Template:Outdent

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This template provides an option to avoid excessive indentation on talk pages. 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. Copied from Wikipedia (template) (documentation).

Example

Blah blah. --Example1 (talk) 11:12, 13 June 2014 (UTC) Blah blah blah. --Example2 (talk) 11:22, 13 June 2014 (UTC) Personally I think that blah blah blah. --Example3 (talk) 11:32, 13 June 2014 (UTC) Yes indeed, blah blah blah. --Example1 (talk) 11:42, 13 June 2014 (UTC) Blah blah blah? --Example2 (talk) 11:52, 13 June 2014 (UTC) Blah blah! --Example1 (talk) 11:02, 13 June 2014 (UTC) ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Really? Blah blah. --Example3 (talk) 11:12, 13 June 2014 (UTC) Blah blah blah. --Example2 (talk) 11:22, 13 June 2014 (UTC) Bleh bleh bleh bleh! --Example1 (talk) 11:32, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

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 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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