Topic on Extension talk:TemplateData

Can the tag actually be used?

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Summary by Elitre (WMF)

No replies in 2 weeks, I think using it is safe if it works.

Elitre (WMF) (talkcontribs)

This page says "Note that you cannot use {{#tag:template data}} in lieu of <templatedata>." I learned that the reason why the note was added (some months ago) is that the method didn't seem to work back then.

@Rotpunkt actually used the tag to create template documentation (thus, including TemplateData) for a few templates (using Wikidata data), and as far as we can see it seems to do the trick (templates added as expected, and work as intended). Has anybody perhaps tried to do the same thing and can tell us if there may be very good reasons not to? Otherwise, Rotpunkt would like to proceed further, and I am extremely interested into learning how this can be documented, bearing in mind communities for which TemplateData work is particularly cumbersome for example.