Template:High-use
This template is used on many pages, so changes to it will be widely noticed. Please test any changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Please consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
This is the {{High-use}} message box. It should be added to the top of the documentation for the most used templates.
Note! It is normal that some of the links in the message box are red.
Usage
The template has two optional parameters:
- First parameter is the number of pages linked to the template.
- Special:MostLinkedTemplates.
- What links here may be use to find everything that links to a template.
- Jarry1250's Toolserver Tools can be used to find the Template transclusion count.
- Second parameter is the name an alternative talk page to discuss changes.
Examples
Basic call
{{High-use}}
This template is used on many pages, so changes to it will be widely noticed. Please test any changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Please consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
Call with use count
{{High-use| 125+ }}
This template is used on approximately 130 pages, so changes to it will be widely noticed. Please test any changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Please consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
Call with talk page
{{High-use| 125+ | Wikipedia talk:High-use templates }}
This template is used on approximately 130 pages, so changes to it will be widely noticed. Please test any changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Please consider discussing changes at Wikipedia talk:High-use templates before implementing them. |
Coding
The full code for a /doc page top can look like this:
{{Documentation subpage}} {{High-use| 125+ }} <!-- PLEASE ADD CATEGORIES AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE -->
Technical details
The /sandbox and /testcases links are the standard names for such subpages.
Related pages
- {{used in system}} – For templates used in the Wikipedia user interface.
- {{high-risk}} – For the most high-use (high-risk) templates.
- {{high-use}} – For the slightly less high-risk templates.
- {{intricate template}}
- Wikipedia:Template test cases
- en:Wikipedia:High-risk templates
- {{pp-template}} – The protection template that usually is put on high-risk templates.
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:High-use/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |