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
[edit]{{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
[edit]|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
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 news"
|dates=
- Set to
mdy
to use MDY-formatted dates (e.g. Feb 21, 2025 rather than 21 Feb 2025) |more=
- Wikitext to show at the bottom of the list; OR
- Set to
yes
to 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
[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. External links 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]Europe
{{Transclude selected current events|Europe}}
- 19 February 2025 – 2020s European re-armament
- Denmark announces 50 billion kroner in defense spending over the next two years, citing an increased threat from Russia, bringing the country's total defense spending to the highest in more than 50 years. (BBC News)
- 18 February 2025 – Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia–United States relations
- The United States and Russia start talks in Saudi Arabia about the war in Ukraine without European or Ukrainian participation. (The New York Times) (BBC News)
- 17 February 2025 – Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Weimar+
- European leaders gather in France for a summit on Ukraine after the U.S. administration announced the opening of peace talks with Russia on ending the Ukrainian war without European participation. (CNN)
- Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says that Europe has no role in any peace negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine. (BBC News)
- 15 February 2025 – Weimar+
- French President Emmanuel Macron announces an emergency summit in Paris, France, between European leaders following a controversial speech given by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference in which he criticized European leadership as the worst threat to Europe, particularly for imposing too much censorship and too little control over migration. (Ukrinform) (BBC News) (Voice of America)
- 11 February 2025 – Belarus–European Union border crisis
- The European Court of Human Rights says it will consider three cases involving irregular migrants allegedly having been pushed back across the border into Belarus from EU countries. (Forbes)
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}}
- 19 February 2025 – 2020s European re-armament
- Denmark announces 50 billion kroner in defense spending over the next two years, citing an increased threat from Russia, bringing the country's total defense spending to the highest in more than 50 years. (BBC News)
- 18 February 2025 – Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia–United States relations
- The United States and Russia start talks in Saudi Arabia about the war in Ukraine without European or Ukrainian participation. (The New York Times) (BBC News)
- 17 February 2025 – Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Weimar+
- European leaders gather in France for a summit on Ukraine after the U.S. administration announced the opening of peace talks with Russia on ending the Ukrainian war without European participation. (CNN)
- Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says that Europe has no role in any peace negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine. (BBC News)
United Kingdom
{{Transclude selected current events|United Kingdom}}
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Europe OR United Kingdom
{{Transclude selected current events|Europe|United Kingdom}}
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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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SomethingWithNoMatches
{{Transclude selected current events|SomethingWithNoMatches}}
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No recent news |
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See also
[edit]- {{Template cache}} – companion template