Template:Delay subst

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Not to be confused with Template:Subst.

Usage

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 {{subst:a}} is not saved as {{subst:a}} if {{template:a}} exists, because subst: saves the coding of template:a in its place.

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

Delaying template substitution

"Subst" can be delayed with one save by creating and using {{delay subst}}.

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

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

See also

• m:Help:Recursive conversion of wikitext

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