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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 the Regional Workers' Center of Paraguay was largely made up of native Paraguayans, even though its predecessor had been dominated by European and Argentine immigrants?
... that Orthetrum japonicum was one of the first species of Japanese dragonfly to be recognized and described by Europeans?
... that in North America, Europe and New Zealand, research funding is sometimes distributed by lottery?
... that Native American Ted Towendolly pioneered a fly-fishing technique that was independently reinvented in Europe fifty years later?
... that more than 100 European royals boarded the Cruise of the Kings, a 1954 cruise organised by the Greek queen consort Frederica of Hanover to promote tourism in Greece?
... that two European missionaries stationed in a Catholic church were beheaded by Chinese Red Army soldiers led by Mao Zedong in 1935?

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 Regional Workers' Center of Paraguay was largely made up of native Paraguayans, even though its predecessor had been dominated by European and Argentine immigrants?
... that during his tenure as the manager of Austria's Burgtheater from 1971 to 1976, Gerhard Klingenberg often directed plays with analogies of a divided Europe?
... that Mount Churchill, a volcano in Alaska, distributed ash as far as Europe and may have driven migration from Canada to southwestern North America?

United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected recent additions|United Kingdom}}

... 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 the ecclesiastical site at Devenish Island was among the first protected monuments in the United Kingdom?
... that Scottish politician Tam Dalyell opposed devolution, warning it would become a "motorway without exit to a separate state"?
... 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 Anne was the last circus elephant in the United Kingdom?
... that South African president Jacob Zuma requested a tour of a Sainsbury's supermarket during his state visit to the United Kingdom in 2010?

Europe OR United Kingdom

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

... that one scholar regards an Old Irish oath as a scholarly Christian invention, but another sees it as the descendant of a Proto-Indo-European oath?
... that the concept of genocide was introduced in the 1944 book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe?
... that the "books within books" of the European Geniza are a collection of manuscript fragments recovered from medieval and early-modern book bindings?
... that two European missionaries stationed in a Catholic church were beheaded by Chinese Red Army soldiers led by Mao Zedong in 1935?
... that a recent international aid vessel bound for Gaza counted among its crew Greta Thunberg and a French member of the European Parliament?
... that more than 100 European royals boarded the Cruise of the Kings, a 1954 cruise organised by the Greek queen consort Frederica of Hanover to promote tourism in Greece?

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 the author of an 1887 book on British whisky distilleries didn't know how to distill whisky?
... that Oxford is the first city in the United Kingdom to adopt a zero emission zone?
... 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 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 Thelma Adams protested milk quotas in the United Kingdom by sitting in a bathtub of milk, while dressed as Cleopatra?
... that the Labour Party received their highest share of the vote to date in the 1951 UK general election but still lost to the Conservatives, who received fewer votes?

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 the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Australia took sides on a 2023 controversy involving their countries' cricket teams?
... that the Kensington Treaty was the first bilateral Germany–United Kingdom treaty since World War II?
... that the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Australia took sides on a 2023 controversy involving their countries' cricket teams?
... that the Kensington Treaty was the first bilateral Germany–United Kingdom treaty since World War II?
... that Scottish politician Tam Dalyell opposed devolution, warning it would become a "motorway without exit to a separate state"?
... that the author of an 1887 book on British whisky distilleries didn't know how to distill whisky?

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Usage

Parameters

Search patterns

Examples

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