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This template,
{{'-}} or
Template:Single+space, uses the
decimal code for the apostrophe or single-quote character so that it does not become interpreted with adjacent italics (''
) or bold ('''
) wiki markup, or visually confused with other quotation marks.
This template leaves trailing space after the single quotation mark/apostrophe, unlike the similar {{ `}} (no spacing), {{ -'}} (leading space before the single quote) and {{ '}} (smaller leading space before the apostrophe). It does not insert any semantically-invalid space characters, but does all the spacing visually-only, in CSS.
This template is intended for use with double-quote-providing templates when the content quoted ends on the right-hand side with an apostrophe/single quote, whereas {{ -'}} is for the left-hand side, {{ '}} is intended for use with italic text, and {{ `}} is for non-italic text.
|title=
parameter of
Citation Style 1 templates. Doing so corrupts the
COinS metadata produced by the citation.Example:
"Critical Review of 'My Two Front Teeth{{'-}}"
results in:
compared to:
produced by:
"Critical Review of 'My Two Front Teeth'"
Note the slight visual spacing difference between these two:
The equivalent template when manually placing double quotes around a single-quoted passage is {{ ' "}}; see also {{ -'}} and {{ " '}} for the left-hand side equivalents (parameter and manual, respectively).
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because )
and -)
were already used by other templates)(--
also works, for consistency with the one above)