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Template:Outdent/doc

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For outdenting a reply on a talk page when indention gets too deep. Indenting on talk pages is done using a colon character (:) to produce tabs; this template produces a connector bar and initial text to indicate an outdent, based on the number of colons used in the previous indent

Usage

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To outdent posts, insert the number of colons that were used for indenting in the previous post, or use an integer value for that number.

::::This is the previous post, indented 4 levels
{{Outdent|::::}}start of a new post

displays as

This is the previous post, indented 4 levels
┌─────────────┘
start of a new post
::::::This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
{{Outdent|6}}start of a new post

displays as

This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
┌───────────────────┘
start of a new post

You can also have the template automatically add a linked tag, by adding any second parameter (its specific value is discarded):

::::::This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
{{Outdent|6|link}}start of a new post

displays as

This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
┌───────────────────┘
(outdent
start of a new post

the outdent template may also be indented using colons, like any other text.

Do not use subst: with this template.

This template is contained in the CSS class "outdent-template". Users who would prefer not to see the template can add the following line to their custom CSS (by default: Special:MyPage/monobook.css):

span.outdent-template { display: none; }

TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools.

TemplateData for Outdent

For outdenting a reply on a talk page when indention gets too deep.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Depth1

Either a string of colons or an integer count, representing the indent of the previous post.

Example
::::
Stringrequired
Add link?2

Whether to add a link that explains the outdent.

Booleanoptional

See also

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