Wikimedia template failing to render reference properly

Question

I have a template called "problem" with the following definition:

⚠️<ref>⚠️ {{{1}}}</ref>

The intent is to use it like so: {{problem|Describe the problem here.}} and have the description appear in the <references> section.

What's actually rendering for each reference: ↑ ⚠️ {{{1}}}. (The interstitial text is rendering correctly.)

How do I fix this?

Answer 1

This is a special case in which the parameter {{{1}}} is not expanded. To solve this, need to use the {{#tag:}} parser function. Just replace the content of your template with this:

⚠️{{#tag:ref|⚠️ {{{1}}}}}