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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.
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.
Intentional use of strikethrough as part of the content is discouraged for similar reasons. If strikethrough is used to indicate deleted text, such as in textual analysis, it should be implemented with semantic HTML element <del> and combined with other techniques for accessibility purposes.
These are usually handwritten on the paper containing the text. Symbols are interleaved in the text, while abbreviations may be placed in a margin with an arrow pointing to the problematic text. Different languages use different proofreading marks and sometimes publishers have their own in-house proofreading marks.
This is {{Strikethrough|an obsolete stretch of text}} for comparison This is an obsolete stretch of text for comparison Limiting formatting / escaping wiki markup
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
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