Editing Help:Templates (section)

== How to use templates ==

The minimum syntax required to add a template to a page is:
<pre>{{Template name}}</pre>
Except for the first letter of the template name, the syntax is case-sensitive.

'''Parameters'''

Some templates may require parameters for them to display properly, or to alter the appearance and functionality for different usages. Parameters act as a placeholder where a specified value can be substituted. Parameters can either be named or numbered starting at 1. For templates that have named parameters, the syntax is:
<pre>{{Template name|parameter1=value1|parameter2=value2}}</pre>
For templates that have numbered parameters, the parameter name is not necessary.
<pre>{{Template name|value1|value2}}</pre>

Templates can be written in multiple lines for readability.
<pre>{{Template name
| parameter1 = value1
| paremeter2 = value2
}}</pre>

'''Substitution'''

Templates can be substituted into a page. This is different from transclusion in that the actual wiki code of the template is inserted into the page and saved. Changes to the template will not reflect in pages that have the template substituted. The syntax to substitute a template is:
<pre>{{subst:Template name}}</pre>