Template:Transclude selected current events
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This templates transcludes current events on specified topics from the daily subpages of Portal:Current events. It is intended for use in the "In the news" sections of Portals.
Usage
{{Transclude selected current events | <search pattern 1> | ... | <search pattern n> | not1= | ... | notn= | days= | max= | none= | dates= | more= |header= |footer= }}
- Basic
{{Transclude selected current events| search pattern }}- Multiple search patterns
{{Transclude selected current events| search pattern | second search pattern | third search pattern }}- Add as many search patterns as needed
- With patterns to exclude items
{{Transclude selected current events| 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 news items are found
{{Transclude selected current events| header= header template | footer= footer template | other parameters }}- As a suggestion generator, e.g. on the portal talk page
{{Transclude selected current events| wikitext=yes | other parameters }}
Parameters
|1=,|2=,|3=...- Search patterns for items
|not1=,|not2=,|not3=...- Search patterns for excluding items
|days=- Number of days to search through for current events (counting backwards from the current day); 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 |wikitext=- Set to
yesto 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 news"
|dates=- Set to
mdyto use MDY-formatted dates (e.g. Aug 21, 2025 rather than 21 Aug 2025) |more=- Wikitext to show at the bottom of the list; OR
- Set to
yesto show More current events... 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. External links 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. [Aa]pple will match both An apple is... and Apples are....
Examples
Europe
{{Transclude selected current events|Europe}}
- 18 August 2025 – 2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires
- Spain deploys 500 army troops to help fight raging wildfires in the country as the death toll rises to four following the death of a firefighter in Castile and León. (BBC News)
- 18 August 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2025 European-White House crisis meeting
- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several other European leaders meet with U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C. to discuss pathways to peace negotiations for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
- 12 August 2025 – 2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires
- A wildfire destroys centuries old chestnut trees and tourist buildings at the Las Médulas gold-mining site in Castilla y León, Spain. (El País)
- 6 August 2025 – 2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires
- One person is killed, thirteen people are injured and one person is missing after a wildfire breaks out in Aude department, France, also burning at least 16,000 hectares of land. (BBC News) (DW)
- Over 1,500 people are evacuated from a resort in Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain, after a wildfire breaks out in Campo de Gibraltar. (Le Monde) (Europa Sur)
Europe (as portal component that is only displayed when there is news; limited to a maximum of 4 items)
{{Transclude selected current events|Europe|header={{Box-header color|In the news}}|max=4}}
In the news
- 18 August 2025 – 2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires
- Spain deploys 500 army troops to help fight raging wildfires in the country as the death toll rises to four following the death of a firefighter in Castile and León. (BBC News)
- 18 August 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2025 European-White House crisis meeting
- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several other European leaders meet with U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C. to discuss pathways to peace negotiations for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
- 12 August 2025 – 2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires
- A wildfire destroys centuries old chestnut trees and tourist buildings at the Las Médulas gold-mining site in Castilla y León, Spain. (El País)
United Kingdom
{{Transclude selected current events|United Kingdom}}
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Europe OR United Kingdom
{{Transclude selected current events|Europe|United Kingdom}}
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Europe AND United Kingdom
{{Transclude selected current events|Europe.*United Kingdom|United Kingdom.*Europe|days=10}}
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No recent news |
United Kingdom AND NOT Australia
{{Transclude selected current events|United Kingdom|not=Australia}}
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SomethingWithNoMatches
{{Transclude selected current events|SomethingWithNoMatches}}
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No recent news |
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See also
- {{Template cache}} – companion template
