Editing Help:Transclusion (section)

==== 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.