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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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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To strike through text, use the following code: Enter a <s> before the text. Enter the text; Enter a </s> after the text. Overall, your code should look like this: <s>blah blah blah</s> Once you have entered that code, your text will look like this: blah blah blah