Formatting | as text in parser function

1Astro133·12/10/2024 in Technical Advice & Coding Help

On the Inanimate Insanity Wiki, I made a template that is used in Navboxes called Template:Navigation, which uses Template:NavSection. But right now the Navbox can only be used to create a navbox with a certain number of sections. I tried to use #if like you would normally do, but the pipes in the navbox formatting were interpreted as parser function formatting. How do I make the pipes act as text in the #if but still act as formatting for Template:Navigation once it's been parsed?

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Marisa1980·12/11/2024

I think a link would be much better to see the issue you are experiencing rather than the long plain text.

1Astro133·12/11/2024

I told you it was on the inanimate insanity wiki at Template:NavSection and Template:Navigation. i didnt know how to put a link on this tho since its not source mode, until now when i just saw it on this comment.

NavSectionInanimate Insanity Wiki

NavigationInanimate Insanity Wiki

1Astro133·12/11/2024

Oh, and also, the formatting thing isnt on it right now because i fixed it, but this leaves the problem unsolved. you could see the formatting issue if you used test pages and put "{{#if: {{{1}}}|" at the beginning of Template:NavSection and "}}" at the end of it.

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BronzeRattle·12/11/2024

Use Template:! for pipes in the input fields of parsers (and Template:!! if you need two of them)

!Inanimate Insanity Wiki

Oot42·12/11/2024

Use this to escape the pipe:

{{!}}

This is a Magic Word since MediaWiki version 1.24. There is no need for a template.

Existing templates can be deleted.

1Astro133·12/12/2024

Wdym theres no need for a template? im making a template used for making navigation boxes. thx for the {{!}} tho

What do you think?