Template:-?/doc

Usage

The {{-?}} template creates a spaced question mark so as to avoid text collisions between italicized content and a non-italicized question mark. This situation may most frequently be encountered in DYK.

Example (with highlighting added for clarity)

• Using the template:

... that '''[[Sergei Prokofiev]]''' wrote ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]''{{-?}}

... that Sergei Prokofiev wrote Peter and the Wolf?

• For comparison, here is the completely unspaced version:

... that '''[[Sergei Prokofiev]]''' wrote ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]''?

... that Sergei Prokofiev wrote Peter and the Wolf?

• And here is the version with a semantically incorrect non-breaking space character:

... that '''[[Sergei Prokofiev]]''' wrote ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'' ?

... that Sergei Prokofiev wrote Peter and the Wolf ?

When rendered, the non-breaking-spaced version adds too much space, and improperly mixes content and presentation.

See also

• {{'}} (Template:Apostrophe) – for use with adjacent italic markup
• {{`}} – for use with adjacent bold markup
• {{'s}} – for inserting an apostrophe and "s" immediately following italic markup
• {{`s}} – for inserting an apostrophe and "s" immediately following bold markup
• {{′}} (Template:Prime)
• {{''}}
• {{' "}} (Template:Single+double)
• {{" '}} (Template:Double+single)
• {{' '}} (Template:Single+single)
• {{" ' "}} (Template:Double+single+double)
• {{' " '}} (Template:Single+double+single)
• {{-"}} (Template:Space+double)
• {{"-}} (Template:Double+space)
• {{-'}} (Template:Space+single)
• {{'-}} (Template:Single+space)
• {{--)}} (Template:Space+parenthesis) (it's --) because ) and -) were already used by other templates)
• {{(-}} (Template:Parenthesis+space) (using (-- also works, for consistency with the one above)