Template:CompactDocToc

{{Tl}} is used to display a template name as a link to the template. Its name is an acronym for Template Link.

{{Tl|template name to display}}

• Template:Tl( talk links history) - links and edit history of this template.
• Template:Tlp( talk links history) - Template link, with single parameter.
• Template:Ttl( talk links history) - Template link(no params), followed by talk and whatlinkshere, as "(t/l)"
• Template:Ti( talk links history) - Template name, followed by "(talk, links, edit)"
• Template:Tic( talk links history) - Nearly identical to ti.
• Template:Tls( talk links history) - Template link(no params), subst'ed.
• Template:Tlt( talk links history) - Template link(no params), followed by talk, as "(doc/talk)"
• Template:Tetl( talk links history) - Template link(no params), followed by edit, talk, links"
• Template:Teti( talk links history) - Template name, followed by edit, talk, links, as "(edit, talk, links)"

A version which takes parameters exists at Template:Template link with parameters, with a shortcut at {{tl2}}. Alphax ^τεχ 01:10, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This is a really good idea! — Ambush Commander^(Talk) 13:54, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

I suggest this template to be changed to

{{[[Template:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]}}

This way it won't break things if it's subst'd (& added in source here so it's displayed right) _→AzaToth 19:28, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think not it would also be better to change it to

{{[[Template:{{{1}}}|{{lcfirst:{{{1}}}}}]]}}

i.e. add a lcfirst on the name so it will always shown with the first letter as lower case (As I think most people writes it when they call the template) _→AzaToth 17:11, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• do they? I'd have said that the split was about 50-50. Certainly most of the templates that I call up I use a capital letter first (but then again, a lot of the templates I use start with proper nouns - specifically, country names). It's also useful to be able to have the first letter as l.c. or u.c. if the template is mentioned as the first thing in a sentence (as it quite often is at TFD, SFD, or WP:WSS). Why limit it to always rendering as lower case? Grutness...wha? 22:34, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd leave it be for now. There may be a certain "suprise factor" when someone uses this and it doesn't display the uppercase as they'd expect. -- Netoholic @ 22:46, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've been looking for a while to find the matching template to the one used on the french Wikipédia for showing a template's syntax while linking to it in the form {{Template}}. It's not exactly the same but since it's used for the same purposes in about the same way, I think the following should be added to the current template :

<!-- Interwiki Link -->
[[fr:Modèle:M]]

Interwiki linkage of the most commonly used templates really facilitates the users' ability to adapt quickly the syntax on any local wiki... : ) Stéphane Thibault 20:50, 7 January 2006 (UTC) ^Talk fr:Discuter Modèle:LienModèle[reply]

Template {{T1}} redirects to this template. Is this intentional, considering the history of T1 indicates that it's completely unrelated? --TheParanoidOne 10:42, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]