Template:May be substituted
 | This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:May be substituted}}). |
Template documentation | This template should not be substituted. |
Usage
{{May be substituted}}
This template should be placed on the documentation subpage (not the template page itself) of any template that may be substituted (but may also be transcluded).
Parameters
- This template accepts one optional parameter, which can be used to give a more detailed description of why the template in question should not be substituted. For example,
{{May be substituted|Example text.}}produces:
| This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:May be substituted}}). |
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.