Template:Outdent

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Template documentation

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.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template has custom formatting.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
indentation level	`1`	Number of colons at the start of the previous line, or the colons themselves. At most 20; more than 20 falls back to the default value of 10. Default 10 Example 4, ::::	Line	suggested
link	`2`	Add a linked tag about outdenting. The parameter’s specific value is discarded, only its presence counts. Example 1	Line	optional

Usage

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

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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

To not outdent all the way to the left margin, the outdent template itself can be indented using one or more colons:

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

displays as

This is the previous post, indented 6 levels

┌────────────────┘
start of a new post

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 (Special:MyPage/common.css):

span.outdent-template { display: none; }