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Templates can have parameters which the page can dynamically incorporate into the transcluded page. Instead of just the template name, like <code><nowiki>{{foo}}</nowiki></code>, an embedded template tag would have additional values separated by [[vertical bar]]s (|), e.g. <code><nowiki>{{foo|July|lc=yes}}</nowiki></code>. Here <code>July</code> is the value of the first unnamed parameter; <code>yes</code> is the value of the named parameter <code>lc</code>. Writing the template page for a template with parameters is more complicated than for a template with no parameters. See [[Wikipedia:Help:TemplateTemplate‏‎ ]].

: See [[Wikipedia:Help:TemplateTemplate‏‎ ]] for instructions.

: Wikipedia and your computer both store webpage ''[[Wikipedia:Web cache|caches]]''&nbsp;– or saved copies&nbsp;– and don't always show you an updated page. First, try to [[Wikipedia:WP:BYPASS|bypass your browser's cache]] by pressing ⌘R, Ctrl+R, or F5. If that fails, you may need to [[Wikipedia:WP:PURGE|purge]] the page's cache (which can be done several different ways). Perhaps the easiest way to do this is by clicking '''edit''' on the page in which the template appears, and then clicking on '''Publish changes''' without having changed anything&nbsp;– there is no need to fill in the ''Summary'' field since there will not be any ''history'' of this as a change generated.

: Yes, this works in exactly the same way as normal [[Wikipedia:Help:Moving a page|page moves]]. When a page called for inclusion is a redirect page, the redirect target is included instead.

: The language inside templates is the same language as regular wiki markup, but template writers tend to use the more complex available functions such as #if: statements. See Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Help:Template]] and Wikimedia's [[mwmediawikiwiki:Help:Template|Help:Template]], including all of "advanced functioning" help pages listed toward the bottom of [[mwmediawikiwiki:Help:Template#Links to other help pages|that page]].

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