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The template provides a uniform way to provide basic information about the use of a template. See: Commons:Template documentation and Commons:TemplateData.

Usage

{{TemplateBox
 |1                  =
 |1d                 =
 |1d-td              =
 |1type              =
 |1def               =
 |1stat              =
 |useTemplateData    =
 |name               =
 |desc               =
 |namespace          =
 |usergroup          =
 |placement          =
 |usage-notes        =
 |type               =
 |example            =
 |example-value      =
 |i18n-method        =
 |i18n-desc          =
 |i18n-mediawiki-msg =
 |i18n-subpage       =
 |i18n-data-file     =
 |seealso            =
 |setscats           =
 |print              =
 |shorthand          =
 |relieson           =
 |mustbesubst        =
 |docsub-page        =
}}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
1	name (param)	parameter name (similarly 2, 3, …). Note that if all of the parameters beginning with a number are removed from the template, the usage notes will state "The template takes no parameters."	empty	optional
1d 1d-en 1description 1description-en	description (param)	description of the parameter (similarly 2d, 3d, …) -langcode	empty	optional
1d-td 1d-td-en 1description-td 1description-td-en	TemplateData description (param)	description of the parameter (similarly 2d-td, 3d-td, …) for Extension:TemplateData which does not accept Wiki-markup. If this parameter is omitted, 1d is used. You can always override the defaults specifically for TemplateData by appending -td to the parameter-name. You can specify a language by appending your language-code. E.g. 3d-td-en would be the English translation of the description of parameter 3 which will be used in TemplateData. -langcode	empty	optional
1label 1label-en 1label-td 1label-td-en	label (param)	A (very) brief name for the parameter. Try to keep under 20-ish characters. 1label-de would be the German translation of this label. -langcode	empty	optional
1aliases	aliases (param)	List of aliases. An alias is an alternative name for the parameter that may be used instead of (not in addition to) the primary name. Separate them by / (a slash)	empty	optional
1type	type (param)	The type of the parameter, for (soft) type hinting. Please refer to the list of possible values.	empty	optional
1set	set (param)	Label and ID of a set in one. Multiple parameters can be grouped in a set, if either none or all of them must be supplied. Try to keep under 20-ish characters.	empty	optional
1def 1def-td 1default	default (param)	default value for the parameter (similarly 2def, 3def, …) -langcode	empty	optional
1stat 1stat-td 1deprecated 1required	status (param)	status of the parameter (similarly 2stat, 3stat, …); possible values: required[clarification needed] optional optional- optional and not present in the standard form deprecated	optional	optional
useTemplateData	expose TemplateData	Whether the template should expose TemplateData - omitting means "false". Setting to 1, true, or yes means "true". Setting to only will suppress the house-made table. Setting useTemplateData to export will turn TemplateBox into a preformatted Copy & Paste template.	empty	suggested
name	title (template)	name of the template (needed for viewing the documentation on another page than the template page, in particular for viewing the documentation page separately)	{{BASEPAGENAME}}	required
desc desc-en description description-en desc-td description-td	description (template)	description of what the template does -langcode	empty	required
namespace	namespace	namespaces, the template is intended to be used in; possible values: all talks contents Main Talk User User talk Commons Commons talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Creator Creator talk Special Any other values will show as “unknown”.	no namespace specified	required
usergroup	usergroup	usergroup that is meant to use the template; possible values: all bot administrator admin sysop bureaucrat crat checkuser licensereviewer vrt autoconfirmed autopatrolled filemover oversight patroller rollbacker steward upwizcampeditors	no user group specified	required
placement	placement	placement on the page. Possible values: top bottom licence source	empty	optional
usage-notes	usage-notes	notes about the correct usage of the template	empty	optional
type	type (template)	what type is the template (infobox, formatting, licence tag, …)	empty	optional
example	example	Example use (works with a single unnamed parameter only). There is also example2 for a second example.	empty	optional
example-value	example-result	If there is more than one parameter you would like to show or if there are named parameters, use: {{TemplateBox |name=SampleTemplate |example=param1=value1{{!}}param2=value2 |example-value={{SampleTemplate |param1=value1 |param2=value2 |category= }} }}	empty	optional
i18n-method	translation method	method the localization is achieved by. Known values: autotranslate using {{autotranslate}} or applying a similar method switch using {{LangSwitch}} in the template itself - no localization needed custommediawiki-msg using MediaWiki namespace messages mediawiki-msg using MediaWiki namespace messages, translated on translatewiki.net ext.translate using {{autotranslate}} or applying a similar method on a subpage that is marked for translation using the translate extension TNT Using Module:TNT and a tabular translations file on Wikimedia Commons.	empty	optional
i18n-desc	translation info	additional info about the localization	empty	optional
i18n-mediawiki-msg	mediawiki-message	When using “mediawiki-msg” as method, optionally put the name of the message here. Falls back to:	empty	optional
i18n-subpage	translation-subpage	When using “ext.translate” as method, optionally put the name of the sub-page here. A dot (.) means that the current template hosts the translation on its subpages directly.	i18n	optional
i18n-data-file	I18n Data File	The tabular data file on Wikimedia Commons in the Data namespace. The I18n/ prefix and the .tab file extension are added automatically if its missing.	I18n/{{{name}}}.tab	optional
seealso	see also	relevant links (put in a list of them)	empty	optional
setscats	categorizes into	what categories are automatically set by the template (put in a linked list of them)	empty	optional
print	print	The way the parameters are typically arranged (horizontally or vertically). Possible values: multi - parameters arranged in multiple lines; one - one line; infobox - multiple lines and space padding in front of the =.	one (if type param ≠ infobox)	optional
lines print	Use parameter print instead.		empty	optional
shorthand	shorthand	shorthand for easy use (redirects to main template). See examples here and here of lists of redirects, and searches for more.	empty	optional
relieson	relies on	list of templates on which the template's basic functionality relies	empty	optional
mustbesubst	must be subst	Set to "yes" (or any value) if the template must be substituted. This puts "subst:" into the template example under "usage".	empty	optional
docsub-page	{{Documentation subpage}} page parameter		{{NAMESPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}	optional

Template data

Parameter text is empty <templatedata>JSON</templatedata> ./. {{TemplateBox}} TemplateData TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard. Existing template documentation At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. <nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded. Newly created template documentation and imports Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw <templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae. Discussion There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion. Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information Unexpected property "params.1stat.suggestedvalues".

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Template namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Placement:

in the '/doc' subpage of a template

Relies on:

• Module:TemplateBox
• Module:TNTTools
• Module:Languages
• {{Documentation subpage}}

⧼Seealso⧽

• Commons:Template documentation
• Commons:TemplateData
• Template:Documentation/preload10
• Template:Documentation/preload20
• Template:Documentation/preload30

Localization

This template makes use of {{Autotranslate}} and the translate extension. The layout of the template can be found under Template:TemplateBox/layout.

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Complications

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A complication is that the template suppresses section editing links on the whole page of the documented template, and also on its documentation page, even for paragraphs outside the part produced by this template TemplateBox. Template:Sed can be used (as is done here) to create an edit link anyway.