Template:Template-linking templates

General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to the styles of generated text and link produced

Text style ↓	{{tlg}} optionsTemplate:NoteTag to achieve text style	Link style
		Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Unlinked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
{{tlg}} optionsTemplate:NoteTag to achieve link style	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">nolink=yes</syntaxhighlight>	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">subst=yes</syntaxhighlight>	nolink=yes|subst=yes	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">braceinside=yes</syntaxhighlight>	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">alttext=Foo</syntaxhighlight> <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">2=Foo</syntaxhighlight>
normal	Template:N/a	Template:TlgTemplate:NoteTag {{tl}} {{tlp|1|2|...}}Template:NoteTag Template:TluTemplate:NoteTag	{{tlf}}Template:NoteTag <template link>	{{subst:tls}} Template:TlsuTemplate:NoteTag	Template:TlsfTemplate:NoteTag <template link>	Template:Tn	Template:Tla
code	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">code=yes</syntaxhighlight>	{{tl2}} {{tlx}} Template:TlxuTemplate:NoteTag	{{tlc}}Template:NoteTag <template link> {{tnull}}<template link>	Template:Tlxs	Template:TlscTemplate:NoteTag <template link>	colspan="2" rowspan="3" Template:N/a
monospace	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">plaincode=yes</syntaxhighlight>Template:NoteTag	colspan="2" rowspan="2" Template:N/a	Template:TltssTemplate:NoteTag	rowspan="2" Template:N/a
kbd	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">kbd=yes</syntaxhighlight>Template:NoteTag
bold	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">bold=yes</syntaxhighlight>	{{tlb}}	colspan="5" rowspan="3" Template:N/a
bold+code	bold=yes|code=yes	Template:Tlxb
italic+code	italic=yes|code=yes	Template:Tlxi

Other formatting templates

Templates producing specialised formatting effects for given templates, modules or parameters

Code example	Effect	Notes
{{Template:Template journal|Hatnote|Some text|selfref: yes|category: no|lang: fr}}	{{Hatnote | Some text | selfref = yes | category = no | lang = fr }}	Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters
<source lang="wikitext"> <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> Some text </syntaxhighlight> </source>	<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> Some text </syntaxhighlight>	Same as above
{{Template:Template journal inline|Hatnote|Some text|selfref: yes|category: no|lang: fr}}	{{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>	<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline> Some text </syntaxhighlight>	Same as above
{{tl2|Hatnote|lang=fr}}	{{hatnote}}	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
{{demo|<nowiki>{{Hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}}</nowiki>}}	lang=fr|Some text}}</syntaxhighlight> Some text	Shows code and example
{{tln|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote	Produces a normal link to the template
{{elc|Template:Hatnote}} {{elc|Template:Hatnote|Hatnote}}	[[Template:Hatnote]] [[Template:Hatnote|Hatnote]]	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
{{ml|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
{{mfl|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Similar to {{ml}}, but expects the function to be documented and creates a link to the corresponding section
{{mlx|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
{{ml-lua|Module:Example|hello}}	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" inline="1">require('Module:Example')</syntaxhighlight>	Link to Lua modules and built-in libraries, showing Lua code.
{{para|title|<var>book title</var>}}	|title=book title	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
{{sclx|LASTING}}	[[WP:LASTING]]	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a <code>...</code> tag.
{{tag|ref}} {{xtag|templatedata}}	<ref>...</ref> <templatedata>	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
{{dtl|Ping project}}	{{d:Ping project}}	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
{{pf|if}} {{pf|if|{{{1}}}|true|false}}	{{#if}} {{#if:{{{1}}}|true|false}}	Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}
{{magic word|uc:}}	{{uc:}}	Magic word links

With utility links

Templates producing utility links for a given template (Hatnote used here as example)

Code example	Effect
{{lt|Hatnote}}	Template:Lt
{{lts|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote(edit talk links history)
{{t links|Hatnote}}	Template:T links
{{tfd links|Hatnote}}	Template:Tfd links
{{tetl|Hatnote}}	Template:Tetl
{{tsetl|Hatnote}}	Template:Tsetl
{{ti|Hatnote}}	Template:Ti
{{tic|Hatnote}}	Template:Tic
{{tim|Hatnote}}	m:Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	Template:Tiw
{{tlt|Hatnote}}	Template:Tlt
{{ttl|Hatnote}}	Template:Ttl
{{twlh|Hatnote}}	Template:Twlh