Automated portal content suggestions (purge)

The following suggestions have been automatically generated as content that might be suitable for the portal, subject to review by a human editor. Please do not mindlessly copy items to the portal page without first checking that the suggestions are appropriate.

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Usage

Place on a portal talk page for automated suggestions of possible content which might be suitable for the portal.

Parameters

luapattern: Search pattern for DYKs and ITNs. This is a Lua pattern (similar to a regex pattern), so certain characters have special meanings.
commonscat: Category name on Commons (without the "Category:" prefix) in which to search for images. The searches will include 3 levels of sub-categories below this category.
category: Category name on Wikipedia (without the "Category:" prefix) in which to search for articles. The searches will include 3 levels of sub-categories below this category.

Example

For suggestions for Portal:Cats:

((Portal suggestions|luapattern=%s[Cc]ats?%s|commonscat=Felis silvestris catus|category=Cats))

Automated portal content suggestions (purge)

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* ... that before photographer Philippe Halsman decided to photograph three cats flying through the air, surrealist artist Salvador Dalí had wanted to blow up a duck with dynamite?

* ... that before photographer Philippe Halsman decided to '''[[Dalí Atomicus|photograph three cats flying through the air]]''', surrealist artist Salvador Dalí had wanted to blow up a duck with dynamite?

* ... that a 19th-century horse stable in New York City later housed a luxury pet sitter for cats and dogs?

* ... that '''[[Jonathan W. Allen Stable|a 19th-century horse stable]]''' in New York City later housed a luxury pet sitter for cats and dogs?

* ... that the early big cat Pachypanthera may have weighed as much as 142 kilograms (313 lb) and had teeth similar to a hyena's?

* ... that the early big cat '''''[[Pachypanthera]]''''' may have weighed as much as ((convert|142|kg)) and had teeth similar to a hyena's?

* ... that John Cleese once called Olivia Benson "the weirdest cat I've ever seen in my life"?

* ... that [[John Cleese]] once called '''[[Olivia Benson (cat)|Olivia Benson]]''' "the weirdest cat I've ever seen in my life"?

* ... that Igor Stravinsky suggested that performances of his song "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" should be "a little hooted, a little meowed, a little grunted"?

* ... that [[Igor Stravinsky]] suggested that performances of his song "'''[[The Owl and the Pussy Cat (Stravinsky)|The Owl and the Pussy Cat]]'''" should be "a little hooted, a little meowed, a little grunted"?

* ... that Peter III, a cat employed by the British government, was buried in Ilford with "full honours"?

* ... that '''[[Peter III (cat)|Peter&nbsp;III]]''', a cat employed by the British government, was buried in [[Ilford]] with "full honours"?

Recent In the news items
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Featured, valued, and quality images (on Commons)

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Visual overview of template usage
Layout and formatting	((Box portal skeleton)) ((Box-header)) color palettes plain round square watch ((Box-header colour))¹ ((Box-footer)) ((Flex columns)) ((Plain navboxes))
Content transclusion	((Transclude lead excerpt))² ((Transclude linked excerpt))² ((Transclude list item excerpt))² ((Transclude random excerpt))² ((Transclude selected excerpt))² ((Excerpt)) ((Transclude DYK))⁹ ((Transclude selected current events))³ ((Transclude selected recent additions))⁴
Content slideshows	((Random slideshow))⁵ ((Transclude files as random slideshow))⁵ ((Transclude excerpts as random slideshow))⁶ ((Transclude linked excerpts as random slideshow))⁶ ((Transclude list item excerpts as random slideshow))⁶
Content randomisation	((Random portal component))⁷ ((Random quotation)) ((Random subpage))
General	((Portals)) ((Portals browsebar)) ((Portal description)) ((Portal information sidebar)) ((Portal navbar no header2)) ((Purge link portals)) ((Wikimedia for portals))
Linking templates	((Portal))¹¹ ((Portal bar))¹² ((Portal-inline))¹³ ((Pbox)) ((Related portals2))
Talk pages / Maintenance	((Portal talk)) ((Portal maintenance status))⁸ ((Portal suggestions)) ((Portal toolbox)) ((WikiProject Portals))⁸
Images	((Portal dynamic image)) ((Portal image banner))¹⁰ ((Portal pictures))¹⁴ ((Portal POTD))
Modules	¹ Module:Box-header ² Module:Excerpt/portals ³ Module:Selected current events ⁴ Module:Selected recent additions ⁵ Module:Random slideshow ⁶ Module:Excerpt slideshow ⁷ Module:Random portal component ⁸ Module:Portal maintenance status ⁹ Module:Transclude DYK ¹⁰ Module:Portal image banner ¹¹ Module:Portal ¹² Module:Portal bar ¹³ Module:Portal-inline ¹⁴ Module:Portal pictures
Usage	Wikipedia:Portal Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals
For more information, see: Category:Template-Class Portal pages and Category:Wikipedia Portal templates

TemplateData

Automated suggestion of content additions to a portal

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Lua Pattern	`luapattern`	Search pattern for DYK and ITN sections Example luapattern=%s[Cc]ats?%s	String	suggested
Commons Category	`commonscat`	Related category on Wikimedia Commons Example commonscat=Felis silvestris catus	String	suggested
Category	`category`	Related category on Wikipedia Example category=Cats	String	suggested

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Portal suggestions/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

Usage

Parameters

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