This page is a draft for the next issue of the Signpost. Below is some helpful code that will help you write and format a Signpost draft. If it's blank, you can fill out a template by copy-pasting this in and pressing 'publish changes': {{subst:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Story-preload}}
Images and Galleries |
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To put an image in your article, use the following template (link):
[[File:|center|300px|alt=TKTK]]
O frabjous day.
{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler image-v2
|image =
|size = 300px
|alt = TKTK
|caption =
|fullwidth =no}}
This will create the file on the right. Keep the 300px in most cases. If writing a 'full width' article, change
Placing {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Inline image
|image =
|size = 300px
|align = center
|alt = Placeholder alt text
|caption = CAPTION
}}
(link) will instead create an inline image like below
[[File:|300px|center|alt=Placeholder alt text]]
CAPTION
To create a gallery, use the following <gallery mode = packed | heights = 200px>
|Caption for second image
</gallery>
to create |
Reader polls |
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Which is the correct answer?
Answer 1 (47%; 22 votes) Answer 2 (40%; 19 votes) Answer 3 (13%; 6 votes) To create a poll, use the following code (link): {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler poll-v2
|votepage = Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Voter/Issues/Test Poll/Votes
|question = Which is the correct answer?
|option1 = Answer 1
|option2 = Answer 2
|option3 = Answer 3
|fullwidth =no}}
Only three options/answers are supported.
If writing a 'full width' article, change |
Quotes | |||||||||
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To insert a framed quote like the one on the right, use this template (link): {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler quote-v2
|1=
|author =
|source =
|fullwidth =
}}
If writing a 'full width' article, change
To insert a pull quote like
use this template (link): {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Quote
|1=
|source =
}}
To insert a long inline quote like
use this template (link): {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/block quote
| text =
|by=
| source =
|ts=
| oldid =
}}
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Side frames | ||
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. A caption Side frames help put content in sidebar vignettes. For instance, this one (link): {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler frame-v2
|1= Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
|caption = A caption
|fullwidth =no}}
gives the frame on the right. This is useful when you want to insert non-standard images, quotes, graphs, and the like.
Further information: Category:Graph, chart and plot templates
A caption For example, to insert the {{Graph:Chart}} generated by {{Graph:Chart
|width=250|height=100|type=line
|x=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8|y=10,12,6,14,2,10,7,9
}}
in a frame, simple put the graph code in {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler frame-v2
|1=
{{Graph:Chart
|width=250|height=100|type=line
|x=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8|y=10,12,6,14,2,10,7,9
}}
|caption=A caption
|fullwidth=no}}
to get the framed Graph:Chart on the right.
If writing a 'full width' article, change |
Two-columnvsfull width styles |
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If you keep the 'normal' preloaded draft and work from there, you will be using the two-column style. This is perfectly fine in most cases and you don't need to do anything.
However, every time you have a However, you can also fine-tune which style is used at which point in an article. To switch from two-column → full width style midway in an article, insert {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Signpost-block-end-v2}}
{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Signpost-block-start-v2|fullwidth=yes}}
where you want the switch to happen. To switch from full width → two-column style midway in an article, insert {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Signpost-block-end-v2}}
{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Signpost-block-start-v2|fullwidth=no}}
where you want the switch to happen. |
Article series |
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To add a series of 'related articles' your article, use the following code
 Visual Editor
Five, ten, and fifteen years ago {{Signpost series
|type = sidebar-v2
|tag = VisualEditor
|seriestitle = Visual Editor
|fullwidth =no}}
or {{Signpost series
|type = sidebar-v2
|tag = VisualEditor
|seriestitle = Visual Editor
|fullwidth = yes
}}
will create the sidebar on the right. If writing a 'full width' article, change Alternatively, you can use {{Signpost series
|type = inline
|tag = VisualEditor
|tag_name = visual editor
|tag_pretext = the
}}
at the end of an article to create
If you think a topic would make a good series, but you don't see a tag for it, or that all the articles in a series seem 'old', ask for help at the WT:NEWSROOM. Many more tags exist, but they haven't been documented yet. |
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By the way, the template that you're reading right now is {{Editnotices/Group/Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue}} (edit). A list of the preload templates for Signpost articles can be found here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
