Template:WikiProject Fictional characters/doc

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

This template is used on approximately 84,000 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 Fictional characters}} 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:

{{WikiProject Fictional characters
 |class=
 |attention=
 |needs-infobox=
 |needs-image=
 |fiction=
 |listas=
 |category=
}}

General 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.
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:Fictional character 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:Fictional character articles needing infoboxes.
needs-image – set |needs-image=yes if the article needs an image.
- This parameter populates Category:Fictional character articles needing images.
fiction – set |fiction=yes if the article needs rewriting to maintain an out of universe approach per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction).
- This parameter populates Category:Fictional character articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction.
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 The Incredible Crash Dummies, use |listas=Incredible Crash Dummies, The so that the talk page will show up in the I's and not the T'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.

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