The {{WikiProject Finland}} banner template should be transcluded (not substituted) to the talk page of every page within the scope of the project. While the template does not require any additional parameters, it provides the greatest value when they are used to include with it an objective content assessment as well. The |class= parameter is a rating of the article's quality while the |importance= parameter indicates the relative priority it has within the project for members' attention; see the project's Assessment Department for more details. For expedience, you can copy and paste this empty example onto the intended talk page when none of the other parameters are required and then add the values for the content assessment according to your best judgment:
{{WikiProject Finland|class=|importance=}}
In light of the fact that pages often fall within the scope of several WikiProjects, each of which adding their banner template to the associated talk page, it is expected that the inline format is used, as shown below. Any parameters that do not receive values should be deleted before saving.
{{WikiProject Finland|class=|importance=|attention=|needs-infobox=|needs-image=|image-details=|image-in=|listas=|selected=|auto=|category=}}
The full syntax is as follows:
{{WikiProject Finland
| class =
| importance =
| attention =
| needs-infobox =
| needs-image =
| image-details =
| image-in =
| listas =
| selected =
| auto =
| category =
}}
|
- class – valid values are
FA, A, GA, B, C, Start, Stub, FL, FM, List, Category, Disambig, Draft, File, Portal, Project, Redirect, Template and 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.
- importance – valid values are:
Top, High, Mid, Low and 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- image-needed – set
|image-needed=yes to request that an image or photograph be added to the page.
- image-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 photographs in Finland.
- image-in – use to override the above and instead categorise the request into
Wikipedia requested photographs in image-in.
- 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 Emmy Achté, use
|listas=Achté, Emmy so that the talk page will show up in the A's and not the E'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.
- selected – set
|selected=yes if the article or image is selected on the Finland portal.
- 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
- 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.
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- The parameter
|infobox-needed= is recognised as an alias for |needs-infobox=. If both |needs-infobox= and |infobox-needed= are present, |infobox-needed= is ignored.
- The parameter
|needs-image= is recognised as an alias for |image-needed=. If both |image-needed= and |needs-image= are present, |needs-image= is ignored.
Template parameters This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. | Parameter | Description | Type | Status |
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| Quality assessment | class | Objective quality assessment class (or page type, if non-article), per WP:ASSESS. Set to one of: ['FA', 'A', 'GA', 'B', 'C', 'Start', 'Stub', 'FL', 'List', 'FM', 'File', 'Draft', 'Category', 'Disambig', 'Portal', 'Redirect', 'Template', 'Project', 'NA'] - Suggested values
FA A GA B C Start Stub FL List Draft FM File Category Disambig Portal Project Redirect Template NA- Example
- Start
| Line | suggested |
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| Priority level | importance | Relative priority for project members to work on improving the page. Set to one of: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] - Suggested values
Top High Mid Low NA- Default
- Low
- Example
- Low
| Line | suggested |
|---|
| Needs immediate attention | attention | Flags the page as requiring the immediate attention of experienced editors when set to: ['yes'] - Default
- no
- Example
- yes
- Auto value
yes
| Boolean | optional |
|---|
| Missing infobox | needs-infobox infobox-needed | Adds the page to a category for articles that should display an infobox but currently lack one when set to: ['yes'] - Default
- no
- Example
- yes
- Auto value
yes
| Boolean | optional |
|---|
| Request image | needs-image image-needed | Adds the page to a category for image requests in project's area of scope when set to: ['yes'] - Default
- no
- Example
- yes
- Auto value
yes
| Boolean | optional |
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| Requested image description | image-details | Provides further details about the desired image, in the event the need could be ambiguous - Example
- A photo of City Hall, at sufficient distance to show its location between the city court and public works buildings
| String | optional |
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| Requested image location/subject | image-in | Specifies the subject type of the requested image, or its geographical location. If applicable, set to one of: ['Helsinki', 'people of Finland', 'Espoo', 'Tampere', Vantaa', 'Oulu', 'Turku'] - Suggested values
Helsinki people of Finland- Example
- Helsinki
| Line | optional |
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| Sorting title | listas | Sort page in lists and categories by this value instead of its actual name
| Line | optional |
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| Portal featured article | selected | Indicates the article is on the list of rotating Featured Articles on the Finland Portal when set to: ['yes'] - Default
- no
- Example
- yes
- Auto value
yes
| Boolean | optional |
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| Quality auto-assessment method | auto | Flags the article for algorithmic quality assessment by a bot and determines the method used. Set to one of: ['inherit', 'length', 'stub', 'yes', 'no'] - Suggested values
inherit length stub yes no- Default
- no
- Example
- length
- Auto value
yes
| Line | optional |
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| Category inclusion | category | Controls the automatic inclusion of the page into the project's tracking categories (usually needed only for demos and testing pages). Set to one of: ['yes', 'no'] - Default
- yes
- Example
- no
- Auto value
no
| Boolean | optional |
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- Rater gadget (this template has been designed to make full use of the Rater script's features and workflow)
