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The '''template link''' template is a simple [[w:Macro (computer science)|macro]] [[m:Help:template|template]] used to display a template name as a link surrounded by braces, thus showing how the template name would be used in code. Its primary use is in instruction and documentation. A short example is that the code:

::<code><nowiki>{{Tl|Example}}</nowiki></code>

:generates

::{{Tl|Example}}

More complex variations are described below.
 
===Related templates===
{{Tl2|Tl2}} differs in that it displays an arguably clearer result like {{Tlx|Tlx}}, and also takes the named parameters 'SISTER=xx' and 'LANG=ll', so that it may also be used to ''list and link to templates on other English and non-English language sister projects''.
 
{{Tlx|Tlx}} displays with the same enhanced presentation, and also expands several 'placeholder' parameters to generate a sample template call.

===Usage===
<pre>
 {{Tl|Template name to display}}
and
 {{Tl2|Template name to display}} -- local link, just like Tl.
 or
 {{Tl2|SISTER=V:|Template name to display}} -- displays a template on Wikiversity
 or
 {{Tl2|LANG=fr.|SISTER=wikisource|Template name to display}} -- displays a template 
                       on the French Wikisource sister project.
 {{Tl|1==)}} -- use 1= where the template name contains an equals sign (as [[template:=)]] does).
</pre>

===Example===
{| class="wikitable"
! Code
! Result
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{Tl|X0}}</nowiki></code>
| {{[[Template:X0|X0]]}}
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{Tl2|X1}}</nowiki></code>
| <tt><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[{{{LANG|}}}{{{SISTER|}}}{{ns:Template}}:X1|X1]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{Tl2|SISTER=M:|3x}}</nowiki></code>
| <tt><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[{{{LANG|}}}M:{{ns:Template}}:3x|3x]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{Tl2|SISTER=wikibooks|LANG=de:|WP}}</nowiki></code>
| <tt><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[http://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Vorlage:WP WP]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><!---
----- This is currently a fraudulent output result... the template code needs modified to work
----- per this plan, then this /doc file fixed up to match whatever the correct syntax actually is.
----- ALMOST work: 
[[:de:wikibooks:{{ns:template}}:WP|WP]]
[[de:wikibooks:{{ns:template}}:WP|WP]]
---->
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{Tl|1==)}}</nowiki></code>
| {{Tl|1==)}}
|}

===See also===
*{{Tl|Tl2}} – Template link, up to three parameters and interwiki links.
*{{Tl|Tlp}} – Template link, with up to eight parameters.
*{{Tl|Tlx}} – Template link, up to three parameters and interwiki links, plus uses a non-proportional monospaced font.
*{{Tl|Tlsp}} – Template link, ditto subst'ed.
*{{Tl|Tlb}} &nbsp; Same as {{Tl|Tl}}, but gives the template name in boldface type (this can be useful when stressing the difference between two similarly named templates). The {{Tl|Tlxb}} variant is the same, except it uses a monospaced non-proportional font instead of regular text.
*{{Tl|Lts}} – See Lts discussion for more variants.
*{{Tl|Tlu}} – Like {{Tlx|Tl}} / {{Tlx|Tlp}} for any namespace.
*{{Tl|Tn}} – Same as tl, but shows the braces as part of the link.
*{{Tl|Evd}} – Show live example
*{{Tl|Tlc}}, {{Tl|Tld}} and {{Tl|Tlf}} – Template names without links.
*{{Tl|Tltt}} and {{Tl|Tltt2}} – Template link with tooltip, with no and one parameter respectively.
*{{Tl|Tlrow}} - For showing templates and their properties in a table
*[[:Category:Internal link templates]]

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