Template:Transclude selected recent additions/doc

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

Usage



 * Basic


 * Multiple search patterns:
 * Add as many search patterns as needed
 * Add as many search patterns as needed


 * With patterns to exclude items
 * Add additional search patterns to exclude items from results using not2, not3, etc.
 * Add additional search patterns to exclude items from results using not2, not3, etc.


 * As a portal component which only displays when items are found


 * As a suggestion generator, e.g. on the portal talk page

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  (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


 * latest
 * Set to  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  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  to show More recent additions... link at the bottom of the list


 * header
 * Wikitext to show above the items; typically or  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
 * 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.

Tip: To make a letter in a search pattern case-insensitive, put both the upper-case and lowercase letter inside square-brackets, i.e.  will match both An apple is... and Apples are....