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Template:Selected location

Template layout[edit]

{{Selected location
| image   = 
| size    = 
| side    =
| caption = 
| name    = 
| founded =  
| coord   = 
| text    =  <!--- Required --->
| link    =  <!--- Required --->
| archive =
}}

Usage[edit]

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[edit]

Long form[edit]

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.

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[edit]

{{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.

More selected locations

See also[edit]

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

Templates that configure links

Selected page templates, used on subpages of older portals

Related templates

• {{Project template list}}