Template:Selected ___location

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This template is used to configure the articles found in the Selected person or Selected ___location section found on most Wikipedia Portal main pages. Use it on the article pages that are linked to the Selected place sub-page, e.g. Portal:Foo/Selected place/1. For the quickest and easiest way to create the Portal:Foo/Selected bar sub-page and related article links, use the {{Numbered subpages}} template.

Template layout

{{Selected ___location
| image   = 
| size    = 
| side    =
| caption = 
| name    = 
| founded =  
| coord   = 
| text    =  <!--- Required --->
| link    =  <!--- Required --->
| 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 - Places an image relating to the subject of the article on the left side of the section.
size - Sets the image size, if left out or left blank it will default to 250px.
side - Sets the ___location of the image, it will default to left. The other allowable values are center and right
caption- Creates a caption for the image.
name - Adds the name of the person at the top left corner of the article, automatically bolded
founded- Adds the ___location's founding date, format is at contributor's discretion. Requires the name field.
coord - Adds the place's geographic co-ordinates, use the {{coord}} template to format.
text - A brief summary of the subject.
link - Sets the link in the Read more... that points to the full article.
archive - Using this field with a value of no will remove the More selected locations... link in the lower left corner.

Examples

Long form

The long form of this template places the place's name immediately to the left of the picture and gives you the option of adding founding dates and geographic co-ordinates. If the |name= field is not included, the template will not include the |founded= field.

{{Selected ___location
| image   = FraminghamMATownHall 2007-03-25.jpg
| size    = 
| caption = The memorial Building, Framingham's town hall.
| name    = Framingham, Massachusetts
| founded = 1650
| coord   = {{coord|42.299795|-71.426627}}
| text    = '''Framingham''' is a town in [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex County]]...
| link    = Framingham, Massachusetts
}}

Will yield this:

The memorial Building, Framingham's town hall.

Framingham, Massachusetts
Incorporated 1650
Co-ordinates 42°17′59″N 71°25′36″W / 42.299795°N 71.426627°W

Framingham is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 66,910, making it the most populous town in New England. There have been several proposals to change the town's charter to make Framingham a city, but none have succeeded. (Full article...)

More selected locations

Because the |name= field formats the subject's name so that it is in bold text, it is suggested that you do not put the subjects name in bold in the text of the article.

Short form

{{Selected ___location
| image   = FraminghamMATownHall 2007-03-25.jpg
| size    = 
| caption = The memorial Building, Framingham's town hall.
| text    = '''Framingham''' is a town in [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex County]]...
| link    = Framingham, Massachusetts
}}

Will yield this:

The memorial Building, Framingham's town hall.

Framingham is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 66,910, making it the most populous town in New England. There have been several proposals to change the town's charter to make Framingham a city, but none have succeeded. (Full article...)

More selected locations

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

Templates that configure links

Selected page templates, used on subpages of older portals

Related templates

{{Project template list}}

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Selected ___location/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

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Visual overview of template usage
Layout and formatting	{{Box portal skeleton}} {{Box-header}} color palettes plain round square watch {{Box-header colour}}^[1] {{Box-footer}} {{Flex columns}} {{Plain navboxes}}
Content transclusion	{{Transclude lead excerpt}}^[2] {{Transclude linked excerpt}}^[2] {{Transclude list item excerpt}}^[2] {{Transclude random excerpt}}^[2] {{Transclude selected excerpt}}^[2] {{Excerpt}} {{Transclude DYK}}^[9] {{Transclude selected current events}}^[3] {{Transclude selected recent additions}}^[4]
Content slideshows	{{Random slideshow}}^[5] {{Transclude files as random slideshow}}^[5] {{Transclude excerpts as random slideshow}}^[6] {{Transclude linked excerpts as random slideshow}}^[6] {{Transclude list item excerpts as random slideshow}}^[6]
Content randomisation	{{Random portal component}}^[7] {{Random quotation}} {{Random subpage}}
General	{{Portals}} {{Portals browsebar}} {{Portal description}} {{Portal information sidebar}} {{Portal navbar no header2}} {{Purge link portals}} {{Wikimedia for portals}}
Linking templates	{{Portal}}^[11] {{Portal bar}}^[12] {{Portal-inline}}^[13] {{Pbox}} {{Related portals2}}
Talk pages / Maintenance	{{Portal talk}} {{Portal maintenance status}}^[8] {{Portal suggestions}} {{Portal toolbox}} {{WikiProject Portals}}^[8]
Images	{{Portal dynamic image}} {{Portal image banner}}^[10] {{Portal pictures}}^[14] {{Portal POTD}}
Modules	1. Module:Box-header 2. Module:Excerpt/portals 3. Module:Selected current events 4. Module:Selected recent additions 5. Module:Random slideshow 6. Module:Excerpt slideshow 7. Module:Random portal component 8. Module:Portal maintenance status 9. Module:Transclude DYK 10. Module:Portal image banner 11. Module:Portal 12. Module:Portal bar 13. Module:Portal-inline 14. Module:Portal pictures
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Template:Selected ___location

Contents

Template layout

Usage

Examples

Long form

Short form

See also