Template:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology

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Heraldry and Vexillology Portal

Template:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology is within the scope of the Heraldry and vexillology WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of heraldry and vexillology. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.
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[edit] Usage

The {{WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology}} 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. The full syntax is as follows:

[edit] Syntax

{{WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology
|small=
|nested=
|class=
|auto=
|portal=
|portalbio=
|imageneeded=
|imagedetails=
|attention=
|A-Class=
|peer-review=
|old-peer-review=
|collaboration-candidate=
|past-collaboration=
|infoboxneeded=
}}

[edit] Use in practice

{{WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology
|small=yes                               <!-- renders the banner in miniature size. -->
                                         <!-- Use sparingly and only on crowded talk pages.-->
|nested=yes                              <!-- Needed for [[Template:WikiProjectBannerShell]]-->
|class=A                                 <!-- FA, A, GA, B, Start, Stub, NA, Needed or List-->
|auto=yes                                <!-- I.e. only use this if 1) you're operating a bot and -->
                                         <!-- 2) rating articles as "stub-class" based  -->
                                         <!-- solely on the presence of a stub template. -->
|portal=May 2006                         <!-- The month it was featured on the portal (displayed for FA/A/GA) -->
|portalbio=June 2006                     <!-- The month it was featured on the portal (displayed for FA/A/GA) -->
|imageneeded=yes                         <!-- Please only use lowercase. -->
|imagedetails=An image of the war flag   <!-- Only works is you answered "yes" before. -->
|attention=yes                           <!-- Immediate attention required. Needed by some bots. -->
                                         <!-- More information available at -->
                                         <!-- "Category:Heraldry and vexillology articles needing attention" -->
|A-Class=pass                            <!-- Pass, fail or current [nominee]. Can be used -->
                                         <!-- if an A-Class review is implemented -->
|peer-review=yes                         <!-- Need more input on your article? -->
                                         <!-- Ask others to comment on it -->
|old-peer-review=yes                     <!-- If this procedure has already taken place -->
|collaboration-candidate=yes             <!-- If we create a collaboration of the fortnight system --> 
|past-collaboration=September 2006       <!-- The month this took place -->
|infoboxneeded=yes                      <!-- Self explanatory. One of the bots likes this one. -->
}}

General parameters:

  • class – a rating of the article's quality; see Wikipedia:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology/Assessment for more details. Valid values are:
    • FA - The article has reached Featured article status.
    • A - Could be submitted as a Featured article candidate; probably could use some small updates to make it Featured quality.
    • GA - The article has reached Good article status.
    • B - Could be submitted as a Good article nominee; probably could use some updates or may lack some features from the Good article criteria, but it presents a good overview of the subject.
    • Start - The article is more than a stub, but may lack some important aspects of the topic's discussion.
    • Stub - The article is a stub; it likely contains one of the heraldry and vexillology stub templates.
    • NA - The page is not an article and should not be rated; it could be a template, image or category, for example.
    • Needed - The article does not yet exist but has been identified as a subject that should be covered.
    • List - The article is a list or gallery of flags or coats of arms (or similar), probably with very little text.

Maintenance parameter (set it to "yes" to include it):

To avoid needlessly cluttering up talk pages, it is usually appropriate to remove any unused parameters from the template.

[edit] Notes

  • Please use lowercase forms. E.g. imageneeded, imagedetails and yes. The uppercase forms generally do not work.
  • A few redlink categories need fixing to get the Portal / Review functions working. The needed category tree can be seen under the WP:MILHIST project.
  • Task forces are supported but this function has not been activated.
  • The image request feature is listed "below the fold" when used. If people feel this is a problem, please let me know.
  • Please report any other errors if you see them. Thanks! Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 15:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Credits

  • If any other project finds it useful, please help yourself.