Template:!!/doc

This template produces the pipe (or vertical bar) character in such a way that it will never be interpreted as wiki markup (unlike, which is interpreted as wiki markup in some contexts — see that template's documentation).

Specifically, its output is  which is the HTML entity for the pipe symbol.

The name of the template was chosen to suggest, "I really want to see a pipe character!" (whereas the name of might suggest, "Here's a pipe character that may be used as wiki markup, if necessary").

Note that this template does not work the same as the Wikipedia template of the same name.

Parameters
None.

Usage
See the template's testcases: