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Template:Always substitute

This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:Always substitute}}).

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• {{subst only}}

This template should notbesubstituted.

This template is used on approximately 9,600 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandboxor/testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

{{Always substitute}} produces the following notice:

This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:foo}}).

(but {{Always substitute}} itself should notbesubstituted.)

{{Always substitute}}

{{Always substitute}} should be placed on the documentation subpage of any template that requires substitution rather than transclusion (i.e. not on the template's own page itself).

Pages that include {{Always substitute}} are added to Category:Wikipedia substituted templates.

|auto=

If set as "yes", the template to which the notice refers will be subst:ed automatically unless the |demo=yes parameter is set. The notice is amended to state this. Default is "no". Setting this parameter to "yes" places the template in Category:Wikipedia templates to be automatically substituted; see User:AnomieBOT/docs/TemplateSubster for more information.

|alt=

Use to set an alternate and transcludable name for the template.

|nocat=true

Suppress automatic categorization.

• {{substed}}
• {{substitute}}
• {{substituted}}
• {{substonly}}
• {{subst only}}

• {{require substitution}} – Prints an error unless substituted.
• {{substituted or transcluded}} – if-then-else metatemplate that checks if a template is currently being substituted or transcluded
  • {{always substitute}} – For the doc of the above templates; prints a message asking for it be substituted.
  • {{never substitute}} – The reverse of {{always substitute}}. For the doc of templates which should not be substituted; prints a message asking for it not to be substituted.
  • {{may be substituted}} – For the doc of templates whose substitution is optional.
  • {{substitution}} – Allows free-fill description of whether the template should be substituted and under what conditions.
• {{ifsubst}} – Forks if substituted or not.
• {{issubst}} – Returns "yes" if substituted.
• {{HTML comment}} – To sign substitutions with comments that contain wikitext expansions
• Module:Unsubst – Prevents substitution.
• Module:Unsubst-infobox – Prevents substitution for infoboxes, cleans up parameters.