Template:Selected quote
| “ | text of quote | ” |
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This template is used to configure the articles found in the Selected quote section found on most Wikipedia Portal main pages. Used it on the article pages that are linked to the Selected quote sub-page, e.g. Portal:Foo/Selected quote/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
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" width="66.6%">
| “ | ” | |
| — [[]] |
</syntaxhighlight>
Usage
It is unnecessary to include braces, quotation marks or other wiki-markup in the template. The |comment= field does allow the use of wiki-markup at the contributor's discretion.
- quote - is the quote verbiage, no quotation marks needed.
- quoted - is name of the person who is being quoted, it will automatically Wikilink.
- omit quoted - Remove the linked quoted person. Use this in the rare case there is not an article on the individual on WP, set it to yes. If this is the case, use the |comment= field for the quoted person's name.
- comment - A brief, non-linked comment after the quoted individual's name.
- dates - The author's date of birth and death, no parenthesis needed.
- source - The work the quote is coming from, it will automatically Wikilink.
- section - is the section in the work the quote appears.
- archive - Using this field with a value of no will remove the More selected quotes link in the lower left corner.
Example
The following example:
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
| “ | Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used. | ” |
| — William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Othello II. iii. (315) Dead English guy |
</syntaxhighlight>
will produce:
| “ | Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used. | ” |
| — William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Othello II. iii. (315) Dead English guy |
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}}
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