General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to the styles of generated text and link produced
Text style ↓ ((tlg)) options[note 1]
to achieve text style 		Link style
Linked Unlinked Linked with subst Unlinked with subst Linked including braces Linked with alternative text
((tlg)) options[note 1]
to achieve link style 		— DEFAULT nolink=yes subst=yes nolink=yes|subst=yes braceinside=yes alttext=Foo
2=Foo
normal DEFAULT ((tlg))[note 1]
((tl))
((tlp|1|2|...))[note 2]
((Template:tlu))[note 3] 		((tlf))[note 2]
<template link> 		((subst:tls))
((subst:Template:tlsu))[note 3] 		((subst:tlsf))[note 2]
<template link> 		((tn)) ((tla))
code code=yes ((tl2))
((tlx))
((Template:tlxu))[note 3] 		((tlc))[note 2]
<template link>
((tnull))<template link> 		((subst:tlxs)) ((subst:tlsc))[note 2]
<template link> 		—
monospace plaincode=yes[note 4] — ((subst:tltss))[note 5] —
kbd kbd=yes[note 5]
bold bold=yes ((tlb)) —
bold+code bold=yes|code=yes ((tlxb))
italic+code italic=yes|code=yes ((tlxi))
  1. ^ a b c ((tlg)) is the most general template, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options.
  2. ^ a b c d e Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside <span class="nowrap">...</span> tags.
  3. ^ a b c Allows links to templates in any namespace.
  4. ^ ((tlg|plaincode=yes)) uses <code style="border:none; background-color:transparent;">...</code>.
  5. ^ a b Displays monospaced font using <span style="font-family:monospace;">...</span>.

Other formatting templates

Templates producing specialised formatting effects for given templates, modules or parameters
Code example Effect Notes
((Tj|Hatnote|Some text|selfref: yes|category: no|lang: fr))
((Hatnote
| Some text
| selfref = yes
| category = no
| lang = fr
))
 Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters 
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
((Hatnote
   | Some text
   | selfref = yes
   | category = no
   | lang = fr
))
</syntaxhighlight>

((Hatnote
    | Some text
    | selfref = yes
    | category = no
    | lang = fr
))
Same as above
((Tji|Hatnote|Some text|selfref: yes|category: no|lang: fr)) ((Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr)) Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>((Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr))</syntaxhighlight> ((Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr)) Same as above
((tl2|Hatnote|lang=fr)) ((hatnote)) Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
((demo|<nowiki>((Hatnote|lang=fr|Some text))</nowiki>)) 
((hatnote|lang=fr|Some text))
Some text
 Shows code and example
((tln|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote Produces a normal link to the template
((elc|Template:Hatnote))
((elc|Template:Hatnote|Hatnote)) 		[[Template:Hatnote]]
[[Template:Hatnote|Hatnote]]		 Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
((ml|Example|hello)) ((#invoke:Example|hello)) Counterpart to ((tl)) for linking to Lua modules
((mfl|Example|hello)) ((#invoke:Example|hello)) Similar to ((ml)), but expects the function to be documented and creates a link to the corresponding section
((mlx|Example|hello)) ((#invoke:Example|hello)) Counterpart to ((tlx)) for linking to Lua modules
((ml-lua|Module:Example|hello)) require('Module:Example') Link to Lua modules and built-in libraries, showing Lua code.
((para|title|<var>book title</var>)) |title=book title Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
((sclx|LASTING)) [[WP:LASTING]] Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a <code>...</code> tag.
((tag|ref))
((xtag|templatedata)) 		<ref>...</ref>
<templatedata>		 Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
((dtl|Ping project)) ((d:Ping project)) Wikidata counterpart to ((tl))
((pf|if))
((pf|if|(({1))}|true|false)) 		((#if))
((#if:(({1))}|true|false))		 Parser function equivalent to ((tl))
((magic word|uc:)) ((uc:)) Magic word links

With utility links

Templates producing utility links for a given template (Hatnote used here as example)
Code example Effect
((lt|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
((lts|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote(edit talk links history)
((t links|Hatnote)) ((Hatnote)) (edit talk history links # /subpages /doc /doc edit /sbox /sbox diff /test)
((tfd links|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
((tetl|Hatnote)) ((Hatnote))
links talk edit
((tsetl|Hatnote)) ((subst:Hatnote))
 links talk edit
((ti|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote (talk · links · edit)
((tic|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote (talk links edit)
((tim|Hatnote)) m:Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
((tiw|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
((tlt|Hatnote)) ((Hatnote)) (talk)
((ttl|Hatnote)) ((Hatnote)) (t/l)
((twlh|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote (links, talk)
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