Template:Edit

Note: This template is used on a lot of pages. In order not to put too much load on the servers, edits should be kept to a bare minimum. Please discuss proposed changes on the talk page first.

Editing a template causes all pages that use the template to be re-rendered. If the template is used often, this can put a lot of load on the servers since it fills up the job queue.
Keep in mind that templates that are used on file description pages also show up on other wikis.

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This documentation is transcluded from Template:Edit/doc.

This template gives a link in a uniform style to change a specific page, mostly used for changing language links.

Usage

{{edit|the page to edit}}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
`1`	Pagename	complete pagename with namespace	{{FULLPAGENAME}}	optional
`preload`	Preload	source code, which is preloaded by default	empty	optional
`editintro`	Editintro	text that appears before the edit box	empty	optional

Template data

Parameter text is empty

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

This template gives a link in a uniform style to change a specific page, mostly used for changing language links.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Pagename	`1`	complete pagename with namespace Default {{FULLPAGENAME}}	Page	optional
Editintro	`editintro`	text that appears before the edit box	String	optional
Preload	`preload`	source code, which is preloaded by default	String	optional

Additional information

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

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

Example

{{Edit|Template:Edit/doc}}

renders as:

+/−

⧼Seealso⧽

{{Custom edit}}
{{Edit-int}}

Localization

This template is not intended to be localized.

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