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This is a quick '''overview of templates'''. Full details can be found in
A '''template''' is a Wikipedia page created to be included in other pages. It usually contains repetitive material that may need to show up on multiple articles or pages, often with customizable input. Templates sometimes use [[MediaWiki]] parser functions, nicknamed "[[Help:Magic words|magic words]]", a simple [[scripting language]].
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When a template is automatically expanded and appears on a page, it is said to be "[[Wikipedia:Transclusion|transcluded]]".
[[Wikipedia:Template documentation|Templates are documented]] (or should be) at their pages. Thus if you want to know how to use a template whose name is "foo" (perhaps because you've seen <code><nowiki>{{foo|...}}</nowiki></code> in the source of an article), then go to "Template:foo". (The documentation itself will usually be located at "Template:foo/doc", but is also transcluded onto the "Template:foo" main page
==Creating, editing, and using templates==
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*[[Help:Template]] (more details)
*[[m:Help:Templates]] (details from [[Wikimedia]])
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*[[Wikipedia:Template namespace]] (the usual [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespace]] for templates)
*[[Wikipedia:Transclusion]] (transcluding templates)
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