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  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

Template:Transclude Lead Excerpt

Transclude lead excerpt transcludes the lead of an article as an excerpt. It is designed for use in portals, stand-alone lists and outlines. It returns the text of the named 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

It is also used to share the lead section between the pages of a multi-page glossary.

Usage

{{Transclude lead excerpt | 1= | paragraphs= | files= | fileargs= | errors= }}

Parameters

The template requires one parameter: the name of the page to be transcluded. Include a namespace where necessary. There are no other positional parameters, but there are some optional named parameters:

  • 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.
  • errors= to allow Lua error messages to appear in the output

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.


Miscellaneous options

  • |more=no – to suppress link to the article at the end of the excerpt. |more=custom text to customize the link text at the end of the excerpt. Default is "Full article...".
  • keepSubsections=1 will cause Article#Section to retain any subsections of that section
  • keepRefs=1 will keep references for display in a {{reflist}} or similar
  • nobold=1 will cause bold text to be displayed in normal font

Page options

Each page to be transcluded may be specified either plain or as a wikilink, possibly piped. Links to sections also work, and extract the named section rather than the lead. Examples: Article; Article#Section; [[Article]]; [[Article#Section|A section of an article]]. (Any piped text will be ignored.)

Any of the above formats may be followed by option(s) separated by pipes, e.g. Article|paragraphs=2. Such options override any global options for the given page only. Note that the characters | and = have special meaning within calls to templates but can be escaped using {{!}} and {{=}} respectively. Examples: Article#Section{{!}}files{{=}}2; [[Article|Some page]]{{!}}files{{=}}3,4{{!}}more{{=}}Click here. (= need not be escaped if the parameter is explicitly numbered, e.g. 1=Article{{!}}files=2).

Special characters such as pipes within page options must be doubly escaped, replacing their double braces by {{((}} and {{))}}. For example, to set display Custom image.jpg on the left with a custom caption, set fileargs to left|Custom caption using Article{{!}}files{{=}}Custom image.jpg{{!}}fileargs{{=}}left{{((}}!{{))}}Custom caption. To add a wikilink within a caption, escape the link brackets and any pipe twice using {{!((}}, {{))!}} and possibly {{!}}, e.g. Caption with {{((}}!(({{))}}Pipe (computer science){{((}}!{{))}}piped{{((}}))!{{))}} link. This text can be achieved more simply using {{Doubly escaped wikilink}}, e.g. Caption with {{Doubly escaped wikilink|Pipe (computer science)|piped}} link.

See also

Similar templates also using Module:Excerpt:

The templates were discussed at Use of direct transclusion in portals and the newer portal transclusion templates.

  • {{Excerpt}}: template designed for excerpt transclusion in articles

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Transclude lead excerpt

Transclude lead excerpt transcludes the lead of an article as an excerpt

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
11

The name of the page to be transcluded

Default
empty
Example
Aviation, 1=Aviation
Stringrequired
Paragraphsparagraphs

Numbers of the paragraphs to be transcluded, as a comma-separated list containing numbers and/or number ranges in the format min-max

Default
all paragraphs
Example
paragraphs=1,3-5
Stringoptional
Filesfiles

Numbers of the images to be transcluded, as a comma-separated list containing numbers and/or number ranges in the format min-max

Default
no files
Example
files=1,3-5
Stringoptional
FileArgsfileargs

Arguments to pass to File:

Default
no arguments
Example
fileargs=left
Stringoptional
Moremore

Text for trailing link to the entire article. Note: more= with no value produces the standard text: Read more...

Default
no link
Example
more=(more)
Stringoptional
Errorserrors

Allow Lua error messages to appear in the output?

Default
false
Example
errors=true
Booleanoptional