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Templates are shortcuts to re-used displays and functionality. Templates start with double curly braces <nowiki>{{</nowiki>, next comes the template name, then any parameters separated by the pipe | symbol. So [[Template:Todo]] could look like this:
Templates are shortcuts to re-used displays and functionality. Templates start with double curly braces <nowiki>{{</nowiki>, next comes the template name, then any parameters separated by the pipe | symbol, and finally two closing curly braces <nowiki}}</nowiki>. So [[Template:Todo]] could look like this:


   <nowiki>{{todo|your in-text description of the todo item}}</nowiki>
   <nowiki>{{todo|your in-text description of the todo item}}</nowiki>
Complex parameters can be specifically defined using the field=value syntax. Check the [[Special:Template|template]] for more information.


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