Template:Editnotices/Group/Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue

This page is a draft for the next issue of the Signpost. Below is some helpful code that will help you write and format a Signpost draft. If it's blank, you can fill out a template by copy-pasting this in and pressing 'publish changes':

To put an image in your article, use the following template (link):
 * Sidebar images

This will create the file on the right. Keep the 300px in most cases. If writing a 'full width' article, change no to yes.

Placing (link) will instead create an inline image like below
 * Inline images

To create a gallery, use the following to create
 * Galleries


 * Framed quotes

To insert a framed quote like the one on the right, use this template (link): If writing a 'full width' article, change no to yes.

To insert a pull quote like
 * Pull quotes

use this template (link):

To insert a long inline quote like
 * Long quotes

use this template (link):

Side frames help put content in sidebar vignettes. For instance, this one (link): gives the frame on the right. This is useful when you want to insert non-standard images, quotes, graphs, and the like.


 * Example − Graph/Charts

For example, to insert the Graph:Chart generated by in a frame, simple put the graph code in 1 to get the framed Graph:Chart on the right.

If writing a 'full width' article, change no to yes.

If you keep the 'normal' preloaded draft and work from there, you will be using the two-column style. This is perfectly fine in most cases and you don't need to do anything.

However, every time you have a no and change it to yes (or vice-versa), the article will take that style from that point onwards (yes → full width, no → two-column). By default, omitting fullwidth is the same as putting no and the article will have two columns after that. Again, this is perfectly fine in most cases, and you don't need to do anything.

However, you can also fine-tune which style is used at which point in an article.

To switch from two-column → full width style midway in an article, insert where you want the switch to happen.

To switch from full width → two-column style midway in an article, insert where you want the switch to happen.

To add a series of 'related articles' your article, use the following code or

will create the sidebar on the right. If writing a 'full width' article, change no to yes. A partial list of valid tag parameters can be found at here and will decide the list of articles presented. seriestitle is the title that will appear below 'Related articles' in the box.

Alternatively, you can use at the end of an article to create

If you think a topic would make a good series, but you don't see a tag for it, or that all the articles in a series seem 'old', ask for help at the WT:NEWSROOM. Many more tags exist, but they haven't been documented yet.


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