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:Hmm. Would it make sense to have that be opt-in, at least initially, by adding a new {{para|format|syntaxhighlight}} (and/or {{para|format|syntax}} maybe) instead? Are there any weird border cases where {{tag|code|content={{tag|nowiki}}}} works, but {{tag|syntaxhighlight|attribs=lang{{=}}"mediawiki" inline}} might break? [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 04:00, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

== Inconsistency between Test case nowiki and others ==

So, in most of the test case templates, you pass arguments to the test-case code preceded by underscores, and actual arguments to the template being tested are passed as usual, e.g.:

<syntaxhighlight lang="mediawiki">

{{Test case|_collapsible=yes|_showcode=yes|_title=Some test case

|_template1=Code

|1=wikitable

}}

</syntaxhighlight>

OK, great. But then here comes {{tlx|Test case nowiki}}, where the underscore arguments don't work, and you have to use non-underscored ones:

===BAD===

<syntaxhighlight lang="mediawiki">

{{Test case nowiki|_collapsible=yes|_showcode=yes|_title=Some test case

|_template1=Code

|<nowiki>{{__TEMPLATENAME__

|1=wikitable}}</nowiki>

}}

</syntaxhighlight>

===Works===

<syntaxhighlight lang="mediawiki">

{{Test case nowiki|collapsible=yes|showcode=yes|title=Some test case

|template1=Code

|<nowiki>{{__TEMPLATENAME__

|1=wikitable}}</nowiki>

}}

</syntaxhighlight>

My question is, '''''why'''''??? If these templates are a "family", and so often used together, doesn't it make sense for {{tlx|Test case nowiki}} to take the same set of arguments that {{tlx|Test case}} and all the others take? Even if it's not strictly ''necessary'' for them to be preceded by underscores? It would make converting test cases between the non-nowiki and nowiki versions a lot quicker and more convenient. Am I really the only person who finds themselves doing that pretty frequently? [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 06:33, 15 July 2023 (UTC)