Avoid WikiTable in caption text of Image template: raises Error 896

Question

A table in the caption text of the Image template does not result in presentation problems, but does raise (lots of) suggestion 896 (Unknown parameter in template), caused by the vertical bars (|) in the table markup being interpreted as start of another (undefined) template parameter.

Example

Answer 1

Tables in template parameters were not intended to be used. In your case it moved the end of the image template way down in the edit mode. That makes it complicated to edit.

You have a simple solution, since you use the named ref tag twice. You can define the content on the 2nd usage and only use <ref name="marriage" /> in the template.

Comments

I am only advising to not use that particular construct. Personally I have never used it. I am a former IT professional and would have immediately realized the conflicting meaning of the vertical bar.

My attention to the construct was drawn by a member who had no idea how to fix the 896's in a similar profile.

And your suggested solution is exactly what I already did to fix that other case, be it that I define the content on first use (to avoid conflict with members claiming that defining first is the only way to use named references).