Template:Small

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Usage

This template is a replacement for <small>...</small>.

Remember "Avoid using smaller font sizes in elements that already use a smaller font size, such as infoboxes, navboxes and references sections", per MOS:ACCESS#Font size and MOS:SMALLFONT. Using this template within an infobox would produce a font size 75% of the page default, well below the 85% minimum specified in the linked guidelines.

The only parameter is the content and may contain templates, images, etc. if a block needs to be wrapped in this template and contains such elements. Note that if the = character appears in the content, the parameter must be explicitly specified as |1=.

Do not use this template to wrap multiple lines; doing so will cause Linter errors. If you need to wrap multiple list items or multiple paragraphs, use {{smalldiv}} around the entire block, or wrap each list item or paragraph separately.

Thus File:Yes check.svg Good practice:

input	shows
What a wonderful world	What a wonderful world
{{small|What a wonderful world}}	What a wonderful world
{{small|1=3 + 2 = 5}}	3 + 2 = 5
{{small|1=103}} {{small|1=+ 2}} —— {{small|1=105}}	103 + 2 —— 105

File:X mark.svg Don't do this:

{{small|
*One
*Two
*Three}}

File:Yes check.svg Do this instead:

{{smalldiv|
*One
*Two
*Three}}

Template data

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TemplateData for Small

A template shortcut for the "small" HTML tag that makes the font smaller

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Text	1	The text that you'd like to be made smaller	String	required

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using small with an empty input parameter (0)

See also

Font size templates

Code for inline content	Code for block content	Size	Result
{{small|text}} {{smaller|text}}	{{smalldiv|text}}	85%	text
{{resize|text}}	{{resizediv|text}}	90%	text
{{midsize|text}}		92%	text
none	none	100%	text
{{large|text}} {{larger|text}} {{big|text}}	{{largediv|text}}	120%	text
{{huge|text}}		180%	text
{{resize|x%|text}}	{{resizediv|x%|text}}	custom	varies
{{font|size=x%}}		custom	varies

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