Template:Preloaded template/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Preloaded template.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.
To view the template page itself, see Template:Preloaded template.

Purpose

Special:UnusedTemplates is a daily report of templates without transclusions, most of which can be deleted without problem. However, preloaded templates appear unused under normal conditions; techniques such as mw:Extension:Inputbox use the preloaded template on-demand to reduce the need for typing.

This template message informs administrators that deleting the template page it labels may break pages in a non-obvious way. If the preloaded template isn't named template/preload, a link back to the calling template is ideal.

Usage

{{Preloaded template}}

Example

If the documentation subpage doesn't exist and isn't worth creating, {{documentation|content={{Preloaded template}}}} visually separates the notice from the preload.

Hello world!<noinclude>
{{Documentation|content={{Preloaded template}} Used by [[Template:Foo]]}}
</noinclude>

Categories

• Category:Preloaded templates
• Category:Transclusionless templates

History

This template was originally sporked from wikipedia:Template:Preloaded template.