Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Formatting/Cheatsheet
 | Parts of this Wikipedia page (those related to documentation) need to be updated. Please help update this Wikipedia page to reflect recent events or newly available information. (April 2019) |
Cheatsheet
A quick reference for Signpost layout code
 (talk · chat) |
|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recent changes: main · talk |
|
|
This is a quick reference of how to accomplish various formatting styles in Signpost articles. For further information, see the formatting guide.
| Description | Code | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-article headlings | ===Introduction to layout===
|
Articles can have multiple subheadings |
| High-res, wide-format images | {{Signpost inline image|image=File:Foo.jpg|caption=Your caption.}}
|
Place before article headings; only use sparingly within articles |
{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Inline image resizable|width=600|image=File:Foo.jpg|caption=Your caption.}}
|
Adjust width number to suit. | |
| Image in the right-hand column | {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler image-v2|image=File:Foo.svg|caption=Some caption}}
|
Default size is 300x300px, specify a manual size using the |size=
|
| Interactive poll | {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler poll-v2|option1=Yes|votepage=Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Voter/Issues/Test Poll/Votes|option2=No|question=An open poll.}}
|
To set up a votepage: save the page, then follow the link in the error message; polls with fewer than ten responses will not display results |
| Quotation | {{Signpost quote|Your quote}}
|
|
| Lengthy quotation | {{Signpost inline quote|Your quote|source=Attribution}}
|
Displayed with a green background |
| Right-hanging quote | {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler quote-v2|Your quote}}
|
Can also specify |author= and |source=
|
| Graph or chart | {{Graph:Chart}}
|
See template documentation; set |width=800 to take up the full width, or preferably embed on the right-hand side (see Filler frame)
|
| Filler frame: embed any content on the right-hand side | {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler frame-v2|1=Your stuff|caption=A caption}}
|
300px wide by default, or set |width= parameter
|
| Article tag inline
("For more Signpost coverage on [tag] see our [tag] series") |
{{Signpost series|type=inline|tag=your tag}}
|
Place at the very end of a section or article |
| Article tag sidebar
("RELATED ARTICLES: [SERIESTITLE]") |
{{Signpost series|type=sidebar-v2|tag=gendergap|seriestitle=Gender gap}}
|
tag – tag to be used;seriestitle – name of the tag as it will appear;
|
| In brief images | {{Signpost brief filler image|image=|caption=|size=}}
|
|
| Link to a specific place in a previous article (e.g. an "in brief" item) | {{anchor|Linkname}}
|
Place at the point to be linked to in previous article); then you can use [[Foo/Bar#Linkname|link text]] to link to that point
|
| Citing Signpost coverage from the same issue | (see [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/<DATE>/Column|''Signpost'' coverage]])
|
Less common |
| Citing Signpost coverage from a previous issue | (see previous [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/<DATE>/Column|''Signpost'' coverage]])
|
More common |
| Asserting authorship | – {{small|[[User:Resident Mario|R]]}}
|
Placed at the end of the piece / section |