Template:Transclude selected current events
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. Mar 14, 2025 rather than 14 Mar 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}
- 14 March 2025 – South Africa–European Union relations
- President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announces that the European Union will invest €4.7 billion (US$5 billion) in aid and development projects in South Africa after the United States ended most of its USAID programs. (DW) (Reuters)
- 11 March 2025 – Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The military chiefs of all European NATO countries meet in Paris, France, to discuss a potential European peacekeeping force in Ukraine, alongside Ukrainian representatives. The U.S. was not involved in the meeting. (RFE/RL)
- 6 March 2025 – 2020s European re-armament
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces that Spain will accelerate defense spending to 2% of its GDP in four years. (El Mundo)
- 6 March 2025 –
- The European Court of Justice fines Germany €34 million (US$36.7 million) for failing to implement a European Union law to protect whistleblowers by 2021. The Court also fines Czechia €2.3 million, Hungary €1.5 million, and Luxembourg and Estonia €500,000 each for the same reason. (DW)
- 2 March 2025 – Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- United Kingdom prime minister Keir Starmer announces after a meeting of European Union leaders in London that a "coalition of the willing" is working on a Ukraine peace plan that they will present to U.S. president Donald Trump. (Sky News)
- 27 February 2025 – Denmark–United States relations
- Danish retailer group Salling Group, which operates around 34% of the retail market share in the country, announces it will start differentiating brands owned by European companies from American ones, in retaliation to U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed acquisition of Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm. (DW)
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
- 14 March 2025 – South Africa–European Union relations
- President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announces that the European Union will invest €4.7 billion (US$5 billion) in aid and development projects in South Africa after the United States ended most of its USAID programs. (DW) (Reuters)
- 11 March 2025 – Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The military chiefs of all European NATO countries meet in Paris, France, to discuss a potential European peacekeeping force in Ukraine, alongside Ukrainian representatives. The U.S. was not involved in the meeting. (RFE/RL)
- 6 March 2025 – 2020s European re-armament
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces that Spain will accelerate defense spending to 2% of its GDP in four years. (El Mundo)
- 6 March 2025 –
- The European Court of Justice fines Germany €34 million (US$36.7 million) for failing to implement a European Union law to protect whistleblowers by 2021. The Court also fines Czechia €2.3 million, Hungary €1.5 million, and Luxembourg and Estonia €500,000 each for the same reason. (DW)
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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- {Template cache} – companion template
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