Template:DYK talk/sandbox/doc
This is a documentation subpage for Template:DYK talk/sandbox. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
Usage
Basic usage: Place {{dyktalk|day month|year|hook}} on the talk pages of articles from which a DYK entry was featured. The template should be placed at the top of the page, above any discussion text and project tags but below other tags.
Parameters
{{{1}}}
- Required: Day (number) and month name, e.g.2 March
{{{2}}}
- Required: Year (YYYY){{{3}}}
- Hook, in the form...text?
(note the "..." and "?"); adds:
The text of the entry was as follows: "Did you know...
- {{{3}}}"
{{{4}}}
- Image (without "File:" or "Image:" prefix) that was part of the DYK entry, if any; replaces the default Wikipedia image on the right-hand side; use only with the {{{3}}} a.k.a. {{{entry}}} parameter.{{{num}}}
- number of the Recent additions archive page the entry appears in; adds:A record of the entry may be seen at [[Wikipedia:Recent additions {{{num}}}]].
{{{views}}}
- Number of page views dated to the DYK period; adds:
, and was viewed approximately {{{views}}} times (disclaimer)
{{{small}}}
- If yes, makes the tag smaller and floated to the right-hand side of the page{{{entry}}}
- Identical to{{{3}}}
{{{image}}}
- Identical to{{{4}}}
Examples
{{dyktalk/sandbox|2 March|2007|...that modern billiard chalk (pictured), which is not actually chalk but a compound of silica and corundum, was invented by player William A. Spinks and a chemist friend in 1897?|Billiard chalk 20050724.png|num=123|views=1136}}
A fact from DYK talk/sandbox/doc appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 2 March 2007, and was viewed approximately 1,136 times (disclaimer). The text of the entry was as follows:
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{{dyktalk/sandbox|2 March|2007|...that modern billiard chalk (pictured), which is not actually chalk but a compound of silica and corundum, was invented by player William A. Spinks and a chemist friend in 1897?|Billiard chalk 20050724.png|num=123|views=1136|small=yes}}
A fact from DYK talk/sandbox/doc appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 2 March 2007, and was viewed approximately 1,136 times (disclaimer). The text of the entry was as follows:
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