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General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to their style
	Link style →	Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
Text style ↓	↓ `{{tlg}}` options¹ →	DEFAULT	`<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">nolink=yes</syntaxhighlight>`	`<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">subst=yes</syntaxhighlight>`	`<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">braceinside=yes</syntaxhighlight>`	`<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">alttext=Foo</syntaxhighlight>` `<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">2=Foo</syntaxhighlight>`
normal	DEFAULT	`{{tlg}}`¹ `{{tl}}` `{{tlp}}`² `{{tlu}}`³	`{{tlf}}`²	`{{tls}}` `{{tlsp}}` `{{tlsu}}`³	`{{tn}}`	`{{tla}}`
`code`	`<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">code=yes</syntaxhighlight>`	`{{tl2}}` `{{tlx}}` `{{tlxu}}`³	`{{tlc}}`² `{{tld}}`² `{{tnull}}`	`{{tlxs}}`	N/A
monospace `kbd`	`<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">plaincode=yes</syntaxhighlight>`⁴ `<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">kbd=yes</syntaxhighlight>`⁵	`{{tltt}}`⁵ `{{tltt2}}`⁵	N/A	`{{tltss}}`⁶	N/A
bold	`<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">bold=yes</syntaxhighlight>`	`{{tlb}}`	N/A
`bold+code`	code=yes</syntaxhighlight>	`{{tlxb}}`
`italic+code`	code=yes</syntaxhighlight>	`{{tlxi}}`
¹ `{{tlg}}` is the most general, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options. ² Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside `<span class="nowrap"></span>` tags. ³ Allows links to templates in any namespace. ⁴ REDIRECT Template:Template link code uses `<code style="border:none; background-color:transparent;"></code>`. ⁵ Displays monospaced font using `<kbd></kbd>` tags (changed from `<tt></tt>` for HTML 5 compliance). ⁶ Displays monospaced font using `<span style="font-family:monospace;"></span>`.

Other formatting templates

Code example	Effect	Notes
`{{tl2\|Hatnote\|lang=fr}}`	`{{hatnote}}`	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
`{{tlu\|User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}`	{{User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}	Supports linking to any namespace
`{{demo\|<nowiki>{{Hatnote\|lang=fr\|Some text}}</nowiki>}}`	{{hatnote\|lang=fr\|Some text}} Some text	Shows code and example
`{{xpd\|Hatnote\|Some hatnote text}}`	`"{{hatnote\|Some hatnote text}}"` gives " Some hatnote text " [1]	Shows code, example and a link to expand the template code
`{{tln\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Tln	Produces a normal link to the template
`{{elc\|Template:Hatnote}}` `{{elc\|Template:Hatnote\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Elc Template:Elc	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
`{{ml\|Example\|hello}}`	{{#invoke:Example\|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
`{{mlx\|Example\|hello}}`	`{{#invoke:Example\|hello}}`	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
`{{para\|title\|<var>book title</var>}}`	`\|title=book title`	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
`{{sclx\|LASTING}}`	Template:Sclx	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}}`	Template:Dtl	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
`{{pf\|if}}` `{{pf\|if\|{{{1}}}\|true\|false}}`	{{#if}} {{#if:{{{1}}}\|true\|false}}	Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}

With utility links

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)
`{{tltt\|Hatnote}}`	{{Hatnote}}
`{{tetl\|Hatnote}}`	{{ Hatnote }} links talk view
`{{tsetl\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Tsetl
`{{ti\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (talk, links, edit)
`{{tic\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Tic
`{{tim\|Hatnote}}`	m:Template:Hatnote (talk, backlinks, edit)
`{{tiw\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (talk, backlinks, edit)
`{{tlt\|Hatnote}}`	{{Hatnote}} (talk)
`{{ttl\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Ttl
`{{twlh\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)