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Jcanos (talkcontribs)

Hi, Someone could help me with featured articles ?, I need to put them on my main page but I do not know how

AhmadF.Cheema (talkcontribs)

Wikipedia apparently transcludes (onto the main page) the featured articles from other Wikipedia pages of the form: Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 27, 2017 where the date changes automatically everyday by the usage of the template: {{Wikipedia:Today's featured list/{{#time:F j, Y}}}}.

Apparently, these featured articles are readied as subpages to the "Wikipedia:Today's featured article" page, about 15-16 days before their publication on the main page.

Jcanos (talkcontribs)

Then all the pages are predefined? so to speak

AhmadF.Cheema (talkcontribs)

What you see on the Wikipedia main page is sort of a re-wrtten summary of the article. This re-written summary is apparently placed as a subpage of "Wikipedia:Today's featured list" (~15 days before its presentation date on Wikipedia main page) where it is edited and improved upon until the reserved date.

TheDJ (talkcontribs)

So yes, this is a very much a curated set of content requiring a lot of manual labor. It's not automated in any way, other than having the template know where to look for each days' fragment.

Jcanos (talkcontribs)

Thank you