Template:Error

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A helper template to display an error, generally to be used from inside other templates. Categorizes the page in Category:Pages with template errors.

Usage

{{ error | <error text> | <additional category> }}

or

{{ error | text=<error text> | cate=<additional category> }}

First unnamed parameter or text

Error message to display. Will be wrapped in a span.

title

Hover text.

from or source

Short string denoting the source of the error. If this parameter is provided, the page will be categorized in a "Pages with errors from $source" category. Additionally, the span output tag will be extended to include a data-source attribute holding this parameter's value. This facilitates, for instance, easy access of errors from the same source via JavaScript or CSS.

Second, third, ..., n-th unnamed parameter and cate, cate2, ..., cate<n>

Additional categories to categorize the page in, can be continued ad infinitum. Set $cate to n or no to prevent categorization altogether.

Examples

Code	Result	Categories added
{{error|Something went wrong!}}		Pages with template errors
{{error|Something went wrong!|from=MyTemplate}}		Pages with template errors Pages with errors from MyTemplate
{{error|Something went wrong!|from=MyTemplate|cate=n}}		n/a
{{error|Something went wrong!|from=MyTemplate|cate=Things to do|cate2=Pages with script errors}}		Pages with template errors Pages with errors from MyTemplate Things to do Pages with script errors

Error handling

The output of this template is compatible with the {{#iferror:}} parser function, which can be used to catch and handle errors.

Code	Result
{{error|Fault!}}
{{#iferror:{{error|Fault!}}|There is something wrong!|Everything is OK.}}	There is something wrong!
{{#iferror:{{error|Fault!}}|There is something wrong!}}	There is something wrong!
{{#iferror: {{error|Fault!}} }}	(no output)