Template:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology/doc

Usage

The {{WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology}} 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. The full syntax is as follows:

Syntax

{{WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology
|class=
|A-Class=
|attention=
|imageneeded=
|imagedetails=
|infoboxneeded=
|portal=
|portalbio=
}}

Use in practice

{{WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology
|class=A                               <!-- FA, A, GA, B, Start, Stub, NA, Needed or List-->
|A-Class=pass                          <!-- Pass, fail or current [nominee]. Can be used -->
                                       <!-- if an A-Class review is implemented -->
|attention=yes                         <!-- Immediate attention required. Needed by some bots. -->
                                       <!-- More information available at -->
                                       <!-- "Category:Heraldry and vexillology articles needing attention" -->
|imageneeded=yes                       <!-- Please only use lowercase. -->
|imagedetails=An image of the war flag <!-- Only works is you answered "yes" before. -->
|infoboxneeded=yes                     <!-- Self explanatory. One of the bots likes this one. -->
|portal=May 2006                       <!-- The month it was featured on the portal (displayed for FA/A/GA) -->
|portalbio=June 2006                   <!-- The month it was featured on the portal (displayed for FA/A/GA) -->
}}

General parameters:

• class – a rating of the article's quality; see Wikipedia:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology/Assessment for more details.

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology}} project banner on its talk page: {{WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology|class=???}}

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 heraldry and vexillology articles)		FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class heraldry and vexillology 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 heraldry and vexillology articles)		Category
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		Disambig
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		Draft
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		File
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		Portal
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		Project
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		Redirect
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		Template
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class heraldry and vexillology articles)		NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed heraldry and vexillology articles)		???

See: Wikipedia:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology/Assessment for the quality scale.

Maintenance parameters (answer yes to include them):

• attention - articles needing immediate attention.
• imageneeded - The article needs an image (other than a map); adds articles to Category:Heraldry and vexillology articles needing images.
  • imagedetails (appears only if imageneeded is set to yes) - Additional details to describe the image that is requested.
• infoboxneeded - articles needing an infobox.

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

Notes

• Please use lowercase forms. E.g. imageneeded, imagedetails and yes. The uppercase forms generally do not work.
• A few redlink categories need fixing to get the Portal / Review functions working. The needed category tree can be seen under the WP:MILHIST project.
• Task forces are supported but this function has not been activated.
• The image request feature is listed "below the fold" when used. If people feel this is a problem, please let me know.
• Please report any other errors if you see them. Thanks! Valentinian ^{(talk) / (contribs)} 15:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Credits

• This template is based on the corresponding template {{WPMILHIST}} from the Military History WikiProject, created by User:Kirill Lokshin. It also includes code from {{TrainsWikiProject}} from the Trains WikiProject created by User:Slambo. Many thanks to both of you.
• If any other project finds it useful, please help yourself.

See also

• {{User WPHV}}