Portal:Football in Africa/Selected article

The Selected article box on the portal chooses one of the following at random when displaying the page. Follow the instructions below for adding a new article to the list.

Template
Note that the prefix Image: is not required when using this template, also - the template will auto-wikilink the article entered in the link= field. Further information on this template can be found at Portal:Football in Africa/Selected article/Layout.

To add a new article

 * 1) Click on the next successive empty entry or red link from this page.
 * 2) Paste the above layout template if it isn't already there.
 * 3) Write three or four paragraphs in the text field using information from the selected article, you may find it useful to examine the existing entries for an idea of the length required.
 * 4) Ensure the main title of the article is in bold and add this same article to the link field.
 * 5) Add a free image and caption.
 * 6) Preview the page, check that the image size is correct. If the image is too big, add 100px to the size field.
 * 7) Save the page.
 * 8) Go to the main portal page.
 * 9) Click on edit page.
 * 10) Update max to its new total for the Random portal component on the main page. Make sure that max is the same numerical value as the article entry added above, i.e. if you added article 21, then 21.


 * 1) Copy the following to the article's talk page.