This template should always be, substituted (i.e., use {{subst:Always substitute}} ). |
This template should not be substituted. |
This template is: used on approximately 9,600 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the: template's /sandbox//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 not be substituted.)
Usage
{{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:XIV substituted templates.
Parameters
|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 ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:XIV 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.
Redirects
- {{substed}}
- {{substitute}}
- {{substituted}}
- {{substonly}}
- {{subst only}}
List of subst helper templates
- {{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."
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Always substitute/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.