Template:Section-sign
§
 | This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:Section-sign}}). Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot. |
This template generates the section-sign character: §
Usage
Substitution (recommended method):
{{subst:Section-sign}}produces: §
Transclusion:
{{Section-sign}}produces: §
Accessible symbols
Wikipedia previously provided templates that generated images with alt text for symbols not read by screen readers.[1] As of 2023,[2] the symbols in the table below will be read in the default configuration of all three major screen readers (JAWS, Apple's VoiceOver, and NVDA). Depending on user-configured verbosity settings, a reader may hear additional characters read aloud or fewer typographic or punctuation characters read aloud.[3]
| Unicode symbol | Pronounced as | HTML entity | Template name | Template usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | "star" or "asterisk" | <syntaxhighlight lang="html" inline>*</syntaxhighlight> | {{asterisk}} | transclusion |
| † | "dagger" or "single dagger" | <syntaxhighlight lang="html" inline>†</syntaxhighlight> | {{dagger}} | substitution |
| ‡ | "double dagger" | <syntaxhighlight lang="html" inline>‡</syntaxhighlight> | {{double-dagger}} | substitution |
| # | "number" or "hash tag" | <syntaxhighlight lang="html" inline>#</syntaxhighlight> | {{number sign}} | transclusion |
| ° | "degree" or "degrees" | <syntaxhighlight lang="html" inline>°</syntaxhighlight> | {{degree}} | substitution |
| → | "right arrow" or "rightwards arrow" | <syntaxhighlight lang="html" inline>→</syntaxhighlight> | {{arrow}} | substitution |
| ↓ | "down arrow" or "downwards arrow" | <syntaxhighlight lang="html" inline>↓</syntaxhighlight> | {{down-arrow}} | substitution |
| ← | "left arrow" or "leftwards arrow" | <syntaxhighlight lang="html" inline>←</syntaxhighlight> | {{left-arrow}} | substitution |
| ↑ | "up arrow" or "upwards arrow" | <syntaxhighlight lang="html" inline>↑</syntaxhighlight> | {{up-arrow}} | substitution |
| ′ | "prime" | <syntaxhighlight lang="html" inline>′</syntaxhighlight> | {{prime}} | transclusion |