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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. |
{{Small}} is a replacement for <small>...</small>.
Usage
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=.
Usage with multiple lines
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
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What a wonderful world |
{{small|What a wonderful world}}
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What a wonderful world |
{{small|1=3 + 2 = 5}}
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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}}TemplateData
TemplateData for Small
A template shortcut for the "small" HTML tag that makes the font smaller
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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| Text | 1 | The text that you'd like to be made smaller | String | required |
Tracking categories
- Category:Pages using small with an empty input parameter (1)
- Category:Pages using small with unknown parameters (0)
See also