Template:Selected DYK

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If you are using the {{Random subpage}} template, do not use this template as the resulting Did you know... section will not be formatted correctly.

This template is designed to be used with the {{Random portal component}} and {{Random portal component with nominate}} templates.

Template layout lemba

{{Selected DYK
| image   = 
| size    = 
| caption = 
| text    = <!--- Required --->
| link    = 
}}

Usage lemba

It is unnecessary to include braces, quotation marks or other wiki-markup in the template. The |text= field does allow the use of wiki-markup at the contributor's discretion.

image - Places an image relating to the subject of the article on the left side of the section.
size - Sets the image size, if left out or left blank it will default to 250px.
caption - Creates a caption for the image.
text - is the "Did you know" verbiage. No quotation marks needed.
link - is the link to the article the subject is referring.

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{{Selected DYK
| image   = Modern Charcuterie display.jpg
| size    = 
| caption = 
| text    = that '''charcuterie''' is derived ... ?
| link    = charcuterie
}}

Will produce:

... that charcuterie is derived from the French words for "flesh" (chair) and "cooked" (cuit) is the branch of cooking devoted to prepared meat products such as bacon, ham, sausage, terrines, galantines, pâtés, and confit, primarily from pork. ?

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Layout and formatting	{{Box portal skeleton}} {{Box-header}} color palettes plain round square watch {{Box-header colour}}¹ {{Box-footer}} {{Flex columns}} {{Plain navboxes}}
Content transclusion	{{Transclude lead excerpt}}² {{Transclude linked excerpt}}² {{Transclude list item excerpt}}² {{Transclude random excerpt}}² {{Transclude selected excerpt}}² {{Excerpt}} {{Transclude DYK}}⁹ {{Transclude selected current events}}³ {{Transclude selected recent additions}}⁴
Content slideshows	{{Random slideshow}}⁵ {{Transclude files as random slideshow}}⁵ {{Transclude excerpts as random slideshow}}⁶ {{Transclude linked excerpts as random slideshow}}⁶ {{Transclude list item excerpts as random slideshow}}⁶
Content randomisation	{{Random portal component}}⁷ {{Random quotation}} {{Random subpage}}
General	{{Portals}} {{Portals browsebar}} {{Portal description}} {{Portal information sidebar}} {{Portal navbar no header2}} {{Purge link portals}} {{Wikimedia for portals}}
Linking templates	{{Portal}} {{Portal bar}} {{Portal-inline}}¹¹ {{Pbox}} {{Related portals2}}
Talk pages / Maintenance	{{Portal talk}} {{Portal maintenance status}}⁸ {{Portal suggestions}} {{Portal toolbox}} {{WikiProject Portals}}⁸
Images	{{Portal dynamic image}} {{Portal image banner}}¹⁰ {{Portal pictures}}¹² {{Portal POTD}}
Modules	¹ Module:Box-header ² Module:Excerpt/portals ³ Module:Selected current events ⁴ Module:Selected recent additions ⁵ Module:Random slideshow ⁶ Module:Excerpt slideshow ⁷ Module:Random portal component ⁸ Module:Portal maintenance status ⁹ Module:Transclude DYK ¹⁰ Module:Portal image banner ¹¹ Module:Portal-inline ¹² Module:Portal pictures
Usage	Wikipedia:Portal Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals
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