Difference between revisions of "Help:Greybox"
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Place two {{ at the start of the box, followed (with no space) by the word greybox followed (with no space) by a | followed (with no space) by the word text, followed (with no space) by = (an equals sign), followed (with no space) by the start of the text. | Place two {{ at the start of the box, followed (with no space) by the word greybox followed (with no space) by a | followed (with no space) by the word text, followed (with no space) by = (an equals sign), followed (with no space) by the start of the text. | ||
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{{greybox|text=As an experiment in history by the the people, some of the content of OutHistory.org is user-generated by anyone with data or documents and source citations to share. Content is also solicited from or volunteered by independent scholars, institutionally-based researchers, archivists, collectors, and the public. | {{greybox|text=As an experiment in history by the the people, some of the content of OutHistory.org is user-generated by anyone with data or documents and source citations to share. Content is also solicited from or volunteered by independent scholars, institutionally-based researchers, archivists, collectors, and the public. | ||
| − | Users are encouraged to participate in creating the site, following the site’s [[About#Contributors.27_Guidelines|Contributors’ Guidelines]]. So help OutHistory.org make history.}} | + | Users are encouraged to participate in creating the site, following the site’s [[About#Contributors.27_Guidelines|Contributors’ Guidelines]]. So help OutHistory.org make history.}}</nowiki> |
Revision as of 09:08, 20 June 2008
Here is how to create a grey box around a particular selection of text: Place two {{ at the start of the box, followed (with no space) by the word greybox followed (with no space) by a | followed (with no space) by the word text, followed (with no space) by = (an equals sign), followed (with no space) by the start of the text. At the very end of the text that you wish to be included in the box place two }}. Here is an example: {{greybox|text=As an experiment in history by the the people, some of the content of OutHistory.org is user-generated by anyone with data or documents and source citations to share. Content is also solicited from or volunteered by independent scholars, institutionally-based researchers, archivists, collectors, and the public. Users are encouraged to participate in creating the site, following the site’s [[About#Contributors.27_Guidelines|Contributors’ Guidelines]]. So help OutHistory.org make history.}}
