Last modified: 2013-02-06 21:15:57 UTC
<nowiki><pre>test</pre></nowiki> outputs <pre>test</pre> {{#tag:nowiki|<pre>test</pre>}} outputs <pre>test</pre>
The Wiki Markup page ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup#Nowiki ) says that "When used in a template, <nowiki> simply does not work as you may expect." Look under the header 'Use in templates.' Closing as WONTFIX.
Note, this is intended behavior. The entire point of introducing #tag:ref was so people could do this sort of thing.
Thank you for the clarification!