Template:May be substituted

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Usage

{{May be substituted}}

This template should be placed on the documentation subpage (not the template page itself) of any template that may be substituted (but may also be transcluded).

List of subst helper templates

• {{require substitution}} – Prints an error unless substituted.
• {{ifsubst}} – if-then-else metatemplate that checks if a template is currently being substituted or transcluded
  • {{always substitute}} – For the doc of the above templates; prints a message asking for it be substituted.
  • {{frequently substituted}} – like "may..." below
  • {{never substitute}} – The reverse of {{always substitute}}. For the doc of templates which should not be substituted; prints a message asking for it not to be substituted.
  • {{may be substituted}} – For the doc of templates whose substitution is optional.
  • {{substitution}} – Allows free-fill description of whether the template should be substituted and under what conditions.
• {{issubst}} – Returns "yes" if substituted.
• {{HTML comment}} – To sign substitutions with comments that contain wikitext expansions
• Module:Unsubst – Prevents substitution.
• Module:Unsubst-infobox – Prevents substitution for infoboxes, cleans up parameters.

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