Last modified: 2011-04-14 15:14:07 UTC
This is very unexpected behaviour: {{template|1=e=mc²|Einstein}} renders like {{template|1=Einstein}}, I would expect it to be equivalent to render like {{template|1=e=mc²|2=Einstein}} (and {{template|{{{|e=mc²}}}|2=Einstein}}, {{template|2=Einstein|{{{|e=mc²}}}}})
*** Bug 23853 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Potentially useful link and example from bug 23853, which was marked as duplicate of this one: [[meta:Help:Template#Mix of named and unnamed parameters]] explains this problem. The last sentence is particularly relevant: "the direct assignment of the value '1' to parameter 3 is later overwritten by the third unnamed parameter." For instance, if you write {{example template|3=A|B|1=C|D|E}}, and the template consists simply of {{{1}}}-{{{2}}}-{{{3}}}, the result would be C-D-E rather than the more logical C-B-A (where the "first" unnamed parameter, B, takes the place of the first unassigned numbered parameter) or C-D-A (where simply explicitly numbered parameters take precedence over the implicit numbering). I think the first alternative, C-B-A, makes most sense, but either approach would be better than the current behavior.
