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Usage

The {{-?}} template creates a spaced question mark so as to avoid text collisions between italicized content and a non-italicized question mark. This situation may most frequently be encountered in DYK.

Example (with highlighting added for clarity)

Using the template:

... that '''[[Sergei Prokofiev]]''' wrote ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]''{{-?}}

... that Sergei Prokofiev wrote Peter and the Wolf?

For comparison, here is the completely unspaced version:

... that '''[[Sergei Prokofiev]]''' wrote ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]''?

... that Sergei Prokofiev wrote Peter and the Wolf?

And here is the version with a semantically incorrect non-breaking space character:

... that '''[[Sergei Prokofiev]]''' wrote ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'' ?

... that Sergei Prokofiev wrote Peter and the Wolf ?

When rendered, the non-breaking-spaced version adds too much space, and improperly mixes content and presentation.

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