Transclusion

Transclusion is generally the inclusion of the content of a document into another document by reference. In the Wikipedian context, it is the use of the template functionality of MediaWiki to include the same content in multiple documents without having to edit those documents separately.

Transcluding a page section instead of a whole page
The transclusion template does not support partial page transclusion. To circumvent this limitation, one can create a separate page or subpage containing the text to be transcluded. To facilitate and organize the creation of these pages, Transcluded content was created as a parent page for subpages created by you (e.g. Transcluded content/**your title**), which may be transcluded using the template.

Examples
Transclusion/How_Transclusion_Works and Template:POTD are transcluded to this page using and.

Template:Flu and text Spanish flu research are transcluded to Spanish flu using "" and "" respectively. Note that transcluding prose in articles is a debated issue. The alternative is to create a short introduction and link to the prose.

Pages related to MediaWiki transclusion

 * MediaWiki namespace
 * m:Help:MediaWiki namespace
 * m:Help:Variable
 * Wikipedia talk:Template namespace

Templates

 * m:Help:Template
 * Template namespace
 * Template messages
 * Template limits
 * Avoid using meta-templates (rejected)