Wikipedia:Guidelines for "(Continent) topic" templates

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The continent-topic templates are:

Template:Africa topic

Template:Asia topic  (also Template:Southeast Asia topic)

Template:Europe topic

Template:North America topic

Template:Oceania topic

Template:South America topic

Contents 1 Applying the templates 1.1 Disabling dependencies and other territories 2 When to use the templates 2.1 Redirects 2.2 Changing the infobox title 3 Countries included

[edit] Applying the templates

To add a template to an article, use {{Continent topic|Topic [of/in]}}, replacing Continent with the name of a continent and Topic with the name of a topic followed by "of" or "in".

For example, use {{Africa topic|Geography of}} to produce:

It is usually appropriate to add the template at the end of an article.

[edit] Disabling dependencies and other territories

Not all dependencies or similar territories have their own articles on particular topics. To disable the inclusion of such territories in a template (that would otherwise appear as red links), include the parameter "countries_only=yes", e.g. {{Europe topic|Islam in|countries_only=yes}}:

[edit] When to use the templates

1. Before implementing these templates in a topic, check for red links. If there are several red links, consider whether a separate article in the topic for each country is warranted.
2. Some topics may use a different navigational scheme. In general, don't use this template if there are already navigational templates in several of the articles of a topic.

Examples of appropriate articles for these templates are {{Africa topic|Culture of}} or {{North America topic|List of airports in}}, both of which have a number of blue links, and where the majority of red links could have a reasonable article written about them.

Examples of inappropriate articles for these templates are {{North America topic|Maya in}}, where articles could only be written for a small number of nations and {{Oceania topic|Music of}}, where articles already have templates which use a different navigational scheme.

[edit] Redirects

When there are a small number of links for which an article is not appropriate, consider making a redirect to the broader article in which the topic is included. For example, Hinduism in Cambodia redirects to Hinduism in Southeast Asia and Geography of the Northern Mariana Islands redirects to Northern Mariana Islands.

[edit] Changing the infobox title

There is an optional second argument which will replace the title of the infobox. For example, {{South America topic|Flag of|Flags of South America}} will produce:

"Flags of South America" will appear in place of the default "Flag of South America", which is not an appropriate article.

[edit] Countries included

The lists of countries included are broadly those found in the corresponding templates:

Template:Countries of Africa

Template:Countries of Asia

Template:Countries of Europe

Template:Countries of North America

Template:Countries of Oceania

Template:Countries of South America

Discussions on which countries to include are best conducted on the talk pages of these templates.