Template:WikiProject Politics/doc

{{WikiProject Politics}} is the project banner of WikiProject Politics. This template should be transcluded (not substituted) to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project. This template automatically adds articles to Category:WikiProject Politics articles.

Full parameter list

{{WikiProject Politics
 |class =
 |importance =
<!-- Maintenance parameters -->
 |attention=
 |needs-infobox=
 |needs-image=
 |listas=
<!-- Task forces parameters -->
 |American=
 |American-importance=
 |gun-politics= 
 |gun-politics-importance= 
 |libertarianism=
 |libertarianism-importance=
 |political-parties=
 |political-parties-importance= 
}}

Usage

To add an article to our worklist, place this template at the top of an article's talk page with the following parameters:

{{WikiProject Politics
 | class = 
 | importance = 
}}

or

{{WikiProject Politics |class= |importance= }}

• class – valid values are listed in the custom class mask. 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.
• importance – valid values are: top, high, mid, low, na (case-insensitive). See the project's importance scale for details. Setting an explicit value of NA is rarely necessary; for this, either leave |importance= blank or omit the parameter.

"Comments that explain the rating" may be added by clicking on the link within the template; other comments and questions can be discussed on the article's talk page.

Maintenance parameters

 |attention=
 |needs-infobox=
 |needs-image=
 |listas=

• 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:Politics 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:Politics articles needing infoboxes.

• image – set |image=yes to request that an image or photograph be added to the page.
  • type – overrides the default text (image or photograph); also used to categorise the request.
  • details – additional text to insert before the words "be added to this article" to describe the subject or type of image that is requested.
  • This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested images of politics.
  • location – use in conjunction with |type= to override the above and instead categorise the request into either Wikipedia requested types in location or Wikipedia requested photographs in location.
  • topic – use in conjunction with |type= to categorise the request into either Wikipedia requested types of topic or Wikipedia requested photographs of topic.
• auto – This parameter is for the use of bots and indicates that the article has been automatically rated:
  • |auto=length – based on the length of the article
  • |auto=inherit – because one or more other projects use this class
  • |auto=yes (or |auto=stub), in conjunction with |class=stub – as Stub-Class because it uses a stub template
    • Use of the above values (or value combinations) with this parameter populates Category:Automatically assessed politics articles.
• 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.

listas

• 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 David Cameron, use |listas=Cameron, David so that the talk page will show up in the C's and not the D'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.

For more information about the sort key, please see Wikipedia's institutions for sort by surname.

Task-force parameters

 |American=
 |American-importance=
 |gun-politics= 
 |gun-politics-importance= 
 |libertarianism=
 |libertarianism-importance=
 |political-parties=
 |political-parties-importance=

Regional and national

• American – set |American=yes if the article is supported by American politics task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:American politics task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:American politics articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • American-importance (only used if |American=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within American politics task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:American politics articles by importance.

General topics

• gun-politics – set |gun-politics=yes if the article is supported by Gun politics task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Gun politics task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Gun politics articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • gun-politics-importance (only used if |gun-politics=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within Gun politics task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Gun politics articles by importance.
• political-parties – set |political-parties=yes if the article is supported by Political parties task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Political parties task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Political party articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • political-parties-importance (only used if |political-parties=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within Political parties task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Political party articles by importance.

Political culture

• libertarianism – set |libertarianism=yes if the article is supported by Libertarianism task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:WikiProject Libertarianism articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Libertarianism articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • libertarianism-importance (only used if |libertarianism=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within Libertarianism task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Libertarianism articles by importance.

Aliases

• The parameter |american= is recognised as an alias for |American=. If both |American= and |american= are present, |american= is ignored.

• The parameter |american-importance= is recognised as an alias for |American-importance=. If both |American-importance= and |american-importance= are present, |american-importance= is ignored.

• The parameter |image-details= is recognised as an alias for |details=. If both |details= and |image-details= are present, |image-details= is ignored.

• The parameter |needs-image= is recognised as an alias for |image=. If both |image= and |needs-image= are present, |needs-image= is ignored.

See also

• {{User WikiProject Politics}}
• {{WikiProject Conservatism}}
• {{WikiProject Elections and Referendums}}
• {{WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom}}
• {{WikiProject Socialism}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:WikiProject Politics in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for WikiProject Politics

The talk page banner of WikiProject Politics. Add it to talk pages of Politics-related subjects.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
category	category	no description	Unknown	optional
listas	listas	no description	Unknown	optional
class	class	no description	Unknown	suggested
auto	auto	no description	Unknown	optional
importance	importance	no description Default low Auto value low	String	suggested
Attention?	attention	no description Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
needs-infobox	needs-infobox	Is the article missing a needed infobox? Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
image	image	no description	Unknown	optional
needs-image	needs-image	no description	Unknown	optional
location	location	no description	Unknown	optional
details	details	no description	Unknown	optional
image-details	image-details	no description	Unknown	optional
topic	topic	no description	Unknown	optional
type	type	no description Auto value	Unknown	optional
American politics	American american	no description Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
American-importance	American-importance american-importance	no description Auto value low	String	optional
gun-politics	gun-politics	no description Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
gun-politics-importance	gun-politics-importance	no description Auto value low	String	optional
political-parties	political-parties	no description Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
political-parties-importance	political-parties-importance	no description Auto value low	String	optional
libertarianism	libertarianism	no description Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
libertarianism-importance	libertarianism-importance	no description Auto value low	String	optional