Template:Burma-shave/doc

This template presents doggerel in the form of the Burma-shave ads once seen on American highways. It requires the user to write their own text; an alternative ({{Burma-shave-notice}}) offers handy prepackaged notices, in Burma-shave form, for common situations.

Usage

{{Burma-shave
| 1=
| 2=
| 3=
| 4=
| 5=
| 6=
| layout=
}}

Parameters

• 1 - First line of the message.
• 2 - Second line of the message.
• 3 - Third line of the message.
• 4 - Fourth line of the message.
• 5 - Fifth line of the message.
• 6 - Sixth line of the message.
• layout - The layout to use, default is "vertical". Choices are "horizontal" and "vertical".

Note that parameters 1-6 also work as ordered params, so for example, {{Burma-shave|first line|second line}} is equivalent to {{Burma-shave|1=first line|2=second line}}.

Notable real-life usage examples

• [1]
• See What links here at [2]

TemplateData

Formats up to six custom lines of text into a Burma-Shave style advertisement, including a wikilink to the Burma-Shave page after the final line.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Line 1	1	The first line of the Burma-Shave notice.	String	suggested
Line 2	2	The second line of the Burma-Shave notice.	String	suggested
Line 3	3	The third line of the Burma-Shave notice.	String	optional
Line 4	4	The fourth line of the Burma-Shave notice.	String	optional
Line 5	5	The fifth line of the Burma-Shave notice.	String	optional
Line 6	6	The sixth line of the Burma-Shave notice.	String	optional
Layout	layout	Whether to display the notice vertically (vertical) or horizontally (horizontal). Suggested values vertical horizontal Default vertical Example horizontal	String	optional