Template:WikiProject Bivalves/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:WikiProject Bivalves.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 3,400 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Usage

When you create or find a new page within the scope of WikiProject Bivalves please add any of the following to the top of its talk page:

{{WikiProject Bivalves |class= |importance= }}

{{WikiProject Bivalves |class= |importance= |needs-image= |listas= }}

{{WikiProject Bivalves
|class       = 
|importance  = 
|needs-image = 
|listas      = 
}}

Unused parameters may be omitted.

Optional parameters

class – valid values are fa, a, ga, b, c, start, stub, fl, list, category, disambig, draft, fm, portal, project, redirect, template, na (case-insensitive). See the quality scale for details. Setting an explicit value of NA is rarely necessary; for this, either leave |class= blank or omit the parameter.
importance – valid values are: top, high, mid, low, na (case-insensitive). See the importance scale for details. Setting an explicit value of NA is rarely necessary; for this, either leave |importance= blank or omit the parameter.
listas – This parameter, which is the equivalent of the DEFAULTSORT sortkey that should be placed on all biographical articles, is a sortkey for the article talk page (e.g. for Philippe Bouchet, use |listas=Bouchet, Philippe so that the talk page will show up in the B's and not the P's of the various assessment and administrative categories). This is important because it is one source used by those who set DEFAULTSORT on the article; consider also setting the DEFAULTSORT for the article when setting this parameter. For more information about this, please see Wikipedia:Categorization of people § Ordering names in a category.
If the article is using {{WikiProject banner shell}} then it is preferable to add |listas= to that template instead of a project banner template. Putting the parameter on more than one template is not required.
needs-image – set |needs-image=yes to request that a picture or pictures be included in the article to improve its quality.
- This parameter populates Category:Bivalve articles needing images.
auto – This parameter is for the use of bots and indicates that the article has been automatically rated:
- |auto=length – based on the length of the article
- |auto=inherit – because one or more other projects use this class
- |auto=yes (or |auto=stub), in conjunction with |class=stub – as Stub-Class because it uses a stub template
  - Use of the above values (or value combinations) with this parameter populates Category:Automatically assessed Bivalves articles.
category – set |category=no if, and only if, a banner is being used for demonstration or testing purposes, to prevent unnecessary or undesirable categorization. Otherwise, omit this parameter.

Aliases

The parameter |needs-photo= is recognised as an alias for |needs-image=. If both |needs-image= and |needs-photo= are present, |needs-photo= is ignored.