Wikipedia:Don't use hiddenStructure: Difference between revisions

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Solutions, in order of preference, are.

* Use [[meta:ParserFunctions|ParserFunctions]]

** '''Advantage''': less server load and less likely to break than other methods.

* Use meta-templates such as {{tl|qif}} to conditionally display data (see [[Wikipedia:Qif conditionals]]).

** '''Advantage''': When conditional syntax is brought into MediaWiki, using [[Special:Whatlinkshere]] should make it easy to identify templates which need to be upgraded.