Marvel Database:News Template

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Usage

Always Present Fields

| Author                  = SUBMITTING AUTHOR
| NewsCategory            = OPTIONS : Comic News, Convention News, Movie News, 
                                       Movie Reviews, Game Reviews, Project News 
| News                    = CONTENT OF NEWS ARTICLE

Optional Fields

| Subheadline             = SUBHEADLINE
| Source                  = WEBSITE URL OR OTHER SOURCE
| AuthorTitle             = SPECIFIC STAFF TITLE (IF APPLICABLE)
| Update                  = UPDATES TO THE NEWS STORY

Manual Overrides

| Year                    = DEFAULT : {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
| Month                   = DEFAULT : {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
| Day                     = DEFAULT : {{subst:CURRENTDAY}}
| Time                    = DEFAULT : {{subst:CURRENTTIME}}
| Headline                = DEFAULT : {{PAGENAME}}

Empty Syntax (Standard Options)

{{Marvel Database:News Template
| Year                    = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
| Month                   = {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
| Day                     = {{subst:CURRENTDAY}}
| Time                    = {{subst:CURRENTTIME}}
| Author                  = 
| NewsCategory            = 
| News                    = 
}}

Category Magic

This template automatically categorizes articles that use it. 
The following is a list of categories handled:

* Always:
** Category:News

* If Defined:
** Category:{{{Author}}}/News Author
** Category:News/{{{Year}}}
** Category:News/{{{Month}}}, {{{Year}}}
** Category:News/{{{Month}}} {{{Day}}}, {{{Year}}}
** Category:{{{NewsCategory}}}

* If Not Defined:
** Category:News Author Required (if {{{Author}}} is undefined) 
** Category:Empty News Article   (if {{{News}}} is undefined)
** Category:Uncategorized News   (if {{{NewsCategory}}} is undefined)

* Special Cases:
** None

Note

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