Template:Improve documentation/sandbox
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Usage
[edit]For use on template/module documentation pages whose content is missing, insufficient, incomplete and/or inaccurate.
- If the template already has a documentation subpage, place this template in that subpage before the first heading. Example:
{{Documentation subpage}}{{Improve documentation|date=July 2025}}==Usage==
- If the template does not have a documentation subpage, place this template at the end of the main template code, wrapped in
<noinclude>...</noinclude>tags. Example:... main template code ...
}}<noinclude>{{No documentation|date=July 2025}}</noinclude>
The template adds pages to Category:Templates with missing or incorrect documentation.
TemplateData
[edit]Tags templates with inadequate or nonexistent documentation.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Has details on talk page | talk 1 | Shows "See the talk page for details" if a value is supplied | Boolean | optional |
| Date | date | Date tagged
| String | optional |
| Reason | reason | Displays in the message text, prefaced with "Reason:...", to indicate what needs improving.
| String | optional |
Redirects
[edit]- {{No documentation}} - the same message is given whether the documentation is inadequate or nonexistent
See also
[edit]- {{Documentation}}
- Wikipedia:Template documentation
- {{Ombox}} the template transcluded into this one. It provides the basic framework.