Template:Off-topic talk/doc

This template for use on talk pages (and comparable pages, such as noticeboards) to show clearly that a discussion or section thereof is off-topic, so that later editors can skip over it if they want to.

Usage
You may either use Off-topic talk by itself for the default message, or you may customize with optional parameters.

This template will cleanly, though there's not any particular reason to substitute it.

Examples: three use cases
Wrapped in as a hatnote at the top of an off-topic thread:

==What about nocturnal underwater basketweaving?== I think this page needs a section on nocturnal underwater basketweaving. — ConfusedPerson99, 02:39, 21 March 2018 (UTC) :This is the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Maybe you're looking for Talk:Basketweaving? Anyway, I'm marking this thread off-topic. – Sensible23, 12:37, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Inline in the result or similar parameter of template-closing templates like, , , , , etc.:

Inline in one's own comment: