Template:Transclude selected recent additions

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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

{{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

|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

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

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

Europe

{{Transclude selected recent additions|Europe}}

... that while Council Working Parties only formally prepare decisions of the Council of the European Union, they de facto shape the majority of those decisions?
... that most paper in Europe was made from discarded rags until the 19th century?
... that a California radio station came to exist because a high-school faculty advisor was on leave in Europe?
... that police investigated the European Australian Movement after it distributed letters carrying a slogan from Nazi Germany?
... that the European Athletics Championships first held a women's 400 metres race in 1958, twenty-four years after the first men's race?
... that Femke Bol successfully defended her 2021 title by winning the women's 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships?

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 the European Athletics Championships first held a women's 400 metres race in 1958, twenty-four years after the first men's race?
... that the crusading movement defined concepts of warfare throughout medieval Europe?
... that the lyrics of "Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)" were inspired by beheadings in medieval Europe?

United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected recent additions|United Kingdom}}

... that former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said that she would swim in Loch Ness naked if the SNP won more than 50 seats at the 2019 United Kingdom general election?
... 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 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 before Michael Shanks became Member of Parliament for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, he ran along all of Glasgow's 6,143 streets?
... that the ecclesiastical site at Devenish Island was among the first protected monuments in the United Kingdom?
... that despite being an independent candidate, Leanne Mohamad came within 528 votes of defeating shadow health secretary Wes Streeting in the 2024 UK general election?

Europe OR United Kingdom

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

... that Southern Water was fined £90 million for deliberately dumping sewage into the sea?
... that the slave António Corea may have been the first Korean to visit Europe?
... that the Ostjuden antisemitic stereotype was used to describe Jews from Eastern Europe by both non-Jewish Germans and assimilated German Jews?
... that a £142 wine fridge was smuggled into Downing Street on 11 December 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom?
... that Arthur France founded the Leeds West Indian Carnival, the first Caribbean carnival in Europe, in 1967?
... that Justyna Święty-Ersetic "snatch[ed] gold in the dying strides" of the women's 400 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships?

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 Elizabeth II's childhood toys at 145 Piccadilly included 30 toy horses and a farm set collected from Woolworths?
... that South African president Jacob Zuma requested a tour of a Sainsbury's supermarket during his state visit to the United Kingdom in 2010?
... that Change UK had eleven elected members of Parliament despite never actually winning an election?
... that the ecclesiastical site at Devenish Island was among the first protected monuments in the United Kingdom?
... that Anne was the last circus elephant in the United Kingdom?
... that Graham Fraser pioneered cochlear implantation in the United Kingdom?

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 Anne was the last circus elephant in the United Kingdom?
... that the size of the entrance hall at the British legation in Uruguay was increased after a diplomat complained that there was not enough room to hold dances?
... that the ecclesiastical site at Devenish Island was among the first protected monuments in the United Kingdom?
... that Thelma Adams protested milk quotas in the United Kingdom by sitting in a bathtub of milk, while dressed as Cleopatra?
... that booing heard after the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was reportedly either a response to past football hooliganism, claims of lip syncing, or alleged plagiarism of the Supremes?
... that South African president Jacob Zuma requested a tour of a Sainsbury's supermarket during his state visit to the United Kingdom in 2010?

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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}}
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Images	{{Portal dynamic image}} {{Portal image banner}}^[10] {{Portal pictures}}^[14] {{Portal POTD}}
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Parameters

Search patterns

Examples

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