Template:Selected picture/doc

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This template is used on approximately 2,500 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template employs intricate features of template syntax.

You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages.
You can conduct experiments, and should test all major changes, in either , the general template sandbox, or your user space before changing anything here.

This template is used to configure the articles found in the Selected picture section found on most Wikipedia Portal main pages. Used it on the article pages that are linked to the Selected picture sub-page, e.g. Portal:Foo/Selected picture/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.

For an analogous template, which uses Wikipedia:Picture of the day as source, see {{Portal POTD}} and {{Portal POTD/Featured picture}}.

Usage[edit]

Simple usage

{{Selected picture
| image   = 
| credit  = 
| caption = 
| link    = 
| text    = 
}}

Full usage

{{Selected picture
| image    = 
| size     = 
| credit   = 
| caption  = 
| link     = 
| text     = 
| location = 
| page     = 
| type     = 
| archive  = 
}}

Parameters[edit]

It is unnecessary to include braces, quotation marks or other wiki-markup in the template. The |text= and |source= fields do allow the use of wiki-markup at the contributor's discretion.

|image=: Filename of the image.
|size=: Sets the image size, if left out or left blank it will default to 250px.
|caption=, |link=: Used to create a big text caption under the image. |link= must be a valid article, |caption= is free-style text. Note that |caption= will not be shown if |link= is specified; instead, |caption= will become the alt text for the image.
|location=: Location of gallery on Wikipedia, optional.
|credit=: Use this to credit the source or photographer that created the image
|text=: A brief summary of the subject, positioned below the image.
|page=: Set an auxiliary page for the More selected foo if the sub page is at another location such as Selected image.
|archive=: Using this field with a value of no will remove the More selected pictures link in the lower left corner. Use this field if you are using the |footer= parameter in the {{random box-header subpage}} template on the main portal page.

Examples[edit]

{{Selected picture
| image    = Orange juice 1 edit1.jpg
| size     = 250px
| caption  = A glass of orange juice
| text     = '''[[Orange juice]]''' being poured into a nearly-full condensation-covered glass
| credit   = [[United States Department of Agriculture]]
| link     = Orange juice
}}

Will produce:

Orange juice

Credit: United States Department of Agriculture

Orange juice being poured into a nearly-full condensation-covered glass

More selected pictures

Location option[edit]

{{Selected picture
| image    = Panthera tigris sumatran subspecies.jpg
| caption  = A sunlit Sumatran tiger lying in short grass by a wall, head up, facing camera
| text     = The '''[[Sumatran tiger]]''' (''Panthera tigris sumatrae'') is found only on the [[Indonesia]]n island of [[Sumatra]].
| location = Wikipedia:WikiProject Cats/Gallery
| credit   = [[User:Dixi|Monika Betley]]. [[commons:Template:Potd/2004-12#5|A Featured picture of the day.]]
| link     = Sumatran tiger
}}

Will produce (note the link Gallery on the right):

Sumatran tiger

Credit: Monika Betley. A Featured picture of the day.

The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Gallery
More selected pictures

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Visual overview of template usage
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For more information, see: Category:Template-Class Portal pages and Category:Wikipedia Portal templates

Usage[edit]

Parameters[edit]

Examples[edit]

Location option[edit]

See also[edit]