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'''[[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.

{{Wikipedia:Transclusion/How_Transclusion_Works}}

==Examples==
[[Wikipedia:Transclusion/How_Transclusion_Works]] and [[Template:POTD]] are transcluded to this page using <nowiki>{{Wikipedia:Transclusion/How_Transclusion_Works}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{POTD}}</nowiki>. 

<center>{{POTD}}</center>

[[Template:Flu]] and text [[Spanish flu research]] are transcluded to [[Spanish flu]] using <nowiki> "{{Flu}}" and "{{:Spanish flu research}}" </nowiki> 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]]==

* [[Wikipedia:MediaWiki namespace]]
** [[m:Help:MediaWiki namespace]]
* [[m:Help:Variable]]
*[[Wikipedia talk:Template namespace#transcluding prose]]

==Templates==
* [[m:Help:Template]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template namespace]]
** [[Wikipedia:Template messages]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template limits]]
* [[Wikipedia:Avoid using meta-templates]] (rejected)

== See also ==
* [[MediaZilla:4547|Request for template transclusion from Commons]] (interwiki templates, etc.)
* [[Wikipedia:Template substitution]] (the opposite of transclusion)

[[Category:MediaWiki Help]]

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