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Instructions

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Syntax

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The full syntax is as follows:

{{WikiProject Journalism
|class=
|importance=
|attention=
|auto=
|needs-infobox=
}}

General parameters

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  • attention – set |attention=yes if the article needs immediate attention from experienced editors. Use only if another parameter does not cover the need for attention; this should be used sparingly. It is strongly encouraged to also add a section to the talk page explaining what needs attention.
  • class – valid values are listed in the custom class mask. See the project's 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 project's 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 Charles Dickens, use |listas=Dickens, Charles so that the talk page will show up in the D's and not the C'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-infobox – set |needs-infobox=yes if the article needs an infobox. Remember that infoboxes are not suitable for all articles, and can overwhelm short articles.
  • 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
  • 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.

Quality assessment

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An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Journalism}} project banner on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):

FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class Journalism articles)  FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Journalism articles)  A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Journalism articles)  GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Journalism articles) B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Journalism articles) C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Journalism articles) Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Journalism articles) Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Journalism articles)  FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Journalism articles) List

For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:

Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class Journalism articles) Category
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Journalism articles) Disambig
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class Journalism articles) Draft
FM (for featured media only; adds pages to Category:FM-Class Journalism articles)  FM
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class Journalism articles) File
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Journalism articles) Portal
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Journalism articles) Project
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class Journalism articles) Redirect
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Journalism articles) Template
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Journalism articles) NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Journalism articles) ???

Quality scale

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Importance assessment

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An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Journalism}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject Journalism|importance=???}}

The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):

Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Journalism articles)  Top 
High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Journalism articles)  High 
Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Journalism articles)  Mid 
Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Journalism articles)  Low 
NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance Journalism articles)  NA 
??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance Journalism articles)  ??? 

Importance scale

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See also

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