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Strikethrough}} draws a line through the text provided in the first unnamed parameter. The template embeds the parameter in an HTML <s>...</s> element, producing output such as: this, i.e. text with a line drawn through its middle. Outside articles, it can be used to mark something as no longer accurate or relevant without removing it from view.
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Help:Wiki markup#Strikethrough {{Strikethrough}} – for a string of text without line breaks {{Strikethrough color}} — differently color the strikethrough-line and the text {} – block-level template for reducing text size {} – block-level template for changing text size
Do not use strikethrough to indicate inappropriate or incorrect material; this causes accessibility and comprehensibility problems, and there are several better alternatives, including commenting out, deletion, and tagging for discussion. Intentional use of strikethrough as part of the content is discouraged for similar reasons.
An example of strikethrough. Strikethrough, or strikeout, is a typographical presentation of words with a horizontal line through their center, resulting in text like this, sometimes an X or a forward slash is typed over the top instead of using a horizontal line. [1] Strike-through was used in medieval manuscripts.
The MediaWiki software suppresses single newlines and converts lines starting with a space to preformatted text in a dashed box. HTML suppresses multiple spaces. It is often desirable to retain these elements for poems, lyrics, mottoes, oaths and the like.
BBCode ("Bulletin Board Code") is a lightweight markup language used to format messages in many Internet forum software. It was first introduced in 1998. [1] The available "tags" of BBCode are usually indicated by square brackets ([and ]) surrounding a keyword, and are parsed before being translated into HTML.
By default, the strikethough line is red and the text color is unchanged, but these are separately controllable by passing parameters. This template is implemented using CSS . It sets the line color using the text-decoration-color CSS property, passing red as the default value if no |linecolor= parameter is supplied.