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The '''template link''' (or "tl") 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 the template name as code rather than actually invoking it. Its primary use is in instruction and documentation where it is used to refer to a template by name without invoking it.
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==Examples==
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:
An example of its use is:


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


<templatedata>{
"description": "This template displays 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.",
"params": {
  "1": {
    "label": "template name",
    "description": "the template name without the namespace prefix “Template:”, which is added automatically",
    "type": "line",
    "required": true
  }
}}</templatedata>
More complex variations are described below.


== TemplateData ==
==Example==
<templatedata>{
{| class="wikitable"
"description": "This template displays 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.",
! Code
"params": {
! Result
"1": {
! Notes
"label": "template name",
|-
"description": "positional parameter: the template name without the namespace prefix “Template:”, which is added automatically",
| <code><nowiki>{{tl|Void}}</nowiki></code>
"type": "wiki-template-name",
| {{[[Template:Void|Void]]}}
"required": true
| Standard usage
}
|-
}
| <code><nowiki>{{tls|Void}}</nowiki></code>
}</templatedata>
| {{[[Wikipedia:Substitution|subst]]:[[Template:Example|Example]]}}
| For templates that should be [[Wikipedia:Substitution|substituted]]
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{tl2|X1}}</nowiki></code>
| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[{{{LANG|}}}{{{SISTER|}}}{{ns:Template}}:X1|X1]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
| This formats the link to show how it would look in code
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{tl2|SISTER=M:|3x}}</nowiki></code>
| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[{{{LANG|}}}M:{{ns:Template}}:3x|3x]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
| Same as above, for templates on another Wikimedia project (such as meta)
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{tl2|SISTER=wikibooks|LANG=de:|WP}}</nowiki></code>
| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[http://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Vorlage:WP WP]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code><!--
––––– 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]]
-->
| For templates on another language project
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{tl|1==)}}</nowiki></code>
| {{tl|1==)}}
| Use the format <code><nowiki>{{tl|1=templatename}}</nowiki></code> if the template contains template coding characters such as {{tl|1==)}} or {{tl|1=!}}
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
* {{tl|tlx}} to produce a [t]emplate [l]ink with an e[x]panded number of parameters.
{{Template-linking templates}}
<includeonly>[[Category:link templates]]</includeonly>
 
<includeonly>
{{#ifeq:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|sandbox | |
[[Category:Internal template-link templates]]
}}
</includeonly>
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