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This template produces a [[colon (punctuation)|colon]] ({{code|:}}) character in the form of the [[character entity reference]] {{samp|:}}. It is useful for times when directly entering a colon would trigger some {{help link|wiki markup}} behavior.
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This template produces a [[colon (punctuation)|colon]] ({{kbd|:}}) character in the form of the [[character entity reference]] {{samp|:}}. It is useful for times when directly entering a colon would trigger some {{help link|wiki markup}} behavior.
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{{a note}} Due to [[Wikipedia:Page name#Invalid page names|technical limitations]] it is not possible to create a shortcut to this template called {{kbd|<nowiki>{{:}}</nowiki>}}.
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 10:56, 7 December 2012

This template produces a colon (:) character in the form of the character entity reference &#58;. It is useful for times when directly entering a colon would trigger some wiki markup behavior.

Note: Due to technical limitations it is not possible to create a shortcut to this template called {{:}}.

See also