Template:Transclude selected recent additions/sandbox

This is the template sandbox page for Template:Transclude selected recent additions (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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Module:Selected recent additions (sandbox)

This templates transcludes "Did you know?" blurbs on specified topics from the monthly subpages of Wikipedia:Recent additions (the Did you know? archives). It is intended for use in the "Did you know" sections of Portals.

Usage[edit]

{{Transclude selected recent additions | <search pattern 1> | ... | <search pattern n> | not1= | ... | notn= | months= | max= | latest= | none= | more= |header= |footer= }}

Basic: {{Transclude selected recent additions| search pattern }}
Multiple search patterns: {{Transclude selected recent additions| search pattern | second search pattern | third search pattern }}; Add as many search patterns as needed
With patterns to exclude items: {{Transclude selected recent additions| 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 items are found: {{Transclude selected recent additions| header= header template | footer= footer template | other parameters }}
As a suggestion generator, e.g. on the portal talk page: {{Transclude selected recent additions| latest=yes | wikitext=yes | other parameters }}

Parameters[edit]

|1=, |2=, |3= ...: Search patterns for items
|not1=, |not2=, |not3= ...: Search patterns for excluding items
|months=: Number of months to search through for items (counting backwards from the current date); 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
|latest=: Set to yes to display the most recent items; omit this parameter to display a randomised set of items (with new selections when the page is purged)
|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 additions"
|more=: Wikitext to show at the bottom of the list; OR; Set to yes to show More recent additions... 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[edit]

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. Images and image captions are not searched for matches.

B 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[edit]

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Note: Purge this page to show new selections, if available

Europe

{{Transclude selected recent additions|Europe}}

... that two sculptures from 1428 in the Church of Saint Quentin in Tournai are among the earliest examples of a style that was to dominate most of Europe for the following century?
... that origami fortune tellers may have originated in Europe rather than Japan?
... that Colin Stubs spent the prize money from his first international tennis title on an old Volkswagen to travel around Europe?
... that 2020 European pommel horse champion Matvei Petrov won Albania's first medal at the European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships?
... that Julia Marden was the first known person to create a Wampanoag twined turkey-feather mantle since European contact 400 years earlier?
... that the slave António Corea may have been the first Korean to visit Europe?

Europe (as portal component that is only displayed when there is news; limited to a maximum of 3 items)

{{Transclude selected recent additions|Europe|header={{Box-header color|Did you know...}}|max=3}}

Did you know...

... that Le langaige du Bresil, one of the earliest documentary sources of any South American language, demonstrates that Europeans and Brazilian indigenous peoples maintained intimate social contacts?
... that the eight original Francis turbines of Kraftwerk Heimbach, a hydro-electric power station that opened in 1905 as then the largest in Europe, served until 1974?
... that some radical right parties in Europe have adopted the rhetoric of anti-antisemitism to oppose Muslim immigration?

United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected recent additions|United Kingdom}}

... that a yellow-spotted emerald specimen was found for the first time in the United Kingdom in 2018, when a wildlife photographer used Twitter to identify it?
... that when Sarah Jane Baker was released after 30 years, she was the United Kingdom's longest serving transgender prisoner?
... that Change UK had eleven elected members of Parliament despite never actually winning an election?
... that South African nurse Stella Madzimbamuto filed an appeal in 1968 with the Privy Council of the United Kingdom that resulted in the Rhodesian government being declared illegal?
... that Ed Miliband retweeted "Chaos with Ed Miliband" with a clown emoji during the October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis?
... that Surinder Singh Bakhshi led the successful containment of smallpox in the community during Birmingham's smallpox outbreak in 1978?

Europe OR United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected recent additions|Europe|United Kingdom}}

... that the Carbon Neutral Laboratory is the first of its kind in the United Kingdom?
... that the historian and political journalist Lancelot Lawton addressed a House of Commons committee in London in 1935, beginning: "The chief problem in Europe to-day is the Ukrainian problem"?
... that the lenient sentencing of two Europeans convicted in 1918 after the death of a black man in the East Africa Protectorate led to inquiries from the British Colonial Office?
... that variations of the Latin legal maxim ius civile vigilantibus scriptum est have been used by American, European and Lesotho courts?
... that Surinder Singh Bakhshi led the successful containment of smallpox in the community during Birmingham's smallpox outbreak in 1978?
... that to repel migrants, the European Union has paid hundreds of millions of euros to Libyan partners known to be involved in human trafficking, slavery, and torture?

Europe AND United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected recent additions\|Europe.United Kingdom\|United Kingdom.Europe\|months=24}}
No recent additions

United Kingdom AND NOT Australia

{{Transclude selected recent additions|United Kingdom|not=Australia}}

... that the 1st Armoured Division of the British Army chose a white rhinoceros on a black oval as their insignia?
... that before Michael Shanks became Member of Parliament for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, he ran along all of Glasgow's 6,143 streets?
... that, before same-sex unions were legally recognised in the UK, the London Partnership Register allowed nearly 1,000 couples to celebrate their relationships?
... that many places in the United Kingdom were racially segregated and non-white customers were banned from using spaces and facilities, even though the law never officially permitted such a colour bar?
... that "one of the finest cut brick façades" in the United Kingdom has been partially obscured by scaffolding for four years, as funds are raised for its repair?
... that Joanna Cherry showed a printed copy of an Internet meme featuring Lily Hoshikawa during a UK parliamentary committee meeting?

SomethingWithNoMatches

{{Transclude selected recent additions\|SomethingWithNoMatches\|months=2}}
No recent additions

United Kingdom – most recent items only (non-randomised)

{{Transclude selected recent additions|United Kingdom|latest=yes|months=24}}

... that the Labour Party received their highest share of the vote to date in the 1951 UK general election but still lost to the Conservatives, who received fewer votes?
... that Sting wrote "We Work the Black Seam" because he felt that "the case for coal was never put to the nation" during the 1984–85 British miners' strike, which began 40 years ago today?
... that Elizabeth II's childhood toys at 145 Piccadilly included 30 toy horses and a farm set collected from Woolworths?
... that Southern Water was fined £90 million for deliberately dumping sewage into the sea?
... that Dublin property developer Harry Crosbie received an OBE from the British ambassador to Ireland, partly for entertaining Elizabeth II with his showbiz contacts?
... that when Sarah Jane Baker was released after 30 years, she was the United Kingdom's longest serving transgender prisoner?

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Layout and formatting	{{Box portal skeleton}} {{Box-header}} color palettes plain round square watch {{Box-header colour}}¹ {{Box-footer}} {{Flex columns}} {{Plain navboxes}}
Content transclusion	{{Transclude lead excerpt}}² {{Transclude linked excerpt}}² {{Transclude list item excerpt}}² {{Transclude random excerpt}}² {{Transclude selected excerpt}}² {{Excerpt}} {{Transclude DYK}}⁹ {{Transclude selected current events}}³ {{Transclude selected recent additions}}⁴
Content slideshows	{{Random slideshow}}⁵ {{Transclude files as random slideshow}}⁵ {{Transclude excerpts as random slideshow}}⁶ {{Transclude linked excerpts as random slideshow}}⁶ {{Transclude list item excerpts as random slideshow}}⁶
Content randomisation	{{Random portal component}}⁷ {{Random quotation}} {{Random subpage}}
General	{{Portals}} {{Portals browsebar}} {{Portal description}} {{Portal information sidebar}} {{Portal navbar no header2}} {{Purge link portals}} {{Wikimedia for portals}}
Linking templates	{{Portal}}¹¹ {{Portal bar}}¹² {{Portal-inline}}¹³ {{Pbox}} {{Related portals2}}
Talk pages / Maintenance	{{Portal talk}} {{Portal maintenance status}}⁸ {{Portal suggestions}} {{Portal toolbox}} {{WikiProject Portals}}⁸
Images	{{Portal dynamic image}} {{Portal image banner}}¹⁰ {{Portal pictures}}¹⁴ {{Portal POTD}}
Modules	¹ Module:Box-header ² Module:Excerpt/portals ³ Module:Selected current events ⁴ Module:Selected recent additions ⁵ Module:Random slideshow ⁶ Module:Excerpt slideshow ⁷ Module:Random portal component ⁸ Module:Portal maintenance status ⁹ Module:Transclude DYK ¹⁰ Module:Portal image banner ¹¹ Module:Portal ¹² Module:Portal bar ¹³ Module:Portal-inline ¹⁴ Module:Portal pictures
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