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Usage
editThe {{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
edit- 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 isWikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Peer review/Foobar
, set|title=Foobar
Task force parameters
edit- 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.