Template:Track listing item

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The template documentation below is transcluded from Template:Track listing item/doc [edit]

This template employs intricate features of template syntax.
Please do not alter it unless you are certain to understand its setup and parser functions and are ready to repair/revert all collateral damage if results are unexpected.
Any experiments should be conducted and all improvements tested in the template sandbox, or in your user space, before applying anything here.

{{Track listing item}} adds a track into a track listing to match the proposed listing format standard of WikiProject Albums.

1 Usage
- 1.1 Blank template
  - 1.1.1 Minimal code
  - 1.1.2 Complete code
2 Example
- 2.1 Code
- 2.2 Result

[edit] Usage

To conserve server resources on Wikipedia, it is suggested that you subst: this template when using it. This is particularly helpful for this template since it will likely appear many times on a single page. More information available on the talk page.

Also note that in order to get properly numbered lists, you cannot break the line between between the end of one template and the beginning of the next, or else the list numbering will restart.

[edit] Blank template

Copy a blank template below and paste it into an album page below the section header "Track listing".

[edit] Minimal code

{{subst:Track listing item|#TITLE#|#LENGTH#}}

[edit] Complete code

{{subst:Track listing item
| title    = 
| subtitle = 
| artist   = 
| guests   = 
| writers  = 
| length   = 
| on-line  = 
| notes    = 
}}

[edit] Example

[edit] Code

{{subst:Track listing item
| title    = [[example|Chart-Topping Rap Single]]
| subtitle = radio edit
| artist   = [[example|MC Rap Star]]
| guests   = [[example|Li'l Shorty Baby]]
| length   = 3:08
| on-line  = **
| notes    = released as a [[example|single]]; also appears on the [[example|''Rap Star Vehicle'' soundtrack]]
}}{{subst:Track listing item
| title    = Filler Track
| length   = 4:35
}}{{subst:Track listing item
| title    = Forgettable Song
| artist = An Obscure Band
| writers = John Q. Songwriter
| length = 5:28
}}

[edit] Result

"Chart-Topping Rap Single" [radio edit] by MC Rap Star featuring Li'l Shorty Baby – 3:08 **
- released as a single; also appears on the Rap Star Vehicle soundtrack
"Filler Track" – 4:35
"Forgettable Song" by An Obscure Band (John Q. Songwriter) – 5:28