Template:WikiProject Novels/doc

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

This template is used on approximately 88,000 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

The {{WikiProject Novels}} project banner template should be added (not subst:ed) to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project. While the template does not require any additional parameters, it has a number of optional ones that add various extra features to the banner. Transclusion also allows easy updating of all the Project's talk pages without having to edit hundreds of pages. The full syntax is as follows:

{{WikiProject Novels|class= 
|importance= 
|listas=
|auto= 
|attention= 
|needs-infobox= 
|incomp-infobox= 
|needs-infobox-cover= 
|peer-review= 
|old-peer-review= 
<!-- Task force tags -->
|19thC-task-force=
|39clues=
|australian-task-force=
|crime-task-force=
|DOAWK-task-force=
|fantasy-task-force=
|harry-potter-task-force=
|hdm-task-force=
|lemony-snicket-task-force=
|military-task-force=
|narnia-task-force=
|percy-jackson-task-force=
|roald-dahl-task-force=
|sf-task-force=
|shannara-task-force=
|short-story-task-force=
|sword-of-truth-task-force=
|twilight-task-force=

<!-- Task force importance tags -->
|19thC-importance=
|australian-importance=
|crime-importance=
|fantasy-importance=
|harry-potter-importance=
|hdm-importance=
|lemony-snicket-importance=
|military-importance=
|narnia-importance=
|percy-jackson-importance=
|roald-dahl-importance=
|sf-importance=
|short-story-importance=
|shannara-importance=
|sword-of-truth-importance=
|twilight-importance=
}}

General parameters

class – a rating of the article's quality; see the assessment department for more details.
importance – a rating of the article's importance; see the assessment department for more details.
listas – the equivalent of DEFAULTSORT, it is a sortkey for the article talk page (e.g. for The Shining, use |listas=Shining, The, so that the talk page will show up in the S's and not the T's of the various assessment and administrative categories). Consider also setting the DEFAULTSORT for the article when setting this parameter.
auto - "yes" if the article has been automatically assessed as stub-class from the presence of stub templates in the end of the article.
attention – "yes" if the article requires immediate attention; this should be used sparingly.
needs-infobox – "yes" if the article requires a suitable "Infobox" (e.g. "Infobox Book" or "Infobox short story") adding
incomp-infobox – "yes" if the article requires a suitable "Infobox" completing
needs-infobox-cover – "yes" if the article "Infobox" requires a suitable Cover image

– or "1st" if the article "Infobox" could benefit from a suitable 1st Edition Cover image

peer-review – set |peer-review=yes if the article is currently undergoing a peer review, or to request that the peer review process for this page should be begun.
- This parameter populates Category:Requests for novels peer review.
old-peer-review – set |old-peer-review=yes if the article has had a peer review which is now archived.
- This parameter populates Category:Old requests for novels peer review.
- title – if the peer review page exists but is not at Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Peer review/{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}, set this parameter; i.e. if the peer review page is Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Peer review/Foobar, set |title=Foobar

Task force parameters

19thC-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the 19th century task force
australian-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Australian task force, jointly with Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia
crime-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Crime task force
DOAWK-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Diary of a Wimpy Kid task force
fantasy-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Fantasy task force
harry-potter-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Harry Potter task force
hdm-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the His Dark Materials task force
lemony-snicket-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Lemony Snicket task force.
military-task-force – if the article is supported by the Military fiction task force
narnia-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Chronicles of Narnia task force.
percy-jackson-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Percy Jackson task force
roald-dahl-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Roald Dahl task force
sf-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Science fiction task force
shannara-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Shannara task force.
short-story-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Short story task force
sword-of-truth-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Sword of Truth task force.
twilight-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Twilight task force.

To avoid needlessly cluttering up talk pages, it is usually appropriate to remove any unused parameters from the template.