Template:Excerpt

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{{Lua|Module:Excerpt}} This template is used for reusing parts of pages in other pages. This practice has several advantages:


 * Reduces maintenance by avoiding duplicate content that must be updated multiple times


 * Improves content quality by encouraging editors to merge related content, rather than having multiple versions in various stages of development


 * Fosters collaboration by channeling contributors into one place, rather than working in parallel

This template extends the capabilities of the built-in normal transclusion.

Basic usage

 * — Transclude the lead section (example)
 * — Transclude a specific section, excluding any subsections (example)

Parameters

 * — Title of the page to transclude. Only required parameter.  By default the lead section will be transcluded (example).
 * — Title of the section to transclude (example) or name of the  tag to transclude.  Notice that this template provides other ways of targeting specific elements of a page without having to resort to section tags.
 * — Elements to transclude (example). By default all elements are transcluded.
 * or  — Transclude only files
 * or  — Transclude only lists
 * or  — Transclude only tables
 * or  — Transclude only templates
 * or  — Transclude only paragraphs
 * — Paragraphs to transclude. By default all paragraphs are transcluded.
 * — Transclude no paragraphs
 * — Transclude the first paragraph
 * — Transclude the second paragraph
 * — Transclude the first and third paragraphs
 * — Transclude the first, second and third paragraphs
 * — Transclude the first, second, third and fifth paragraphs
 * — Transclude all paragraphs except the first
 * — Transclude all paragraphs except the second
 * — Transclude all paragraphs except the first and third
 * — Transclude all paragraphs except the first, second and third
 * — Transclude all paragraphs except the first, second, third and fifth
 * — Lists to transclude. By default all lists are transcluded.  Same syntax as when transcluding paragraphs.
 * — Files to transclude. By default all files are transcluded.  Same syntax as when transcluding paragraphs, but also:
 * — Transclude the file named ' A.jpg '
 * — Transclude the files named ' A.jpg ', ' B.png ' and ' C.gif '
 * — Transclude all PNG files
 * — Transclude all files except the one named ' A.jpg '
 * — Transclude all files except the ones named ' A.jpg ', ' B.png ' and ' C.gif '
 * — Transclude all non-PNG files
 * — Tables to transclude. By default all tables are transcluded.  Same syntax as when transcluding paragraphs, but also:
 * — Transclude the table with id ' Stats2020 '
 * — Transclude the tables with ids ' Stats2020 ', ' Stats2019 ' and ' Stats2018 '
 * — Transclude all tables except the one with id ' Stats2020 '
 * — Transclude all tables except the ones with ids ' Stats2020 ', ' Stats2019 ' and ' Stats2018 '
 * — Templates to transclude. By default all templates are transcluded.  Same syntax as when transcluding paragraphs, but also:
 * — Transclude the template ' Infobox '
 * — Transclude the template ' Infobox ', ' Navbox ' and ' Chart '
 * — Transclude all templates except ' Infobox '
 * — Transclude all templates except ' Infobox ', ' Navbox ' and ' Chart '
 * — Change the initial text of the hatnote. For example, if the transcluded content is a gallery, you can set so that the hatnote reads "This gallery is an excerpt from..."
 * — Change the text of the link in the hatnote. For example to add italics, subscripts, etc.
 * — Hide the hatnote "This section is an excerpt from..."
 * — Show a "Read more..." link at the end
 * — Keep bold text.
 * — Wrap the excerpt with tags.
 * — Remove the hatnote and tags around the excerpt, to use it inside other text.
 * — Remove all references.
 * — Include subsections of the transcluded section. Notice that if the transclusion is done from a section level 3, and the transcluded subsections are level 3 too, then the transcluded subsections will show with the same hierarchy as the transcluding section, which is probably not desirable, so use with caution.

Replacing summary section with excerpt


A section is often a summary in a parent article of a more detailed page about a subtopic located in a child page. Sometimes it's convenient to replace the content of such a summary section with an excerpt of the child page lead. This improves both the parent section and the child page.

In such cases, an efficient way to proceed is:


 * 1) Open the parent section for editing in one tab, and the child page in another.
 * 1) Copy the text of the parent section and append it to the lead section of the child page.
 * 1) Consolidate and adjust the combined lead using common sense.
 * 1) Save the changes in the child article with an edit summary like: Copied content from Page ; see that article's history for attribution.
 * 1) In the parent page section, delete all content except the section header and replace it with an excerpt of the child page lead.
 * 1) Save the changes in the section with an edit summary like: Moved section content to Child page and replaced with an excerpt.

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