This sandbox experiment is based on User:Johan G/Template:This months newsletter.
Goal
This template will link to the current FlightGear Newsletter. If it does not yet exist this template will show a red link that when clicked will load a FlightGear Newsletter example with common headings, templates and categories already there, as well as some helpful comments for the editor.
Usage
{{:User:Skybike/Template:This months newsletter |date= |alttext1= |linktext1= | alttext2= |linktext2= |subpage-to= |lang= }}
All parameters are optional
- date
- Default is current date. But you can choose a different date in the form YYYY-MM (like 2024-04).
- linktext1, linktext2
- Alternative name for the blue link to an existing Newsletter ("linktext1", by default "This months newsletter") and to not existing Newsletter ("linktext2", defaults to "Create this months newsletter")
Advanced Usage
- alttext1, alttext2
- Explanatory black text followed by the blue link. It shows up as "alttext1 linktext1" and both of them are empty by default. You will find
alttext1 = Help us write the | linktext1 = Next newsletterat quite some places around this wiki
- subpage-to
- Create the next newsletter as a subpage to subpage-to instead of as a separate page. Can be used for sandbox experiments as a subpage to your user page.
- lang
- This template has {{LangSwitch}} - overwrite that at subpages by entering en, de, fr, es, ca,...
Examples
{{This months newsletter}}
(if it exists: This months newsletter and if not Create this months newsletter
In {{newsletter-header}} we would use alttext= and linktext= to replace the default text:
{{This months newsletter|alttext1=Please help us write|linktext1=the coming edition!|linktext2=Create the coming Newsletter edition}}
Please help us write the coming edition!
On translated pages (like De/Newsletter) you can link to last months english newsletter via:
{{This months newsletter |date=last month |lang= en |alttext1=Add your article to the |linktext2=English newsletter |linktext2=Create English newsletter}}
Add your article to the English newsletter
Technical notes
The template will preload a subpage (User:Skybike/Template:This months newsletter/Newsletter example) to this template with a FlightGear newsletter example for the editor that clicks the link. Visit mediawiki.org to get more information.
You can use the following parameters on the preload subpage:
- $1 for month (01,02,...12)
- $2 for Year (like 2024).
- $3 for current release YYYY.V, now 2020.3. See {{current release}} as source.
Define a subpage with this template (here to [[User:DeleteMe/FlightGear Newsletter April 2024]])
{{This months newsletter|subpage-to=User:DeleteMe}}
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