Template:Outdent/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Outdent. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template should not be substituted.

This template is used on approximately 76,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses Lua: Module:Outdent (sandbox)

Threading of replies on talk pages is done using indentation and lists. This template is used for outdenting a reply on a talk page when indentation gets too deep.

{{od|integer}} or {{od|indentation wikitext}}. Integer examples: {{od|5}}, {{od|-15}}, {{od|11|r=y}}. Indentation examples: {{od|:::::}}, {{od|*::::::}}, {{od|**:::#}}.

|1=indent

Supports two modes: literal indentation or an integer. In literal indentation mode the value may contain : (indents), * (unnumbered list), and # (numbered list). It is recommended to copy the colons, asterisks, and hashes from the start of the previous message. In integer mode, the value is interpreted as number of indents (:). Default value is 10. Supported range is from -40 to 40. A negative integer is the same as positive integer with |reverse=y.

|2=y

Set it to add a link to Wikipedia:Indentation#Outdenting. {{od|5|y}} produces:

|r=y (aliases |reverse=y, |indent=y, |in=y)

Reverses the outdentation to become indentation and vice versa.

::::Previous post, indented with four colons.
{{Outdent|::::}} New post.

::::::Previous post, indented 6 levels.
{{Outdent|6}} New post.

To not outdent all the way to the left margin, indent the {{outdent}} template itself using colons:

::::::Previous post, indented 6 levels.
::{{Outdent|4}} New post.

::::::Previous post, indented 6 levels.
::{{Outdent|4}} Start of a new post indented 2 levels using a bar of length 6−2=4.
::{{Outdent|5|reverse=yes}}
:::::::Indent to indentation level 7 using a reversed bar of length 7−2=5.

Or with a negative integer:

::::::Original conversation.
::::::{{od|-3}}
:::::::::Afterthought.
:::::::{{od|2}}
:::::::Continuation of original conversation.

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 (Special:MyPage/common.css):

.outdent-template { display: none; }

• {{Outdent2}} — rather than a bar on the previous line, produces a bracketed arrow on the same line.
• Wikipedia:Indentation (WP:INDENT)
• Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines (WP:TALK)