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===Choose a month=== | |||
Check out the table on the [[Weezerpedia:Featured video#"I want to edit the featured video..."|Weezerpedia:Featured video]] page, and find a month that isn't complete yet. [[:Category:Incomplete featured content]] lists all featured content pages that need editing. | |||
Let's say you select '''March 2023''', for example. | |||
====What you'll find on an "incomplete" featured page==== | |||
Prior to being edited by users, featured content pages are all created by site admin at the beginning of the calendar year and left "incomplete." Looks like this: | |||
[[Image:Featured video help 4.png|500px|left|thumb]] | |||
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If you open up a page like this to edit it, you'll see: | |||
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{{Template:Featured page header|year=2023|month=March|pagetype=video|edited=}} | |||
<onlyinclude><includeonly>{{Weezerpedia:Featured video February 2023}}</onlyinclude></includeonly> | |||
</pre> | |||
Looks kinda confusing and strange! Don't worry. All you need to do is... | |||
==Copy from a previous month== | ==Copy from a previous month== | ||
The easiest way to feature a video is to update the wikitext from a previous month. You can pull the formatting from a past month, replace a few details, and you will have a readymade page! | The easiest way to feature a video is to update the wikitext from a previous month. You can pull the formatting from a past month, replace a few details, and you will have a readymade page! | ||
Sticking with our example above, we'd navigate to [[Weezerpedia:Featured video February 2023]], hit edit, and copy everything there. We'd then dash back to the March 2023 page, and replace all the content there with the wikitext on our clipboard. | |||
===Update the featured page header=== | ===Update the featured page header=== | ||
Continuing with March/February 2023 as our examples, our page will now look like this: | Continuing with March/February 2023 as our examples, our page will now look like this: | ||
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{{Template:Featured page header|year=2023|month=February|pagetype=video|edited=yes}} | <noinclude>{{Template:Featured page header|year=2023|month=February|pagetype=video|edited=yes}}<noinclude> | ||
{{Featured video | {{Featured video code|header=[[Weezer]] perform ''[[Lullaby for Wayne]]'' live, with altered lyrics, in dedication to [[Pat Finn]] ; [[April 29]], [[1993]]|youtubeid=<youtube>-g0xpSkApHo</youtube>}} | ||
<noinclude>[[Category:Weezerpedia]] [[Category:Featured content February 2023]]</noinclude> | |||
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===Change the " | ===Change the "header"=== | ||
Our page will now look like this: | Our page will now look like this: | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
{{Template:Featured page header|year=2023|month=March|pagetype=video|edited=yes}} | <noinclude>{{Template:Featured page header|year=2023|month=March|pagetype=video|edited=yes}}<noinclude> | ||
{{Featured video | {{Featured video code|header=[[Weezer]] perform ''[[Lullaby for Wayne]]'' live, with altered lyrics, in dedication to [[Pat Finn]] ; [[April 29]], [[1993]]|youtubeid=<youtube>-g0xpSkApHo</youtube>}} | ||
<noinclude>[[Category:Weezerpedia]] [[Category:Featured content February 2023]]</noinclude> | |||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
There is a | There is a header above every featured article, song, video, and image on the [[Main Page]]. For videos, it reads ''Featured Video: SHORT DESCRIPTION''. This needs to be changed for your new video. | ||
Look to the | Look to the first "parameter" of this template to edit the header. Everything between the equals sign and the next straight bracket character you see (<nowiki>|</nowiki>) will display as your header. | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
{{Featured video | {{Featured video code|header=[[Weezer]] perform ''[[Lullaby for Wayne]]'' live, with altered lyrics, in dedication to [[Pat Finn]] ; [[April 29]], [[1993]]|youtubeid=<youtube>-g0xpSkApHo</youtube>}} | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
Using the above video as an example, we could enter the following: | Using the above video as an example, we could enter the following: | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
{{Featured video | {{Featured video code|header=[[Weezer]] performing "[[Why Bother]]" live [[Weezer concert: 12/22/2005|in Tokyo, Japan]] with [[Brian Bell]] on lead vocals; [[December 22]], [[2005]]|youtubeid=<youtube>-g0xpSkApHo</youtube>}} | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
The | The header should explain the What, When, and Where of the video. If you don't know all of that information, put what works. It should be a short and sweet snippet of a sentence. Be sure to ''link to anything relevant''. | ||
==Pause to preview== | ==Pause to preview== | ||
To quote [[User:Deckra]]: | To quote [[User:Deckra]]: | ||
[[Image:Preview preview preview.png|thumb|left|300px]] | [[Image:Preview preview preview.png|thumb|left|300px]] | ||
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It's always a good idea to preview your pages as you go. Take a moment to pause and make sure everything is coming out okay so far. There are three buttons at the bottom of your editing box - click the middle one! | It's always a good idea to preview your pages as you go. Take a moment to pause and make sure everything is coming out okay so far. There are three buttons at the bottom of your editing box - click the middle one! | ||
[[Image:Preview button.png|thumb|left|300px]] | [[Image:Preview button.png|thumb|left|300px]] | ||
{{clear}} | |||
Everything look okay? | Everything look okay? | ||
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Our page will now look like this: | Our page will now look like this: | ||
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{{Template:Featured page header|year=2023|month=March|pagetype=video|edited=yes}} | <noinclude>{{Template:Featured page header|year=2023|month=March|pagetype=video|edited=yes}}<noinclude> | ||
{{Featured video | {{Featured video code|header=[[Weezer]] performing "[[Why Bother]]" live [[Weezer concert: 12/22/2005|in Tokyo, Japan]] with [[Brian Bell]] on lead vocals; [[December 22]], [[2005]]|youtubeid=<youtube>-g0xpSkApHo</youtube>}} | ||
<noinclude>[[Category:Weezerpedia]] [[Category:Featured content February 2023]]</noinclude> | |||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
You can embed your video in the | You can embed your video in the second parameter - the one labeled "youtubeid." | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
{{Featured video code|header=[[Weezer]] performing "[[Why Bother]]" live [[Weezer concert: 12/22/2005|in Tokyo, Japan]] with [[Brian Bell]] on lead vocals; [[December 22]], [[2005]]|youtubeid=<youtube>-g0xpSkApHo</youtube>}} | |||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
Notice that '''you need to include the tags ''<nowiki><youtube></nowiki>'' and ''<nowiki></youtube></nowiki>'' around the Youtube Video ID number''' that you're pulling from Youtube. Without those tags, the template won't work. | |||
Updated with our "Why Bother" example, the whole page will look like this: | Updated with our "Why Bother" example, the whole page will look like this: | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
{{Template:Featured page header|year=2023|month=March|pagetype=video|edited=yes}} | <noinclude>{{Template:Featured page header|year=2023|month=March|pagetype=video|edited=yes}}<noinclude> | ||
{{Featured video | {{Featured video code|header=[[Weezer]] performing "[[Why Bother]]" live [[Weezer concert: 12/22/2005|in Tokyo, Japan]] with [[Brian Bell]] on lead vocals; [[December 22]], [[2005]]|youtubeid=<youtube>uVYS-xo6mLw</youtube>}} | ||
<noinclude>[[Category:Weezerpedia]] [[Category:Featured content February 2023]]</noinclude> | |||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
==Preview, save== | ==Preview, save== | ||
Thank you for helping Weezerpedia! Weezerpedia can only grow if people like you help edit and contribute to it. Thanks for your effort! | That's it for the basics! All the other wikitext you see on there you don't even have to worry about. Thank you for helping Weezerpedia! Weezerpedia can only grow if people like you help edit and contribute to it. Thanks for your effort! | ||
=Extra mile steps= | =Extra mile steps= | ||
==Update the featured video list== | ==Update the featured video list== | ||