Template:Delay safesubst/doc

Not to be confused with Template:Safesubst.

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 {{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

"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

• m:Help:Recursive conversion of wikitext
• Template:Delay subst