Template:Template-linking templates

General-purpose formatting

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

Text style ↓	options to achieve text style	Link style
		Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Unlinked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
options to achieve link style	—	DEFAULT	nolink=yes	subst=yes	nolink=yes|subst=yes	braceinside=yes	alttext=Foo 2=Foo
normal	DEFAULT	{{tl}} {{Template:tlu}}	<template link>	{{subst:Template:tlsu}}	{{subst:tlsf}} <template link>
code	code=yes	{{tl2}} {{Template:tlxu}}	<template link> <template link>		{{subst:tlsc}} <template link>	—
monospace	plaincode=yes	—		{{subst:tltss}}	—
kbd	kbd=yes
bold	bold=yes		—
bold+code	bold=yes|code=yes
italic+code	italic=yes|code=yes

Other formatting templates

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

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

With utility links

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

Code example	Effect
	Template:Hatnote (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
	Template:Hatnote(edit talk links history)
	Template:T links/sandbox links
	{{Hatnote}} links talk edit
	{{subst:Hatnote}}  links talk edit
	Template:Hatnote (talk⧼dot-separator⧽links⧼dot-separator⧽edit)
	Template:Hatnote (talk links edit)
	m:Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
	Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
	{{Hatnote}} (talk)
	{{Hatnote}} (t/l)
	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)

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