Template:WikiProject Minnesota/doc

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

This template is used on approximately 23,000 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

To add an article to the list, simply add the template to the talk page of the article with the following parameters:

{{WikiProject Minnesota
 |class= (choose one: FA, A, GA, B, Start, Stub, Dab, Template, Cat, List, NA)
 |importance= (choose one: Top, High, Mid, Low, NA)
 |attention=
 |needs-infobox=
<-- task forces -->
 |legislature= (if within the scope of the Minnesota Legislature task force)
 |legislature-importance=
}}

or

{{WikiProject Minnesota|class=|importance=}}

Optional parameters

class – valid values are fa, a, ga, b, c, start, stub, fl, list, na (case-insensitive). 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.
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.
- This parameter populates Category:Minnesota articles needing attention.
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.
- This parameter populates Category:Minnesota articles needing infoboxes.
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 Bob Dylan, use |listas=Dylan, Bob so that the talk page will show up in the D's and not the B'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.
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.

TemplateData

The following TemplateData may be crude, incomplete, or otherwise need significant cleanup. Specifically, the problem is: I added it, and it may need help.

Add this to talk pages whose associated page is within the scope of WikiProject Minnesota

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
category	`category`	no description	Unknown	optional
List as	`listas`	Talk page sort key	String	optional
Assessment class	`class`	no description	Unknown	suggested
Automatically assessed by a bot	`auto`	no description	Unknown	optional
Importance to WikiProject	`importance`	no description	Unknown	suggested
Needs attention	`attention`	no description Default no	Boolean	optional
Needs infobox	`needs-infobox`	no description Default no	Boolean	optional