Template:TemplateBox

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Usage – with short parameter descriptions

• Standard form for copy & paste with comments explaining shortly each parameter
• Additional comments and space for categories is included so it can work as a complete copy paste form for new doc pages.
• The parameter names are without language code:

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{{TemplateBox
 <!-- TEMPLATE PARAMETERS SECTION (for 2nd parameter copy paste & change "1" → "2") -->
 |1          = <!-- 1st parameter: name of the first parameter the template takes-->
  |1label    = <!-- 1st parameter: label, very brief name, preferably less than 20 characters -->
  |1d        = <!-- 1st parameter: description (+LANGUAGE CODE) -->
  |1d-td     = <!-- 1st parameter: description for TemplateData without any wiki markup (+LANGUAGE CODE) -->
  |1aliases  = <!-- 1st parameter: alternative names that may be used, separated by "/" -->
  |1type     = <!-- 1st parameter: type (values: number, string, line, boolean, date, url, wiki-page-name, unknown/…) -->
  |1set      = <!-- 1st parameter: set ID / Label (to group multiple parameters in a set) -->
  |1def      = <!-- 1st parameter: fixed default value (+LANGUAGE CODE) -->
  |1av       = <!-- 1st parameter: autovalue, dynamically-generated default value, e.g. current year -->  
  |1sv       = <!-- 1st parameter: suggested values to help users select the desired value, separated by "/" -->  
  |1stat     = <!-- 1st parameter: status (values: required, optional, optional- or deprecated) -->
 <!-- TEMPLATE SECTION -->
 |useTemplateData    = <!-- expose TemplateData (values: true, export; default: false) -->
 |name               = <!-- template title -->
 |desc               = <!-- template description (+LANGUAGE CODE) -->
 |namespace          = <!-- namespaces, the template is intended to be used (values: all, File, Category,…) -->
 |usergroup          = <!-- usergroup that is meant to use the template (values: all, admin,…) -->
 |placement          = <!-- placement on the page (values: top, bottom, licence or source) -->
 |usage-notes        = <!-- notes about the correct usage of the template -->
 |type               = <!-- template type (values: infobox, formatting, licence tag,…) -->
 |example            = <!-- example value for one (unnamed) parameter -->
 |example-value      = <!-- example use of the template with the value of the example parameter -->
 |i18n-method        = <!-- translation method (values: mediawiki-msg, ext.translate, autotranslate,…) -->
 |i18n-desc          = <!-- translation info -->
 |i18n-mediawiki-msg = <!-- name of the message when using “mediawiki-msg” as method -->
 |i18n-subpage       = <!-- translation subpage when using "ext.translate" as method -->
 |i18n-data-file     = <!-- tabular data file on Wikimedia Commons in the Data namespace -->
 |seealso            = <!-- relevant links (each of them on a new code line with * in the beginning) -->
 |setscats           = <!-- categories which are automatically set by the template -->
 |print              = <!-- template code layout in the Usage-section (values: one, multi, infobox) -->
 |shorthand          = <!-- redirects to the main template -->
 |relieson           = <!-- list of templates on which the template's basic functionality relies -->
 |mustbesubst        = <!-- set to yes (or any value) if the template must be substituted. -->
 |docsub-page        = <!-- page parameter from {{Documentation subpage}} -->
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