Template:Portal by year/doc

This template creates the basic features of a year-based portal. Once created, such a portal will automatically keep itself up to date.

It uses Dynamic Page Lists as created for the Wikinews project, in a format based on Wikinews-style portals (eg. Portal:Aviation on Wikinews).

Usage

{{Portal by year}}

Procedure

1. Start a new portal
2. Copy the text template into the new portal
3. Save the page

Important notes

• Any portal using this template must only use the year in the title, (ie. Portal:1922 or Portal:1588). The template uses the page name as the basis for the dynamic page lists.
• Do not transclude this page; it should be used as described under procedure.

Amendments

It is likely that the standard set of categories within this template is inappropriate for a specific year. Therefore, after the page has been saved (as described under Procedure) it can be altered to fit the specific requirements of a specific year. It may also be useful, for aesthetic reasons, to move some sections around (which can be done by cut-and-paste) or change their length.

A sample of a section will look like this:

=== [[:Category:Poems|Poems]] ===
<DynamicPageList>
category=Poems
category={{PAGENAME}} works
count=5
suppresserrors=true
</DynamicPageList>

To adapt this to another use:

1. category=Poems and the heading [[:Category:Poems|Poems]] should be changed to a new category.
2. If necessary, category={{PAGENAME}} works can be changed, replacing {{PAGENAME}} with the appropriate year.
3. If the year is featured in the main category, the category={{PAGENAME}} works line can be removed altogether.

For example, to specify the category as Modern Poetry:

=== [[:Category:Modern poetry|Modern poetry]] ===
<DynamicPageList>
category=Modern poetry
category={{PAGENAME}} works
count=5
suppresserrors=true
</DynamicPageList>

To lengthen the section (provided there are enough works or pages to be listed), change the number in the count=5 line to the maximum number of bullet points desired.

More information

• DynamicPageList Extension at MediaWiki
• DynamicPageList at Wikinews
• Template:Countrycategory at Wikinews (an example of a template with DynamicPageLists