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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

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

Parameters

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  • 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

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  • [1]
  • See What links here at [2]

See also

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TemplateData

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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.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Line 11

The first line of the Burma-Shave notice.

Stringsuggested
Line 22

The second line of the Burma-Shave notice.

Stringsuggested
Line 33

The third line of the Burma-Shave notice.

Stringoptional
Line 44

The fourth line of the Burma-Shave notice.

Stringoptional
Line 55

The fifth line of the Burma-Shave notice.

Stringoptional
Line 66

The sixth line of the Burma-Shave notice.

Stringoptional
Layoutlayout

Whether to display the notice vertically (vertical) or horizontally (horizontal).

Suggested values
vertical horizontal
Default
vertical
Example
horizontal
Stringoptional