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MediaWiki has a form of markup text behind it that does <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> and <nowiki>[[hyperlinks]]</nowiki> and so on). It also allows you to call [[Special:Templates|Templates]] – which are a special type of page – by using <nowiki>{{double}}</nowiki> curly brackets for notation.
MediaWiki has a form of markup text behind it that does <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> and <nowiki>[[hyperlinks]]</nowiki> and so on). It also allows you to call [http://amwellclear.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Special%3AAllPages&from=&to=&namespace=10 Templates]– which are a special type of page – by using <nowiki>{{double}}</nowiki> curly brackets for notation.
====Example====
====Example====
Let's say [[Template:Example1]] contains the text:
Let's say [[Template:Example1]] contains the text:
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{{Example3|dog|cigarette}}
{{Example3|dog|cigarette}}
====Auto-taxonomising templates====
Say I want to create a series of templates with a given naming convention, I can make a template to do this with dynamic inputs that WSD could specify to get the right one. For example, I can create [[Template:ISDAclauseTest]] which contains the following: <nowiki>[[Template: {{{1}}} {{{2}}} {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} {{{7}}} {{{8}}}]]</nowiki> where
* <nowiki>{{{1}}}</nowiki> is Publisher
* <nowiki>{{{2}}}</nowiki> is Edition;
* <nowiki>{{{3}}}</nowiki> is Document;
* <nowiki>{{{4}}}</nowiki> is Client (e.g. Barclays)
* <nowiki>{{{5}}}</nowiki> is Counterparty type;
* <nowiki>{{{6}}}</nowiki> is eligible jurisdiction;
* <nowiki>{{{7}}}</nowiki> is clause reference; and
* <nowiki>{{{8}}}</nowiki> is status
Therefore, writing: '''<nowiki>{{ISDAclauseTest|ISDA|2002|Schedule|Barclays|Corporate|All|5(a)(vii)|Preferred1}}</nowiki>''' will render as {{ISDAclauseTest|ISDA|2002|Schedule|Barclays|Corporate|All|5(a)(vii)|Preferred1}}.
From there it is a snip to create compound templates to further enforce/ease workflow:
<nowiki>{{BarclaysISDA2002SchedulePreferred|COUNTERPARTY|CLAUSE}}</nowiki> is <nowiki>{{ISDAclauseTest|ISDA|2002|Schedule|Barclays|{{{1}}}|{{{2}}}|Preferred}}</nowiki>
and so on.

Latest revision as of 19:52, 3 February 2016

MediaWiki has a form of markup text behind it that does '''bold''' and [[hyperlinks]] and so on). It also allows you to call Templates– which are a special type of page – by using {{double}} curly brackets for notation.

Example

Let's say Template:Example1 contains the text:

The cat sat on the mat.  

To call the content of Template:Example1 on another page you insert {{Example1}}. This renders on the main page as:

The cat sat on the mat.

Enhanced things you can do with Templates

Embedding named or numbered variables in templates

You can do this by enclosing them in {{{triple}}} curly brackets. So, if Template:Example2 reads:

The {{{1}}} {{{2}}} on the {{{3}}}. 

Inserting {{Example2|Frog|stood|Hippopotamus}}, will render as:

The Frog stood on the Hippopotamus.

Embedding templates in templates

You can do this by using curly quotes on a template page to call another template. So, if Template:Example3 reads

The {{{1}}} rolled over and lit a {{{2}}}. {{Example2|{{{1}}}|sat|sofa}}

Inserting {{Example3|dog|cigarette}} will render as:

The dog rolled over and lit a cigarette. The dog sat on the sofa.