Template:File other/doc

This is the file other meta-template.

image other redirects here and can be used as an alternative name for this template.

This template helps other templates detect what type of page they are on.

Usage
This template usually takes two parameters, like this:

If the template is on a file (image) page, it will return this:



If the template is on any other page, it will return this:



A typical usage case could be to make it so that a template only adds a category when on file pages. Thus not adding other pages that just show the template. Like this:

Or to warn that a template should not be used on other pages:

Note that in the first case above the "other" parameter was not used, and in the second example the "file" parameter was left empty.

Demospace
For testing and demonstration purposes this template can take a parameter named demospace: if it has the values file or other it makes the template behave as if it is on a page of that type; if the parameter is empty or undefined, the actual page type determines the result. Like this:

No matter on what kind of page the code above is used it will return this:



For backwards compatibility this template also understands the old value "demospace=image", which has the same meaning as "demospace=file". But using image is now deprecated.

Technical details
This template detects "File talk:" pages as type other.

Namespace "Image" was renamed to "File" on 11 December 2008. This template was updated to understand both names well before that, thus it still works fine.

This template works like main talk other, for more examples and technical details see full documentation there.