Form:NewsItem: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 11:31, 18 January 2026

This form creates a News Item page for Portal:Current Events. Recommended workflow: use the "Add News Item" button on the portal (auto stub title).

NewsItem

Date (required):	date
Category (required):	category
Headline (required):	title
Summary (required):	summary
Source URL (required):	source
Ongoing event (hub):	part_of_campaign
Country:	country
Province/State:	admin1
District:	admin2
Locality:	locality
Coordinates:	coordinates
Growing region:	growing_region
Growing area:	growing_area

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 <noinclude>
-This is the "NewsItem" form.
+This form creates a News Item page for [[Portal:Current Events]].
-Creates a stub page that the bot will auto-canonicalize.
+Recommended workflow: use the "Add News Item" button on the portal (auto stub title).
+</noinclude>
-{{#forminput:form=NewsItem|size=50|placeholder=News:YYYY-MM-DD/stub|default value=News:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY}}/stub}}
-</noinclude><includeonly>
 {{{for template|NewsItem}}}
 {| class="formtable"
-! Date:
+! Date (required):
 | {{{field|date|input type=datepicker|mandatory}}}
 |-
-! Category:
+! Category (required):
-| {{{field|category|input type=dropdown|values=Enforcement,Policy,Research,Conservation,Cultural|mandatory}}}
+| {{{field|category|input type=dropdown|property=Has event category|mandatory}}}
 |-
-! Title:
+! Headline (required):
-| {{{field|title|input type=text|size=80|mandatory}}}
+| {{{field|title|input type=text|mandatory}}}
 |-
-! Summary:
+! Summary (required):
-| {{{field|summary|input type=textarea|rows=5|cols=80|mandatory}}}
+| {{{field|summary|input type=textarea|rows=4|mandatory}}}
 |-
-! Source URL:
+! Source URL (required):
-| {{{field|source|input type=text|size=80|mandatory}}}
+| {{{field|source|input type=url|mandatory}}}
 |-
-! Part of campaign:
+! Ongoing event (hub):
-| {{{field|part_of_campaign|input type=text|size=60}}}
+| {{{field|part_of_campaign|property=Has part of campaign|input type=page|placeholder=Start typing the hub page…}}}
 |-
 ! Country:
-| {{{field|country|input type=text|size=40}}}
+| {{{field|country|input type=page}}}
 |-
-! Admin 1:
+! Province/State:
-| {{{field|admin1|input type=text|size=40}}}
+| {{{field|admin1|input type=text|placeholder=State / Province / Region…}}}
 |-
-! Admin 2:
+! District:
-| {{{field|admin2|input type=text|size=40}}}
+| {{{field|admin2|input type=text|placeholder=District / County…}}}
 |-
 ! Locality:
-| {{{field|locality|input type=textarea|rows=2|cols=60}}}
+| {{{field|locality|input type=text|placeholder=Town / area / site…}}}
 |-
 ! Coordinates:
-| {{{field|coordinates|input type=text|size=40|placeholder=latitude, longitude}}}
+| {{{field|coordinates|property=Has event coordinates|input type=coordinates|placeholder=lat, lon}}}
+|-
+! Growing region:
+| {{{field|growing_region|input type=page}}}
 |-
-! Growing Region:
+! Growing area:
-| {{{field|growing_region|input type=text|size=40}}}
+| {{{field|growing_area|input type=page}}}
 |}
 {{{end template}}}
-{{{standard input|save}}} {{{standard input|preview}}} {{{standard input|changes}}} {{{standard input|cancel}}}
+[[Category:News Item]]
-</includeonly>
+<div style="display:none;">
+[[Has event date::___date___]]
+[[Has event category::___category___]]
+[[Has event headline::___title___]]
+[[Has event summary::___summary___]]
+[[Has source URL::___source___]]
+[[Has part of campaign::___part_of_campaign___]]
+[[Has country::___country___]]
+[[Has admin subdivision 1::___admin1___]]
+[[Has admin subdivision 2::___admin2___]]
+[[Has locality::___locality___]]
+[[Has event coordinates::___coordinates___]]
+[[Has growing region::___growing_region___]]
+[[Has growing area::___growing_area___]]
+</div>
+{{{standard input|save}}} {{{standard input|preview}}} {{{standard input|cancel}}}