Parameters

Abbreviated parameter sets:

{{non sequitur|date=April 2024 |reason= }}

{{non sequitur|date=April 2024 |reason= |text= }}

Full parameter set:

{{non sequitur|date=April 2024 |reason= |text= |pre-text= |post-text= |show= }}

Parameter descriptions:

|date=

This template allows an optional date parameter that records when the tag was added. If this template is added without the date parameter, the date parameter will be added soon after by a bot. Alternatively, you may add the date automatically (without requiring bot intervention) by substituting the template. That is: {{subst:non sequitur}} is equivalent to {{non sequitur|date=April 2024}}. This technique also works if other parameters – |reason= |pre-text= |post-text= – are given.

|reason=

{{Clarify|reason=What the problem is}} (this is preferable to using a HTML <!-- comment --> after the tag, as it is tidier to keep all of the {{non sequitur}}-related code inside the template). If the explanation would be lengthy, use the article's talk page.

As well as being visible in the source code for editors' benefit, the reason parameter is, if provided, displayed when the mouse is hovered over the "non sequitur" link in the article. For technical reasons, this mouse-over feature does not work if the reason text contains double quotes. Use single quotes instead, or use the code " if it is essential to include a double quote.

|text= a.k.a. |1= or first, unnumbered parameter

The particular text needing clarification may be highlighted by wrapping this template around it:

• Text preceding the template, {{non sequitur|text=unclear namedropping,|date=April 2024}} text following the template.
  Text preceding the template, unclear namedropping,^{[non sequitur]} text following the template.

As with any template, if the material to be wrapped contains an equals character (=}, the parameter must be explicitly named or numbered.

|pre-text=

|post-text=

One can specify additional text to appear before and/or after the displayed "non sequitur" tag using the two parameters listed above:

• {{non-sequitur|pre-text=irrelevant}}
  will cause the words "irrelevant" to appear before "non sequitur" like this:^{[irrelevant non sequitur]}
• {{non-sequitur|post-text=(complicated jargon)}}
  will cause "(complicated jargon)" to appear after "non sequitur" like this:^{[non sequitur (complicated jargon)]}.
• {{non-sequitur|post-text=(see [[Talk:Example#Unexplained namedropping|talk]])}}
  can be used to link to a discussion on the article's talk page; this example produces:^{[non sequitur (see talk)]}

|show=

Change the displayed main wording of the template from non sequitur to something else, e.g. |show=who? (the template {{Who2}} is a shortcut wrapper for that particular case).

Style

When resolving this template, please note that the excessively news-style or "headline-ese" form of explaining a reference, as in "according to historian Jane Doe", is considered substandard by many readers and editors, especially non-North Americans. The more complete form, "according to the historian Jane Doe", is preferred and is acceptable in all dialects of English. Note also the difference between a clipped reference like "Said Oxford historian Doe, ..." versus the more informative and easier to parse version "According to the historian Jane Doe of Oxford University, ...". Shortening might be appropriate if Doe and Oxford have previously been mentioned in the article.

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