Template:Selected picture
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[[File:{{{image}}}|center|500px|]]
{{{text}}}
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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
Simple usage
{{Selected picture
| image =
| credit =
| caption =
| link =
| text =
}}
Full usage
{{Selected picture
| image =
| size =
| credit =
| caption =
| link =
| text =
| location =
| page =
| type =
| archive =
}}
Parameters
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.
Examples
{{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 being poured into a nearly-full condensation-covered glass
Location option
{{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):
See also
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
- {{Box-header}}
- {{Box-header-plain}}
- {{Box-header-round}}
- {{Box-header-square}}
- {{Box-header-watch}}
- {{Box-footer}}
Templates that configure links
- {{Portal}}
- {{Portal bar}}
- {{Portal-inline}}
- {{Pbox}}
- {{Portals}}
- {{Portals browsebar}}
- {{Related portals}}
- {{Wikimedia for portals}}
Selected page templates, used on subpages of older portals
- {{Selected article}}
- {{Selected biography}}
- {{Selected business}}
- {{Selected DYK}}
- {{Selected ingredient}}
- {{Selected location}}
- {{Selected picture}}
- {{Selected product}}
- {{Selected publication}}
- {{Selected quote}}
- {{Selected recipe}}
- {{Selected X}}
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