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This template uses Lua: |
This templates transcludes "Did you know?" blurbs on specified topics from the monthly subpages of Wikipedia:Recent additions (the Did you know? archives). It is intended for use in the "Did you know" sections of Portals.
Usage[edit]
{{Transclude selected recent additions | <search pattern 1> | ... | <search pattern n> | not1= | ... | notn= | months= | max= | latest= | none= | more= |header= |footer= }}
- Basic
{{Transclude selected recent additions| search pattern }}
- Multiple search patterns
{{Transclude selected recent additions| search pattern | second search pattern | third search pattern }}
- Add as many search patterns as needed
- With patterns to exclude items
{{Transclude selected recent additions| 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 items are found
{{Transclude selected recent additions| header= header template | footer= footer template | other parameters }}
- As a suggestion generator, e.g. on the portal talk page
{{Transclude selected recent additions| latest=yes | wikitext=yes | other parameters }}
Parameters[edit]
|1=
,|2=
,|3=
...- Search patterns for items
|not1=
,|not2=
,|not3=
...- Search patterns for excluding items
|months=
- Number of months to search through for items (counting backwards from the current date); 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
|latest=
- Set to
yes
to display the most recent items; omit this parameter to display a randomised set of items (with new selections when the page is purged) |wikitext=
- Set to
yes
to 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 additions"
|more=
- Wikitext to show at the bottom of the list; OR
- Set to
yes
to show More recent additions... 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[edit]
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. Images and image captions are not searched for matches.
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[edit]
Note: to show new selections, if available
Europe
{{Transclude selected recent additions|Europe}}
- ... that despite being sacked after losing the Battle of Gazala, Neil Ritchie went on to command a corps in North West Europe?
- ... that in 2014 the European Theatre Convention started a programme known as Dialogue of Cultures to support exchanges with theatres in Ukraine and other Eastern European countries?
- ... that Katharina von Schnurbein is the European Commission's first coordinator on combatting antisemitism, having served in the role since 2015?
- ... that a European settler in Kenya who tortured a black employee to death in 1920 was sentenced to just two years' imprisonment?
- ... that in the 1930s Alfred Verdross, an Austrian international lawyer and future judge of the European Court of Human Rights, sympathised with National Socialism?
- ... that Colin Stubs spent the prize money from his first international tennis title on an old Volkswagen to travel around Europe?
Europe (as portal component that is only displayed when there is news; limited to a maximum of 3 items)
{{Transclude selected recent additions|Europe|header={{Box-header color|Did you know...}}|max=3}}
- ... that Vice Admiral Ernst Scheurlen was killed in action a month before the end of the Second World War in Europe while leading a hastily raised division of naval troops in defence of Germany?
- ... that Nigeria seeks the return of the Benin Altar Tusks, ivory artefacts taken by the British in 1897 and dispersed in Europe?
- ... that astrophysicist Suzanna Randall continued her research at the European Southern Observatory while training for the spaceflight programme Die Astronautin?
United Kingdom
{{Transclude selected recent additions|United Kingdom}}
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Europe OR United Kingdom
{{Transclude selected recent additions|Europe|United Kingdom}}
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Europe AND United Kingdom
{{Transclude selected recent additions|Europe.*United Kingdom|United Kingdom.*Europe|months=24}}
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No recent additions |
United Kingdom AND NOT Australia
{{Transclude selected recent additions|United Kingdom|not=Australia}}
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SomethingWithNoMatches
{{Transclude selected recent additions|SomethingWithNoMatches|months=2}}
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No recent additions |
United Kingdom – most recent items only (non-randomised)
{{Transclude selected recent additions|United Kingdom|latest=yes|months=24}}
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See also[edit]