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===Composite pages===
{{Hatnote|See also a 2005 Village Pump discussion on [[Wikipedia talk:Template namespace/Archive 1#transcluding prose|transcluding article prose as an unusual issue not covered by policy]].}}

''Composite pages'' are created by transcluding multiple component pages, either entirely or in part, into a central page. The wikitext of a composite page may include [[Help:HTML in wikitext|HTML tags]] to embed content, typically from standalone pages that are not part of the template namespace. The primary purpose of composite pages is to consolidate related content for easier access.

==== Examples ====
* [[Wikipedia:Village Pump]] – mostly consists of the transcluded page {{Xtn|[[Template:Village pump]]}}.
* [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log]] – for example, [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2005 May 31]] aggregates discussions from multiple individual deletion pages, such as [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sp3tt]]. On this particular day, 75 component pages were included.
* [[m:Meta:Translation_requests|Meta:Translation requests]] – pages such as [[m:Meta:Translation/Coordination/List/Meta]] and [[m:Meta:Translation/Coordination/List/Main]] are transcluded within [[m:Meta:Translation/Coordination]].

The use of composite pages allows users to view multiple related pages in one location rather than navigating through individual links.

==== Characteristics ====
Composite pages function independently from their component pages in several ways. While changes made to a component page are reflected on the composite page, the composite page maintains its own edit history, recent changes log, page-watch settings, and protection levels, separate from those of its transcluded content.

The talk page of a composite page is used specifically for discussions about the composite itself rather than for the individual component pages it includes. However, in some cases, a composite talk page may also transclude discussions from its component pages, allowing for a [[Wikipedia:Centralized discussion|centralized discussion]] space.

When editing, users can modify sections of a component page directly from the composite page, see {{Section link|Help:Section#Editing sections of included templates|}}. Once changes are saved, they are applied to the original component page, ensuring consistency across all instances where the content appears.

For projects that support [[Wikipedia:Interlanguage links|interlanguage links]], a composite page aggregates all interlanguage links from its component pages. This can sometimes lead to multiple links pointing to the same language or page, reflecting the structure of the transcluded content.