Template:Transclude selected current events/sandbox
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This templates transcludes current events on specified topics from the daily subpages of Portal:Current events. It is intended for use in the "In the news" sections of Portals.
Usage
{{Transclude selected current events | <search pattern 1> | ... | <search pattern n> | not1= | ... | notn= | days= | max= | none= | dates= | more= |header= |footer= }}
- Basic
{{Transclude selected current events| search pattern }}- Multiple search patterns
{{Transclude selected current events| search pattern | second search pattern | third search pattern }}- Add as many search patterns as needed
- With patterns to exclude items
{{Transclude selected current events| search pattern | not=search pattern to exclude from results }}- Add additional search patterns to exclude items from results using
|not2=,|not3=, etc. - As a portal component which only displays when news items are found
{{Transclude selected current events| header= header template | footer= footer template | other parameters }}- As a suggestion generator, e.g. on the portal talk page
{{Transclude selected current events| wikitext=yes | other parameters }}
Parameters
|1=,|2=,|3=...- Search patterns for items
|not1=,|not2=,|not3=...- Search patterns for excluding items
|days=- Number of days to search through for current events (counting backwards from the current day); default is
30(nb. you may find large numbers equal to several years won't work for technical reasons). |max=- Maximum number of items to display; default is
6 |wikitext=- Set to
yesto display the wikitext of the items, e.g. when using this template just to generate suggestions |none=- Wikitext to display if no matching items are found; default is "No recent news"
|dates=- Set to
mdyto use MDY-formatted dates (e.g. Jan 31, 2025 rather than 31 Jan 2025) |more=- Wikitext to show at the bottom of the list; OR
- Set to
yesto show More current events... link at the bottom of the list |header=- Wikitext to show above the items; typically
{{Box-header}}or{{Box-header colour}}or similar (with appropriate parameters filled in) - If set, this template only displays output when items are found (overriding
|more=if set) |footer=- Wikitext to show below the items; defaults to
{{Box-footer}} - Can only be used in conjunction with
|header=
Search patterns
Search patterns are Lua patterns, which are similar to regular expressions. This means that ^$()%.[]*+-? characters have special meaning, such as . matching any character. To search for those characters themselves, they need to be escaped by prefixing a %
For piped links, both the target article name as well as the displayed text are searched for matches. External links are not searched for matches.
File:Dialog-information on.svg Tip: To make a letter in a search pattern case-insensitive, put both the upper-case and lowercase letter inside square-brackets, i.e. [Aa]pple will match both An apple is... and Apples are....
Examples
Europe
{{Transclude selected current events|Europe}}No recent news Europe (as portal component that is only displayed when there is news; limited to a maximum of 4 items)
{{Transclude selected current events|Europe|header={{Box-header color|In the news}}|max=4}}United Kingdom
{{Transclude selected current events|United Kingdom}} |
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No recent news |
Europe OR United Kingdom
{{Transclude selected current events|Europe|United Kingdom}} |
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No recent news |
Europe AND United Kingdom
{{Transclude selected current events|Europe.*United Kingdom|United Kingdom.*Europe|days=10}} |
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No recent news |
United Kingdom AND NOT Australia
{{Transclude selected current events|United Kingdom|not=Australia}} |
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No recent news |
SomethingWithNoMatches
{{Transclude selected current events|SomethingWithNoMatches}} |
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No recent news |
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See also
- {{Template cache}} – companion template
