# More efficient (inline) template usage

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-efficient-inline-template-usage/278757>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** templates\
**Created:** [September 12, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-efficient-inline-template-usage/278757 "2023-09-12T16:16:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![BryanV](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bryanv/32/226479_2.png) [@BryanV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BryanV)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-efficient-inline-template-usage/278757/3 "2023-09-12T17:10:41Z")

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I gave “GitHub Issue” link as a simple motivating example, but it is only one of several various. There are also snippets that are full sentences that I might insert in a larger paragraph, e.g. as part of a reply explaining why a different forum is more appropriate.

I also wouldn’t want every instance of “GitHub Issue” to link to our tracker unconditionally and unpreventably. 95% of the time it’s what is desired, but there are certainly times that people need to talk about GitHub Issues on other trackers, and not being able to prevent a replacement in places where it would be wrong is arguably worse.

Ultimately I just don’t understand the need to force a particular behaviour here, when the post editor already provides all the tools for anyone to to whatever they want or need. Adding in arbitrary out-of-band whitespace only serves to reduce the scope of functionality.

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