# Testing strikeout

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**Created:** [May 21, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-strikeout/450151 "2008-05-21T20:31:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-strikeout/450151/1 "2008-05-21T20:31:49Z")

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[strikeout]Test? This isn’t working, is it?[/strikeout]

So how DO I get a strikeout?

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-strikeout/450151/2 "2008-05-21T20:47:11Z")

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[QUOTE=bouv]  
[strikeout]Test? This isn’t working, is it?[/strikeout]

So how DO I get a strikeout?  
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Use the [del] tag (for “delete.”) Kinda dumb, since you’re not really _deleting_ anything, but there it is.

[del]Not deleted[/del].