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Template:Delay safesubst/doc

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Usage

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With certain coding, subst: does not automatically convert when it is saved. An editor can create wikitext that is only converted when saved again.

Normally wikitext like {{safesubst:a}} is not saved as {{safesubst:a}} if {{template:a}} exists, because safesubst: pastes the coding of template:a in the saved page.

This template makes it easy to save preload pages such as Template:RMassist/preload.

Delaying template substitution

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"Safesubst" can be delayed with one save by creating and using {{delay safesubst}}.

template used template coding Paste or type Save Result
Template:Delay safesubst {{safesubst: {{safesubst:delay safesubst}}a|b}} save page {{safesubst:a|b}}

On the next save (with or without edits elsewhere on the page) results in substitution of template "a".

See also

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