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{{tsh|AfD/s}}
This is a small helper template used internally by {{T|AfD/dated}} (and related deletion-process templates) to pick one of four pieces of text depending on the '''action''' being sought in the nomination: merging, redirecting, draftifying, or (by default) deletion. It is not meant to be used on its own outside of these templates.

== Usage ==

{{tlx|Article for deletion/switch|VALUE|merge-text|redirect-text|draftify-text|default-text}}

The template takes five unnamed (positional) parameters:

# The '''value''' to test, normally {{para|action}} passed through from {{tlx|Afd}}.
# The text to return if parameter 1 is <code>merge</code> or <code>merging</code>.
# The text to return if parameter 1 is <code>redirect</code> or <code>redirecting</code>.
# The text to return if parameter 1 is <code>draft</code>, <code>draftify</code>, <code>draftifying</code>, or <code>draftification</code>.
# The '''default''' text, returned for any other value, including a blank value, <code>delete</code>, or <code>deletion</code>. Most often used for deletion.

In other words, the template is a thin wrapper around a [[Help:Magic words#Parser functions|<code>#switch</code>]] parser function, matching parameter 1 against a small set of recognised outcome keywords and falling through to the default text (parameter 5) when nothing matches. This is what lets {{tlx|Afd}} show wording appropriate to the process actually being requested, without repeating four near-identical passages of prose throughout its code.

=== Example ===

Inside {{tlx|Afd}}, the switch is called several times, for example to choose the icon shown in the message box:

<pre>
{{Article for deletion/switch|{{{outcome|}}}|[[File:Merge-arrow.svg|alt=|link=]]|none|none|none}}
</pre>

Here, if {{para|outcome}} is set to <code>merge</code>, the merge-arrow icon is shown; for <code>redirect</code>, <code>draftify</code>, or any unrecognised/blank value (i.e., a normal deletion nomination), no icon (<code>none</code>) is shown instead.

It is also used to build the sentence describing what the discussion will decide, with a separate call supplying the "merging", "redirecting", "draftification", and "deletion" wording used throughout the notice.

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "Value to test",
"description": "The outcome value being checked, usually {{{outcome|}}} passed through from Template:Afd. Recognised values are merge, merging, redirect, redirecting, draft, draftify, draftifying, and draftification; anything else (including blank) falls through to the default.",
"type": "string",
"required": true
},
"2": {
"label": "Merge text",
"description": "Text returned when parameter 1 is \"merge\" or \"merging\".",
"type": "content",
"required": true
},
"3": {
"label": "Redirect text",
"description": "Text returned when parameter 1 is \"redirect\" or \"redirecting\".",
"type": "content",
"required": true
},
"4": {
"label": "Draftify text",
"description": "Text returned when parameter 1 is \"draft\", \"draftify\", \"draftifying\", or \"draftification\".",
"type": "content",
"required": true
},
"5": {
"label": "Default (deletion) text",
"description": "Text returned for any value not matched above, including a blank value, \"delete\", or \"deletion\". This is effectively the deletion case.",
"type": "content",
"required": true
}
},
"description": "A helper template used by Template:Afd to choose wording appropriate to the requested outcome of a deletion discussion (merge, redirect, draftify, or delete). Not intended for standalone use.",
"format": "inline"
}
</templatedata>

== See also ==
* {{T|AfD/dated}}
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