Template:Small/doc
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 | As of June 10, 2016, a rule has been added to MediaWiki:Common.css, so now <small> consistently renders at size that is 85% of the surrounding text. This template remains as a convenience wrapper. |
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 
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 |
Don't do this:
{{small|
*One
*Two
*Three}}
Do this instead:
{{smalldiv|
*One
*Two
*Three}}
Template data
TemplateData for Small
A template shortcut for the "small" HTML tag that makes the font smaller
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | 1 | The text that you'd like to be made smaller | String | required |
Tracking category
See also
| Code | Size | Semantics | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| {{small|text}} {{smaller|text}} |
85% | <small> |
text |
| {{resize|text}} | 90% | none | text |
| {{midsize|text}} | 92% | none | text |
| none | 100% | none | text |
| {{larger|text}} | 110% | none | text |
| {{big|text}} | 120% | <big> |
text |
| {{large|text}} | 125% | none | text |
| {{huge|text}} | 180% | none | text |
| {{resize|x%}} | custom | none | varies |
| {{font}} | custom | none | varies |
