Template:Selected X/doc

This template is used to configure the articles found in non-standard sections on Wikipedia Portal main pages; for example, Selected battle. It is used on the article pages that are linked to the Selected (whatever) sub-page, e.g. Portal:Foo/Selected whatever/1. For the quickest and easiest way to create the Portal:Foo/Selected bar sub-page and related article links, use one of the {{Numbered subpages}} templates.

Template layout

{{Selected X
| image      = 
| size       = 
| side       =
| caption    = 
| text       = <!--- Required --->
| link       = <!--- Required --->
| page       = <!--- Required --->
| pageplural = 
| archive    =

}}

Usage

It is unnecessary to include braces, quotation marks or other wiki-markup in the template. The |text= field does allow the use of wiki-markup at the contributor's discretion.

• image - Image relating to the subject of the article.
• size - Set the size of the image here, it will default to 250px if no size is specified.
• side - Set the location of the image here, it will default to left if no side is specified. Use right or center as the variable.
• caption- Image caption, if any.
• text - A brief summary of the subject.
• link - Wikilink to the main article about the subject.
• archive - Using this field with a value of no will remove the More selected articles link in the lower left corner.
• page - What this is a list of selected things of. For example, if you want to link to Portal:Foo/Selected battle, page = battle.
• pageplural - Used to override simply adding an "s" to the end of "page" to pluralise it. For instance, for Portal:Foo/Selected company, pageplural = companies

Example

{{Selected X
| image   = Coq au vin.jpg
| size    = 
| caption = Coq au vin
| text    =
'''''Coq au vin''''' is a [[France|French]] [[braise]] of [[Chicken (food)|chicken]] cooked with [[wine]], [[lardon]]s, [[Edible mushrooms|mushroom]]s, and optionally [[garlic]]...
| link    = Coq au vin
| page    = food
| pageplural = food
}}

Will produce this:

See also

Portal content templates

• To display "selected content" on the portal main page
  • {{Transclude list item excerpts as random slideshow}}—transcludes excerpts from recognized content lists, which are populated by a bot.
  • {{Transclude random subpage}}—transcludes random portal subpage.
  • {{Random portal component}}—transcludes random portal subpage.
  • {{Random subpage}}—transcludes random portal subpages.
  • {{Portal pictures}}—transcludes a slideshow of pictures, utilizing a single-page gallery.
• To organize "selected content" on subpages
  • {{Numbered subpages}}—outputs an automatic index, transcluding numbered subpages.
  • {{Portal subpage}}—outputs a box linking to and transcluding a single subpage.
  • {{Portal subpage inline}}—outputs an unordered list item linking to and transcluding a single subpage.

Main portal page formatting templates

• {{Box-header}}
• {{Box-header-plain}}
• {{Box-header-round}}
• {{Box-header-square}}
• {{Box-header-watch}}
• {{Box-footer}}

Templates that configure links

• {{Portal}}
• {{Portal bar}}
• {{Portal-inline}}
• {{Pbox}}
• {{Portals}}
• {{Portals browsebar}}
• {{Related portals}}
• {{Wikimedia for portals}}

Selected page templates, used on subpages of older portals

• {{Selected article}}
• {{Selected biography}}
• {{Selected business}}
• {{Selected DYK}}
• {{Selected ingredient}}
• {{Selected location}}
• {{Selected picture}}
• {{Selected product}}
• {{Selected publication}}
• {{Selected quote}}
• {{Selected recipe}}
• {{Selected X}}

Related templates

• {{Project template list}}