Template:TemplateData header

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The {{TemplateData header}} template inserts a brief header for the template data section, and adds the page to Category:Templates using TemplateData.

Usage

==TemplateData==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>{
...
}</templatedata>

Note: Section headers of ==Parameters== or ==Usage== may also be used.

Use {{TemplateData header|Template name}} to display a name for the template other than the default, which is {{BASEPAGENAME}}. Do not add namespace Template:

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Use {{TemplateData header|nolink=1}} to omit the wikilink from the word "TemplateData" in the header text, for instances where it is already linked outside this template.

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Use {{TemplateData header|noheader=1}} to omit the first sentence of the header text.

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Parameters

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TemplateData for TemplateData header

Inserts a brief header for the template data section. Adds the page to [[Category:Templates using TemplateData]]

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Template name	1	Used to display a name for the template other than the default, which is {{BASEPAGENAME}}.	String	optional
No link	nolink	Assigning any value to this parameter will omit cause the template to omit the wikilink from the word "TemplateData" in the header text, for instances where it is already linked outside this template.	String	optional
No header	noheader	Assigning any value to this parameter will cause the template to omit the first sentence of the header text.	String	optional

Example

Using a collapse box for [[Template:User]]:

{{collapse top|title=TemplateData}}
{{TemplateData header|User}}
<templatedata>
{
	"description": "This template is used to create a link to a user's user page (unless using {{Useranon}}), talk page, and contributions, and generates a special notification (aka 'ping').",
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "User name",
			"type": "string",
			"required": true,
			"description": "The user name that you want to create links to and notify.",
			"aliases":["user"]
		},
		"project": {
			"label": "Sister project",
			"type": "string",
			"description": "Used to link to a sister project instead of the English Wikipedia. Use the standard interwiki prefix."
		},
		"lang": {
			"label": "Other language project",
			"type": "string",
			"description": "Used to link to another language project. If used with the \"sister project\" parameter, links to another language of a sister project. Otherwise links to another language Wikipedia. Use the standard language code."
		},
		"separator": {
			"label": "Separator",
			"description": "Used to change the separator between the links. If unused, defaults to a dot."
		}
	}
}
</templatedata>
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This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles. TemplateData for User This template is used to create a link to a user's user page (unless using {{Useranon}}), talk page, and contributions, and generates a special notification (aka 'ping'). Template parameters Parameter Description Type Status User name 1 user The user name that you want to create links to and notify. String required Sister project project Used to link to a sister project instead of the English Wikipedia. Use the standard interwiki prefix. String optional Other language project lang Used to link to another language project. If used with the "sister project" parameter, links to another language of a sister project. Otherwise links to another language Wikipedia. Use the standard language code. String optional Separator separator Used to change the separator between the links. If unused, defaults to a dot. Unknown optional

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using TemplateData header with unknown parameters (5)

See also

• Category:Templates using TemplateData (1,575)
• {{Crude TemplateData}}
• {{Template parameter usage}}

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