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== What does it solve? ==

== What does it solve? ==

Centiare editors generally like to have a usage description of the template right at the template page (example: [[template:cite news]]). This can be achieved by writing some descriptive text into the template wiki-source inside <nowiki>&lt;noinclude>...&lt;/noinclude></nowiki>. However, this has some drawbacks:

MyWikiBiz editors generally like to have a usage description of the template right at the template page (example: [[template:cite news]]). This can be achieved by writing some descriptive text into the template wiki-source inside <nowiki>&lt;noinclude>...&lt;/noinclude></nowiki>. However, this has some drawbacks:

* The text inside  <nowiki>&lt;noinclude>...&lt;/noinclude></nowiki> does add to the ''pre-expand include size'', which is limited (see [[Centiare:Template limits]]).

* The text inside  <nowiki>&lt;noinclude>...&lt;/noinclude></nowiki> does add to the ''pre-expand include size'', which is limited (see [[Help:Template limits]]).

* Some templates are fully protected, because they are transcluded into a lot of pages. Editing the documentation is awkward in this case, because non-sysops must make a request to edit a protected page and a sysop has to do the edit.

* Some templates are fully protected, because they are transcluded into a lot of pages. Editing the documentation is awkward in this case, because non-sysops must make a request to edit a protected page and a sysop has to do the edit.

* There is an upper limit to both the pre-included and post-expanded sizes of a page. Worse, the more a template is included, it's pre-expanded size gets multiplied by however many bytes its size needs. So there are conflicting needs. (see [[Centiare:Template limits]]).

* There is an upper limit to both the pre-included and post-expanded sizes of a page. Worse, the more a template is included, it's pre-expanded size gets multiplied by however many bytes its size needs. So there are conflicting needs. (see [[Help:Template limits]]).

This ''How to'' page sets forth a strategy'' 'and technique' ''that satisfies both the human needs to refresh their memory, (or most commonly, learn from the first exposure! The 'needs' for documentation, especially for the newer editors still on the many steep wiki learning curves.) and has the added benefit of building pages faster and unloading the servers processing loads. (We all do love to wait for that page to load, soooo much!)  

This ''How to'' page sets forth a strategy'' 'and technique' ''that satisfies both the human needs to refresh their memory, (or most commonly, learn from the first exposure! The 'needs' for documentation, especially for the newer editors still on the many steep wiki learning curves.) and has the added benefit of building pages faster and unloading the servers processing loads. (We all do love to wait for that page to load, soooo much!)  

== See also ==

== See also ==

* [[m:Help:Templates#Noinclude_and_includeonly|&lt;noinclude> and &lt;includeonly>]]

* [[m:Help:Templates#Noinclude_and_includeonly|&lt;noinclude> and &lt;includeonly>]]

* [[Centiare:High-risk templates]]

* [[Help:High-risk templates]]

* [[Template:template doc page transcluded]]

* [[Template:template doc page transcluded]]

* [[Template:template doc page viewed directly]]

* [[Template:template doc page viewed directly]]

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