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{{Commons Import}}<br />
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This is the {{tl|main other}} meta-template.<br />
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This template helps other templates detect if they are on a main space (article) page or some "other" type of page.<br />
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===Basic usage===<br />
This template usually takes two parameters, like this:<br />
: {{Tlc|main other&#32;|''result if in mainspace''&#32;|''result if elsewhere''}}<br />
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If the template is on a main space (article) page, it will return this:<br />
: {{main other |demospace=main |''result if in mainspace'' |''result if elsewhere''}}<br />
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If the template is on any other page, it will return this:<br />
: {{main other |''result if in mainspace'' |''result if elsewhere''}}<br />
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A typical usage case could be to make it so that a template only adds a category when on an article. Thus not adding other pages that just show the template. Like this:<br />
: {{Tlc|main other&#32;|<nowiki>[[Category:Some article maintenance category]]</nowiki>}}<br />
Note that guidelines do not support categorization in templates.<br />
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Or to warn that a template should not be used on other pages:<br />
: {{Tlc|main other&#32;|&#32;|This template should only be used in articles.}}<br />
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Note that in the first case above the "other" parameter was not used, and in the second example the "main" parameter was left empty.<br />
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===Demospace===<br />
For testing and demonstration purposes, this template can take a parameter named '''demospace'''.<br />
* If it has the value '''main''' it returns the article text.<br />
* It if has the value '''other''' or any other value such as the name of some other namespace it returns the other pages text.<br />
* If the parameter is empty or undefined, the actual page type determines the result.<br />
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Like this:<br />
: {{tlf|main other&#32;|''result if in mainspace''&#32;|''result if elsewhere''&#32;|demospace{{=}}main}}<br />
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No matter on what kind of page the code above is used, it will return: {{main other |''result if in mainspace'' |''result if elsewhere'' |demospace=main}}<br />
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You can make it so your template also understands the '''demospace''' parameter. That means you can demonstrate the different appearances of your template in the documentation for your template:<br />
: {{tlf|main other&#32;|''result if in mainspace''&#32;|''result if elsewhere''&#32;|<nowiki>demospace={{{demospace|}}}</nowiki>&#32;}}<br />
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===Technical details===<br />
This template detects article "Talk:" pages as type '''other'''.<br />
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This template works like {{tl|main talk other}}. For more examples and technical details, see the documentation there.<br />
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===Redirects===<br />
* {{tl|article only}}<br />
* {{tl|ns0}}<br />
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{{Namespace and pagename-detecting templates}}<br />
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[[Category:Namespace manipulation templates]]<br />
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