Template:Parameter/Documentation

Template:Parameter is used with in the template namespace to identify and categorize templates based on their usage of parameters.

Usage

It accepts one mandatory parameter, one of mandatory, optional, no, or none.

It also accepts one optional string parameter, arbitrary text describing the parameter, typically something like string or integer.

Return

None of these will work correctly in the documtation subpage, but will appear in the actual documentation. It's invoked twice above, but for clarity sake...

{{Parameter|mandatory}} adds the template to the Templates with Mandatory Parameters category and returns:

mandatory parameter

{{Parameter|optional}} adds the template to the Templates with Optional Parameters category and returns:

optional parameter

{{Parameter|no}} or {{Parameter|none}} adds the template to the Templates without Parameters category and returns:

no parameters

The optional parameter is inserted between the two words. For instance, {{Parameter|optional|magenta}} returns:

optional magenta parameter