Template:Transclude linked excerpt/doc

Transclude linked excerpt transcludes the lead of an article as an excerpt. It is designed for use in portals. It returns the text of an article up to but excluding the first header, after removing:

• initial templates such as infoboxes, hatnotes and article improvement tags
• noinclude sections
• references and footnotes
• images, unless specifically retained

Usage

{{Transclude linked excerpt | 1= | section= | sectiononly= | paragraphs= | files= | fileargs= | more= | errors= }}

The template accepts one page name as an unnamed parameter. Wikilinks are collected from that page, or a section of it. One wikilink is selected randomly, and its destination is transcluded. (If the selected page is invalid, the template will choose again.) Include a namespace where necessary. There are no other positional parameters, but there are some optional named parameters:

• A section name such as section=Featured articles; the default is to collect wikilinks from all sections.
  • A flag sectiononly=yes to exclude subsections.
• A list of paragraphs such as paragraphs=1,3-5; the default is all paragraphs.
• A list of file (image) numbers such as files=1; the default is no images. Non-free images are removed.
• Arguments to pass to File: such as fileargs=left to move images to the left; the default is none.
• A link to the article itself such as more=(more); the default is no link. Short cut: more= produces Read more...
• errors= to allow Lua error messages to appear in the output
• showall= to show all articles simultaneously

paragraphs= and files= each accept a comma-separated list containing numbers and/or number ranges in the format min-max. Alternatively, files= can accept the name of a single image, e.g. files=My image file.jpg.

Page options

{{#section-h:Template:Transclude lead excerpt/doc|Page options}}

See also

• {{Transclude lead excerpt}}: specifies the article explicitly
• {{Transclude list item excerpt}}: chooses the article randomly from those listed on a page
• {{Transclude random excerpt}}: chooses the article randomly from a list
• {{Transclude selected excerpt}}: chooses the article from a list using an index such as the week number

External links

• Template:Transclude linked excerpt/doc at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.