Template:Story

Template:Story holds newspaper metadata for the Sea Times worker. The worker reads these parameters from wikitext; it does not infer them from the article.

Paste the block at the very top of a story page, before the first image or paragraph.

{{Story
| standfirst   =
| section      =
| kicker       =
| hero         =
| hero_caption =
| hero_credit  =
| hero_licence =
| hero_source  =
| byline       =
| tags         =
| embargo      =
| sensitive    = no
}}

standfirst

One or two sentences, 10–60 words (aim 20–35). This becomes the WordPress excerpt.

section

Exactly one of: Planning, Council, Environment, Community, Business, Opinion.

kicker

Short label above the headline, e.g. Waste contract.

hero

Wiki file title, e.g. File:Crystal jelly.jpg. Must match the inline image on the page.

hero_caption, hero_credit, hero_licence, hero_source

Attribution. If licence is missing here and in the file's Commons metadata, the story stays a WordPress draft. That is a legal requirement.

byline

Who produced the piece, e.g. AI-assisted, Brightlingsea Local Wiki.

tags

Comma-separated, e.g. jellyfish, marine, climate.

embargo

Optional ISO 8601. The story stays out of the editor queue until this time is in the past.

sensitive

yes or no. yes adds an extended editorial checklist in WordPress. It does not hide the page on the wiki.

Readers see only kicker, standfirst, section and byline, as a thin rule under the title. Everything else is for the worker.

Do not substitute another template name. The worker looks for

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