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Currently the section How to use has two identical examples on date usage:

This template has a |date= parameter. One way to use this parameter is {{No footnotes|date=February 2024}} but it can be done more explicitly as {{No footnotes|date=February 2024}} (both result in the same output).

I assume one of them is supposed to use `subst` like in Template:More_citations_needed.

I can't see the source so I don't know what's being wrapped in `nowiki` or anything, so it might be more complex than this:

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Ligaturama (talk) 18:37, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Completed. For the future, you can edit the documentation page by clicking the edit link in the top-right section of the green documentation, which is usually unprotected. Good catch! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 20:48, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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For consistency, remove "to" as described in this diff. Toadette ^{(Let's talk together!)} 17:46, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 13:18, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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<strong> renders as bold visually, but carries additional semantic meaning which is good for accessibility, e.g. a screen reader can use a different voice.

I put this in the sandbox.

— W.andrea (talk) 12:42, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to add <em> too, so that the text is italicized to set it apart from the other uses of bold. {{BLP editnotice}} does this. — W.andrea (talk) 12:58, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]