Template:'/doc

The '/doc template is a very simple one. It allows for the insertion of a possessive apostrophe in a way that doesn't interfere with apostrophes (or inverted commas) being used by the wiki markup language to embolden or italicise text.

For instance, if you wanted to present the sentence:

• The Androids of Tara's producers didn't foresee the difficulties of using K9 on the water.

you could type it thus:

''[[The Androids of Tara]]'''s producers didn't 
foresee the difficulties of using K9 on the water.

Because apostrophes aren't being otherwise used in the paragraph, the wiki markup language doesn't have anything else to do with it, so it drops it in place right where you want it. However, this is not a safe way to edit.

Imagine that someone comes after you and edits the paragraph in such a way that it is now the lead to an article. If you now have the paragraph:

 
'''K9''' was a mechanical dog. 
As ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'''s producers discovered, 
it was difficult to maneuver him on water.

you'll get the unintended result of:

• K9' was a mechanical dog. As The Androids of Taras producers discovered, it was difficult to maneuver him on water.

That's where this template comes in. By using it around apostrophes you intend to be seen in the text, you ensure that your markup won't produce wacky results.

Here's how to get what you want out of our hypothetical paragraph.

 
'''K9''' was a mechanical dog. 
As ''[[The Androids of Tara]]''{{'}}s producers discovered, 
it was difficult to maneuver him on water.

That results in the proprly-formatted paragraph:

• K9 was a mechanical dog. As The Androids of Tara's producers discovered, it was difficult to maneuver him on water.