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docs/content/en/methods/shortcode/Scratch.md

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 ---
 title: Scratch
-description: Returns a "scratch pad" scoped to the shortcode to store and manipulate data. 
+description: Returns a "scratch pad" to store and manipulate data, scoped to the current shortcode.
 categories: []
 keywords: []
 action:
-  related:
-    - functions/collections/NewScratch
+  related: []
   returnType: maps.Scratch
   signatures: [SHORTCODE.Scratch]
-expiryDate: 2025-11-18 #  deprecated 2024-11-18
+expiryDate: 2026-11-18 # deprecated 2024-11-18 (soft)
 ---
 
 {{% deprecated-in 0.139.0 %}}
@@ -20,14 +19,3 @@ Beginning with v0.139.0 the `SHORTCODE.Scratch` method is aliased to `SHORTCODE.
 
 [`SHORTCODE.Store`]: /methods/shortcode/store/
 {{% /deprecated-in %}}
-
-The `Scratch` method within a shortcode creates a [scratch pad](g) to store and manipulate data. The scratch pad is scoped to the shortcode.
-
-{{% note %}}
-With the introduction of the [`newScratch`] function, and the ability to [assign values to template variables] after initialization, the `Scratch` method within a shortcode is obsolete.
-
-[assign values to template variables]: https://go.dev/doc/go1.11#text/template
-[`newScratch`]: /functions/collections/newscratch/
-{{% /note %}}
-
-{{% include "methods/page/_common/scratch-methods.md" %}}