Transclude linked excerpt transcludes the lead of an article as an excerpt. It is designed for use in portals. It returns the text of an article up to but excluding the first header, after removing:

  • initial templates such as infoboxes, hatnotes and article improvement tags
  • noinclude sections
  • references and footnotes
  • images, unless specifically retained
{{Transclude linked excerpt | 1= | section= | sectiononly= | paragraphs= | files= | fileargs= | more= | errors= }}

The template accepts one page name as an unnamed parameter. Wikilinks are collected from that page, or a section of it. One wikilink is selected randomly, and its destination is transcluded. (If the selected page is invalid, the template will choose again.) Include a namespace where necessary. There are no other positional parameters, but there are some optional named parameters:

  • A section name such as section=Featured articles; the default is to collect wikilinks from all sections.
    • A flag sectiononly=yes to exclude subsections.
  • A list of paragraphs such as paragraphs=1,3-5; the default is all paragraphs.
  • A list of file (image) numbers such as files=1; the default is no images. Non-free images are removed.
  • Arguments to pass to File: such as fileargs=left to move images to the left; the default is none.
  • A link to the article itself such as more=(more); the default is no link. Short cut: more= produces Read more...
  • errors= to allow Lua error messages to appear in the output

paragraphs= and files= each accept a comma-separated list containing numbers and/or number ranges in the format min-max.

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Transclude linked excerpt transcludes the lead of a randomly chosen article as an excerpt

Template parameters[Edit template data]

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ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
11

The name of a page containing wikilinks to articles which may be transcluded

Default
empty
Example
Aviation, 1=Aviation
Stringrequired
sectionsection

Limits wikilink collection to one section of the page

Default
empty
Example
section=Featured articles
Stringoptional
sectiononlysectiononly

Excludes subsections of the selected section

Default
false
Example
sectiononly=yes
Booleanoptional
Paragraphsparagraphs

Numbers of the paragraphs to be transcluded, as a comma-separated list containing numbers and/or number ranges in the format min-max

Default
all paragraphs
Example
paragraphs=1,3-5
Stringoptional
Filesfiles

Numbers of the images to be transcluded, as a comma-separated list containing numbers and/or number ranges in the format min-max

Default
no files
Example
files=1,3-5
Stringoptional
FileArgsfileargs

Arguments to pass to File:

Default
no arguments
Example
fileargs=left
Stringoptional
Moremore

Text for trailing link to the entire article. Note: more= with no value produces the standard text: Read more...

Default
no link
Example
more=(more)
Stringoptional
Errorserrors

Allow Lua error messages to appear in the output?

Default
false
Example
errors=true
Booleanoptional