Help:Transclusion/How Transclusion Works: Difference between revisions

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To '''transclude''' any '''source''' page (within a single MediaWiki project, such as en:Wikipedia), include the following code in the '''target''' page:

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For example, you might decide to place a welcome message on every newcomer's Talk Page. Transclusion creates a "live" link between the template-page and the target-page(s) upon which the message should appear. When the template is edited, all the target-pages are edited too.

Transclusion creates a "live" link between the template-page and the target-page(s) upon which the message should appear. When the template is edited, all the target-pages are edited too. For example, you create a (template) page in Wikipedia with your home mailing address and then include that template not only on your page, but all your friends' pages, too. Later, after moving to a new house, you then update your address template and the ''new'' address will automatically appear on all your friends' pages.<noinclude>

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