This is a documentation subpage for Template:Delay subst. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{ subst:Delay subst}}).

With certain coding, subst: does not automatically convert when it is saved. An editor can create wikitext that is only converted when saved again.

Normally wikitext like {{subst:a}} is not saved as {{subst:a}} if {{template:a}} exists, because subst: saves the coding of template:a in its place.

This template makes it easy to save preload pages such as Template:RMassist/preload.

"Subst" can be delayed with one save by creating and using {{ delay subst}}.

On the next save (with or without edits elsewhere on the page) results in substitution of template "a".

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