Author: bugzilla.wikimedia
Description:
Hi,
first of all, apologies if this is a duplicate report, but I haven't been able
to find a previous report for this bug.
I just noticed something slightly odd about the way templates with parameters
with default values are handled by {{subst:}} - it seems that when the
template's contents are put into the page text, parameters that are not
specified but which do have a default value are not replaced.
The effect of this can be seen with [[en:Template:Unsigned]], used at the URL
given above with '{{subst:Unsigned|Rpgaction}}', for example: observe that the
unspecified second parameter ('{{{2|}}}') is literally copied into the page text.
This does not make any real difference here, but MediaWiki should copy the
parameter's default value in this case instead.
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Simetrical/6305