Template:Pipe/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Pipe.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original Template page.

This template is used on many pages.

To avoid large-scale disruption and unnecessary server load, any changes to this template should first be tested in its /sandbox or /testcases subpages or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can then be added to this page in one single edit.

Please consider discussing any changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This is the {{Pipe }} meta-template. It looks like this: | This template should be used if you want to see a vertical bar character as part of the final article. To simply delay the interpretation of a vertical bar as wikitext, use {{!}}.

This template uses the | decimal code for the vertical bar (or pipe character) so that its usage doesn't cause problems when it is used inside a template. This situation most commonly arises when the title of a cited reference contains a pipe character instead of a hyphen or dash (e.g. Xbox.com | Xbox.com Home). {{Pipe }} is easier to remember and clearer than an unadorned |.

Please do not use the Unicode ǀ (which produces ǀ) since that does not work in all web browsers. It is also slightly smaller than |.

Alternative names

The following names redirect here and can be used as alternative names for this template:

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Template call (m for magic word)	Output (delayed interpretation as wikitext)	HTML alternative (never interpreted as wikitext)
`{{!}}` (m)	`\|`	`\|`
`{{=}}` (m)	`=`	`=`
`{{!!}}`	`\|\|`	`\|\|`
`{{!(}}`	`[`	`[`
`{{)!}}`	`]`	`]`
`{{!((}}`	`[[`	`[[`
`{{))!}}`	`]]`	`]]`
`{{(}}`	`{`	`{`
`{{)}}`	`}`	`}`
`{{((}}`	`{{`	`{{`
`{{))}}`	`}}`	`}}`
`{{(((}}`	`{{{`	`{{{`
`{{)))}}`	`}}}`	`}}}`
`{{(!}}`	`{\|`	` {\|`
`{{!)}}`	`\|}`	`\|}`
`{{^(}}`	`<`	`<`or `<`
`{{)^}}`	`>`	`>`or `>`

{{'}} - Used to encode apostrophe to keep it separate from '' and ''' markup.

Alternative names

See also