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This template can be used to encapsulate deliberate or apparent [[typographical error]]s (typos) to save them from correction by bots and automated wiki-editors. Its purpose is to indicate passages that might appear incorrect to an automated tool, but which are actually correct. It has no effect on the rendered wikitext. The template is also recognized by [[Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser|AutoWikiBrowser]] (AWB) during normal Regex typo fixing procedures, in which the program skips the text during its evaluation.

Any of six names can be used:
# {{Tl|Not a typo}} for items that are actually correct. Examples: bird calls, made-up words, <nowiki>"he put a little {{not a typo|english}} on the ball",</nowiki> in which "[[glossary of cue sports terms#english|english]]" is not capitalised.
# {{Tl|Typo}} for items that are deliberately incorrect, because we are illustrating a point.
#* If it is in a direct quote, use {{tl|Sic|hide{{=}}y}} instead.
# {{Tl|Proper name}} for names, such as Fl'''ou'''ride (not fl'''uo'''ride) or Phar'''oa'''h (not phar'''ao'''h).
# {{Tl|Chem name}} for [[chemical name]]s; for example: <nowiki>{{chem name|poly(1-phenylethene)}}</nowiki>.
#* For [[chemical formula]]s, like {{chem2|H2O}}, use {{tl|chem2}} or {{tl|chem}} instead.
# {{Tl|As written}} For situations where the spelling is not deliberately incorrect or correct.
#* For example, [[Julia Pardoe#Histories|Julia Pardoe]]'s book title ''The Life of {{As written|[[Marie de' Medici|Marie de Medicis]]}}, Queen of France, Consort of {{As written|[[Henri IV]]}}, and Regent of the Kingdom Under [[Louis XIII]]'' is neither correct nor incorrect, because both "[[Marie de' Medici]]" and "[[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]]" have multiple spellings.
# {{Tl|Bug workaround}}, e.g. for [[blackboard bold]] Unicode characters in image captions, which is otherwise prohibited by [[MOS:BBB]]

Also be aware of:
# {{Tl|Lang}} for other-language text. If this is used a [[list of ISO 639-1 codes|language code]] is required.
# {{Tl|Sic}}, which can be used to mark up text, {{Sic|thus}}, or invisibly.

Automated processes that use this template to ignore is-correct text generally do not do template expansion, so this template must appear on the same page as the text to be ignored.

==Examples==
* <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>The first known mention of a form of the word "billiards" appears in [[Edmund Spenser]]'s ''Mother Hubberd's Tale'' in 1591, where he speaks of "... games that may be found ... with dice, with cards, with {{Not a typo|balliards}}."</syntaxhighlight>
*: → The first known mention of a form of the word "billiards" appears in [[Edmund Spenser]]'s ''Mother Hubberd's Tale'' in 1591, where he speaks of "... games that may be found ... with dice, with cards, with {{Not a typo|balliards}}."
* <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>H.C. Nielsen is credited in the film as the '''{{Typo|assistent}}''' director.</syntaxhighlight>
*: → H.C. Nielsen is credited in the film as the '''{{Typo|assistent}}''' director.

==Advanced usage==
* In some cases it may be beneficial to obfuscate the text so that it isn't included when searching for particular patterns. In order to achieve this, {{tl|Not a typo}} supports two parameters, allowing the text to be broken up at an arbitrary position.
: <code><nowiki>{{Not a typo|patt|ern}}</nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki>{{Not a typo|pattern}}</nowiki></code>
:: → {{Not a typo|patt|ern}}

==See also==
* {{Tl|Respell}}
* {{Tl|Text}} – to obfuscate text for bots
* {{Tl|Typo help inline}}
* {{Tl|Verify spelling}}

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