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{{template shortcut|Ipsum|Lipsum|Lorem|Loremipsum}}
This template outputs the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum|lorem ipsum]" filler text. It takes four parameters: the number of paragraphs to generate, paragraph prefix, paragraph suffix, and an option to link lorem ipsum. There are 10 distinct paragraphs, but it can produce up to 20 in one use.

==Usage==
{{tlc|Lorem ipsum}} – one paragraph<br/>
{{tlc|Lorem ipsum|3|*}} – three paragraphs as bullet list<br/>
{{tlc|Lorem ipsum|10}} – ten paragraphs

==Parameters==

There are four positional parameters and two named parameters, all optional:

* 1 – Number of paragraphs to display (1..20; default: 1)
* 2 – prefix character(s) to emit before each paragraph (such as a quotation mark, an asterisk for bullet list, etc.; default: none)
* 3 – suffix (such as ending quote; default: none)
* 4 – if set to {{para|4|yes}}, causes the first two words of paragraph 1 to be linked to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum|Lorem ipsum]. (default: 'no'.  Alias: 'link'.)
* join – if set to {{para|join|yes}}, causes all output to be emitted as a single paragraph (default: 'no'). Use of 'join' alters how prefix is handled.
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==Notes about font styling==

For most parameter combinations, this template produces block-level Html output, and for those cases, font styling using [[Help:Wikitext#Format|wiki markup]] such as <code><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></code> or {{nowrap|<code><nowiki><small>...</small></nowiki></code>}} may not produce the desired results. (This is true of all templates that generate [[HTML_element#Block_elements|Html block elements]].) If font styling is required, you can use block level alternatives, such as these:
* for smaller font, you may use ⟶ <code><nowiki>{{small div | {{Lorem ipsum|3}} }}</nowiki></code> 
* for bold ⟶ <code><nowiki>{{bold div | {{Lorem ipsum|3}} }}</nowiki></code> 
* for italics  ⟶ <code><nowiki>{{italic div | {{Lorem ipsum|3}} }}</nowiki></code>

The latter two have a parameter to make the text smaller at the same time.  Alternatively, if you only need one paragraph of lorem output, consider using {{tl|lorem ipsum span}} instead, which generates an [[HTML element#Inline elements|Html inline-level element]] and so may be used with all the normal in-line wiki markup to alter the font style.

Exceptionally, standard wiki markup may be used when param {{para|join|yes}} is in use.  See [[#Running paragraphs together]].

==Examples==

===Linking "lorem ipsum"===
To include a link the Wikipedia article [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum|lorem ipsum], either use param {{para|link|yes}}, or place <code>yes</code> in the fourth positional parameter. {{tlc|Lorem ipsum|1|#|link{{=}}yes}} generates:
{{Lorem ipsum|1|#|link=yes}}

===Prefix and suffix===

Param 2 is the prefix, and 3 is the suffix added to the beginning and end of each paragraph. In the example below, the prefix is {{pval|:* "}}, and the suffix is {{pval|"}}:

<code><nowiki>{{Lorem ipsum|2|:* "|"}}</nowiki></code> generates:
{{Lorem ipsum|2|:* "|"}}
Note that if param {{para|join|yes}} is in effect, the wiki markup behavior of prefix metacharacters <code>#</code>, <code>*</code>, and <code>:</code> is only apparent at the beginning of the output, because there is only one, long paragraph. For example, if prefix is {{pval|#}} with {{para|join|yes}}, the output consists of one long paragraph, numbered "1". The prefix character(s) will still be placed in the content where paragraph breaks would normally occur in non-joined results, but they appear as normal characters (hash, asterisk, colon) and are not interpreted as wiki markup.

===Prefix and suffix whitespace===
Note that whitespace is important in the second and third parameters. In the example <code><nowiki>{{Lorem ipsum|1| * " | " }}</nowiki></code> the prefix is {{pval| * " }} and the suffix is {{pval| " }}. The space in front of the asterisk prevents it from being interpreted as a bullet metacharacter, and it is seen as a plain asterisk. This results in the following:
{{Lorem ipsum|1| * " | " }}</p>

In this example, the prefix is {{pval| * " }}; the leading white space before the asterisk forces the asterisk to be read as plain text, not a bullet metacharacter.

===Running paragraphs together===
All requested paragraphs of text can be joined together in one long paragraph using the {{para|join|yes}} param. Use of this parameter alters the behavior of param 2 (prefix): see [[#Prefix and suffix]] for details. The link param (4) behaves as usual: {{nowrap|{{tlc|Lorem ipsum|2|link{{=}}yes|join{{=}}yes}}}} will produce:

:{{Lorem ipsum|2|link=yes|join=yes}}

Since joined text produces a single string without line breaks and without block-level tags such as &lt;p>, if no prefix metacharacters are in use, the result of transcluding the template with {{para|join|yes}} is an [[HTML element#Inline elements|inline-level HTML element]], meaning that standard [[Help:Wikitext#Format|wiki markup]] for font styling (like bold, italic, or font-size such as '&lt;small>') may be used in this case. See [[#Notes about font styling]] for details.

===Limiting character count to less than one paragraph===

If fewer than 446 characters are desired, use {{tl|lorem ipsum span}} and truncate to the desired size with {{nowrap|[[Template:Str left]]}}: 

<code><nowiki>{{Str left|{{Lorem ipsum span}}|123}}</nowiki></code> will result in:

{{Str left|{{Lorem ipsum span}}|123}}

==Full text==
<code><nowiki>{{Lorem ipsum|10}}</nowiki></code> will produce:

{{collapse|text={{Lorem ipsum|10}}}}

== See also ==
* {{tl|Lorem}} Generates first paragraph of {{tlc|Lorem ipsum}}

==Template data==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
	"description": "This template generates a filler text for test purposes. Text generated is the well-known \"Lorem ipsum\" passage, which is gibberish that somewhat resembles Latin. There are 10 distinct paragraphs, but it can produce up to 20.",
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "Number of paragraphs",
			"description": "Number of paragraphs to be shown. A number from 1 to 20 is acceptable.",
			"type": "number",
			"suggested": true,
			"default": "1"
		},
		"2": {
			"label": "Paragraph prefix",
			"description": "Wikicode or text to prefix to each paragraph. For example, specifying * ( causes each paragraph to become a bullet list and start with an opening parenthesis.",
			"type": "unbalanced-wikitext"
		},
		"3": {
			"label": "Paragraph suffix",
			"description": "Wikicode or text to suffix to each paragraph. For example, specifying ) causes each paragraph to end with a closing parenthesis.",
			"type": "unbalanced-wikitext"
		},
		"4": {
			"aliases": [
				"link"
			],
			"label": "Link to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum|lorem ipsum]?",
			"description": "Setting this parameter to \"yes\" causes a link to the \"Lorem ipsum\" article to appear.",
			"type": "boolean"
		},
		"join": {
			"label": "Join all output into one paragraph?",
			"description": "Setting this parameter to \"yes\" causes all output to go into one paragraph.",
			"type": "boolean",
			"default": "no"
		}
	}
}
</templatedata>

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		"cat": {
			"label": "Add to category \"Articles containing placeholders\"?",
			"description": "Setting this parameter to \"no\" prevents the page from being added to [[Category:Articles containing placeholders]].",
			"type": "boolean",
			"default": "yes"
		}
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