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| - Since these are the two repositories of templates for exports to sister projects.// FrankB 16:23, 12 February 2007 (UTC) This usage also applies to interwiki capable template variations: 'Tlxm' and 'Tlxw' {{tlx}} → (becomes) → {{template}} Purpose and naming: Mnemonically 'Template list expanded'... after {{tl...}} 'Template list'
* This template takes another template-name and some associated pipe-tricked (numbered) parameters (or 'pass parameters'), and aggregates them into an 'example demonstration' of how the template-name template might be used. It's primary use is in instruction and documentation such as this passage.
* Up to five pass parameters (numbered) for the specified template are displayed as 'placeholders', and more parameters are shown as "|...", for details see the this talk page.
* If given no additional parameters except 'template name' ({{{1}}}), it presents the same as the similar macro template—a blue link nested in curly-braces-- the same as a user would apply the template without parameters, but with a noticeably clearer font and spacing on most modern browsers.
* {{tl...}} display compared to {{tlx...}}: (Tl: versus Tlx: {{tl...}})
* Comparatively, {{tl...}} will not take or display additional parameters, and for minor technical reasons, may preferred for mere listing and referencing in long pages involving a lot of template expansions1.
* Additionally, Tlx will take a 'named' parameter 'SISTER' to link interwiki to other sister projects such as one of these examples: '|SISTER=W:', 'Tlx|SISTER=M:', 'Tlx|SISTER=Q:', 'Tlx|SISTER=S:', allowing documentation or discourse about a template across interwiki boundaries. Small 'front end' Shell or convience templates {{tlxw...}} and {{tlxm...}} are typing-aid templates available at Meta for automatic substitution in discussions about templates on Wikipedia or Meta.
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