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*'''The only pages that you can not choose as a Featured Article are song pages or images.''' | *'''The only pages that you can not choose as a Featured Article are song pages or images.''' | ||
'''Let's say we're going to feature ''[[Maladroit]]''.''' | |||
====What you'll find on an "incomplete" featured page==== | ====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: | 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: | ||
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{{Template:Featured page header|year=2023|month=March|pagetype=article|edited=yes}} | {{Template:Featured page header|year=2023|month=March|pagetype=article|edited=yes}} | ||
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===Update the "Featured article code"=== | ===Update the "Featured article code" template=== | ||
====Headline==== | ====Headline==== | ||
There is a headline above every featured item on the [[Main Page]], as well as an accompanying image. These are easy to set up with our copy-and-pasted wikitext. Look to the second line of wikitext on your page. Using our previous example, it looks like this: | There is a headline above every featured item on the [[Main Page]], as well as an accompanying image. These are easy to set up with our copy-and-pasted wikitext. Look to the second line of wikitext on your page. Using our previous example, it looks like this: | ||
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===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]] | ||