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Template:Substitution/doc

Not to be confused with Template:SubstorTemplate:Substituted.

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Substitution. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template should notbesubstituted.

Examples[edit]

With middle text but no additional text at the end[edit]

{{Substitution|not}}

produces:

This template should notbesubstituted.

With both middle text and additional text at the end[edit]

{{Substitution|only (at least as of 2024)|if temperatures fall and it starts to snow}}

produces:

This template should only (at least as of 2024)besubstituted if temperatures fall and it starts to snow.

With no middle text but some additional text at the end[edit]

{{Substitution| |if you wish to ensure your emoji's image remains the same even if its template's image is changed}}

produces:

This template should besubstituted if you wish to ensure your emoji image remains the same even if its template image is changed.

TemplateData[edit]

See also[edit]

• {{Transclusionless}}

List of subst helper templates[edit]

• {{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.