)
 * 20:51, 26 October 2005 User:Verdy p (clarifications of confusinve rendering by adding some surrounding quoting punctations)
 * 15:40, 24 October 2005 User:Patrick (→Restrictions on parameter values - update)
 * 14:25, 24 October 2005 User:217.9.56.215 (noinclude from version 1.6)
 * 14:22, 24 October 2005 User:217.9.56.215 (→Noinclude and includeonly)
 * 13:53, 24 October 2005 User:217.9.56.215 (→Noinclude and includeonly)
 * 09:54, 23 October 2005 User:217.9.57.67 (not in Version 1.4)
 * 12:22, 22 October 2005 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 10:35, 22 October 2005 User:Patrick (→Backlinks - rm (restriction has been lifted))
 * 10:32, 22 October 2005 User:Patrick (→Rewriting a template that calls other templates in a self-contained form)
 * 10:13, 22 October 2005 User:Patrick (update)
 * 00:25, 21 October 2005 User:Patrick (→Template page)
 * 00:23, 21 October 2005 User:Patrick (→Template page)
 * 00:19, 21 October 2005 User:Patrick (→Effect of an undefined parameter - update)
 * 00:16, 21 October 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters)
 * 00:15, 21 October 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters - defaults)
 * 23:49, 13 October 2005 User:Patrick m (→Developing templates and template tags)
 * 22:39, 12 October 2005 User:204.50.1.140 (→Developing templates and template tags - minor grammar edit)
 * 18:09, 7 October 2005 User:84.173.224.112 (→Equals sign in parameter value - typo)
 * 17:19, 28 September 2005 User:Upssdr (→Repetition within a page)
 * 22:38, 27 September 2005 User:24.193.3.253
 * 13:25, 23 September 2005 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 161.88.255.139 to last version by Cryptic)
 * 21:23, 20 September 2005 User:161.88.255.139 (→General)
 * 13:05, 12 September 2005 User:Cryptic m (→A category tag in a template; caching problem - except->accept)
 * 13:02, 12 September 2005 User:Cryptic m (→A category tag in a template; caching problem - update null edit section lk)
 * 10:10, 9 September 2005 User:210.86.78.89 (→Template talk page - typo fixed)
 * 04:10, 31 August 2005 User:152.97.223.199
 * 04:09, 31 August 2005 User:152.97.223.199
 * 12:48, 30 August 2005 User:Patrick (→Interwiki links - See also below.)
 * 12:44, 30 August 2005 User:Patrick (→Noinclude and includeonly - - see also above.)
 * 22:10, 29 August 2005 User:Urhixidur m (→Interwiki links)
 * 23:11, 25 August 2005 User:198.203.175.175 (→Equals sign in parameter value)
 * 23:22, 23 August 2005 User:Patrick (==Noinclude and includeonly==)
 * 23:21, 23 August 2005 User:Patrick m (→<nowiki><noinclude> and </noinclude></nowiki>)
 * 23:19, 23 August 2005 User:Patrick (→<nowiki><noinclude> and </noinclude></nowiki> - rearrange)
 * 16:41, 23 August 2005 User:Patrick m (→<nowiki><noinclude> and </noinclude></nowiki>)
 * 16:38, 23 August 2005 User:Patrick (==<nowiki><noinclude> and </noinclude></nowiki>==copied from http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2005-August/031123.html)
 * 14:00, 22 August 2005 User:Patrick (→See also - *Template talk:Include demo (provisional documentation))
 * 14:32, 4 August 2005 User:Patrick (Those on the central Wikicities work in the separate Wikicities projects, provided that the prefix "wikicities:" is used, see wikicities:Help:Shared templates. */)
 * 14:13, 3 August 2005 User:Connel MacKenzie m (→A category tag in a template; caching problem)
 * 08:53, 19 July 2005 User:Patrick m (→A template looked upon as a subroutine)
 * 08:28, 19 July 2005 User:Patrick (→A template looked upon as a subroutine - A template can also be considered an operator, with the number of parameters being the arity.)
 * 12:20, 17 July 2005 User:Patrick (→General - the site WikiFAQ calls it Snippet)
 * 15:59, 16 July 2005 User:82.225.122.75
 * 15:58, 16 July 2005 User:82.225.122.75
 * 13:32, 16 July 2005 User:Patrick (→General)
 * 13:30, 16 July 2005 User:Patrick (→General - partly from w:en: helpdesk)
 * 08:39, 16 July 2005 User:Patrick (→subst - See also bugzilla:2777, a request for a version of subst that automatically works recursively.)
 * 05:58, 16 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Use of templates across projects - including content transcluded from other pages on Commons,)
 * 16:15, 9 July 2005 User:Patrick (→General)
 * 16:04, 9 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Use of templates across projects - Transclusion across projects, hence changing contents from a central place, is only possible:)
 * 14:35, 8 July 2005 User:Patrick m (→Math tags)
 * 14:34, 8 July 2005 User:Patrick (MediaWiki templates, variables and parameters cannot be used within math tags, seeTemplate talk:Demo of attempt to use parameters within TeX.)
 * 14:24, 6 July 2005 User:Patrick (Similar to applying "subst:" to include page A in page B, in the case that B does not exist yet and that A does not have parameters, is using an Help:inputbox to create B, preloading A. A differe)
 * 09:54, 6 July 2005 User:Patrick (→See also - *Help:Inputbox - preload a "template" when creating a new page.)
 * 21:43, 5 July 2005 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 217.245.48.182 to last version by Patrick)
 * 18:50, 5 July 2005 User:217.245.48.182 (→Parameters)
 * 18:43, 5 July 2005 User:217.245.48.182 (→Use of templates across projects)
 * 03:40, 5 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Use of templates across projects - Transclusion across projects, hence changing contents from a central place, is only possible in the form of an image on Commons.)
 * 09:30, 1 July 2005 User:Patrick (even if a subbtopic page does not provide additional info, if it is linked to it is useful to display the content, it saves the trouble of checking the contents by following the link.)
 * 08:23, 1 July 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages - sometimes people have sentimental reasons for having a separate page about a topic, e.g. a village)
 * 06:19, 28 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Effect of an undefined parameter)
 * 06:18, 28 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Remarks)
 * 14:03, 25 June 2005 User:Patrick (→General - more details on list of templates used on a page)
 * 14:00, 25 June 2005 User:Patrick (→General)
 * 03:22, 25 June 2005 User:69.170.73.95 (→Restrictions on parameter values - Added bullets to conform to the rest of the document)
 * 09:24, 24 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Simple computations - unary numeral system)
 * 12:29, 20 June 2005 User:Patrick m
 * 12:25, 20 June 2005 User:Patrick
 * 12:21, 20 June 2005 User:Patrick (Templates can be used to control the page body, the margins are controlled by the skin and user style.)
 * 12:12, 14 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Remarks)
 * 12:11, 14 June 2005 User:Patrick (→General - Parameter names are case-sensitive, even with respect to the first letter, and spaces are distinguished from underscores.)
 * 08:08, 14 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Indentation or list code at the beginning of template content)
 * 08:07, 14 June 2005 User:Patrick (*/The characters :;*# at the beginning of template content is interpreted as if it is at the beginning of a line, unless nowiki tags are used:)
 * 00:23, 14 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Template tag lay-out)
 * 00:22, 14 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Template tag lay-out)
 * 08:53, 13 June 2005 User:Patrick (If a template calls itself directly or indirectly, inclusion works only on one level for each template. However, with templates redirecting to the template that one would want to call recursively, on)
 * 21:05, 11 June 2005 User:69.204.255.202
 * 13:24, 11 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Pages with a common section)
 * 13:20, 11 June 2005 User:Patrick
 * 06:52, 11 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Rewriting a template that calls another template, whose name depends on a variable or parameter, in a self-contained form)
 * 06:48, 11 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Rewriting a template that calls another template, whose name depends on a variable or parameter, in a self-contained form)
 * 06:45, 11 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Rewriting a template that calls another template, whose name depends on a variable or parameter, in a self-contained form)
 * 06:35, 11 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Rewriting a template that calls other templates in a self-contained form)
 * 06:29, 11 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Rewriting a template that calls other templates in a self-contained form)
 * 06:24, 11 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Rewriting a template that calls other templates in a self-contained form)
 * 06:22, 11 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Rewriting a template that calls other templates in a self-contained form - testing {{subst:h:f {{NAMESPACE}}|langs=|enname=Template}})
 * 06:21, 11 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Rewriting a template that calls other templates in a self-contained form - testing {{subst:H:f|enname=Template}})
 * 23:29, 10 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Developing templates and template tags)
 * 23:24, 10 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Simple computations)
 * 23:23, 10 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Simple computations)
 * 23:21, 10 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Simple computations)
 * 21:34, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Simple computations)
 * 21:28, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Simple computations)
 * 21:26, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Simple computations)
 * 21:18, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Simple computations)
 * 21:10, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Simple computations)
 * 20:59, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→A template looked upon as a subroutine)
 * 15:48, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→A template looked upon as a subroutine)
 * 15:48, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→A template looked upon as a subroutine)
 * 15:42, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→A template looked upon as a subroutine)
 * 15:28, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→A template looked upon as a subroutine)
 * 14:47, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→A template looked upon as a subroutine)
 * 14:11, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→A template looked upon as a subroutine)
 * 14:01, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→A template looked upon as a subroutine)
 * 13:55, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→A template looked upon as a subroutine)
 * 13:54, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→A template looked upon as a subroutine)
 * 13:51, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→A template looked upon as a subroutine)
 * 13:43, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (==A template looked upon as a subroutine==)
 * 12:39, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Rewriting a template that calls other templates in a self-contained form)
 * 12:36, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Rewriting a template that calls other templates in a self-contained form)
 * 12:31, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Rewriting a template that calls other templates in a self-contained form)
 * 12:21, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Rewriting a template that calls other templates in a form that does not)
 * 12:17, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (==Rewriting a template that calls other templates in a form that does not==)
 * 11:33, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Parameters)
 * 06:35, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Pages with a common section)
 * 06:33, 9 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Pages with a common section)
 * 15:38, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick (→General)
 * 15:24, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters)
 * 15:17, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters)
 * 15:09, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick (After evaluating template names depending on variables (the result of which can be viewed by applying subst to these variables), the process is applied recursively until there are no more template cal)
 * 14:22, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters)
 * 14:13, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→subst)
 * 14:07, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick (*if the template call contains a variable, subst has to be applied to that variable as well, otherwise the first two closing braces of the parameter are interpreted as closing braces of the template.)
 * 13:43, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters - rephrase)
 * 13:18, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick ((this can either be imagined as evaluating the parameter value expression once and substituting the result for each occurrence, or substituting the parameter value expression in each occurrence, to be)
 * 12:56, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick (Thus the formal parameter (the placeholder for the parameter value) is the parameter name with three pairs of braces.)
 * 12:46, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Parameters)
 * 12:40, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters - They are called-by-value, and therefore input parameters only.)
 * 12:37, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→General)
 * 12:17, 8 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Usage - See also advantages of subprograms.)
 * 23:12, 6 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Restrictions on parameter use - rm, has been fixed)
 * 23:39, 5 June 2005 User:Patrick (→subst - Usage of a template through "subst:" does not show up in page histories, backlinks, etc.)
 * 11:19, 5 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Remarks -Parameter 02 is distinguished from parameter 2)
 * 10:52, 5 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Restrictions on parameter values - Template parameters have been used in HTML attributes, but after a bug-fix this is currently not possible, see bugzilla:2309.)
 * 12:55, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Link for editing a template - This is e.g. convenient for editing an individual entry in a table, without having to search in the wikitext of the table.)
 * 12:48, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Link for editing a template)
 * 12:31, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Link for editing a template)
 * 10:33, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Pages with a common section)
 * 10:29, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Usage - chg order of sections and rename one)
 * 10:23, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Other duplication of content)
 * 10:19, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Other duplication of content)
 * 10:13, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick (*Pages like C can be put in the same namespace as A and B, or in the template namespace. An advantage of the first option is that the kind of content of C is the same as that of A and B; an advantage)
 * 10:04, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Other duplication of content)
 * 10:02, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Other duplication of content)
 * 09:59, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Other duplication of content)
 * 09:34, 4 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Other duplication of content - Complications:)
 * 11:46, 3 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages)
 * 06:14, 3 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Server efficiency)
 * 06:03, 3 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Server efficiency)
 * 05:47, 3 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Server efficiency)
 * 05:46, 3 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Server efficiency)
 * 05:43, 3 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Caching - ==Server efficiency==)
 * 13:08, 2 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Composite pages)
 * 12:57, 2 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Composite pages)
 * 12:54, 2 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Composite pages - use subst to make it work)
 * 12:41, 2 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages - See also w:en:Wikipedia talk:Template namespace#transcluding prose.)
 * 11:01, 2 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Usage)
 * 10:56, 2 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages)
 * 06:16, 2 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→General)
 * 06:11, 2 June 2005 User:Patrick (→General -re:talk: update)
 * 10:35, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick (Conversely, for easy access from a component page to the composite page(s) that call(s) it (if there are not too many of them) it is convenient to link the component page to them (on a composite page)
 * 10:14, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick (→See also -describe linked page)
 * 10:09, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick (→See also)
 * 06:32, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Composite pages)
 * 06:30, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages)
 * 06:22, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick (On the other hand, the component page may, by itself, be of a nature that it belongs in e.g. the main namespace, while the prefix would suggest otherwise; also the prefix would clutter the pagename.)
 * 06:16, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick (An advantage of putting the components in the template namespace is that they are then included in the list of templates used on the composite page, all with links, on its edit page.)
 * 06:10, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick (A list of templates used on a page, all with links, is given on the edit page (however, only those in the template namespace, not pages in other namespaces, transcluded in the page).)
 * 06:00, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages - combinedly (which is much more convenient if there are many small component pages);)
 * 05:55, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages)
 * 05:46, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick m (→Composite pages)
 * 05:44, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages - component page)
 * 05:35, 1 June 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages -examples)
 * 12:20, 31 May 2005 User:Patrick (→See also - *MediaWiki namespace (includes the use of templates in versions before 1.3))
 * 12:12, 31 May 2005 User:Patrick (→See also)
 * 10:34, 28 May 2005 User:Patrick (*article of the day on the English Wikipedia: see list - included as a template on the main page.)
 * 09:51, 28 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Examples)
 * 09:43, 28 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Examples)
 * 09:28, 28 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Examples)
 * 09:18, 28 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Examples)
 * 09:07, 28 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Examples)
 * 08:49, 28 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Examples - *{{ti|fr|Peru region table}} - intermediate template for translating the parameter names, containing e.g. "superficie = {{{area}}}")
 * 08:45, 28 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Examples)
 * 08:35, 28 May 2005 User:Patrick (*numbers are international, both in the template tags and in the parameter tags in the template, no parameter name has to be translated (alternatively, one can e.g. use English names, only editors wou)
 * 22:29, 27 May 2005 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 200.121.78.108 to last version by Patrick)
 * 16:25, 27 May 2005 User:200.121.78.108 (→General)
 * 09:21, 26 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Backlinks)
 * 08:22, 26 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Redirection - As usual, a double redirect does not work.)
 * 00:41, 26 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Backlinks)
 * 16:03, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Backlinks - Alternative, one can use multiple copies of the template, and link not more than 500 pages to each.)
 * 15:59, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Backlinks)
 * 15:57, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Backlinks)
 * 15:51, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick (For example, w:en Template:Void has more than the 500 backlinks it shows. Thus it is not clear through what templates they link to it (in fact, w:en:Template:Infobox CVG is one of them).)
 * 14:01, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Backlinks)
 * 13:58, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick (==Backlinks==)
 * 10:07, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Named vs. numbered parameters - this  works even if there is a newline somewhere before the "=", although a newline is not allowed in a parameter name).)
 * 09:45, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters - mv down (supported in versions 1.3 and higher))
 * 09:44, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Version 1.2.6 - In this version parameters are not possible.)
 * 09:40, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick (==Use of templates across projects==)
 * 09:34, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick (→General)
 * 09:28, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→General)
 * 09:26, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick (The adjustments needed in the copy, to work on the other project, can be reduced by using <nowiki>{{</nowiki>SERVER}}, localurl, Project, and writing links in a way that works on multiple projects, e.)
 * 09:16, 25 May 2005 User:Patrick (==Developing templates and template tags==)
 * 22:06, 22 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 12:33, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (Branching techniques can be applied to handle special cases such a)
 * 12:18, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Viewing the contents of a template - rm dup)
 * 12:16, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template page)
 * 12:11, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Effect of an undefined parameter - mv from other section)
 * 12:07, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template page)
 * 11:58, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Remarks)
 * 11:51, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template page -rm dup)
 * 11:44, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Effect of an undefined parameter)
 * 11:40, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (This is an example of a case where it matters that a parameter value is defined, even though the value does not make any difference in the result.)
 * 11:32, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Effect of an undefined parameter)
 * 11:22, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Effect of an undefined parameter)
 * 11:17, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Effect of an undefined parameter)
 * 11:14, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Effect of an undefined parameter)
 * 11:06, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Effect of an undefined parameter)
 * 11:01, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Effect of an undefined parameter)
 * 10:59, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Effect of an undefined parameter)
 * 10:55, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template page)
 * 09:44, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Remarks)
 * 09:33, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template page)
 * 09:29, 21 May 2005 User:Patrick (the first two consecutive closing braces in a template tag are taken to be those for the template tag, so this applies for the first two of the three closing braces of the first parameter tag in thete)
 * 13:58, 20 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Images in templates - For cases for which an image is not applicable or available, use a dummy image such as w:en:Image:No image.png.)
 * 12:22, 20 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Images in templates)
 * 12:16, 20 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Named vs. numbered parameters)
 * 12:10, 20 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Named vs. numbered parameters)
 * 12:07, 20 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Named vs. numbered parameters)
 * 12:04, 20 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Named vs. numbered parameters)
 * 12:02, 20 May 2005 User:Patrick (**a dummy unnamed variable for comment and for formatting the template call can be inserted at any time, without planning in advance or renumbering)
 * 11:56, 20 May 2005 User:Patrick (==Named vs. numbered parameters==)
 * 22:48, 19 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters)
 * 22:34, 19 May 2005 User:Patrick (==Template tag lay-out==)
 * 22:32, 19 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 22:25, 19 May 2005 User:Patrick (If parameters are named, dummy parameters can easily be inserted at any time. If they are unnamed, then, to avoid renumbering, one can insert named parameters: any text including an equals sign will d)
 * 13:42, 19 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 13:26, 19 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 13:19, 19 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 13:16, 19 May 2005 User:Patrick (To have a desired template-tag lay-out, especially in the case of many parameters, additional dummy parameters can be used with a newline, e.g., using {{ut|t3d}},)
 * 12:04, 19 May 2005 User:Patrick (Newlines in parameter values provide the lay-out of the template tag, but they are not allowed in image names, therefore they are put within comment tags; alternatively, dummy parameters could be used)
 * 11:43, 19 May 2005 User:Patrick (*allow a composite image, composed of a table of images, to be specified by a template tag which itself has a corresponding table-like lay-out, see w:en:Template:Chess position and [[w:en:Template)
 * 15:29, 18 May 2005 User:Mikez m (rmv spamvertizing)
 * 15:05, 18 May 2005 User:85.100.29.124
 * 06:14, 18 May 2005 User:Patrick (From version 1.5 the tag <nowiki>{{</nowiki>msg:abc}} refers to Template:Msg:abc !)
 * 06:05, 18 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template talk page - In complicated cases, "subst:" can he very helpful in the explanation, see below.)
 * 05:57, 18 May 2005 User:Patrick (==Template talk page==)
 * 10:09, 16 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→subst)
 * 10:08, 16 May 2005 User:Patrick (→subst - It can also be used to create a page independent of templates, to archive the rendered page and allow a permalink to it.)
 * 11:40, 14 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Equals sign in parameter value)
 * 11:38, 14 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Equals sign in parameter value)
 * 11:37, 14 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Equals sign in parameter value)
 * 11:32, 14 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Equals sign in parameter value)
 * 11:21, 14 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Remarks)
 * 11:16, 14 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Remarks)
 * 07:25, 14 May 2005 User:Patrick (→subst -See e.g. Template talk:Lop.)
 * 06:30, 14 May 2005 User:Patrick (The expression for a parameter value cannot contain the variable localurl with query string, due to the pipe character. (BUG))
 * 22:28, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Remarks)
 * 11:03, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Version 1.4)
 * 11:00, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Linking to a template)
 * 10:52, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (Coming close to this is a page with links like Template pages and)
 * 10:31, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Linking to a template)
 * 10:30, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (*Template:Table of Wikimedia projects provides a table of links to similar pages on all projects, depending on a parameter, e.g. all main pages, or all lists of templates. A page would be convenie)
 * 10:17, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Redirection)
 * 10:12, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Alternatives for subst - rm section)
 * 10:05, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→A category tag in a template; caching problem)
 * 10:03, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Piped link with parameters - update: rm section)
 * 09:54, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→External links)
 * 09:51, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→External links)
 * 09:50, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→External links)
 * 09:45, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Images in templates - seems fixed)
 * 08:51, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Images in templates)
 * 08:48, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Images in templates)
 * 08:39, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Avoiding repetition of similar template calls)
 * 08:38, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Avoiding repetition of similar template calls)
 * 08:32, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Avoiding repetition of similar template calls)
 * 08:29, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Avoiding repetition of similar template calls)
 * 08:25, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (The replacement of a template tag by wikitext does not automatically work recursively: if the template calls another template, that tag is not replaced. One can subsequently add "subst:" again, thus d)
 * 08:19, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→subst)
 * 08:18, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→subst)
 * 07:45, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Link for editing a template)
 * 07:43, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Link for editing a template)
 * 07:28, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Remarks)
 * 07:24, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Remarks)
 * 07:22, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Remarks)
 * 07:05, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→subst)
 * 07:02, 13 May 2005 User:Patrick (→subst - misc)
 * 11:43, 12 May 2005 User:Patrick (→General - Bugzilla:1126 is a request to lift that restriction, i.e. allow interwiki use of templates.)
 * 01:54, 12 May 2005 User:Patrick (→See also - *Templates of Wikimedia projects)
 * 21:37, 10 May 2005 User:Patrick (the name can depend on the content of templates; this is not possible for the name of an embedded page, not even indirectly: the name can depend on a parameter, but a parameter value or name can also)
 * 21:03, 10 May 2005 User:Patrick (a single page can have different rendered content; this is not possible with a link; note that embedding a page with a link still does not allow the linked page to depend on parameters)
 * 10:58, 10 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Avoiding repetition of similar template calls)
 * 07:20, 10 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Comparison of linking and embedding)
 * 07:10, 10 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Comparison of linking and embedding)
 * 07:06, 10 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Comparison of linking and embedding)
 * 06:59, 10 May 2005 User:Patrick (==Comparison of linking and embedding==)
 * 23:10, 6 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Avoiding repetition of similar template calls)
 * 22:47, 6 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Avoiding repetition of similar template calls)
 * 09:03, 6 May 2005 User:Patrick (rm sidebar: most links duplicate what is already at the bottom, the rest is in the linked Help:Contents)
 * 08:57, 6 May 2005 User:Patrick (→General -example)
 * 08:52, 6 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Parameters)
 * 10:13, 5 May 2005 User:Patrick ((this prefix can be used in all languages, but the canonical prefixes in other languages than English include Vorlage, Modèle, Sjabloon, with colon).)
 * 10:07, 5 May 2005 User:Patrick m
 * 22:52, 4 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Remarks - The empty string is also a valid parameter name, see Template:T empty string as parameter name.)
 * 13:51, 4 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Repetition within a page)
 * 13:46, 4 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Avoiding repetition of similar template calls)
 * 13:38, 4 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters)
 * 13:26, 4 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Avoiding repetition of similar template calls)
 * 13:12, 4 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Avoiding repetition of similar template calls)
 * 12:41, 4 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Repetition within a page)
 * 12:34, 4 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Repetition within a page)
 * 12:32, 4 May 2005 User:Patrick (====Avoiding repetition of similar template calls====)
 * 23:55, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Repetition within a page - Adding a language adds to each row and also adds an extra row.)
 * 23:52, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Repetition within a page - Similarly Template:Lanlp 1 is used for both the inner and the outer of a double loop.)
 * 14:00, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Repetition within a page)
 * 12:19, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick (The number of levels that the template can handle is determined by the number of parameters specified in the two template calls it comprises (because going up a level requires an extra parameter) and)
 * 12:09, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick (An example where the same template is used for different loop levels is Template:Loop 2. Because of a built-in protection against infinite nesting, a redirect is used for each level.)
 * 10:42, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick (A double loop is achieved by a second template that repeatedly calls the first. Similarly for a triple loop, etc. See e.g. w:en:Template:Ld, w:en:Template:L2d, and w:en:Template:L3d.)
 * 10:14, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Internal links)
 * 09:42, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Internal links)
 * 09:35, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Internal links)
 * 09:25, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Internal links)
 * 09:05, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template page - {{ut|t2}})
 * 08:59, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick (Using a template a section on the relationship of A and B can be put both in the page about A and in that about B. It is useful that this duplication is clear to the reader, by a message or a special)
 * 08:28, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Link for editing a template - {{Help:Editing sections of included templates}})
 * 08:12, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick (→General)
 * 00:26, 3 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→General)
 * 23:17, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (mv down)
 * 23:16, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→See also - mv down)
 * 23:05, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→General)
 * 22:22, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→General)
 * 22:20, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→General)
 * 22:16, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→General)
 * 14:03, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template producing the name of the talk namespace of the calling page - moved to Help:Template names, variable names and parameters depending on a variable or parameter)
 * 13:39, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template producing the name of the talk namespace of the calling page)
 * 13:37, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template producing the name of the talk namespace of the calling page)
 * 13:21, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template producing the name of the talk namespace of the calling page)
 * 12:50, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Template producing the name of the talk namespace of the calling page)
 * 12:49, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template producing the name of the talk namespace of the calling page)
 * 12:47, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template producing the name of the talk namespace of the calling page)
 * 12:44, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template producing the name of the talk namespace of the calling page - Template:Name of talk namespace)
 * 12:34, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 12:29, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 12:27, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 12:17, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 12:14, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 12:13, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 11:31, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions on parameter values)
 * 11:29, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (===Restrictions on parameter values===)
 * 10:21, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Repetition within a page)
 * 08:24, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Remarks)
 * 08:17, 2 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template page)
 * 03:26, 2 May 2005 User:SebastianHelm m (→Remarks - missing <)
 * 22:24, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→See also)
 * 22:21, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Viewing the contents of a template)
 * 22:17, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Remarks)
 * 22:09, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Template page)
 * 22:01, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template page)
 * 21:45, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Template page)
 * 21:33, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters)
 * 09:28, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick m (→Repetition within a page)
 * 09:27, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Repetition within a page)
 * 09:21, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Repetition within a page)
 * 09:12, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Repetition within a page)
 * 09:10, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick (→Repetition within a page)
 * 08:51, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick (For a succession of similar pieces of content, as in a list, a computer program would use a loop. What comes closest in MediaWiki is putting the loop body in a tem)
 * 08:36, 1 May 2005 User:Patrick (It is comparable with a subroutine.)
 * 12:28, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→See also - *Help:A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 12:27, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Usage - See also Help:A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces.)
 * 12:26, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces - moved to Help:A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 12:19, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 10:56, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Example 2)
 * 10:43, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→In-page array content)
 * 10:23, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→In-page array content)
 * 10:19, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→In-page array content)
 * 10:07, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Template based "case statements")
 * 10:01, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Template based "case statements")
 * 09:53, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A 1D array contained in a template)
 * 09:43, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A template name or a parameter value depending on a parameter or variable)
 * 09:26, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A 2D array contained in a single template)
 * 09:18, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Arrays of higher dimensions)
 * 09:02, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Arrays with a template for each element)
 * 08:37, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Arrays with a template for each element)
 * 08:18, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (====A 2D array contained in a single template====)
 * 08:06, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (An 3D array element is referred to by <nowiki>{{</nowiki>3D-array-name index1 separator index2 |index3 }}, etc.)
 * 07:47, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A 1D array contained in a template)
 * 07:38, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→A 1D array contained in a template)
 * 07:23, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A 1D array contained in a template)
 * 07:10, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A 1D array contained in a template)
 * 06:59, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A 1D array contained in a template)
 * 06:50, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A 1D array contained in a template)
 * 06:43, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A 1D array contained in a template)
 * 06:29, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A 1D array contained in a template)
 * 01:04, 29 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A 1D array contained in a template)
 * 22:44, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A 1D array contained in a template)
 * 22:40, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A 1D array contained in a template)
 * 22:35, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A template name or a parameter value depending on a parameter or variable)
 * 13:45, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Template based "case statements")
 * 13:19, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters - update)
 * 13:02, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Example 1)
 * 12:58, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Template based "case statements")
 * 12:37, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Example 1 -misc)
 * 12:06, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (See e.g. Template:List of Languages.)
 * 12:02, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (for diagonal elements such as Template:Lang name - de (de) there are, in addition, copies such as Template:Lang name - de).)
 * 11:52, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (Elements of a 1D array can e.g. be referred to inside a template with {{text1 {{{index}}} text2}} using parameter index, or similarly with a variable. Also a page can successively call)
 * 10:51, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (Elements can e.g. be referred to inside a template with {{text1 {{{index}}} text2}} using parameter index, or similarly with a variable.)
 * 10:41, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (In the case of a 2D array text2 and the possible values of index1 and index2 should be chosen such that there is no ambiguity; e.g. if text2 is the empty string and index1 and ''in)
 * 10:32, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→A template name or a parameter value depending on a parameter or variable)
 * 10:28, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→A template name or a parameter value depending on a parameter or variable)
 * 10:26, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A template name or a parameter value depending on a parameter or variable - associative array)
 * 10:21, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (the contents of each template is the word for a language, expressed in the same or another language, e.g. Template:Lang name - de (fr) contains "Allemand", which is "German" in French.)
 * 10:01, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (Also it provides an alternative way of calling a template, which can be used in the case of a name conflict with a variable, e.g. Template:Ns:3 and Template:PAGENAME.)
 * 02:23, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A template name or a parameter value depending on a parameter or variable -matrix)
 * 02:19, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (For example, on Meta there are templates with names of the form "Lang_name_-_language referred to_(language used )" with codes used for the two languages (see [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/inde)
 * 02:13, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (a 2D array has elements of the form text1 index1 text2 index2 text3.)
 * 02:10, 28 April 2005 User:Patrick (Thus a set of templates can form a kind of array. A 1D array has elements of the form (i.e templates named) text1 index text2.)
 * 14:46, 27 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Examples)
 * 11:36, 27 April 2005 User:Patrick (A single newline works like a space, except in a list, there it breaks the list. Since templates containing a single paragraph or less could be called from a list, such templates should avoid single n)
 * 10:17, 27 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→A variable name depending on a parameter)
 * 10:14, 27 April 2005 User:Patrick (===A variable name depending on a parameter===)
 * 09:58, 27 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Impossibility to include the content of a template in a template name, variable name, or parameter value)
 * 09:57, 27 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces - combine sections)
 * 09:40, 27 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Impossibility to use a variable with a name dependent on the content of a template)
 * 09:38, 27 April 2005 User:Patrick (===Impossibility to use a variale with a name dependent on the content of a template===)
 * 08:30, 27 April 2005 User:Patrick m
 * 08:17, 27 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions and possibilities)
 * 08:13, 27 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Restrictions and possibilities - sections)
 * 07:24, 27 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Template based "case statements")
 * 01:59, 26 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Examples - *Template:H:f Help - calls one of many templates, depending on pagename.)
 * 01:56, 26 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Examples - *Template:H:f - calls one of several templates, dependent on namespace)
 * 01:48, 24 April 2005 User:201.144.101.45
 * 01:47, 24 April 2005 User:201.144.101.45
 * 21:34, 23 April 2005 User:Patrick ({{h:g|enname=Template}})
 * 10:50, 23 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 22:29, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Reserved template names)
 * 22:25, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Reserved template names)
 * 22:24, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Reserved template names)
 * 22:19, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Reserved template names - The reserved names are those of which the canonical form of the URL starts with http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA:H:)
 * 10:42, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Reserved template names)
 * 10:35, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Reserved template names)
 * 10:32, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Reserved template names)
 * 10:27, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Reserved template names - except that the result of he:Template:h: has the left colon at the left of the h.)
 * 10:03, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Reserved template names)
 * 10:01, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Reserved template names -*for Hebrew "H:f:" comes to the left of the Hebrew word for template תבנית, see he:Template:h:f.)
 * 09:08, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Reserved template names)
 * 09:03, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Reserved template names)
 * 09:01, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Reserved template names)
 * 08:32, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Reserved template names)
 * 08:29, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Reserved template names)
 * 08:13, 22 April 2005 User:Patrick (According to the Help:MediaWiki help policy some template names are reserved for use in the Help namespace: those with the full names starting with "Template:h:".)
 * 13:49, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages - the composite page shows the combined interlanguage links of all parts, hence possibly multiple links for one language or even for one page.)
 * 12:58, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages)
 * 11:59, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Composite pages)
 * 11:58, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages)
 * 11:38, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Duplication of content)
 * 11:34, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages)
 * 11:29, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages)
 * 11:22, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Composite pages)
 * 11:18, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick (This allows the user the choice between viewing the parts separately (e.g. if he has a slow connection) or combinedly. Similar to the section editing feature, it also allows editing a part; however, t)
 * 11:13, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick (The wikitext of a page may (partly or fully) consist of tags for the inclusion of other pages. Examples are w:en:Wikipedia:Village pump and m:Meta:Translation/Coordination.)
 * 11:06, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Duplication of content)
 * 00:46, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Link for editing a template)
 * 00:45, 21 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Link for editing a template)
 * 21:30, 20 April 2005 User:Patrick ({{h:f|langs=|enname=Template}})
 * 21:22, 20 April 2005 User:Patrick ({{h:h|Editor toc}})
 * 20:47, 19 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Examples)
 * 14:50, 19 April 2005 User:Patrick ({{h:|See also Meta:List of templates.}})
 * 22:19, 18 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Parameters)
 * 22:15, 18 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Parameters)
 * 17:24, 18 April 2005 User:AnyFile (→Parameters - parameter .. to be improved again)
 * 10:41, 18 April 2005 User:Patrick m
 * 10:40, 18 April 2005 User:Patrick
 * 12:32, 13 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Usage)
 * 12:29, 13 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Examples)
 * 12:21, 13 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Examples)
 * 12:13, 13 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Examples - add m: so that it also works on a copy of this page in another project)
 * 12:09, 13 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Examples)
 * 20:27, 9 April 2005 User:Patrick (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces - parameter value)
 * 15:27, 9 April 2005 User:Pioneer-12 (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces - explain what's happening, give clearer example)
 * 15:42, 7 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Parameters)
 * 15:28, 7 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters - In this case the space has effect.)
 * 15:24, 7 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters -Spaces before or after a parameter are normally ignored:)
 * 15:12, 7 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters -rm spaces, spaces in parameters is perhaps better a separate issue)
 * 12:14, 7 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→msgnw)
 * 12:13, 7 April 2005 User:Patrick (→msgnw)
 * 12:10, 7 April 2005 User:Patrick (→msgnw)
 * 12:02, 7 April 2005 User:Patrick (→msgnw)
 * 11:45, 7 April 2005 User:Patrick (→msgnw -simpler example; Parameters are ignored)
 * 21:27, 5 April 2005 User:Pioneer-12 (→msgnw - more detailed explanation)
 * 09:55, 5 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters - On a side note, the rendering of the page Template:t2a1 is confusing, as a result of parsing the code differently from when it is used, i.e. called with a parameter.)
 * 09:49, 5 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters - if it should, do not omit the parameter value but specify it in terms of a parameter of the calling page;)
 * 09:37, 5 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→Parameters)
 * 09:33, 5 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters -If a parameter is left undefined, the triple braced parameter name in the result does not function as a parameter if the page is called as a template from another page: compare:)
 * 08:46, 5 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Example 1 -:<code>{{msgnw:creature demo}}</code>)
 * 01:05, 5 April 2005 User:Pioneer-12 (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces - clarify example)
 * 00:56, 5 April 2005 User:Pioneer-12 (→Parameters - several clarifications)
 * 23:57, 4 April 2005 User:Pioneer-12 (→Example 1 - paste code direct w/ nowiki)
 * 23:43, 4 April 2005 User:Pioneer-12 m (→Example 1 - formatting)
 * 23:41, 4 April 2005 User:Pioneer-12 m (→Example 1 - typos)
 * 23:36, 4 April 2005 User:Pioneer-12 (→Template based "case statements" - +creature demo)
 * 23:29, 4 April 2005 User:68.46.123.33 (===Template based "case statements"===)
 * 05:30, 4 April 2005 User:Pioneer-12 (intro - define template, explain what this document is, describe link to "A quick guide to templates", move v1.4 note to version section)
 * 10:35, 1 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→General)
 * 10:32, 1 April 2005 User:Patrick (→General -from Talk (but I do not know the answer to the question))
 * 10:20, 1 April 2005 User:Patrick m (→General)
 * 10:19, 1 April 2005 User:Patrick (When saving a page without newline at the end, a newline is automatically added. This is relevant if the page is called as a template: if their is no other newline after the template call, a space is)
 * 08:13, 28 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Images in templates - The example and the description was made more distinguisable.)
 * 06:39, 25 March 2005 User:Patrick m (→Version 1.2.6=)
 * 06:31, 25 March 2005 User:Patrick m (→=Version 1.3)
 * 06:30, 25 March 2005 User:Patrick (==Old versions of Mediawiki==)
 * 06:30, 25 March 2005 User:YebisYa m (+{{handbook sidebar|Editor toc}})
 * 11:21, 21 March 2005 User:Patrick (→General)
 * 11:19, 21 March 2005 User:Patrick m (→General)
 * 19:41, 20 March 2005 User:80.100.23.22 (→subst)
 * 10:23, 13 March 2005 User:Patrick (→Redirection)
 * 10:15, 13 March 2005 User:Patrick m (→Redirection)
 * 10:14, 13 March 2005 User:Patrick (→Redirection)
 * 10:00, 13 March 2005 User:Patrick m (→Redirection)
 * 12:08, 8 March 2005 User:68.46.123.33 (→subst - improved example)
 * 10:58, 4 March 2005 User:Patrick (→Linking to a template - the Special:Mapsources feature,)
 * 10:55, 4 March 2005 User:Patrick (except that no computations are possible, but, on the other hand, it would enable multiple editable "Map sources pages" in the form of templates.)
 * 09:59, 4 March 2005 User:Patrick (like a limited version of http://kvaleberg.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Mapsources/59_55_N_10_44_E, proposed as extension of MediaWiki, but then with multiple editable "Map sources pages" in the form o)
 * 09:41, 4 March 2005 User:Patrick (*for given geo-coordinates, link to a page such as w:Template:Mapeu with links to maps of that location; this would be like a limited version of the proposed Special:Mapsources, with multiple)
 * 09:32, 4 March 2005 User:Patrick (→Linking to a template - *for given geo-coordinates, link to a page with links to maps of that location)
 * 12:57, 18 February 2005 User:Patrick m (→Parameters)
 * 12:53, 18 February 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters - misc)
 * 09:59, 11 February 2005 User:Patrick (Concludingly, adding or deleting a category tag in a template that is already in use should be avoided unless one is willing to make the null edits, or is willing to except the (possibly very long) de)
 * 09:47, 11 February 2005 User:Patrick (→A category tag in a template; caching problem)
 * 09:34, 11 February 2005 User:Patrick (Thus, a basic principle of templates, that changing the contents of a template automatically changes the pages that contain the template, does not extend to these pages being correctly listed on categ)
 * 09:27, 11 February 2005 User:Patrick (→Caching)
 * 09:24, 11 February 2005 User:Patrick m
 * 09:24, 11 February 2005 User:Patrick (→A category tag in a template; caching problem)
 * 00:39, 8 February 2005 User:Patrick (→See also - rm dead links)
 * 00:36, 8 February 2005 User:Patrick (→Viewing the contents of a template - ::For other uses, see Otheruses (disambiguation).)
 * 00:54, 7 February 2005 User:Patrick (In other languages the same or something similar may not be possible. For such cases, see Bug 531 on using templates to effectively create a new var)
 * 00:48, 7 February 2005 User:Patrick (In English language projects the name of a talk namespace is usually simply "<nowiki>{{NAMESPACE}}</nowiki> talk", here giving {{NAMESPACE}} talk. With this a link can be produced:)
 * 18:12, 6 February 2005 User:Jrincayc (→See also - Link to a method to use templates to solve a bug)
 * 23:57, 1 February 2005 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 67.176.155.23 to last version by Silsor)
 * 21:29, 1 February 2005 User:67.176.155.23
 * 02:40, 27 January 2005 User:Silsor m (Reverted edits by 83.115.73.29 to last version by Patrick)
 * 02:34, 27 January 2005 User:83.115.73.29 (→Restrictions and possibilities)
 * 09:11, 26 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters - Another case where the implicit name of an unnamed parameter has to be given explicitly, is when its value contains an equals sign:)
 * 09:03, 26 January 2005 User:Patrick (mv new bit up)
 * 08:52, 26 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Parameters -By treating the second unnamed parameter as a parameter with the name "2", the first unnamed parameter can be left undefined: <nowiki>{{t2|2=a}}</nowiki> gives {{t2|2=a}}.)
 * 02:12, 26 January 2005 User:219.78.35.228 (→Special characters within template variable values)
 * 02:10, 26 January 2005 User:219.78.35.228 (→Restrictions and possibilities)
 * 02:07, 26 January 2005 User:219.78.35.228 (→Restrictions and possibilities)
 * 17:35, 23 January 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Examples - nl)
 * 21:12, 22 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Examples - Aide:Modèle)
 * 21:07, 22 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Examples -Wikipedia:Sjabloon naamruimte)
 * 04:33, 22 January 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Navigational templates - bold in bold)
 * 17:28, 21 January 2005 User:YebisYa m (→A category tag in a template; caching problem -  "Hi" --> "Hh")
 * 08:41, 21 January 2005 User:Patrick m (→Example)
 * 08:24, 21 January 2005 User:Patrick (clarify: once for each case, i.e. not for each line separately.)
 * 08:04, 21 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Example - update)
 * 01:48, 21 January 2005 User:YebisYa (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces - "each case" --> "all cases")
 * 12:01, 19 January 2005 User:Patrick (→Viewing the contents of a template - update)
 * 11:46, 19 January 2005 User:Patrick (update)
 * 06:12, 19 January 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Navigational templates -  "In" --> "in")
 * 02:57, 19 January 2005 User:YebisYa (→Viewing the contents of a template - Deleted is a sentence seemingly relevalent to context now given up.)
 * 17:04, 18 January 2005 User:YebisYa (→Default values of parameters - Notes on the template inclusion)
 * 17:14, 17 January 2005 User:YebisYa m (→General - two nowiki's are moved)
 * 07:41, 17 January 2005 User:Patrick (→subst - update)
 * 04:42, 16 January 2005 User:YebisYa (→subst - The bug seems now fixed. See ({{bug|89}}).)
 * 05:03, 14 January 2005 User:YebisYa m (→External links - " and .)
 * 06:46, 13 January 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Images in templates - The page "Help:Template" is listed in the "Image links" section.)
 * 02:44, 13 January 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Example - appearance of the Example)
 * 02:28, 13 January 2005 User:YebisYa m (→Example - "than" --> "then")
 * 17:13, 12 January 2005 User:YebisYa m (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces - double quotes)
 * 14:37, 9 January 2005 User:82.36.186.49
 * 04:22, 8 January 2005 User:YebisYa (→Parameters -Revision of the example)
 * 16:22, 5 January 2005 User:198.178.8.81 (→Images in templates)
 * 21:21, 30 December 2004 User:82.210.115.92 (→Images in templates)
 * 21:20, 30 December 2004 User:82.210.115.92 (→Images in templates)
 * 21:18, 30 December 2004 User:82.210.115.92 (→Default values of parameters)
 * 21:17, 30 December 2004 User:82.210.115.92 (→Default values of parameters)
 * 12:26, 24 December 2004 User:Patrick m (→See also)
 * 12:14, 24 December 2004 User:Patrick (*[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Special:Allpages|namespace=10}} Templates in this project])
 * 11:39, 24 December 2004 User:Patrick (rm dup)
 * 11:33, 24 December 2004 User:Patrick (→General - (supported in version 1.4 and higher))
 * 11:28, 24 December 2004 User:Patrick (A list of templates used on a page is given on the edit page. Even on a section edit page the whole list is given, i.e. also the templates used in other sections.)
 * 11:20, 24 December 2004 User:Patrick (→Multiple inclusion of the same template in a page - update: rm)
 * 11:10, 24 December 2004 User:Patrick (*Including the same template more than five times in the same page works from version 1.4, now on (almost?) all Wikimedia sites.)
 * 02:40, 14 December 2004 User:Patrick (→List of templates used in a page - 1.4)
 * 02:39, 14 December 2004 User:Patrick (==List of templates used in a page==)
 * 22:18, 11 December 2004 User:Patrick (version 1.4, now on Meta, Commons and Test)
 * 22:02, 11 December 2004 User:Patrick (when viewing the page in version 1.3, and startaend when when viewing the page in version 1.4 and also when previewing during section editing),)
 * 08:23, 19 November 2004 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 82.82.71.52 to last version by Patrick)
 * 14:46, 18 November 2004 User:82.82.71.52 (→Usage)
 * 12:12, 9 November 2004 User:Patrick (With a template name depending on a parameter a kind of "case statement" is possible, where data used in multiple cases need to be)
 * 11:55, 9 November 2004 User:Patrick (With a template name depending on a parameter a kind of "case statement" is possible.)
 * 10:50, 9 November 2004 User:Patrick (→Example)
 * 10:42, 9 November 2004 User:Patrick (→Example -simplification)
 * 10:32, 9 November 2004 User:Patrick m (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 10:24, 9 November 2004 User:Patrick (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 09:27, 9 November 2004 User:Patrick (→Example -explanation)
 * 09:10, 9 November 2004 User:Patrick (====Example====)
 * 09:05, 9 November 2004 User:Patrick (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 08:26, 9 November 2004 User:Patrick (working on demo)
 * 09:49, 6 November 2004 User:Patrick m (→Caching)
 * 09:47, 6 November 2004 User:Patrick (In order to update a page in such cases (and also after creation of a category which was referenced but not defined before), use {{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAMEE}}|action=purge}})
 * 12:05, 5 November 2004 User:Patrick (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 12:03, 5 November 2004 User:Patrick (For example, a template can be made such that, depending on a parameter, produces either just a standard text or also an additional text. This is done by having it call another template, of which the)
 * 09:45, 5 November 2004 User:Patrick m (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 06:41, 18 October 2004 User:Patrick (==Interlanguage link (software feature)== copied from there)
 * 20:52, 13 October 2004 User:Patrick ({{{{NAMESPACE}}}}, using Template:Help, gives demo.)
 * 07:02, 29 September 2004 User:Patrick (==EasyTimeline code with a template parameter is not allowed==)
 * 09:33, 24 September 2004 User:Patrick (→See also - *Templates in this project)
 * 09:29, 24 September 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 09:07, 24 September 2004 User:Patrick (Various equivalent terms)
 * 08:58, 24 September 2004 User:Patrick (mv to Meta:Templates)
 * 14:00, 20 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Internal links)
 * 12:11, 20 September 2004 User:Patrick (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 11:46, 20 September 2004 User:Patrick m (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 11:29, 20 September 2004 User:Patrick m (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 11:28, 20 September 2004 User:Patrick (New: A template name can depend on the value of a parameter: <nowiki>{{tt|tc}}</nowiki> using Template:Tt, is equivalent to <nowiki>{{tc}}</nowiki> and produces {{tt|tc}}.)
 * 11:16, 20 September 2004 User:Patrick (Thus, one way of making a template is putting the tag first, and then following the link.)
 * 06:04, 20 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Internal links)
 * 06:01, 20 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Internal links -New: If, inside the double square brackets, a template is called that produces a text with a pipe character, it is interpreted as)
 * 05:56, 20 September 2004 User:Patrick (New: in the case of an internal link in a template with the target depending on a parameter, and in the case of a link with the target depending on a template, existence detection works as usual)
 * 05:43, 20 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Images in templates -New: In a template, image code parameters can contain template parameters,)
 * 02:09, 20 September 2004 User:AaronPeterson m (→Duplication of content)
 * 20:17, 17 September 2004 User:Patrick m (→Duplication of content)
 * 20:16, 17 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Duplication of content - incorporated new text, deleted link to talk, because the page is copied to other projects)
 * 12:26, 17 September 2004 User:AaronPeterson m (→Not recommended -  duplication of content.. disuputed --> talk page discussion linked to)
 * 08:00, 12 September 2004 User:Patrick (*The master version of this page, m:Help:Template, is on Meta-Wikipedia; template demo's work there, but may not work if you are viewing a copy of that page on another project.)
 * 15:18, 11 September 2004 User:Patrick m (→Multiple inclusion of the same template in a page)
 * 13:04, 10 September 2004 User:Patrick m (→A category specified in a template; caching problem)
 * 12:24, 10 September 2004 User:Patrick (→A category specified in a template)
 * 13:25, 3 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters)
 * 13:21, 3 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters)
 * 22:15, 2 September 2004 User:Patrick m (→Usage)
 * 22:13, 2 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Usage - applied in Wiktionaries for names of languages, terms like "noun", etc., see Using templates in Wiktionary;)
 * 09:27, 2 September 2004 User:Patrick m (→Viewing the contents of a template)
 * 00:14, 2 September 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters)
 * 19:46, 1 September 2004 User:Patrick m (→Examples)
 * 19:44, 1 September 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 12:05, 1 September 2004 User:Patrick (Note: Including the same template more than five times in the same page works from version 1.4, now on http://test.wikipedia.org only.)
 * 15:26, 31 August 2004 User:Patrick ({{hc|langs=Deutsch}})
 * 14:41, 31 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Viewing the contents of a template; default values of parameters - misc)
 * 14:30, 31 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Viewing the contents of a template -misc)
 * 07:09, 30 August 2004 User:64.54.249.70 (→Images in templates - copyediting)
 * 01:01, 30 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Redirection - Compare w:Plantanos with w:Plantanos - demo of alternative for redirect.)
 * 21:43, 29 August 2004 User:Patrick (→See also)
 * 11:47, 28 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Multiple inclusion of the same template in a page -(compare Template:Rec with ):)
 * 11:24, 28 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Multiple inclusion of the same template in a page - http://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_than_5_template_instances)
 * 11:23, 28 August 2004 User:Patrick (Revision 1.210 of Parser.php is operational on test.wikipedia.org and will be in version 1.4. It involves a change in the t)
 * 08:24, 28 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→subst)
 * 08:23, 28 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Multiple inclusion of the same template in a page)
 * 03:07, 28 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Multiple inclusion of the same template in a page - http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95)
 * 03:05, 28 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→subst)
 * 02:50, 28 August 2004 User:Patrick (→subst - bug 89. If the template has parameters, the result has them too.)
 * 08:29, 27 August 2004 User:Patrick (→A category specified in a template - Thus this is typically not applied to categorize templates, but to conveniently put pages in a category, based on the template they use.)
 * 08:23, 27 August 2004 User:Patrick (If a template contains the code indicating that it is in a help:category, this does not only put that template in the category, but also the pages that include the template. For example, this pag)
 * 11:37, 26 August 2004 User:Patrick (Unfortunately, when linking to a template instead of embedding it, transfer of parameters is not possible. This would have been useful e.g. to link to an enlarged image.)
 * 05:33, 23 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Images in templates)
 * 05:30, 23 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Images in templates)
 * 05:27, 23 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Images in templates -Thus for Image:Tst.png the "Image links" lists Template:Timgc, but neither this page nor Template:T or Template:T1,)
 * 05:20, 23 August 2004 User:Patrick (In none of these methods to embed an image into a page, the "Image links" section of the image description page show any page: they do neither show the final page nor the template. If only the caption)
 * 05:08, 23 August 2004 User:Patrick (rearrange)
 * 04:54, 23 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions)
 * 00:13, 23 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Links and images - Of all these methods to embed an image into a page, only if the whole image code is a parameter, pages link to this image.)
 * 21:51, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick (mv es:)
 * 12:06, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Navigational images)
 * 11:54, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Navigational images)
 * 11:42, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Navigational images)
 * 11:32, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick (→External links)
 * 10:45, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→External links)
 * 10:43, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick (→External links)
 * 10:42, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick (→External links)
 * 10:17, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Multiple inclusion of the same template in a page)
 * 10:16, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Links and images)
 * 10:15, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Links and images)
 * 09:42, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Links and images)
 * 09:24, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Internal links)
 * 08:49, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Links and images)
 * 08:09, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Links and images)
 * 07:59, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Links and images)
 * 07:44, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Links and images)
 * 06:54, 22 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Links and images)
 * 10:55, 21 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Multiple inclusion of the same template in a page)
 * 09:56, 21 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Multiple inclusion of the same template in a page)
 * 09:55, 21 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Multiple inclusion of the same template in a page)
 * 09:51, 21 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Multiple inclusion of the same template in a page)
 * 09:40, 21 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Multiple inclusion of the same template in a page - The restriction, although this may not be the main purpose and not the best way, currently protects against infinite recursion)
 * 09:07, 21 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Links and images)
 * 08:59, 21 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Links and images - rm dup)
 * 08:39, 21 August 2004 User:Patrick (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces -What does work is using a parameter in a parameter value: <nowiki>{{ttp|def}}</nowiki>, using Template:Ttp, gives {{ttp|def}}.)
 * 07:41, 21 August 2004 User:Patrick (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 07:35, 21 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 07:22, 21 August 2004 User:Patrick (→A pair of double or triple braces inside a pair of double braces)
 * 07:15, 21 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions)
 * 06:13, 21 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters - Thus the template mechanism involves two kinds of replacements:)
 * 13:13, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Links and images)
 * 13:10, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Links and images)
 * 11:55, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions)
 * 11:46, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions)
 * 11:35, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions)
 * 11:17, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions)
 * 11:01, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions)
 * 10:16, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick
 * 09:49, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions)
 * 09:38, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions)
 * 09:20, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions)
 * 09:08, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions)
 * 07:46, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions)
 * 07:33, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Usage)
 * 07:27, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters)
 * 06:55, 20 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters -(compare <nowiki>startbend</nowiki> giving startbend: with the template the text after the link is not made part of the link label).)
 * 23:25, 19 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Images in templates - update)
 * 23:22, 19 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions)
 * 23:22, 19 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions)
 * 23:16, 19 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions)
 * 23:15, 19 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions -more)
 * 22:25, 19 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Parameters)
 * 20:45, 19 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters - From the Aug 2004 version: a parameter value can contain a piped link; the "|" in such a link is not taken as parameter separator.)
 * 15:14, 19 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters - example)
 * 14:24, 19 August 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 14:18, 19 August 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions - New:: a parameter value can now contain a piped link; the "|" is in that case no longer taken as separating parameters.)
 * 09:50, 12 August 2004 User:Patrick m (→Examples)
 * 07:11, 12 August 2004 User:82.159.136.1
 * 09:28, 30 July 2004 User:Patrick m (→Parameters)
 * 09:24, 30 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters -In the case of fewer parameter values, the result depends on the remaining parameters. This can be applied if the result is itself a template.)
 * 09:16, 30 July 2004 User:Patrick ((either fixed or depending on parameters and/or variables))
 * 08:35, 29 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions - avoid ambiguous "repeated 6 times", can mean having 6 or having 7)
 * 08:29, 29 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions -This effect can cumulate with the five- or six-fold repetition mentioned above, see Template:Z in combination with Template:Y.)
 * 08:15, 29 July 2004 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions)
 * 08:13, 29 July 2004 User:Patrick (rephrase and move old to Talk)
 * 20:53, 28 July 2004 User:Eequor (→Restrictions - naive.)
 * 16:47, 27 July 2004 User:Odbo255 m (added revision regarding version support)
 * 15:31, 26 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions -The restriction protects against infinite recursion, see e.g. en:Template:Cp.)
 * 09:19, 25 July 2004 User:Patrick (→subst -(like does).)
 * 09:14, 25 July 2004 User:Patrick (→subst - One might be tempted to put this in a template, but then it would display the time of creation of the template; on the other hand, without the "subst:", it would give the time of loading t)
 * 08:23, 25 July 2004 User:Patrick (→subst -Subst can also be applied to a variable itself; this works like applying it to a template. E.g. a timestamp:)
 * 08:02, 25 July 2004 User:Patrick (→subst -An alternative that clutters the edit history less is, of course, copying the text from the edit box of the template page: then it can be edited before saving. Another method is using msgnw)
 * 07:45, 25 July 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 07:41, 25 July 2004 User:Patrick (rm interlanguage link explanation, not really needed, takes up much space before TOC)
 * 23:22, 23 July 2004 User:Patrick (Wikimedia is not MediaWiki)
 * 22:40, 23 July 2004 User:AaronPeterson
 * 08:35, 21 July 2004 User:Patrick (==Templates on Meta itself== moved from MediaWiki namespace)
 * 22:19, 19 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions -If necessary, make copies of the template. E.g, use Template:sub five times and Template:sub1 also five times.)
 * 17:04, 17 July 2004 User:Patrick (→subst - even when doing section edits on other sections.)
 * 16:51, 17 July 2004 User:Patrick (→subst - The same template can not be substituted more than five times in one edit. However, in any subsequent edit five more are substituted. Thus one can press Edit and Save a few times just for)
 * 16:06, 17 July 2004 User:Patrick ('Note: Currently the same template can not be included more than five times in the same page, making this mechanism less suitable for special characters, e.g. w:Template:Euro and repeatedly o)
 * 14:48, 17 July 2004 User:Patrick (Pages in the stored page history consist of wikitext with possible references to templates and images. When viewing an old version of a page, these refer to the current versions of the templat)
 * 09:46, 17 July 2004 User:Patrick m (→msgnw - shorter example)
 * 09:32, 17 July 2004 User:Patrick (→subst - *Use {{..}}, then preview, and copy the result to the edit box, replacing {{..}}. One may prepare a template specially for this usage.)
 * 07:30, 17 July 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 07:29, 17 July 2004 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions)
 * 03:05, 17 July 2004 User:Angela (link to summary)
 * 21:17, 14 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Redirection - *"double redirects", with one or both being this kind of "pseudo-redirect", work.)
 * 21:12, 14 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Redirection - *the buttons such as edit, watch, talk, history, "what links here", etc., refer to the referring page. There is no button to go the target page)
 * 21:01, 14 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Redirection - *the referring page is in the same categories as the target page)
 * 20:58, 14 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Redirection - A page that consists of nothing else than the inclusion of another page is similar to a redirect to that other page.)
 * 20:44, 14 July 2004 User:Patrick m (→Ridirection)
 * 20:44, 14 July 2004 User:Patrick (When a page called for inclusion is a redirect page, the redirect target is included instead.)
 * 15:11, 13 July 2004 User:Patrick (A template only works when referred to from a page in the same project. To use it in another project, one has to copy it to there.)
 * 12:51, 12 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Navigational templates - For the predecessor of the first and the successor of the last a message like "none" can be used. This is not applicable In the case of a cycle, such as the days of the we)
 * 21:21, 11 July 2004 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions)
 * 21:19, 11 July 2004 User:Patrick (This is not possible if the prefix for an interwiki link to a project is the same as the prefix for the project namespace, like in Wiktionary, Wikibooks and Wikisource. In that case use a double prefi)
 * 21:12, 11 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions -Alternatively, one can use a seemingly superfluous prefix to get interwiki link style for an link within the same project. Then you arrive at the view page, not the edit page. See e.)
 * 15:18, 9 July 2004 User:Patrick (Alternatively, one can use a U-turn like w:m:Help:Template (in this case: go from Meta to Meta through the English Wikipedia, then you arrive at the view page, not the edit page). See e.g. [[w:Tem)
 * 13:42, 9 July 2004 User:Patrick m (→Piped link with parameters)
 * 11:01, 4 July 2004 User:Patrick (→MediaWiki version 1.2.6 - Compatibility with 1.3, in the sense of having the content in Template:mytemplate, is possible with a redirect from MediaWiki:mytemplate to Template:mytemplate on the 1.2)
 * 10:53, 4 July 2004 User:Patrick (In MediaWiki version 1.2.6, make a page MediaWiki:mytemplate and refer to it with <nowiki>{{msg:mytemplate}}</nowiki>.)
 * 07:09, 4 July 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 07:07, 4 July 2004 User:Patrick m (→msgnw)
 * 11:59, 3 July 2004 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions)
 * 11:58, 3 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions - Template talk:T1)
 * 11:44, 3 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions - The same template can not be included more than five times in the same page.)
 * 18:07, 30 June 2004 User:Patrick (→See also - *Extended template syntax (proposal))
 * 07:50, 28 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Examples)
 * 00:09, 28 June 2004 User:66.92.237.227 (→Examples - cy:)
 * 10:47, 24 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Navigational templates)
 * 15:46, 19 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Piped link with parameters)
 * 15:44, 19 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Piped link with parameters)
 * 15:41, 19 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Piped link -If you want to use internal link style but need more flexibility than is possible with the variable PAGENAME, make redirects from the initial target pages to the real ones, e.g. [[en:C)
 * 15:10, 19 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Piped link - In particular target page and label can each be a parameter.)
 * 15:04, 19 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Piped link)
 * 15:03, 19 June 2004 User:Patrick (Taking into account the restrictions above, and using Template:Pl, a convenient way of making a piped link with parameters is <nowiki>{{pl|target page|label}}</nowiki>, giving {{pl|target page)
 * 11:34, 16 June 2004 User:Patrick (→subst - Help:Automatic conversion of wikitext)
 * 22:06, 15 June 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 20:21, 15 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Parameters)
 * 20:09, 15 June 2004 User:Patrick (In the case of an image or category, it gives the description part. Using a page outside the template namespace as template can be useful for:)
 * 01:22, 15 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters - a space is considered different fron an underscore, even though the template page does not show these differences.)
 * 01:01, 15 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters - Parameters are case-sensitive, even with respect to the first letter, and even though the template page does not show the difference for that.)
 * 20:49, 14 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Images in templates - a postfix, consisting of the file name extension and possibly more, and possibly also a prefix)
 * 20:44, 14 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Examples - templates with many parameters and images depending on {{PAGENAME}}:)
 * 20:27, 14 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Examples - images depending on {{PAGENAME}}:)
 * 13:40, 14 June 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 13:39, 14 June 2004 User:Patrick (→See also - *Help:What links here)
 * 12:41, 14 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Images in templates - in this case only the simplest image syntax can be used, because it can not contain a "|". / If the image syntax is in the template itself, with the image name depending)
 * 12:19, 14 June 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 12:16, 14 June 2004 User:Patrick (<-Help:Index)
 * 01:46, 14 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Images in templates)
 * 01:44, 14 June 2004 User:Patrick (→See also)
 * 01:14, 14 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Images in templates - *the whole image syntax is a parameter value, and this does not contain a "|".)
 * 01:27, 13 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Navigational templates - A navigational template may also just allow going forward and backward in a linear sequence, e.g. en:Template:Pope. A little inconvenient is that it requires special s)
 * 07:50, 12 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Images in templates - Template talk:Infobox Thai Province)
 * 07:47, 12 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Images in templates - If the image name depends on a parameter, the image is not shown in the referring page, but there is the usual link to the proper image description page.)
 * 23:35, 11 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→See also)
 * 23:32, 11 June 2004 User:Patrick (→subst - causes this command in the wikitext to be replaced by that of the template when the referring page is saved.)
 * 23:27, 11 June 2004 User:Patrick (mv subst here from MediaWiki namespace and expand)
 * 23:08, 11 June 2004 User:Patrick (In the case of too few parameter values, the result is like a template itself, depending on the remaining parameters.)
 * 13:02, 11 June 2004 User:Patrick (→See also - *Message substitution - Earlier technical discussions)
 * 10:54, 11 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters -Note that parameters in the MediaWiki namespace (interface messages) are written as $1, $2, etc., see Meta-Wikimedia:MediaWiki namespace text.)
 * 09:07, 11 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Not recommended - The recommended usages mentioned above do not tend to have these disadvantages.)
 * 08:58, 11 June 2004 User:Patrick (Duplication of content (whether using a template or not), e.g. putting a section on the relationship of A and B both in the page about A and in that about B, is not recommended. It is confusing and ir)
 * 08:40, 11 June 2004 User:Patrick ((tranclusion, creating a compound document) / rm dup)
 * 01:34, 11 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Examples - Modèle:Tableau pays)
 * 00:57, 11 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Examples - eo:Ŝablono:El - small, often used image)
 * 00:24, 11 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Examples - more)
 * 00:15, 11 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Examples - more)
 * 23:55, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick (examples)
 * 22:06, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick (An image in a template that should be different for each page in which the template occurs, should be given a name of the form prefix<nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>postfix (with a prefix, a post)
 * 16:23, 10 June 2004 User:ArnoLagrange (eko de plurlingveco)
 * 15:46, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Viewing the contents of a template)
 * 15:44, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick (Conversely, parameters could be chosen which are not in use as template name (except, of course, if used for the purpose just mentioned).)
 * 15:39, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Viewing the contents of a template)
 * 15:37, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick (for clarity, a template can be created with the name of the parameter and as contents that name in double braces (as long as that template name is not needed for a more important purpose). This has be)
 * 14:28, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Restrictions)
 * 14:11, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions - misc)
 * 13:00, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Caching)
 * 12:57, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Caching - pages referring to en:Template:Tc (typically template talk pages),)
 * 12:53, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Caching)
 * 12:52, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick (there are cases of indirect dependence where a page may still not be up-to-date, even after pressing Ctrl-F5 or similar. This is e.g. the case for en:Template:Tc, containing <nowiki>{{msgnw:{{PAGE)
 * 12:35, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick (→See also - *MediaWiki_roadmap#Template_syntax - about the changes that occurred earlier)
 * 11:26, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Restrictions - also example of non-existing page)
 * 11:22, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick (See e.g. en:Template:T2, with <nowiki>{{T2|H|a}}</nowiki> resulting on Wikipedia in Ha. The link shows up as external, although it is to a)
 * 08:28, 10 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters - misc)
 * 23:41, 9 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Restriction - variable in an image name works, e.g. Location of {{{the}}} {{PAGENAME}}, but apparently a parameter in it does not.)
 * 21:57, 9 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Viewing the contents of a template - a page link, and also a referral to another template, that depends on a parameter is assumed to refer to a link to a nonexisting page and therefore rendered as)
 * 15:01, 9 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→See also)
 * 14:59, 9 June 2004 User:Patrick (→See also - A parameter name or value can not contain a "|", since this separates parameters. If it is to be used for a piped link, perhaps external link style is a solution.)
 * 14:50, 9 June 2004 User:Patrick (→See also - MediaWiki_1.3_comments_and_bug_reports#Bugs_related_to_templates)
 * 23:54, 8 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Viewing the contents of a template)
 * 23:44, 8 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Viewing the contents of a template)
 * 23:40, 8 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Viewing the contents of a template - However, this does not affect the working. However, one pecularity is that a page link that depends on a parameter is assumed to be a nonexisting page and ther)
 * 12:35, 8 June 2004 User:Patrick (useful for quoting interface messages in the MediaWiki namespace)
 * 12:26, 8 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Usage - see e.g. en:Template:Familia and fr:Modèle:Familia.)
 * 11:53, 8 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Usage - Templates are not only convenient, but they can also "force" a useful uniformity.)
 * 11:48, 8 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Usage - misc)
 * 11:24, 8 June 2004 User:Patrick (→See also - copying the contents of a template into the wikitext of another page.)
 * 11:22, 8 June 2004 User:Patrick (→See also - *MediaWiki namespace - not up-to-date; see in particular the command "subst" for an alternative use of a template.)
 * 11:13, 8 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Viewing the contents of a template - In wikitext, use "msgnw:" after the opening braces to display the contents.)
 * 11:11, 6 June 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 11:10, 6 June 2004 User:Patrick (main namespace too)
 * 10:59, 6 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Usage - *infoboxes, each time showing the same kind of information in the same format, but each time for a different case, using parameters, e.g. the already mentioned [[en:Template:Infobox Countr)
 * 10:49, 6 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters - For an example with many parameters, see en:Template:Infobox Countries.)
 * 10:40, 6 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Usage - Since parameters can be used, versions may to that extent even be different, and parameter values can be edited independently for each.)
 * 09:52, 6 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Usage)
 * 09:50, 6 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Usage - However, templates should have the correct page names and not rely on redirecting, since the feature does not work in that case.)
 * 09:46, 6 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Usage - misc)
 * 09:44, 6 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Usage)
 * 09:43, 6 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Usage - more)
 * 09:28, 6 June 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 09:07, 6 June 2004 User:Patrick (Templates are useful for any text for which one wants a copy in two or more pages, and there is no need for each copy to be edited independently, to adapt it to the page it is in.)
 * 08:56, 6 June 2004 User:Patrick (Sometimes an edit link is not really needed, e.g. in a template containing a list of provinces in a country, which has been carefully checked for errors and has a format that is not likely to require)
 * 22:16, 5 June 2004 User:194.69.220.67 (speling)
 * 14:16, 5 June 2004 User:Patrick (en:Wikipedia:Template namespace)
 * 13:55, 5 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Parameters - On rendering, surplus parameters are ignored. In the case of too few, see below.)
 * 13:52, 5 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Viewing the contents of a template)
 * 13:46, 5 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Viewing the contents of a template - If a page refers to a template but does not specify the parameters (or not all), then the page will render them in the same way as is shown on the template pag)
 * 12:18, 5 June 2004 User:Patrick (This is mainly useful for experimenting with templates in subpages of one's userpage.)
 * 09:11, 5 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Link for editing template)
 * 09:08, 5 June 2004 User:Patrick m (→Viewing the contents of a template)
 * 09:03, 5 June 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 08:57, 5 June 2004 User:Patrick (the contents of a template)
 * 08:16, 5 June 2004 User:Patrick (The edit link on each page does not allow editing of template text appearing on that page. Therefore it can be desirable to have a special link for that purpose. This link can be put in the template i)
 * 07:41, 5 June 2004 User:Patrick (A variable in a template is evaluated after insertion in the referring page, i.e. if <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki> occurs in the wikitext of a template, it is rendered as the name of)
 * 07:01, 5 June 2004 User:Patrick (partly rewritten)
 * 21:35, 2 June 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 21:27, 2 June 2004 User:Patrick (Typical applications on Wikipedia are custom messages such as <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki> and navigational elements such as <nowiki>{{europe}}</nowiki>./ misc)
 * 21:05, 2 June 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 21:04, 2 June 2004 User:Patrick (The contents of any page outside the main namespace can be referred to in another page, and be inserted when that page is rendered. The syntax is {{full page name}}; if the page is in the Template nam)
 * 20:30, 2 June 2004 User:Patrick (Note that to see the contents of a template, one needs to look in the edit-box and not just on the page itself: on the latter the parameters are not shown, but applied.)
 * 20:17, 2 June 2004 User:Patrick (misc)
 * 20:12, 2 June 2004 User:Patrick (copied from MediaWiki roadmap)

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Help talk:Template names, variable names and parameters depending on a variable or parameter

Meta:Help:Template names, variable names and parameters depending on a variable or parameter authors and history
= From Meta:Help talk:Template names, variable names and parameters depending on a variable or parameter =
 * User:Kernigh (Help:Template names, variable names and parameters depending on a variable or parameter moved to Help:Hacking templates: The old name of this page is too long. It was difficult to make interwiki links to this page, but I need it as an advanced tem)

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Help:Testing

Before commiting to a change, one should test it first.

Changes to a page
There is a preview button near the submit button. One should check to make sure that the links are correct and the spelling is correct

Spelling
linuxquestions.org appears to have a spelling checker in their modified version of MediaWiki, one can use Konqueror or Firefox with a spelling check extension to check spelling within the browser window.

Testing features of existing software on one of the regular projects
This applies anyway for tests that depend on settings which are different per project, such as:
 * interlanguage links (software feature)
 * case-sensitivity of the first character
 * character encoding
 * enabling of embedding images in other projects and images outside Wikimedia
 * MediaWiki:Monobook.css, etc.
 * tests depending on other content, such as templates, images
 * tests depending on project-specific variables such as namespace prefixes

It can be done:

 * in special pages such as    :Sandbox
 * on user pages and subpages
 * using Preview - this can not be used to test how a change in a page affects another page, such as when changing a template; when used to test automatic conversion of wikitext it only shows the rendered webpage, not the new wikitext itself, except for automatic conversion of special characters to their decimal numeric codes.

A test involving variable, e.g. a link to an image or another page with a name containing  , can be done on the Talk page, since the value of the variable is the same on that page.

Sysops testing the available links and how things work for ordinary logged-in users can log in under another name, or in a project for which they are not a sysop.

title: Help:Testing


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Help talk:Testing

Meta:Help:Testing authors and history
= From Meta:Help talk:Testing =
 * 04:47, 16 November 2005 User:Uncle G (Fixed hyperlinks that break when this page is copied to other projects)
 * 21:03, 26 September 2005 User:Korg m (Reverted edits by 81.110.173.69 to last version by 68.238.248.188)
 * 16:57, 25 September 2005 User:81.110.173.69
 * 12:33, 23 August 2005 User:68.238.248.188 (→Spelling - corrected spelling error)
 * 00:40, 16 July 2005 User:203.146.247.4 (I think we don't need a comma here)
 * 22:03, 10 July 2005 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 68.77.137.142 to last version by Patrick)
 * 18:42, 10 July 2005 User:68.77.137.142
 * 13:34, 25 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Testing features of existing software on one of the regular projects)
 * 13:27, 25 April 2005 User:Patrick (→Testing features of existing software on one of the regular projects)
 * 13:24, 25 April 2005 User:Patrick (rm test wikipedia)
 * 23:13, 21 April 2005 User:TheDJ (add h:h and h:f)
 * 11:32, 23 February 2005 User:131.111.8.98 (→changes to a page - Caps; typos.)
 * 11:44, 22 January 2005 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 80.58.9.237 to last version by Patrick)
 * 01:05, 22 January 2005 User:80.58.9.237 (→changes to a page)
 * 09:37, 18 November 2004 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 67.22.173.232 to last version by Patrick)
 * 03:59, 18 November 2004 User:67.22.173.232 (→changes to a page)
 * 10:02, 6 November 2004 User:Patrick (→Testing new software - Not everything works here: notably, currently search does not work, and selecting the skin MySkin has no effect.)
 * 12:12, 5 November 2004 User:Patrick m (Reverted edits by 194.183.205.69 to last version by Angela)
 * 09:36, 4 November 2004 User:194.183.205.69
 * 15:31, 3 November 2004 User:Angela m (Reverted edits by 61.49.188.142 to last version by AaronPeterson)
 * 14:25, 3 November 2004 User:61.49.188.142 (→Testing features of existing software on one of the regular projects)
 * 14:23, 3 November 2004 User:61.49.188.142 (→Testing new software)
 * 14:19, 3 November 2004 User:61.49.188.142 (→changes to a page)
 * 15:57, 18 October 2004 User:AaronPeterson m
 * 05:08, 24 August 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 10:20, 25 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Testing features of existing software on one of the regular projects -MediaWiki:Monobook.css, etc.)
 * 10:08, 25 July 2004 User:Patrick (Sysops testing the available links and how things work for ordinary logged-in users, can log in under another name, or in a project for which they are not a sysop.)
 * 09:58, 25 July 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 09:42, 25 July 2004 User:Patrick (this does not apply for tests that depend on settings which are different per project, such as:)
 * 09:28, 25 July 2004 User:Patrick m
 * 07:41, 6 July 2004 User:Patrick (→Testing existing software - except for automatic conversion of special characters to their decimal numeric codes.)
 * 19:50, 21 June 2004 User:Patrick (MediaWiki test script)
 * 09:16, 21 June 2004 User:Patrick (when used to test automatic conversion of wikitext it only shows the rendered webpage, not the new wikitext itself.)
 * 09:05, 21 June 2004 User:Patrick (→Testing existing software -A test involving variable <nowiki></nowiki>, e.g. a link to an image or another page with a name containing <nowiki></nowiki>, can be done on the)
 * 08:59, 21 June 2004 User:Patrick (new)

title: Help talk:Testing


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Help:Transclusion Demo

This transclusion demo is a little bit of text to be included into any file.

title: Help:Transclusion Demo


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Help talk:Transclusion Demo

Meta:Help:Transclusion Demo authors and history
= From Meta:Help talk:Transclusion Demo =
 * 01:29, 25 November 2005 User:Uncle G m (Transclusion Demo moved to Help:Transclusion Demo)
 * 14:06, 7 September 2005 User:SV Resolution (Transclusion demo for the Help:Editing page)

title: Help talk:Transclusion Demo