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{{tlpTemplate:Tlp}}

This is the template link with parameters (or {{tlp}}) template.

It can be used in documentation and talk page discussions to show how a template name would be used in code.

Here is how this template looks. Code to the left and actual rendering to the right:

{{tlp|name|parameters}} = {{name|parameters}}

Features of {{tlp}}:

It shows a template name with a link to that template.
It shows up to eight parameters.
It also shows empty parameters. (See examples below.)
It prevents line wraps in its output.
It uses normal text style. ({{tlx}}, for instance, uses <code>...</code> text style.)

This template belongs to a whole family of similar templates. See the see also section below for some of them. For instance, when writing documentation you might want to avoid a lot of unnecessary links, since it decreases readability – i.e. on the first occurrence of a template name, use {{tl}}, {{tlp}} or {{Tlx}} and thereafter use {{tlf}}, {{tlc}} or {{tld}}.

Examples

Code	Output	Comments
`{{tlp}}`	{{Template:Template link with parameters/sandbox}}	Shows its own syntax.
`{{tlp\|name}}`	{{name}}
`{{tlp\|name\|first}}`	{{name\|first}}
`{{tlp\|name\|first\|last}}`	{{name\|first\|last}}
`{{tlp\|name\|a\|b\|c\|d\|e\|f\|g\|h\|i\|j}}`	{{name\|a\|b\|c\|d\|e\|f\|g\|h\|i\|j}}	Shows up to eight parameters. The rest are dropped.
`{{tlp\|name\|three\|four}}`	{{name\|three\|four}}	Also shows empty parameters.
`{{tlp\|name\|three}}`	{{name\|three}}	Even shows empty parameters that come at the end.
`{{tlp\|name\|first=a\|last=b}}`	{{name}}	Equal signs are a problem, but there are a couple ways to fix:
`{{tlp\|name\|2=first=a\|3=last=b}}`	{{name\|first=a\|last=b}}	Use numbered parameters to fix it. Here, parameter "`\|2=`" is assigned the string "first=a". Start with #2, since "name" is already in the "`\|1=`" slot. Note that all subsequent parameters after a numbered parameter must also be numbered.
`{{tlp\|name\|first{{=}}a\|last{{=}}b}}`	{{name\|first=a\|last=b}}	Or, simply use, "{{=}}", the equal-sign template, to "escape" the symbol.
`{{tlp\|name\|2=1=a\|3=2=b}}`	{{name\|1=a\|2=b}}	Both techniques also work with numbered positional parameters (e.g.: "`\|1=`", "`\|2=`").
`{{tlp\|name\|2=1=a\|last{{=}}b}}`	{{name\|last=b}}	The named parameter ("`\|last=`") clobbered the prior one ("`\|2=`"). Again, all subsequent parameters after a numbered parameter must also be numbered...
`{{tlp\|name\|2=1=a\|3=last=b}}`	{{name\|1=a\|last=b}}	... but that's easy to fix, by adding the position number ("`\|3=`") to the last parameter.

Comparison of template-linking templates according to the styles of generated text and link produced
Text style ↓	`{{tlg}}` options^{[note 1]} to achieve text style	Link style
Text style ↓	`{{tlg}}` options^{[note 1]} to achieve text style	Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Unlinked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
`{{tlg}}` options^{[note 1]} to achieve link style	—	DEFAULT	`nolink=yes`	`subst=yes`	`nolink=yes\|subst=yes`	`braceinside=yes`	`alttext=Foo` `2=Foo`
normal	DEFAULT	{{tlg}}^{[note 1]} {{tl}} {{tlp\|1\|2\|...}}^{[note 2]} {{Template:tlu}}^{[note 3]}	{{tlf}}^{[note 2]} ^{<template link>}	{{subst:tls}} {{subst:Template:tlsu}}^{[note 3]}	{{subst:tlsf}}^{[note 2]} ^{<template link>}	{{tn}}	{{tla}}
`code`	`code=yes`	`{{tl2}}` `{{tlx}}` `{{Template:tlxu}}`^{[note 3]}	`{{tlc}}`^{[note 2]} ^{<template link>} `{{tnull}}`^{<template link>}	`{{subst:tlxs}}`	`{{subst:tlsc}}`^{[note 2]} ^{<template link>}	—
monospace	`plaincode=yes`^{[note 4]}	—		{{subst:tltss}}^{[note 5]}	—
`kbd`	`kbd=yes`^{[note 5]}	—		{{subst:tltss}}^{[note 5]}	—
bold	`bold=yes`	{{tlb}}	—
`bold+code`	`bold=yes\|code=yes`	`{{tlxb}}`
`italic+code`	`italic=yes\|code=yes`	`{{tlxi}}`

^ ^a ^b ^c {{tlg}} is the most general template, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside <span class="nowrap">...</span> tags.
^ ^a ^b ^c Allows links to templates in any namespace.
^ {{tlg|plaincode=yes}} uses <code style="border:none; background-color:transparent;">...</code>.
^ ^a ^b Displays monospaced font using <span style="font-family:monospace;">...</span>.

Other formatting templates

Templates producing specialised formatting effects for given templates, modules or parameters
Code example	Effect	Notes
`{{Tj\|Hatnote\|Some text\|selfref: yes\|category: no\|lang: fr}}`	{{Hatnote \| Some text \| selfref = yes \| category = no \| lang = fr }}	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
`{{Tji\|Hatnote\|Some text\|selfref: yes\|category: no\|lang: fr}}`	{{Hatnote\|Some text\|selfref=yes\|category=no\|lang=fr}}	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
`{{tl2\|Hatnote\|lang=fr}}`	`{{hatnote}}`	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
`{{demo\|<nowiki>{{Hatnote\|lang=fr\|Some text}}</nowiki>}}`	{{hatnote\|lang=fr\|Some text}} Some text	Shows code and example
`{{tln\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote	Produces a normal link to the template
`{{elc\|Template:Hatnote}}` `{{elc\|Template:Hatnote\|Hatnote}}`	`[[Template:Hatnote]]` `[[Template:Hatnote\|Hatnote]]`	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
`{{ml\|Example\|hello}}`	{{#invoke:Example\|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
`{{mfl\|Example\|hello}}`	{{#invoke:Example\|hello}}	Similar to {{ml}}, but expects the function to be documented and creates a link to the corresponding section
`{{mlx\|Example\|hello}}`	`{{#invoke:Example\|hello}}`	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
`{{ml-lua\|Module:Example}}`	`require('Module:Example')`	Link to Lua modules and built-in libraries, showing Lua code.
`{{para\|title\|<var>book title</var>}}`	`\|title=book title`	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
`{{sclx\|LASTING}}`	`[[WP:LASTING]]`	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a `<code>...</code>` tag.
`{{tag\|ref}}` `{{xtag\|templatedata}}`	`<ref>...</ref>` `<templatedata>`	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
`{{dtl\|Ping project}}`	{{d:Ping project}}	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
`{{pf\|if}}` `{{pf\|if\|{{{1}}}\|true\|false}}`	{{#if}} {{#if:{{{1}}}\|true\|false}}	Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}
`{{magic word\|uc:}}`	{{uc:}}	Magic word links

With utility links

Templates producing utility links for a given template (Hatnote used here as example)
Code example	Effect
`{{lt\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (edit \| talk \| history \| links \| watch \| logs)
`{{lts\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote(edit talk links history)
`{{t links\|Hatnote}}`	{{Hatnote}} (edit talk history links # /subpages /doc /doc edit /sbox /sbox diff /test)
`{{tfd links\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
`{{tetl\|Hatnote}}`	{{Hatnote}} links talk edit
`{{tsetl\|Hatnote}}`	{{subst:Hatnote}} links talk edit
`{{ti\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (talk · links · edit)
`{{tic\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (talk links edit)
`{{tim\|Hatnote}}`	m:Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
`{{tiw\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
`{{tlt\|Hatnote}}`	{{Hatnote}} (talk)
`{{ttl\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)
`{{twlh\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Template link with parameters/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

[TlTfn1-1] {{tlg}} is the most general template, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options.

[TlTfn2-2] Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside <span class="nowrap">...</span> tags.

[TlTfn3-3] Allows links to templates in any namespace.

[TlTfn4-4] {{tlg|plaincode=yes}} uses <code style="border:none; background-color:transparent;">...</code>.

[TlTfn5-5] Displays monospaced font using <span style="font-family:monospace;">...</span>.

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[note 2]

[note 3]

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[note 5]

Code	Output	Comments
`{{tlp}}`	{{Template:Template link with parameters/sandbox}}	Shows its own syntax.
`{{tlp\|name}}`	{{name}}
`{{tlp\|name\|first}}`	{{name\|first}}
`{{tlp\|name\|first\|last}}`	{{name\|first\|last}}
`{{tlp\|name\|a\|b\|c\|d\|e\|f\|g\|h\|i\|j}}`	{{name\|a\|b\|c\|d\|e\|f\|g\|h\|i\|j}}	Shows up to eight parameters. The rest are dropped.
`{{tlp\|name\|three\|four}}`	{{name\|three\|four}}	Also shows empty parameters.
`{{tlp\|name\|three}}`	{{name\|three}}	Even shows empty parameters that come at the end.
`{{tlp\|name\|first=a\|last=b}}`	{{name}}	Equal signs are a problem, but there are a couple ways to fix:
`{{tlp\|name\|2=first=a\|3=last=b}}`	{{name\|first=a\|last=b}}	Use numbered parameters to fix it. Here, parameter "`\|2=`" is assigned the string "first=a". Start with #2, since "name" is already in the "`\|1=`" slot. Note that all subsequent parameters after a numbered parameter must also be numbered.
`{{tlp\|name\|first{{=}}a\|last{{=}}b}}`	{{name\|first=a\|last=b}}	Or, simply use, "{{=}}", the equal-sign template, to "escape" the symbol.
`{{tlp\|name\|2=1=a\|3=2=b}}`	{{name\|1=a\|2=b}}	Both techniques also work with numbered positional parameters (e.g.: "`\|1=`", "`\|2=`").
`{{tlp\|name\|2=1=a\|last{{=}}b}}`	{{name\|last=b}}	The named parameter ("`\|last=`") clobbered the prior one ("`\|2=`"). Again, all subsequent parameters after a numbered parameter must also be numbered...
`{{tlp\|name\|2=1=a\|3=last=b}}`	{{name\|1=a\|last=b}}	... but that's easy to fix, by adding the position number ("`\|3=`") to the last parameter.

Code example	Effect	Notes
`{{Tj\|Hatnote\|Some text\|selfref: yes\|category: no\|lang: fr}}`	{{Hatnote \| Some text \| selfref = yes \| category = no \| lang = fr }}	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
`{{Tji\|Hatnote\|Some text\|selfref: yes\|category: no\|lang: fr}}`	{{Hatnote\|Some text\|selfref=yes\|category=no\|lang=fr}}	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
`{{tl2\|Hatnote\|lang=fr}}`	`{{hatnote}}`	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
`{{demo\|<nowiki>{{Hatnote\|lang=fr\|Some text}}</nowiki>}}`	{{hatnote\|lang=fr\|Some text}} Some text	Shows code and example
`{{tln\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote	Produces a normal link to the template
`{{elc\|Template:Hatnote}}` `{{elc\|Template:Hatnote\|Hatnote}}`	`[[Template:Hatnote]]` `[[Template:Hatnote\|Hatnote]]`	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
`{{ml\|Example\|hello}}`	{{#invoke:Example\|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
`{{mfl\|Example\|hello}}`	{{#invoke:Example\|hello}}	Similar to {{ml}}, but expects the function to be documented and creates a link to the corresponding section
`{{mlx\|Example\|hello}}`	`{{#invoke:Example\|hello}}`	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
`{{ml-lua\|Module:Example}}`	`require('Module:Example')`	Link to Lua modules and built-in libraries, showing Lua code.
`{{para\|title\|<var>book title</var>}}`	`\|title=book title`	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
`{{sclx\|LASTING}}`	`[[WP:LASTING]]`	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a `<code>...</code>` tag.
`{{tag\|ref}}` `{{xtag\|templatedata}}`	`<ref>...</ref>` `<templatedata>`	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
`{{dtl\|Ping project}}`	{{d:Ping project}}	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
`{{pf\|if}}` `{{pf\|if\|{{{1}}}\|true\|false}}`	{{#if}} {{#if:{{{1}}}\|true\|false}}	Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}
`{{magic word\|uc:}}`	{{uc:}}	Magic word links

Template:Template link with parameters/sandbox

Examples

See also

General-purpose formatting

Other formatting templates

With utility links