Template:Sandbox

Many times you may want to just 'test' an idea for a template, I haven't found a sensible way of fully testing templates by themselves (as they will not get included in the edited version, but rather the saved version).

The idea of this Template:Sandbox is to have that, a simple testing zone that will not interfere with others and avoid leaving a trail of botched attempts.

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Testing: Missing translation

1. REDIRECT [[]]

[[Category:Missing translation lang-{{{1}}}|Sandbox]]

What is the result of:
{{#rel2abs:..}}? []

{{{page|{{#rel2abs:..}}}}}? []
{{lc:{{{2|{{{action|}}}}}}}}? []
default=#REDIRECT [[{{{page|{{#rel2abs:..}}}}}]]? [default=#REDIRECT [[]]]

Usage

{{Sandbox
 | lang    = <!-- UNNAMED #1 -- language code of the missing translation (see Translating for codes) -->
 | action  = <!-- UNNAMED #2 -- OPTIONAL — what to do. Default is to REDIRECT to the base page. -->
 | page    = <!-- OPTIONAL — the page name (sans enclosing [[]]) to include or redirect to -->
 }}

NOTE: If you name one of the parameters, the other also has to be named.

Sample

The following are all equivalents, as they all generate a REDIRECT directive to the upper level

{{Missing translation|es}}
{{Missing translation|es|redirect}}
{{Missing translation|lang=es}}
{{Missing translation|lang=es|redirect}}                 #  Doesn't work due to naming inconsistency
{{Missing translation|lang=es|action=redirect}}
{{Missing translation|lang=es|action=redirect|page=Foo}} # assuming the including page is [[Foo/subpage]]

If instead of REDIRECTing you want to include the parent page, the following are equivalent:

{{Missing translation|es|include}}
{{Missing translation|lang=es|include}}                 #  Doesn't work due to naming inconsistency
{{Missing translation|lang=es|action=include}}
{{Missing translation|lang=es|action=include|page=Foo}} # assuming the including page is [[Foo/subpage]]

# This would include the [[Bar]] page regardless of what the including page is.
{{Missing translation|lang=es|action=include|page=Bar}}