Template:WikiProject Sports/Importance
The |importance=value parameter records the project's priority assessment rating currently assigned to the article. When this banner appears on the talk page of a non-article, no class value need be applied.
On an aritcle talk page, if the value is unassigned, an invalid value is given, or the class parameter is set to "NA", the parameter defaults to "unassigned" and the template places the talkpage into [[:Category:Unknown-importance {{{2}}} articles]].
Valid values for this parameter, their associated meanings and their categories are given in the table below. Values should be typed as shown (e.g. |importance=Mid):
| Value | Meaning | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Top | Topics that are among the most important, defining articles on {{{1}}}. Examples include the main article on {{{1}}}, vital equipment, international governing bodies and leagues/tours/associations, game rules, current world championships (overview article), this year's article on the world championships, current pro world champions. Top-importance articles are often selected for Wikipedia CD/DVD release. If the project has more than a dozen or so Top-importance articles, consider moving some to High-importance. | [[:Category:Top-importance {{{2}}} articles|Top-importance {{{2}}} articles]]. |
| High | Topics that are of certain but not crucial importance in {{{1}}}. Examples include former pro world champions, pro world championship top-16 contenders, current amateur world champions, major international events (overview articles), high-profile dedicated venues, game variants, detailed stand-alone articles on aspects of {{{1}}}. | [[:Category:High-importance {{{2}}} articles|High-importance {{{2}}} articles]] |
| Mid | Articles that are reasonably important in {{{1}}}. Examples include national-class players/teams below world championship level, major national events (overview articles). | [[:Category:Mid-importance {{{2}}} articles|Mid-importance {{{2}}} articles]] |
| Low | Article of limited importance in {{{1}}}. Examples include previous years' annual event articles, and marginally notable players/teams, venues, events, etc. Media (TV shows, films, books, etc.) relating to {{{1}}} usually also fall into this assessment level (for this project - a film, etc., project might rate the article higher). | [[:Category:Low-importance {{{2}}} articles|Low-importance {{{2}}} articles]] |
Usage
[edit]This template is part of the documentation (/doc pages) of Template:WikiProject Sports and other sports and games projects' talk page banners. All such projects are encouraged to use this boilerplate, to increase consistency between all such projects' treatment of importance/priority assessment. do not subst this template.
Typical usage is to add something like this below your project's banner documentation section about quality class assessment:
===Importance (priority) assessment===
{{WikiProject Sports/Importance|value1|value2}}
where value1 is the name of the sport/game as it would appear in mid-sentence ("snooker", "darts", "Brazilian jiujitsu"), and value2 is the name of the sport/game spelled and capitalized exactly as it appears in its importance-sorted category names ("Snooker", "Darts", "Brazilian Jiujitsu"). These values fill in various sentences and links in the templated documentation.