Template:Featured source/doc

The Featured source template selects a summary of a featured source for presentation on the Forgotten Realms Wiki Main Page. The template is invoked with:

The template selects from the list of featured source summary templates listed below. These are selected according to the day of the year, dividing up the year by the number of featured sources using this formula:

ceil($FS * DoY/366$) where FS is the number of sources in  and DoY is the day of the year (from 1-366 for leap years)

If you want to display a particular featured source summary, just add its number after a slash: will display the summary for source number 1

Choosing a featured source
Featured sources are largely chosen by administrators according to completeness, but may be nominated and discussed at Official Nominated Featured Sources.

Writing a featured source template
A featured source template should be written in the following format, while preserving the accompanying wiki code:

FEATUREDSOURCELINK

Enter a text summary here.

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 * PICTURE: A picture (as a file name) from the featured source that nicely illustrates the source. This should usually be the cover image.
 * FEATUREDSOURCELINK: This is the name of the featured source itself. Clicking on this (whether on the image, the headline, or the "Read more..." gutter link) should bring the reader to the full source article.
 * Text summary: This should usually be a blurb and any important details about the source.

Featured source queue
Featured source templates should be filled out in numerical order, using the following links. When a featured source summary is written, please add a link to the featured source here for reference.
 * Template:Featured source/1 — Blood & Magic
 * Template:Featured source/2 — Gateway to the Savage Frontier
 * Template:Featured source/3 — Treasures of the Savage Frontier
 * Template:Featured source/4 — Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set
 * Template:Featured source/5 — The Grand Tour
 * Template:Featured source/6 — Menzoberranzan (game)
 * Template:Featured source/7 — Eye of the Beholder
 * Template:Featured source/8 — Monster Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn
 * Template:Featured source/9 — Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon
 * Template:Featured source/10 —
 * Template:Featured source/11 —
 * Template:Featured source/0 — placeholder