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Cheatsheet
A quick reference for Signpost layout code
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This is a quick reference of how to accomplish various formatting styles in Signpost articles. For further information, see the formatting guide.
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| Sub-article headlings | ===Introduction to layout===
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Articles can have multiple subheadings |
| High-res, wide-format images | {{Signpost inline image|image=File:Foo.jpg|caption=Your caption.}}
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Place before article headings; only use sparingly within articles |
{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Inline image resizable|width=600|image=File:Foo.jpg|caption=Your caption.}}
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Adjust width number to suit. | |
| Image in the right-hand column | {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler image-v2|image=File:Foo.svg|caption=Some caption}}
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Default size is 300x300px, specify a manual size using the |size=
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| Interactive poll | {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler poll-v2|option1=Yes|votepage=Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Voter/Issues/Test Poll/Votes|option2=No|question=An open poll.}}
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To set up a votepage: save the page, then follow the link in the error message; polls with fewer than ten responses will not display results |
| Quotation | {{Signpost quote|Your quote}}
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| Lengthy quotation | {{Signpost inline quote|Your quote|source=Attribution}}
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Displayed with a green background |
| Right-hanging quote | {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler quote-v2|Your quote}}
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Can also specify |author= and |source=
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| Graph or chart | {{Graph:Chart}}
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See template documentation; set |width=800 to take up the full width, or preferably embed on the right-hand side (see Filler frame)
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| Filler frame: embed any content on the right-hand side | {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler frame-v2|1=Your stuff|caption=A caption}}
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300px wide by default, or set |width= parameter
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| Article tag inline
("For more Signpost coverage on [tag] see our [tag] series") |
{{Signpost series|type=inline|tag=your tag}}
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Place at the very end of a section or article |
| Article tag sidebar
("RELATED ARTICLES: [SERIESTITLE]") |
{{Signpost series|type=sidebar-v2|tag=gendergap|seriestitle=Gender gap}}
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tag – tag to be used;seriestitle – name of the tag as it will appear;
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| In brief images | {{Signpost brief filler image|image=|caption=|size=}}
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| Link to a specific place in a previous article (e.g. an "in brief" item) | {{anchor|Linkname}}
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Place at the point to be linked to in previous article); then you can use [[Foo/Bar#Linkname|link text]] to link to that point
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| Citing Signpost coverage from the same issue | (see [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/<DATE>/Column|''Signpost'' coverage]])
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Less common |
| Citing Signpost coverage from a previous issue | (see previous [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/<DATE>/Column|''Signpost'' coverage]])
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More common |
| Asserting authorship | – {{small|[[User:Resident Mario|R]]}}
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Placed at the end of the piece / section |