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{{if|value|then|else}} yields then if value isn't blank; otherwise it yields else.

One limitation: {{if|2=then}} yields then (but works properly if value is defined and empty, or else is defined).

See Wikimedia's Ifwp

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 <nowiki>{{</nowiki>if|<var>value</var>|<var>then</var>|<var>else</var>}} yields <var>then</var> if <var>value</var> isn't blank; otherwise it yields <var>else</var>.
-One limitation: <nowiki>{{</nowiki>if|2=<var>then</var>}} yields <var>then</var> (but works properly if <var>value</var> is defined and empty).
+One limitation: <nowiki>{{</nowiki>if|2=<var>then</var>}} yields <var>then</var> (but works properly if <var>value</var> is defined and empty, or <var>else</var> is defined).
 See [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Ifwp Wikimedia's Ifwp]
 </noinclude><includeonly>{{{3{{{1|}}}|{{{1{{{1|}}}|{{{2|}}}}}}}}}</includeonly>