Template:Transclusionless/doc

This template can be added to templates' documentation pages or within  tags for templates that are used occasionally but may often have zero transclusions. Adding this template will prevent the template on which it is transcluded from appearing on reports of unused templates like Database reports/Unused templates/1, which in turn will limit misguided TfD nominations.

Examples of reasons why useful templates may not have any transclusions include, but are not limited to:
 * They are applied to speedy deletion candidates, which are then deleted, leaving no transclusions of the template.
 * They are substituted or otherwise applied by a script or tool like Twinkle or the page curation tools. (Also see below for a note about Always substitute.)
 * They are applied to File pages to tag them with copyright-related concerns, and are then removed when those concerns are addressed or when the file is deleted.
 * They are "preload" or boilerplate pages or page fragments that are used to build new pages.

Usage


Do not use this for templates that must be substituted! That is what Always substitute is for.

Parameters
can be used if the template should not be transcluded, i.e. an error will be shown if the template is transcluded. It will replace the "may" with "should" in "This template may have no transclusions." can be used to customize the message within the template. The default reason, which will be replaced by your custom text, is "it is substituted by a tool or script, it is used as part of a short-term or less active Wikipedia process, or for some other reason".