Template:Main other/doc

This is the main other meta-template.

This template helps other templates detect if they are on a main space (article) page or some "other" type of page.

Basic usage
This template usually takes two parameters, like this:

If the template is on a main space (article) 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 an article. 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 "main" parameter was left empty.