As this is a meta template, it should not be transcluded directly on to talk pages when you want to tag a page. Instead, use the template provided by the WikiProject.
The template can be used at varying levels of complexity, from the very simple to the extremely complicated. Simple options are listed here first, with complexity increasing down the page.
Two different types of parameters are used: formatting and display:
Formatting parameters customise the meta-template for a particular project, defining link targets, categories, images, and text. All formatting parameters use UPPERCASE and underscores (_) instead of spaces, for example |PROJECT= and |NOTE_1_CAT=.
Display parameters customise the template output for each individual article that the banner is displayed on. These are the parameters which are entered on the talk page (|class=, |importance=, etc.) and they must be 'passed through' the project banner to the meta-template underneath. To 'pass' the parameter foo, you need to include the code foo={{{foo|}}}.
PROJECT(Required) – the name of the project without the word "WikiProject", used in a variety of contexts; first letter should usually be capitalised. Eg: Tulips
BANNER_NAME={{subst:FULLPAGENAME}} – it is assumed that page name of the banner template is "Template:WikiProject <PROJECT>". If this is not the case then define the page name in this parameter. Eg: Template:Tulips project
PROJECT_LINK – it is assumed that the project is located at "Wikipedia:WikiProject <PROJECT>". If this is not the case, then define the full link to the project page in this parameter. Eg: Wikipedia:WikiProject Tulips
PROJECT_NAME – if your project is not called "WikiProject <PROJECT>" then define the exact name of the project with this parameter.
substcheck – this allows the template to detect if it has been substituted instead of transcluded and give an error message. substcheck=<includeonly>{{subst:</includeonly><includeonly>substcheck}}</includeonly>
listas(Required) – the 'listas' parameter must be passed through the template. Eg: listas={{{listas|}}}
IMAGE_LEFT – the location of an image to use in the top-left corner of the banner. Do not include the "File:" prefix. Images used on WikiProject banners must be free images – fair use images are not permitted. Eg: Tulipa suaveolens floriade to Canberra.jpg
IMAGE_LEFT_SIZE – the size of IMAGE_LEFT. Default is 80px. Eg: 50px
IMAGE_RIGHT – the location of an image to use in the top-right corner of the banner. Do not include the "File:" prefix. Images used on WikiProject banners must be free images – fair use images are not permitted. Eg: Tulipa suaveolens floriade to Canberra.jpg
IMAGE_RIGHT_SIZE – the size of IMAGE_RIGHT. Default is 80px. Eg: 50px
MAIN_TEXT – the default text is "This article is within the scope of [[WikiProject {{{PROJECT_LINK}}}]], a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of {{{PROJECT or MAIN_ARTICLE}}} articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the [[Talk:{{{PROJECT_LINK}}}]] discussion and see a list of open tasks." If defined, the alternate message will be displayed.
MAIN_ARTICLE – the default article is PROJECT; alternatively, the linked article can be changed to either a raw article title or more complicated text. Eg: (default) tulips → "...the coverage of tulips on Wikipedia..." or (alternate) [[tulip]]s, [[liliaceae]] and related articles → "...the coverage of tulips, liliaceae and related articles on Wikipedia..."
PORTAL – if the WikiProject maintains a portal, define this parameter with the portal name. The associated image is held centrally at Module:Portal/images. Eg: Tulips
BOTTOM_TEXT – if defined, contains text that will appear across the bottom of the banner and above the collapsed section (if one is present). Please do not use this parameter to 'hook' extra code to the bottom of the template – see the hooks section below for a better solution.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Tulips, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of tulips, liliaceae and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TulipsWikipedia:Somewhere about tulipsTemplate:WikiProject TulipsTulips articles
Many projects use the Wikipedia:Content assessment schema to grade their articles by quality and the corresponding importance scale to place their articles in order of priority. In order to implement WP:1.0, which uses a bot to automatically compile its statistics tables, you will need to follow the instructions at /Using the bot, as well as those outlined here.
class(Required)– the class parameter must be passed through, if the quality scale is used. Eg: class={{{class|}}}
auto the auto parameter must be passed through, if the auto assess option is needed. Eg: auto={{{auto|}}} Projects which use bots to automatically categorise articles can have the bot add the following parameter to the project banner, which triggers the display of a small notice that the article was tagged by a bot rather than a human:
|auto=stub, for an article which includes a stub template, to indicate that it has automatically been rated Stub-class;
|auto=inherit, to show that the class has automatically been inherited from other WikiProject's assessments on the same page;
|auto=length, to show that the class has automatically been deduced from the length of the article.
b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6 – the six B-class criteria parameters.
importance– if defined, enables the standard importance scale (Top, High, Mid, Low, NA, Unknown). Eg: importance={{{importance|}}}
IMPORTANCE_SCALE – configures the importance scale, if used. The possible options are:
standard – enables the 'standard' importance scale (Top, High, Mid, Low, NA and Unknown). (This is the default behaviour.)
inline – allows for a simple custom importance scale to be defined, generally with {{Importance mask}}.
subpage – allows for a more complex custom importance scale to be used using a subpage called /importance.
ASSESSMENT_LINK – the link to a WikiProject-specific quality (and/or importance) scale. If there is a page at "Wikipedia:WikiProject <PROJECTLINK>/Assessment" then this will be used by default. To override this, you can set this parameter to no.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Tulips, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Tulips on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TulipsWikipedia:WikiProject TulipsTemplate:WikiProject TulipsTulips articles
Built into the module is the ability to display a number of other fields that contain useful information about the article. There are also three predefined fields for:
attention – pass this parameter through to enable the use of the attention note. Eg: attention={{{attention|}}}, then by including |attention=yes on the talk page.
infobox – pass this parameter through to enable the use of the needs-infobox note. Eg: infobox={{{needs-infobox|}}}, then by including |needs-infobox=yes on the talk page.
COLLAPSED – when more than a threshold number of notes and alerts are triggered on a page, they are automagically collapsed into a show/hide box. The threshold number can be customised by setting this parameter to the maximum number of notes on a page that will not trigger the collapse. The default is 2, so if three notes are triggered on a page, they will not be collapsed, but if a fourth is also triggered, the collapse box appears. So setting |COLLAPSED=0 will always create a collapse box (if there are any notes to fill it), while |COLLAPSED=999 will never trigger a collapse box. Eg: 6
COLLAPSED_HEAD – the heading for the collapsed section; the default is More information:Eg: Additional information:
NOTE_SIZE – the size of the image used for the icons. (It is recommended to precede the size with "x" as this specifies the height of the image instead of the width, which results in a neater banner because all rows have equal height.) The default is a height of 25px. Eg: x30px
{{#invoke:WikiProject banner|main
|PROJECT = Tulips
|substcheck=<includeonly>{{subst:</includeonly><includeonly>substcheck}}</includeonly>|listas={{{listas|}}}|IMAGE_LEFT = Tulipa suaveolens floriade to Canberra.jpg
|QUALITY_SCALE = extended
|class={{{class|}}}|ASSESSMENT_LINK = Wikipedia:WikiProject Tulips/Article grading
|auto={{{auto|}}}|AUTO_ASSESS_CAT =|attention={{{attention|}}}|ATTENTION_CAT =|infobox={{{needs-infobox|}}}|INFOBOX_CAT =|note 1={{{needs-photo|}}}|NOTE_1_TEXT = This page has been marked as needing a [[photograph]].
|NOTE_1_IMAGE = Gnome-dev-camera.svg
|NOTE_1_CAT = Wikipedia requested photographs of Floridiae
|note 2 ={{{audio-file|}}}|NOTE_2_TEXT = An [[audio file format|audio file]] has been created of this article.
|NOTE_2_IMAGE = Nuvola apps arts.svg
|NOTE_2_CAT = Tulips articles with audio files
}}
Produces:
Please add the quality rating to the {{WikiProject banner shell}} template instead of this project banner. See WP:PIQA for details.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Tulips, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Tulips on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TulipsWikipedia:WikiProject TulipsTemplate:WikiProject TulipsTulips articles
This article has been rated as Stub-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
More information:
/
This article has been automatically rated by a bot or other tool as Stub-class because it uses a stub template. Please ensure the assessment is correct before removing the |auto= parameter.
This article has been marked as needing immediate attention.
This article has been marked as needing an infobox.
This page has been marked as needing a photograph.
The module can accommodate task forces, each with its own image, links and importance scale, if desired. The following parameters are available:
tf 1 – this parameter must be passed through to enable and trigger the display of the task force section. Eg: tf 1={{{floridiae|}}}
TF_1_LINK – the full page name of the task force's project page. Eg: Wikipedia:WikiProject Tulips/Task forces/Floridiae
TF_1_NAME – the name of the task force. This is used as the label for the task force link (unless |TF_1_TEXT= is used instead). Eg: the Floridiae task force
TF_1_NESTED – if defined, a link of the form "/ [[{{{TF_1_LINK}}}|{{{TF_1_NESTED}}}]]" is added after the main project's name when the banner is collapsed inside a {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Eg: Floridiae
TF_1_TEXT – if defined, replaces the default "This page is supported by..." text. E.g.: This page is within the scope of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tulips/Task forces/Floridiae|Floridiae task force]]. New participants are always welcome! If defined to be "none", then no output will be displayed, although appropriate categories will still be added.
TF_1_IMAGE – an image can be defined for each task force. Remember that all images must be free, not fair-use. Eg: Tulipa florenskyi 4.jpg
TF_1_QUALITY – if defined, enables the quality categorisations for the main project (e.g.: Category:FA-Class Tulips articles) to be duplicated for the task force. The class arising from |class= and |QUALITY_SCALE= will be used; Eg: yes
tf 1 importance– if defined, enables the use of a separate importance (or priority, if used) scale for the task force.Eg: tf 1 importance={{{floridiae-importance|}}}
TF_1_ASSESSMENT_CAT(Required if quality or importance assessments are used) – the assessment category to be used for the task force-specific quality and importance assessments. Identical in syntax to |ASSESSMENT_CAT=. Eg: Floridiae articles → Category:FA-Class Floridiae articles
TF_1_HOOK – additional code to "hook" on the template only if this task force is used.
TF_SIZE – the size of the taskforce icons. (It is recommended to precede the size with "x" as this specifies the height of the image instead of the width, which results in a neater banner because all rows have equal height.) The default is a height of 25px. Eg: x30px
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Tulips, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Tulips on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TulipsWikipedia:WikiProject TulipsTemplate:WikiProject TulipsTulips articles
If a task force has been deemed inactive, then the following parameter and text can be used:
|TF_N_TEXT = This _PAGETYPE_ is within the scope of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject (name of project)/(name of task force)|(name of task force)]], a task force which is currently considered to be '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide#Dealing with inactive WikiProjects|inactive]]'''.
where "N" is the number of the task force, and the project and task force names are included where indicated.
The features described below are non-standard and should probably not be added to a project banner without the express agreement of the WikiProject's participants.
Enables a B-class checklist. There are six official criteria (although some projects use five) that an article needs to satisfy in order to be classified as B-class. A checklist can provide a helpful aid for editors to show where an article needs improvement.
B_DISPLAY_ON_START – if set to "yes", the checklist will be displayed on every Start-class article. The default behaviour is to only display on Start-class when one or more of the parameters b1-b6 have been filled in.
B_MAIN_CAT – specifies a category to use when any of the checklist parameters are blank.
B1_CAT to B6_CAT – specifies individual categories to use when the individual checklist parameters are blank or set to no.
The standard parameter names (i.e. b1, b2, etc.) should be passed as an alternative to any custom parameters (e.g. B-Class-1, B-Class-2, etc.). For example:
b1={{{B-Class-1|{{{b1|}}}}}}
If only the standard parameters are used, then eg: b1={{{b1|}}}, etc. is fine.
By default, the list of task forces will be collapsed into a show/hide box if there are more than 5 task forces. You can configure this behaviour with the following parameters:
TF_COLLAPSE – the threshold number of task forces for them to collapse, e.g. if |TF_COLLAPSE=3 then they will collapse whenever there are more than 3 task forces.
TF_HEADER – the heading for the collapsed section. The default is Associated task forces:
There are two main parameters, |TODO_LINK= and |TODO_TEXT=. Only one should be used at any time. If the to-do list is located on a different page then TODO_LINK should be used. However, if you've just got some text to include then you can use the TODO_TEXT option instead.
Styling can be adjusted using the |TODO_STYLE= and |TODO_TITLE_STYLE= parameters.
If you are using |TODO_LINK= and don't want to see the edit links at the top of the textbox, set TODO_EDITLINKS=no.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Tulips, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Tulips on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TulipsWikipedia:WikiProject TulipsTemplate:WikiProject TulipsTulips articles
This is just a test to-do list to help editors make sure that the text
shows
up
correctly
Normally, the "/to do" subpage should only be created under the article's Talk page, unless it is a notice board or project page.
To use this template for an article, insert {{to do}} at the top of that article's Talk discussion page. To use it for a project or as your own personal list, add it to the project page or your user page, respectively.
This feature adds a note than can be used to track when articles needs an image, photograph, diagram, illustration, etc. It will populate various categories such as
IM_IMAGE – specifies the icon to be used (without the File namespace prefix); the default is ([[File:Camera-photo.svg|20px]]).
image-type – pass through the type which can be used to accommodate other components that are needed, e.g. diagram, equation, map, etc. If this is not specified then "image or photograph" is used. E.g. |image-type={{{type|}}}.
image-details – to allow an editor to pass more details about the required image, e.g. |image-details={{{details|}}}.
image-location – pass this parameter through to allow an editor to specify the location of the requested image, e.g. |image-location={{{location|}}}. This will also populate categories of the form Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Scotland.
IM_LOCATION_CATEGORY – a default category to use when the location is not specified or leads to a non-existent category.
image-topic – pass this through to allow an editor to specify a topic area that the photograph relates to, e.g. |image-topic={{{topic|}}}. This will populate categories such as Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of toys.
IM_TOPIC_CATEGORY – a default category in case the topic is not specified or leads to a non-existent category, e.g. |IM_TOPIC_CATEGORY=Wikipedia requested images of politics.
collaboration-candidate – pass the parameter that will trigger the collaboration candidate note, if used, e.g. |collaboration-candidate={{{collaboration-candidate|}}}
collaboration-current – the parameter that will trigger the current collaboration note, if used. E.g. |collaboration-current={{{collaboration|}}}
collaboration-past – the parameter that will trigger the past collaboration note, if used. e.g. |collaboration-past={{{past-collaboration|}}}
COLL_LINK – the full link to where the review for the particular article is held. E.g. |COLL_LINK=Wikipedia:WikiProject Paranormal/Collaboration
COLL_TEXT – the text to display in place of the default "project collaboration", e.g. |COLL_TEXT=Collaboration of the Month
COLL_IMAGE – the name of the image to use. If not specified then is used.
COLL_CANDIDATE_CAT – if defined, pages using |candidate=yes will be categorised into this category, e.g. |COLL_CANDIDATE_CAT=Paranormal collaboration candidates → Category:Paranormal collaboration candidates
COLL_CURRENT_CAT – if defined, pages using |current=yes will be categorised into this category, e.g. |COLL_CURRENT_CAT=Paranormal collaborations → Category:Paranormal collaborations
COLL_PAST_CAT – if defined, pages using |past=yes will be categorised into this category, e.g. |COLL_PAST_CAT=Past paranormal collaborations → Category:Past paranormal collaborations
a class – the parameter that will trigger the note. Accepted values are "pass", "fail", "current" (any capitalisation); everything else is treated as null. Eg: a class={{{A-Class|}}}
ACR_SUBPAGE_LINK – the full link to where the review for this particular article is held. Eg: Wikipedia:WikiProject Tulips/Assessment/{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}
ACR_REVIEW_LINK – the full link to the main A-Class review page (where instructions etc. are held). Eg: Wikipedia:WikiProject Tulips/Review#A-Class review
Sometimes it is desirable to populate additional categories when certain task forces are used. For example the |attention= parameter is used to draw attention to articles which need immediate attention in the cycling project. Articles within the scope of the Tour de France task force populate the additional category of Category:Tour de France articles needing attention.
This can be achieved by using the following code:
{{#invoke:WikiProject banner|main
...
|tf 2={{{tdf|}}}|TF_2_LINK = Wikipedia:WikiProject Cycling/Tour de France task force
...
|tf 2 cat 1={{{attention|}}}|TF_2_CAT_1 = Tour de France articles needing attention
|tf 2 cat 2={{{needs-infobox|}}}|TF_2_CAT_2 = Tour de France articles needing infoboxes
}}
PR_IMAGE – the name of the image to use. If not specified then is used.
PR_CAT – if defined, pages using |peer review=yes will be categorised into this category, e.g. |PR_CAT=Requests for Tulips peer review → Category:Requests for Tulips peer review
PR_OLD_CAT – if defined, pages using |old peer review=yes will be categorised into this category.
peer review title – If the page has been moved since it was reviewed, pass this parameter to specify the old page title (the one the review was archived under) to make the link point correctly to the review.
PR_INVALID_CAT – if defined, pages without a valid existing peer review page will be categorised into this category.
WPBannerMeta incorporates a number of 'hooks' where advanced or customised features can be added. These should take the form of a subtemplate passed to the relevant hook parameter. Any relevant parameters should then be passed to the hook template – it may be necessary to repeat parameters that are already passed to the main template (|category={{{category|}}} and |class={{{class|}}} are commonly used).
The module uses a mask to normalise the values given to the |class= parameter, to ensure that invalid inputs are discarded (e.g. |class=cheesecake) and that equivalent inputs appear the same (e.g. |class=FA and |class=fA). This mask effectively controls which extended assessment scale values are accepted by the template (e.g. "Template-Class", "Redirect-Class", etc.). Projects which want to use more obscure assessment classes (e.g. "Future-Class", "Bplus-Class", etc.) or to not use all of the standard classes (e.g. not using "C-Class") can define their own custom mask, which will override the default. To achieve this, create the mask template in the /class subpage of your project banner template and set |QUALITY_CRITERIA=custom. Note that this will remove the project from project-independent quality assesments, and so no assessments will be inherited from other projects.
A number of WikiProjects have been identified as inactive or defunct (see Category:Inactive WikiProjects). In this case, the project banner can be given a less prominent form. Keeping an inactive project's template on relevant talkpages helps any group of users who later wishes to revive the project. This template will auto-categorize the project banner into Category:Inactive WikiProject banners.
The easiest way to convert a banner template to an inactive state, is to replace main with inactive.
The only required parameter is |PROJECT= - the name of the WikiProject (but without the word "WikiProject")
An additional parameter |PROJECT_STATUS= can be used to identify the status of the inactive project. Currently recognised values are inactive and defunct. The default is inactive.
All the other parameters can and should be retained, as this will make it easier to "revive" the project in the future.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Extreme sports, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.Extreme sportsWikipedia:WikiProject Extreme sportsTemplate:WikiProject Extreme sportsExtreme sports articles
When inside a banner shell the result is:
This module does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Extreme sports, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.Extreme sportsWikipedia:WikiProject Extreme sportsTemplate:WikiProject Extreme sportsExtreme sports articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Policy and Guidelines, a project which is currently considered to be defunct.Policy and GuidelinesWikipedia:WikiProject Policy and GuidelinesTemplate:WikiProject Policy and GuidelinesPolicy and Guidelines articles
When inside a banner shell the result is:
This module does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Policy and Guidelines, a project which is currently considered to be defunct.Policy and GuidelinesWikipedia:WikiProject Policy and GuidelinesTemplate:WikiProject Policy and GuidelinesPolicy and Guidelines articles