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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

{{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

|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. Dec 10, 2024 rather than 10 Dec 2024)
|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

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.

Light bulb iconB 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

Europe

{{Transclude selected current events|Europe}}

No recent news

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}}


United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected current events|United Kingdom}}

No recent news

Europe OR United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected current events|Europe|United Kingdom}}

No recent news

Europe AND United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected current events|Europe.*United Kingdom|United Kingdom.*Europe|days=10}}

No recent news

United Kingdom AND NOT Australia

{{Transclude selected current events|United Kingdom|not=Australia}}

No recent news

SomethingWithNoMatches

{{Transclude selected current events|SomethingWithNoMatches}}

No recent news

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This templates transcludes current events on specified topics from the daily subpages of Portal:Current Events. Can use Lua search patterns.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Search Pattern (unnamed)1

Pattern to search for (multiple instances separated with pipes)

Default
(empty)
Example
Europe.*United Kingdom
Stringrequired
Notnot

Pattern to exclude (multiple instances use notX)

Default
(empty)
Example
not=Africa, not2=Asia
Stringoptional
Daysdays

Number of days back to search (from today)

Default
30
Example
days=45
Datesuggested
Maxmax

Maximum number of values to display

Default
6
Example
max=10
Numberoptional
Nonenone

Wikitext to display if no results found

Default
No recent news
Example
none='''Oops.''' Nothing found.
Contentoptional
Datesdates

Set date format to use MDY instead of DMY

Default
(empty)
Example
dates=mdy
Stringoptional
Moremore

Wikitext for bottom of listing

Default
(empty)
Example
more=[[/currentevents|See more]], more=yes
Contentoptional

See also