Template:Not a ballot/sandbox
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Usage
{{Not a ballot}}generates the standard text with "someone asked you to, or you read a message on another website"{{Not a ballot|reason}}replaces the text above with "reason"{{Not a ballot|1=reason}}if your "reason" text contains a '=' (often external URLs)
{{Not a ballot|1=reason}}will show the template only on the current page, not log pages where multiple discussions are shown (WP:AfD, for example)
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