Template:Strong

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Dis template dey mark text as important, serious, or urgent using the HTML <strong> tag. Normally e dey show as bold, but there be extra meaning wey dem explain for Template:Slink.

Purpose

{{strong}} dey make am faster and easier to apply the <strong>...</strong> HTML element to text. Dis element dey show importance, seriousness, or urgency.

More importantly, dis template dey tell human editors and Wikipedia bots say dem no suppose replace the intentional and meaningful <strong> tag with '''...''' or <b>...</b> typographic bold.

The <strong> element normally dey show visually as bold (heavy) text for graphical browsers, but software fit read and use am in different ways through style sheets, apps, and text-to-speech screen readers.

E be semantic markup, meaning markup wey carry meaning or context, no be only something wey change how text look. (''' or <b>) only be typographic. E no get semantic meaning.

Most times dem use am for too.

Average readers and editors fit no notice this difference because e no matter most of the time, but editors wey understand am fit use dis template as protection against accidental replacement by bots or humans, and also to improve web accessibility.

How to use am

{{strong|important text}}

or, if the important text get equals sign:

{{strong|1=important text}}

Both of dem go show like dis:

important text

The safest way be to always use the |1= syntax.

Optional parameters

You fit pass advanced HTML values through the template into the HTML code:

• |role= takes WAI-ARIA role; e adds role="rolename" to the HTML code.
• |class= takes class name (or multiple class names separated by spaces); e adds class="classname[s]" to the HTML code.
• |style= takes inline CSS input; e adds style="CSS directive[s]" to the HTML code.
• |id= takes valid, unique HTML id (e for start with alphabet letter); e adds id="name" to the HTML code.
• |title= takes text and shows am as pop-up "tooltip" when cursor dey hover over the {{strong}} span. You no fit add markup to this text.

Use cases

Dem make dis template to mark important words or phrases inside text in a way wey be (unlike normal bolding) semantically meaningful markup.

With dis method, the important text go stand out strongly from the rest for most visual browsers and some text-to-speech screen readers (wey normally ignore only typographic bolding).

Software and user agents fit also understand am as showing real importance, not just text wey be bold for appearance.

Because of this, editors suppose use am very rarely inside articles to highlight only the most important words or phrases in the whole article (and sometimes to show relative importance).

Using dis template get strong effect on scannability, because e dey pull readers' eyes toward words marked with the template.

Typical uses on Wikipedia:

1. For the fit be marked with {{strong}}. Example: "The soma is the bulbous end of a neuron." As of July 2022, there still no agreement for or against this use, and style guidelines at and recommend normal bolding.

1. After the lead section, e fit be used to highlight very important terms wey are just below the article title and synonyms in importance. Example: An article about viral infection fit use {{strong}} to highlight names of two identified disease strains in a "Varieties" section, to help readers scan faster.

1. For unusual cases (mostly direct quotations), e fit represent text wey be important because of the way people go say am if dem dey talk instead of write am (for example, shouting).

1. Outside articles, e fit be used (but as of July 2021 e no common yet) for polls, XfD processes, RfX votes, and similar discussions where users show support or disagreement. Example: "Support, because of this and that reasons [...]" or "Oppose, because of this and that reasons [...]". But note say using templates in voting generally no be encouraged.

When dis template no suppose be used

Because {{strong}} dey only for semantic (meaningful) importance, no use am for layout, typography rules, or similar things.

For those cases, use bold '''...''' (wey browser or user agent turn into <b>...</b>) instead.

Also no use am when the text already bold for another reason (for example, because e dey inside heading); for those cases use {{em}} instead.

Avoid using {{strong}} inside non-quoted sentences wey end with exclamation mark.

And usually e no necessary to use am on terms wey be Wikilinks, because the link itself already shows importance.

See also

• {{strongbad}} – same thing but Template:Strongbad
• {{stronggood}} – same thing but Template:Stronggood
• {{em}} – for italic instead of bold semantic emphasis

Notes

Dis be template wey go make wanna references make structured.

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