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Line 2: {{nosubst}} This is a template for nominating new candidates for the ''In the News'' section at [[WP:ITNC]]. The template has two main parameters, article and blurb. If they are missing it states no article specified and no blurb specified. The article automatically links to the page. Empty parameters are optional. Example usage: '''{{tlx\|ITN candidate\|<nowiki>article=Example\|blurb=Reason why [[Example]] is in the news</nowiki>}}'''▼ ~~===Syntax===~~ {{ITN candidate/syntax}}▼ ===Parameters=== ~~All the parameters are optional.~~ article: the main article in the news. article2,: ~~which~~a ~~allows for two~~second related ~~articles~~article in the news tothat can be nominated in the same blurb. ~~Use~~Rarely ~~rarely~~used.▼ image: a relevant free-use, not [[WP:NFC\|fair-use]], image suitable for the main page. blurb: a brief description of why the article is in the news. Does not show with Recent deaths/Ongoing, use altblurb instead. recent deaths: to propose items for recent deaths. ongoing: to propose/remove items for ongoing. altblurb(#),: possible alternative wording of the blurb. Can also be filled with the alternatively proposed blurb, when unsure whether the item should be posted under Recent deaths/Ongoing, or as a full blurb. ~~Specifying this is entirely optional, and nominations without altblurb are procedurally more straightforward.~~▼ sources~~, which are~~: links to relevant news sources showing why the nominated article is in the news.▼ updated~~, which can be yes or no, and~~: changes the 'Article' text to 'Updated article', or 'Article to update' respectively.▼ updated2,: per above ~~but only~~, if the article2 parameter is used.▼ nominator,: ~~which should be~~automatically filled in with the username of the person nominating the candidate article and story.▼ updater,: which should be filled in ~~if and/or~~ when the article to be posted is updated, with the username of the person who has contributed the most to updates.▼ ~~updater2;~~updater(#): ~~updater3,~~per ~~same as updater~~above but allowing for the possibility that the article was jointly updated▼ If both nominator and updater are the same person, both fields must still be filled in,. ~~although the~~The template will return one line with the user credited as both nominator and updater.▼ ITNR,: ~~which can be~~if yes ~~or no~~, ~~if yes~~ a comment is added about the item being a [[WP:ITN/R\|recurring item ~~and so that its importance has already been considered~~]].▼ nom cmt~~, which is~~: the nominator's reasoning for nominating the item and can be used to note potential problems with the nomination or article.▼ sign~~, which is~~: the nominator's signature (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).▼ ===Full syntax=== The template has two main parameters, article and blurb, and if they are missing it states no article specified, and no blurb specified. The article automatically gets a link created to the article page.<br /> ▲{{ITN candidate/syntax}} ▲'''{{tlx\|ITN candidate\|<nowiki>article=Example\|blurb=Reason why [[Example]] is in the news</nowiki>}}''' ~~===Other parameters===~~ recent deaths and ongoing, which when set to "yes" in the absence of the blurb parameter indicate that the nominator is only seeking a '''[[WT:In_the_news#Recent_Deaths_.2F_In_The_News_change_proposal\|Recent deaths]]:''' or '''Ongoing:''' mention being posted instead of a blurb ▲altblurb(#), possible alternative wording of the blurb. Can also be filled with the alternatively proposed blurb, when unsure whether the item should be posted under Recent deaths/Ongoing, or as a full blurb. Specifying this is entirely optional, and nominations without altblurb are procedurally more straightforward. ▲article2, which allows for two related articles in the news to be nominated in the same blurb. Use rarely. ▲sources, which are links to relevant news sources showing why the nominated article is in the news ▲updated, which can be yes or no, and changes the 'Article' text to 'Updated article', or 'Article to update' respectively. ▲updated2, per above but only if the article2 parameter is used. ▲nominator, which should be filled in with the username of the person nominating the candidate article and story. ▲updater, which should be filled in if and/or when the article to be posted is updated, with the username of the person who has contributed the most to updates. ▲updater2; updater3, same as updater but allowing for the possibility that the article was jointly updated ▲If both nominator and updater are the same person, both fields must still be filled in, although the template will return one line with the user credited as both nominator and updater. ▲ITNR, which can be yes or no, if yes a comment is added about the item being a recurring item and so that its importance has already been considered. ▲nom cmt, which is the nominator's reasoning for nominating the item and can be used to note potential problems with the nomination or article. ▲sign, which is the nominator's signature (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). <includeonly>

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