| Template | Example output | Use
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| {{strong}} | strong semantic emphasis | To indicate <strong> emphasis instead of (or as well as) simple typographical boldfacing.
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| {{strongbad}} | "Never use..." | Same as {{strong}} but in red.
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| {{stronggood}} | "Only use..." | Same as {{strong}} but in green.
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| {{em}} | mild semantic emphasis | As per {{strong}} but for the milder <em> emphasis (instead of / as well as typographical italicization).
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| {{var}} | strPrefix | To indicate text is a variable name. Use for any variable names except those including "I" (uppercase i) and/or "l" (lowercase L); for these, {{varserif}} should be used to ensure a noticeable distinction.
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| {{varserif}} | strIllustratePrefix> | (see {{var}} above)
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| {{wikivar}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Y, X}} | To display wikicode variables and magic words as they would appear in code.
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| {{para}} | |year=2008 | To display template parameters with or without values.
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| {{param}} | {{{title|alt}}} | To display parameters as used in code (i.e. with triple braces), especially to indicate relationships between them. May be combined with {{para}} above.
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| {{tlx}} etc. | {{Template|1|2|...|10}} | To display a template call (with or without parameters and values) as code.
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| {{tag}} | "The <img></img> tags..." | To render HTML elements ("tags") as prose.
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| {{code}} | "Ensure the alt= | To indicate text is source code. To nest other templates within {{code}}, use <code></code>.
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| {{subst:codenowiki}}
| <code><nowiki> code ...
...</nowiki></code>
| To wrap example code in <code> and nested <nowiki> tags.
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| {{syntaxhighlight}} | | ( or {{sxhl}} ) Wrapper for <syntaxhighlight></syntaxhighlight>, but will wrap overflowing text.
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| {{deprecated code}} | "Do not use <blink>." | ( or {{dc}} ) To indicate deprecated source code in template documentation, articles on HTML specs, etc. The {{dc2}} variant uses strike-through (<blink>) while {{dc|red{{=}}y}} uses red (<blink>).
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| {{pre}} | | For larger blocks of source code and other pre-formatted text.
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| {{bq}} | | For indented blocks of content, such as block quotations, examples, poems, etc.
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| {{kbd}} | user input | To indicate user input.
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| {{key press}} | CtrlX | To indicate specific-keystroke input.
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| {{PlayStation key press}} | × | To indicate PlayStation-style gamepad key presses.
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| {{samp}} | example output | To indicate sample or example output.
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