This template is being considered for merging with [[Template:]]. Please discuss this matter at this template's entry at templates for discussion to help reach a consensus.
Maintenance use only: 1. Edit the TfD log to create the discussion entry. 2. Please consider notifying the author(s) by placing {{subst:Tfmnotice|Template for merging}} ~~~~ on their talk page(s).
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This template is used to nominate other templates for merging.
Usage
To nominate a single template, copy and paste the following code at the top of the template:
{{subst:tfm|OtherTemplate}}
Note: OtherTemplate should be replaced by the name of the other template to be merged, excluding the prefix Template: (or Module:).
To nominate multiple templates for merging under the same header, type the following at the top of each individual template:
{{subst:tfm|OtherTemplate|heading=NameOfHeading}}
where NameOfHeading is the name of the section heading under which you will list the templates for merging at TfD. You can also spell this |header=.
Display on articles
Unless you do something unusual such as enclosing in noinclude tags, articles that use the nominated template will provide a notification and link to the discussion. By default the article will show the following just above the display of the nominated template:
There are various other options, specified by the |type= parameter.
Inline
To nominate inline templates, set |type=inline. This will help with formatting issues that occur when the large notification is displayed. Type the following:
You can alternatively use |type=infobox or |type=box to produce the same result.
Disabled
Finally it is possible to disable the notification completely by typing |type=disabled. You can use this when everything else fails.
{{subst:Tfm|OtherTemplate|type=disabled}}
which outputs nothing at all on all transclusions of the template.
Deduplication
By default, if multiple notices would be displayed within a single element such as a paragraph or table, all but the first will be hidden. To show all of them, set |dedup=no.
For example, by default a sentence might appear as
This is useful when the same template is used more than once, but can hide notices if multiple templates under discussion are used together. In these situations use |dedup=no:
