Template:Tag

‎<tag>...‎</tag>

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This template provides a quick way to mention an XML-style tag in a preformatted way. Mainly used in discussion/help pages.

Usage

• first parameter — (mandatory) the name of the HTML tag
• second parameter — what type of tag to display:
  • p or pair – (default) display a matched pair of open-and-close tags: ‎<font>...‎</font>
  • o or open – display only the opening tag of an open-and-close pair: ‎<span>
  • c or close – display only the closing tag of an open-and-close pair: ‎</span>
  • s or single – display a single tag: ‎<br />
• content= — the text content of the tags
• params= — any parameters to be included in the opening tag

Examples

• {{tag|ref}} → ‎<ref>...‎</ref>
• {{tag|ref|content=hello}} → ‎<ref>hello‎</ref>
• {{tag|font|content=foo}} → ‎<font>foo‎</font>
• {{tag|font|open}} → ‎<font>
• {{tag|font|open|content=hello}} → ‎<font>hello
• {{tag|span|close|content=hello}} → hello‎</span>
• {{tag|span|pair|content=hello}} → ‎<span>hello‎</span>
• {{tag|ref|open|params=group=note}} → ‎<ref group=note>
• {{tag|references|single}} → ‎<references />
• {{tag|br|single}} → ‎<br />

TemplateData

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<templatedata>JSON</templatedata> ./. {{TemplateBox}}

TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

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Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Discussion
There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion.

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Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information

This template provides a quick way to mention an XML-style tag in a preformatted way. Mainly used in discussion/help pages.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Tag	1	The name of the HTML tag. Default tag Example span	Line	required
Type	2	What type of tag to display. Suggested values p pair o open c close s single Default pair	String	optional
Parameters	params	Parameters to be included in the opening tag. Example foo="bar"	Line	optional
Content	content	The text content of the tags. Default pair ... other	Content	optional