need help figuring out how to add documentation to templates

[cobalt canopy]

https://nansei.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:CharacterShort

yesterday i tried to document the parameters of a template so that visual editing could be easier to use, but i can't seem to figure out how to properly use the templatedata tag

does the templatedata tag need to be placed within the /doc subpage? also is this json code formatted correctly?

thanks for any help anyone can give

[random geyser]

you might wanna enable the TemplateData extension at https://nansei.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:ManageWiki/extensions#mw-section-parserhooks

[cobalt canopy]

i just did, but it still seems like it's not seeing the templatedata

[random geyser]

purge the page

[cobalt canopy]

which page?

[random geyser]

/doc

[cobalt canopy]

i deleted it

[random geyser]

why lol

deleting and purging are separate things on mediawiki btw

[cobalt canopy]

i wasn't aware lol

[random geyser]

lucky for you, you can just undelete it

[cobalt canopy]

what does purging entail?

[random geyser]

this button

you'll also need a documentation template, you can import one from here for example: https://dev.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Documentation

[cobalt canopy]

i purged the page and trying to edit the template still looks like this

i also do already have a {{Documentation}} template at the end of Template:CharacterShort

[exotic canopy]

https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Documentation

[random geyser]

yes, you call for the documentation template in charactershort, but it doesn't exist, it's empty and does nothing

[cobalt canopy]

i undeleted https://nansei.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:CharacterShort/doc

[random geyser]

and your templatedata shows nicely in https://nansei.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:CharacterShort/doc

once you get the documentation template you'll also see the table in /doc on the template's main page

[cobalt canopy]

did i import the documentation template wrong? 😰

[random geyser]

you also need to import the depedencies listed on the page

these fellas

admittedly a bit annoying

[cobalt canopy]

i imported the dependencies and the table is showing on Template:CharacterShort now

when trying to edit a CharacterShort template on a page (example:
https://nansei.miraheze.org/wiki/Forbidden_Beast_in_Wonderland/Characters ) it still says the template is missing data

[random geyser]

you might need to refresh/purge the characters page as well, this is what I'm seeing

[cobalt canopy]

yup, that fixed it! thank so much for helping me 🙇‍♂️