Template:Template-linking templates

General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to the styles of generated text and link produced
Text style ↓	This page is being depreciated options^{[note 1]} to achieve text style	Link style
Text style ↓		Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Unlinked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
This page is being depreciated options^{[note 1]} to achieve link style	—	DEFAULT	`nolink=yes`	`subst=yes`	`nolink=yes\|subst=yes`	`braceinside=yes`	`alttext=Foo` `2=Foo`
normal	DEFAULT	{{tlg}}^{[note 1]} {{tl}} {{tlp\|1\|2\|...}}^{[note 2]} {{Template:tlu}}^{[note 3]}	{{tlf}}^{[note 2]} ^{<template link>}	This page is being depreciated {{subst:Template:tlsu}}^{[note 3]}	{{subst:tlsf}}^{[note 2]} ^{<template link>}	{{tn}}	{{tla}}
`code`	`code=yes`	`{{tl2}}` This page is being depreciated `{{Template:tlxu}}`^{[note 3]}	This page is being depreciated^{[note 2]} ^{<template link>} `{{tnull}}`^{<template link>}	This page is being depreciated	`{{subst:tlsc}}`^{[note 2]} ^{<template link>}	—
monospace	`plaincode=yes`^{[note 4]}	—		This page is being depreciated^{[note 5]}	—
`kbd`	`kbd=yes`^{[note 5]}	—		This page is being depreciated^{[note 5]}	—
bold	`bold=yes`	{{tlb}}	—
`bold+code`	`bold=yes\|code=yes`	`{{tlxb}}`
`italic+code`	`italic=yes\|code=yes`	This page is being depreciated

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 This page is being depreciated is the most general template, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside This page is being depreciated tags.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Allows links to templates in any namespace.
↑ This page is being depreciated uses This page is being depreciated.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Displays monospaced font using This page is being depreciated.

Other formatting templates

Templates producing specialised formatting effects for given templates, modules or parameters
Code example	Effect	Notes
This page is being depreciated	{{Hatnote \| Some text \| selfref = yes \| category = no \| lang = fr }}	Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> {{Hatnote \| Some text \| selfref = yes \| category = no \| lang = fr }} </syntaxhighlight>	{{Hatnote \| Some text \| selfref = yes \| category = no \| lang = fr }}	Same as above
This page is being depreciated	{{Hatnote\|Some text\|selfref=yes\|category=no\|lang=fr}}	Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters
`<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{Hatnote\|Some text\|selfref=yes\|category=no\|lang=fr}}</syntaxhighlight>`	`{{Hatnote\|Some text\|selfref=yes\|category=no\|lang=fr}}`	Same as above
This page is being depreciated	`{{hatnote}}`	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
This page is being depreciated	{{hatnote\|Some text}} Some text	Shows code and example
This page is being depreciated	Template:Hatnote	Produces a normal link to the template
This page is being depreciated This page is being depreciated	`[[Template:Example]]` `[[Template:Example\|Text]]suffix`	Shows how wikilink would be entered in wiki markup, with optional link text and suffix
This page is being depreciated	{{#invoke:Example\|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
This page is being depreciated	{{#invoke:Example\|hello}}	Similar to {{ml}}, but expects the function to be documented and creates a link to the corresponding section
This page is being depreciated	`{{#invoke:Example\|hello}}`	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
This page is being depreciated	`require('Module:Example')`	Link to Lua modules and built-in libraries, showing Lua code.
This page is being depreciated	title=`book title`	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
This page is being depreciated	`[[WP:LASTING]]`	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a This page is being depreciated tag.
This page is being depreciated This page is being depreciated	This page is being depreciated `<templatedata>`	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
This page is being depreciated	{{d:Ping project}}	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
This page is being depreciated This page is being depreciated	{{#if}} {{#if:{{{1}}}\|true\|false}}	Magic word links
This page is being depreciated This page is being depreciated	{{#if}} {{#if:{{{1}}}\|true\|false}}	Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}
This page is being depreciated	{{uc:}}	Magic word links

With utility links

Templates producing utility links for a given template (Hatnote used here as example)
Code example	Effect
This page is being depreciated	Template:Hatnote (edit \| talk \| history \| links \| watch \| logs)
This page is being depreciated	Template:Hatnote(edit talk links history)
This page is being depreciated	{{Hatnote}} (edit talk history links # /subpages /doc /doc edit /sbox /sbox diff /test)
This page is being depreciated	Template:Hatnote (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
This page is being depreciated	{{Hatnote}} links talk edit
This page is being depreciated	{{subst:Hatnote}} links talk edit
This page is being depreciated	Template:Hatnote (talk⧼dot-separator⧽links⧼dot-separator⧽edit)
This page is being depreciated	This page is being depreciated
This page is being depreciated	m:Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
This page is being depreciated	Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
This page is being depreciated	{{Hatnote}} (talk)
This page is being depreciated	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)
This page is being depreciated	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)

[TlTfn1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 This page is being depreciated is the most general template, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options.

[TlTfn2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside This page is being depreciated tags.

[TlTfn3-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Allows links to templates in any namespace.

[TlTfn4-4] This page is being depreciated uses This page is being depreciated.

[TlTfn5-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Displays monospaced font using This page is being depreciated.

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General-purpose formatting

Other formatting templates

With utility links

Usage