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=== Documentation ===
=== Documentation ===
To make it easy for contributors to use your template, all templates should have documentation. Write "<nowiki><noinclude>{{Documentation}}</nowiki><nowiki></noinclude></nowiki>" at the end of your template―this will transclude the information from your template's documentation page (located at "Template:Example/doc") onto the Template page, but not when using your template on another page.  
To make it easy for contributors to use your template, all templates should have documentation.
 
Without any line breaks or spaces, write "<nowiki><noinclude>{{Documentation}}</nowiki><nowiki></noinclude></nowiki>" at the end of your template―this will transclude the information from your template's documentation page (located at "Template:Example/doc") onto the Template page, but not when using your template on another page.  


Template documentation should have at least two parts:
Template documentation should have at least two parts:
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* [[Template:Userbox]]: A meta-template that can be built upon to easily communicate about yourself on your user page.
* [[Template:Userbox]]: A meta-template that can be built upon to easily communicate about yourself on your user page.
* [[Template:See also]] & [[Template:Main article]]: Notes at the top of sections to display important links
* [[Template:See also]] & [[Template:Main article]]: Notes at the top of pages or sections to display important links


== See also ==
== See also ==


* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates