Community Wishlist Survey 2022/Editing/Subst templates that should be substed automatically

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Subst templates that should be substed automatically

Problem: Currently bots have to subst templates that should be substed after edits are saved. Bots can go offline, and they can be hard to maintain, especially for smaller wikis.
Proposed solution: Automatically subst templates that are specified to need substing before saving edits, through some sort of configuration.
Who would benefit: Bot operators, editors in general
More comments:
Phabricator tickets:
Proposer: EpicPupper (talk) 03:30, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Regarding a potential NOSUBST option, substituting can always be helpful for test edits, to be able to see what a template actually outputs. Even if you're not supposed to substitute a template normally. Jochem van Hees (talk) 15:36, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure if @Izno was referring to "NOSUBST" as a "never substitute this template" option (in complement to this proposal) or "do not subst in this case" (in complement to the "subst:" syntax). ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 18:52, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No, it would be a "never subst" option.

As for a sandbox, a sandbox can also have that removed. :) Izno (talk) 19:36, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
As for the opt-outs requested below, I'm not sure what that implies but I think it's "I'm adding this template here but I don't want to subst it", which would indeed be some sort of {{nosubst: syntax I guess. I don't have an issue with that. Izno (talk) 19:38, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Voting

Support. I'd also like a NOSUBST option. --Izno (talk) 23:09, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 23:45, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --𝑇𝑚𝑣 (𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘) 01:24, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support aokomoriuta (talk) 12:22, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support — SHEIKH (Talk) 13:03, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Aca (talk) 13:05, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hemantha (talk) 14:25, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ali Imran Awan (talk) 07:12, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ameisenigel (talk) 08:46, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thingofme (talk) 14:58, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support pending opt out capability per Izno IAmChaos (talk) 18:09, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support And per Izno Daniel Case (talk) 18:28, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Modest Genius (talk) 20:28, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Dave Braunschweig (talk) 22:29, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support MONUMENTA (talk) 00:50, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Cameron11598 (talk) 04:18, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sabelöga (talk) 16:11, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support YBG (talk) 08:02, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support WikiAviator (talk) 10:08, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jochem van Hees (talk) 17:32, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Vega (talk) 18:26, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jurbop (talk) 10:16, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Voice of Clam (talk) 15:14, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Darwin ^Ahoy! 19:51, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Mikhail Ryazanov (talk) 19:55, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support ·addshore· ^{talk to me!} 22:57, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support —— Eric Liu_（Talk） 05:17, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support USI2020 (talk) 20:51, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Thanks for the fish! ^{talk•contrib} (he/him) 21:30, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ayumu Ozaki (talk) 06:18, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support so long as there's an opt-out as Izno suggests. — Bilorv (talk) 11:01, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support with Izno's suggestion — DaxServer (t · c) 11:52, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Lectrician1 (talk) 05:26, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Uanfala (talk) 12:19, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Krzysiek 123456789 (talk) 15:47, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
SupportDGG (talk) 20:22, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Juan90264 (talk) 13:04, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support ZellmerLP (talk) 19:45, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Meiræ 21:55, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Fatt-1 (talk) 09:20, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jonathan5566^(talk) 14:45, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]