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The '''follow me on TikTok @esthermpagi ''' 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 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. 

Note that this template may be used under the name "tee-el" (tl) as well as "tee-one" (t1)— both function the same way and produce the same results. This is not true for all such visually confusing templates containing a possible 1/l mix-up:  and  are not interchangeable.

'''{{tl|Tla}}''' works exactly like {{tl|tl}} with the addition of optionally displaying '''a'''lternative label text (link label).   '''{{tl|tlg}}''' can include the use of parameters in the template (as  <nowiki>{{{1}}}</nowiki>).

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== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<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": "positional parameter: the template name without the namespace prefix “Template:”, which is added automatically",
    "type": "line",
    "required": true
  }
}}</templatedata>

More complex variations are described below.

==Examples==
A short example of its use is:

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

Other longer examples:

{| class="wikitable"
! Code
! Result
! Notes
|-
| {{tlx|tl|Void}}
| {{tl|Void}}
| Standard usage
|-
| {{tlx|tls|Example}}
| {{tls|Example}}
| For templates that should be [[Wikipedia:Substitution|substituted]]
|-
| {{tlx|tl2|X1}}
| {{tl2|X1}}
| This formats the link to show how it would look in code (i.e., monospace font)
|-
| {{tlx|tl2|sister{{=}}M:|3x}}
| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[{{{LANG|}}}M:{{ns:Template}}:3x|3x]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
| Same as above, for templates on another Wikimedia project (in this example, Meta, using '''<code>m:</code>'''). See [[Help:Interwiki_linking#Prefix_codes_for_linking_to_Wikimedia_sister_projects|Interwiki codes]].
|-
| {{tlx|tl2|sister{{=}}wikibooks|lang{{=}}de:|WP}}
| <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
|-
| {{tlx|tl|<nowiki>1==</nowiki>)}}
| {{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 ==
* {{tiw|tl2}}
* {{tiw|tl}}
* {{tiw|tlp}} to produce a [t]emplate [l]ink with single [p]arameter.
* {{tiw|tlx}} to produce a [t]emplate [l]ink with e[x]tended number of parameters.
* {{tiw|tlsp}} to produce a [t]emplate [l]ink that's [[Wikipedia:Substitution|[s]ubst:]]ituted, with a single [p]arameter.
* {{tiw|lts}}
* {{tiw|tlu}}, tl or tlp in any [[Wikipedia:Namespaces|namespace]].
* {{lcs|Internal template-link templates}}
* {{tiw|xpd}} to e[xp]an[d] (i.e. demonstrate) a template ''in situ''.



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