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If you do not provide text, the template generates a parser error message, which will appear in red text in the rendered page. |
If you do not provide text, the template generates a parser error message, which will appear in red text in the rendered page. |
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If any parameter's actual value contains an [[equals sign]] (<code>=</code>), you '''must''' use named parameters or a blank-name parameter, as: <nowiki>{{{|text}}}</nowiki> (the text before the equals sign gets interpreted as a named parameter otherwise). |
If any parameter's actual value contains an [[equals sign]] (<code>=</code>), you '''must''' use named parameters or a blank-name parameter, as: <nowiki>{{{|text}}}</nowiki> (the text before the equals sign gets interpreted as a named parameter otherwise). Be wary of URLs, which frequently contain this character. |
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If any parameter's actual value contains characters used for wiki markup syntax (such as [[vertical bar|pipe]], [[brackets]], single quotation marks, etc.), you may need to escape it. See [[Template:!]] and friends. |
If any parameter's actual value contains characters used for wiki markup syntax (such as [[vertical bar|pipe]], [[brackets]], single quotation marks, etc.), you may need to escape it. See [[Template:!]] and friends. |
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Be wary of URLs which contain restricted characters. The equals sign is especially common. |
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Put a break (newline) after the template, or the next blank line might be ignored. |
Put a break (newline) after the template, or the next blank line might be ignored. |
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As noted above, the {{para|source}} parameter will forcibly italicize all content in it; this is often undesirable, in which case include the material in the {{para|author}} parameter. |
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=== Preserving line breaks and spacing from the original === |
=== Preserving line breaks and spacing from the original === |