Template:WikiProject Brazil/doc

This template is the project banner for WikiProject Brazil, and is added to the talk pages of articles within the Project's scope.

Project banner

Simple version

{{WikiProject Brazil |class= |importance= }}

Detailed version

• class=XXX – a rating of the article's quality; see below for more details.
• importance=YYY – a rating of the article's importance; see below for more details.
• arts=yes - this parameter will include it in the Arts task force.
• edu=yes - this parameter will include it in the Education and Science task force.
• geo=yes - this parameter will include it in the Geography task force.
• gov=yes - this parameter will include it in the Government and Laws task force.
• history=yes - this parameter will include it in the History task force.
• sports=yes - this parameter will include it in the Sports task force.
• transport=yes - this parameter will include it in the Transportation task force.
• portal=ZZZ – if the article is used in the featured article queue of the Brazil Portal, the subpage number of its entry.
• attention=yes - if the article requires immediate attention; this should be used sparingly.
• needs-infobox=yes - if the article lacks an infobox, otherwise remove this line.
• needs-map=yes - if the article lacks a map, otherwise remove this line.
• needs-photo=yes - if the article lacks a photo, otherwise remove this line.
• merge=yes - if the article needs to be merged, otherwise remove this line.
• auto=yes – This parameter is for the use of bots.

{{WikiProject Brazil
 |class           = 
 |importance      = 
 |arts            =
 |edu             =
 |geo             =
 |gov             =
 |history         =
 |sports          =
 |transport       =
 |portal          = 
 |attention       = 
 |needs-infobox   = 
 |needs-map       = 
 |needs-photo     = 
 |merge           = 
 |auto            =  
}}

Usage

An article's quality assessment is recorded using the |class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Brazil}} banner template on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.

The following standard grades may be used to describe the quality of mainspace articles (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):

FA	(for featured articles only; adds them to the FA-Class Brazil articles category)		File:Featured article star.svg FA
FL	(for featured lists only; adds them to the FL-Class Brazil articles category)		File:Featured article star.svg FL
A	(for articles that passed a formal peer review only; adds them to the A-Class Brazil articles category)		File:Symbol a class.svg A
GA	(for good articles only; adds them to the GA-Class Brazil articles category)		File:Symbol support vote.svg GA
B	(for articles that satisfy all of the B-Class criteria; adds them to the B-Class Brazil articles category)		B
C	(for substantial articles; adds them to the C-Class Brazil articles category)		C
Start	(for developing articles; adds them to the Start-Class Brazil articles category)		Start
Stub	(for basic articles; adds them to the Stub-Class Brazil articles category)		Stub
List	(for stand-alone lists; adds them to the List-Class Brazil articles category)		List
NA	(for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to the NA-Class Brazil pages category)		NA
???	(articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in the Unassessed Brazil articles category)		???

For non-mainspace content, the following values may be used:

FM	(for featured media only; adds them to the FM-Class Brazil pages category)		File:Featured article star.svg FM
Category	(for categories; adds them to the Category-Class Brazil pages category)		Category
Draft	(for drafts; adds them to the Draft-Class Brazil pages category)		Draft
File	(for files and timed text; adds them to the File-Class Brazil pages category)		File
Portal	(for portal pages; adds them to the Portal-Class Brazil pages category)		Portal
Project	(for project pages; adds them to the Project-Class Brazil pages category)		Project
Template	(for templates and modules; adds them to the Template-Class Brazil pages category)		Template

The following non-standard assessment grades for mainspace content may be used at a WikiProject's discretion:

Disambig	(for disambiguation pages; adds them to the Disambig-Class Brazil pages category)		Disambig
Redirect	(for redirect pages; adds them to the Redirect-Class Brazil pages category)		Redirect

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An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Brazil}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject Brazil|importance=???}}

The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):

Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Brazil articles)		Top
High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Brazil articles)		High
Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Brazil articles)		Mid
Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Brazil articles)		Low
NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance Brazil articles)		NA
??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance Brazil articles)		???

Quality scale

The table below gives a brief description of possible quality scale values. Before assigning any article to a class, please take a few moments and read the full description of the Version 1.0 Editorial Team Assessment system.

Each article may also be assigned to a particular class, intended as a point-in-time assessment of its overall "quality", relative to the criteria given in the quality scale detailed below. Articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed by default in: Category:Unassessed Brazil articles.

WikiProject content quality grading scheme

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
File:Featured article star.svg FA	The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured article criteria:{{Wikipedia:Featured article criteria}}	Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	Gilberto Silva
File:Featured article star.svg FL	The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured list criteria:{{Wikipedia:Featured list criteria}}	Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018)
File:Symbol a class.svg A	The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria The article meets the A-Class criteria: {{Wikipedia:Content assessment/A-Class criteria|raw=yes}}	Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting.	Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help.	Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics
File:Symbol support vote.svg GA	The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria {{Wikipedia:Good article criteria}}	Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication.	Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing.	Ethanol fuel in Brazil
B	The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria {{Wikipedia:Content assessment/B-Class criteria|raw=yes}}	Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher.	A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines.	Brazil
C	The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.	Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study.	Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems.	Itaipu Dam
Start	An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following: A useful picture or graphic Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article	Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more.	Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Improve the grammar, spelling, and writing style; decrease the use of jargon.	Brazilian Navy
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria.	Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant.	Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant.	Cajuru Park
List	Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area.	There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader.	Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized.	List of Brazilian actors
Category	Any category falls under this class.	Categories are mainly used to group together articles within a particular subject area.	Large categories may need to be split into one or more subcategories. Be wary of articles that have been miscategorized.	Category:Brazil
Disambig	Any disambiguation page falls under this class.	The page serves to distinguish multiple articles that share the same (or similar) title.	Additions should be made as new articles of that name are created. Pay close attention to the proper naming of such pages, as they often do not need "(disambiguation)" appended to the title.	Amazonas
File	Any page in the file namespace falls under this class.	The page contains an image, a sound clip or other media-related content.	Make sure that the file is properly licensed and credited.	File:Cruzeiro do Sul.png
Portal	Any page in the portal namespace falls under this class.	Portals are intended to serve as "main pages" for specific topics.	Editor involvement is essential to ensure that portals are kept up to date.	Portal:Brazil
Project	All WikiProject-related pages fall under this class.	Project pages are intended to aid editors in article development.	Develop these pages into collaborative resources that are useful for improving articles within the project.	Wikipedia:WikiProject Brazil
Template	Any template falls under this class. The most common types of templates include infoboxes and navboxes.	Different types of templates serve different purposes. Infoboxes provide easy access to key pieces of information about the subject. Navboxes are for the purpose of grouping together related subjects into an easily accessible format, to assist the user in navigating between articles.	Infoboxes are typically placed at the upper right of an article, while navboxes normally go across the very bottom of a page. Beware of too many different templates, as well as templates that give either too little, too much, or too specialized information.	Template:Brazil topics
NA	Any non-article page that fits no other classification.	The page contains no article content.	Look out for misclassified articles. Currently, many NA-class articles may need to be re-classified.

Importance scale

Each article may also be assigned a particular importance; for Brazil related articles, we make a very simple use of this. Articles for which a valid importance has not yet been provided are listed by default in: Category:Unknown-importance Brazil articles.

The following values may be used for the importance parameter (they should be entered exactly as given):

WikiProject article importance scheme

Importance	Criteria	Example
Top	Subject is extremely important, even crucial, to its specific field. Reserved for subjects that have achieved international notability within their field.	Economic history of Brazil
High	Subject is extremely notable, but has not achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent.	Banco do Brasil
Mid	Subject is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area.	National Library of Brazil
Low	Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within its field of study. It may only be included to cover a specific part of a notable article.	Betim
NA	Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc.	Category:Brazil
???	Subject importance has not yet been assessed.	???

If necessary, exceptions to the rules can always be considered.

Other template parameters

The following should be used only on article talk pages (Not for non-article pages)

Parameter	Meaning	Category
Attention Attention	Does this article need active attention (POV issues, badly organized, unreferenced)? The attention value should not appear in the template, if the article does not need attention.	Brazil articles needing attention
Merge Merge	Should we consider merging this into another article? The merge value should not appear in the template, if the article does not need to be merged.	Brazil articles needing merge action
Infobox Infobox	Is it missing any infobox? The needs-infobox value should not appear in the template, if the article does not need an infobox.	Brazil articles needing infoboxes
Photo Photo	Is it missing any photo? The needs-photo value should not appear in the template, if the article does not need a photo.	Brazil articles needing photos
Map Map	Is it missing any map? The needs-map value should not appear in the template, if the article does not need a map.	Wikipedia requested maps in Brazil

Optional parameters

• arts – set |arts=yes if the article is supported by the Arts in Brazil task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Arts in Brazil task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Arts in Brazil articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • This parameter uses |importance= to populate the relevant subcategory of Category:Arts in Brazil articles by importance.
• 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:Brazil articles needing attention.
• 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.
• edu – set |edu=yes if the article is supported by the Education and Science in Brazil task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Education and science in Brazil task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Education and science in Brazil articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • This parameter uses |importance= to populate the relevant subcategory of Category:Education and science in Brazil articles by importance.
• geo – set |geo=yes if the article is supported by the Geography of Brazil task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Geography of Brazil task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Geography of Brazil articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • This parameter uses |importance= to populate the relevant subcategory of Category:Geography of Brazil articles by importance.
• gov – set |gov=yes if the article is supported by the Government and Laws of Brazil task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Government and laws of Brazil task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Government and laws of Brazil articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • This parameter uses |importance= to populate the relevant subcategory of Category:Government and laws of Brazil articles by importance.
• history – set |history=yes if the article is supported by the History of Brazil task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:History of Brazil task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:History of Brazil articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • This parameter uses |importance= to populate the relevant subcategory of Category:History of Brazil articles by importance.
• 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.
• 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 Nelson Piquet, use |listas=Piquet, Nelson so that the talk page will show up in the P's and not the N'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.
• 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:Brazil articles needing infoboxes.
• needs-photo – set |needs-photo=yes if the page needs a photograph to be included.
  • This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Brazil.
• needs-map – set |needs-map=yes if the page needs a map to be included.
  • This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested maps in Brazil.
• portal – set |portal=yes (or any non-blank value other than "no", "n", "0" or "¬", such as May 2007) if the article has been selected for the featured article queue of the Brazil Portal
• sports – set |sports=yes if the article is supported by the Sports in Brazil task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Sports in Brazil task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Sports in Brazil articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • This parameter uses |importance= to populate the relevant subcategory of Category:Sports in Brazil articles by importance.
• transport – set |transport=yes if the article is supported by the Transportation in Brazil task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Transportation in Brazil task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Transportation in Brazil articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • This parameter uses |importance= to populate the relevant subcategory of Category:Transportation in Brazil articles by importance.
• 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 Brazil 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.