Template:Excerpt

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This template is used for transcluding part of an article into another article. This template extends the capabilities of the built-in Help:Labeled section transclusion function.

Usage

Basic usage

• Template:Tnull — Transclude the lead section of an article (example).
• Template:Tnull — Transclude a specific section excluding any subsections (example).

Parameters

• 1 or article — Title of the article to transclude. Only required parameter. If no other parameters are used, the lead section will be transcluded (example).
• 2 or section — Title of the section to transclude (example).
• only — Reduce the transcluded content to this element only
  • only=table or only=tables — Transclude only the tables of the requested section (example).
  • only=list or only=lists — Transclude only the lists of the requested section (example).
  • only=file or only=files — Transclude only the files of the requested section, optionally cherry-picked with the files parameter (example).
• fragment — Name of the fragment to transclude. Must be marked with <section begin=Name of the fragment/> and <section end=Name of the fragment/> in the transcluded article (example).
• this — Change the initial text of the hatnote. For example, if the transcluded content is a gallery, you can set this=This gallery is so that the hatnote reads "This gallery is an excerpt from..." (example).
• nohat — Hide the hatnote "This section is an excerpt from..."
• paragraphs — Specify the paragraphs to transclude. For example 1-3,5 will transclude paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 5. By default all paragraphs are transcluded. Notice that if the paragraph order changes in the source article, the transcluded paragraphs will change too and without any notice, so use with caution. Doesn't work with fragment.
• files — Specify the files to transclude. For example 1-3,5 will transclude files 1, 2, 3 and 5. By default only the first file is transcluded. Doesn't work with fragment.
• indicator — Determines whether to show a vertical bar along the excerpt to indicate where it starts and where it ends. By default none is shown. Set to yes to cause it to show.
• references — Determines whether to transclude references or not. By default all references are transcluded. Set to no to prevent it.
• tables — Determines whether to transclude tables or not. By default all tables are transcluded. Set to no to prevent it.
• subsections — Use together with section to transclude the entire section including any subsections. 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.
• tag — By default the excerpt is wrapped with <div> tags. Set to span to wrap it with <span> tags instead.

Replacing Template:Main

File:How to excerpt.webm

Sections are often summaries of more precise subarticles (generally linked with Template:Main). Sometimes it's convenient to replace such sections for excerpts of the subarticles, after merging the original content of the section (if any) in the subarticle. This improves both the subarticle and the section, reduces maintenance, drives contributors to collaborate, etc.

An efficient way to proceed is:

1. Open the section in one tab and the subarticle in another.
2. Edit both.
3. Copy the text of the section and paste it below the lead section of the subarticle.
4. Delete repeated content and adjust using common sense.
5. Save the changes in the subrticle with an edit summary like: Bring content from [[Article]].
6. Back to the section, delete all content and replace it for an excerpt of the subarticle.
7. Save the changes in the section with an edit summary like: Move content to [[Subarticle]] and leave an excerpt.

Compared to #section

For simple cases of transcluding sections of articles, the Template:Pf, Template:Pf, and Template:Pf (abbreviated Template:Pf, Template:Pf, and Template:Pf)) parser functions can be used instead of this template. Template:Pf will transclude the section of "article" with the header "section", and Template:Pf will transclude the lead section of "article". Excerpting only specific paragraphs can be done by marking up the source article with <section>...</section> tags and using Template:Pf to transclude those fragments, which is equivalent to using the |fragment= parameter with this template. <lsth>...</lsth> can also be used to transclude everything but those fragments.

The text will not be trimmed of excess whitespace, there will not be a header (equivalent to |nohat=yes, and all files, templates, tables, references, and subsections will be included unless the source article is marked up with <section>...</section>, <noinclude>...</noinclude>, or <onlyinclude>...</onlyinclude> tags. Self links will appear in bold.

Examples

Lead section

{{Excerpt|Science}}

Specific section

{{Excerpt|Science|Branches of science}}

Table only

{{Excerpt|Science|Branches of science|only=table}}

File only

{{Excerpt|Science|19th century|only=file|files=2}}

List only

{{Excerpt|Indian philosophy|Orthodox schools|only=list}}

Specific fragment

{{Excerpt|2020 Republican Party presidential primaries|fragment=declared|this=These tables are}}

See also

• Wikipedia:Excerpts
• Category:Articles with excerpts, or Pages that link to "Template:Excerpt" (articles) (unsorted)
• Category:Articles with broken excerpts
• Help:Labeled section transclusion – A more efficient method for simple section transclusions
• Wikipedia:Transclusion#Selective transclusion – how to transclude one or more sections of an article or project page into another
• {{Transcluded section}} – creates hatnote but does not transclude the section
  • Pages that link to "Template:Transcluded section" (articles) (unsorted)
• {{Transcluding article}} – transcludes one or more entire pages
  • Pages that link to "Template:Transcluding article" (articles) (unsorted)
• meta:Grants:Project/Rapid/Sophivorus/Excerpts - Grant to spread excerpts to various Wikipedias

Template data

This template is used for transcluding part of an article into another article.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Article	1 article	Title of the article to transclude Example Science	Page	required
Section	2 section	Title of the section to transclude Example History	String	optional
Only	only	Reduce the transcluded content to this element only Example table	String	optional
Fragment	fragment	Name of the fragment to transclude Example definition	String	optional
This	this	Change the initial text of the hatnote Example This gallery is	String	optional
No hatnote	nohat	Whether to remove the hatnote Example yes	Boolean	optional
Indicator	indicator	Whether to indicate the start and finish of the excerpt Example yes	Boolean	optional
Paragraphs	paragraphs	What paragraphs to transclude Example 1-3,5	String	optional
Files	files	What files to transclude Default 1 Example 1-3,5	String	optional
Tables	tables	Determines whether to transclude tables or not Default yes Example no	Boolean	optional
References	references	Determines whether to transclude references or not Default yes Example no	Boolean	optional
Subsections	subsections	Whether to transclude the subsections of the requested section Example yes	Boolean	optional
Tag	tag	Allows use of "span" rather than "div" for when you don't want a line break before or after the excerpt Default div Example span	String	optional