Template:WikiProject International relations/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:WikiProject International relations (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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[edit] About this template

This template is the project banner for WikiProject International relations and can also act as a banner for its subproject United Nations.

The template is to be placed on talk pages (only) of the articles identified as being within the Project's scope (at or near the top of the talkpage).

This template automatically assigns the category Category:WikiProject International relations to the articles' talk pages. This category and other associated Project categories are used in various ways by the Project in the overall management of the Project's workload.

This template contains optional parameters, details of usage are given below.

[edit] Usage instructions

Full syntax options for this template are as follows:

{{WikiProject International relations
  |class=
  |importance=
  |un = 
  |nested = 
  |small =  
}}

The parameters are named, and (if used) must be entered exactly as-is (note, all are lowercase).

[edit] Parameter values

[edit] Class

This optional parameter records the Project quality assessment rating currently assigned to the particular article on whose talkpage the project banner appears.

If unassigned, or an invalid value is given, the parameter defaults to "unassigned" and the template places the talkpage into Category:Unassessed International relations articles.

Valid values for this parameter, their associated meanings and categories are given in the table below. Values should be typed as shown (eg |class=GA ):

Class parameter values (Category:International relations articles by quality)
Value Meaning Main Category UN Category
FA Featured-class articles; the article has passed through the featured article review process. FA-Class International relations articles FA-Class United Nations articles
A A-class articles; could be submitted as a Featured article candidate; probably could use some small updates to make it Featured quality. A-Class International relations articles A-Class United Nations articles
GA Good-class articles; the article has passed through the good article review process. GA-Class International relations articles GA-Class United Nations articles
B B-class articles; 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. B-Class International relations articles B-Class United Nations articles
Start Start-class articles; the article is more than a stub, but may lack some important aspects of the topic's discussion. Start-Class International relations articles Start-Class United Nations articles
Stub Stub-class articles; the article is a stub; it likely contains one of the stub templates. Stub-Class International relations articles Stub-Class United Nations articles
FL Featured-class lists; the article has passed through the featured list review process. They are sorted with the featured articles. FA-Class International relations articles FA-Class United Nations articles
List The article is a list that has not yet passed the featured list review process. List-Class International relations articles List-Class United Nations articles
NA Not applicable; the page is not an article and should not be rated; it could be an image or category, for example. Non-article International relations pages Non-article United Nations pages

[edit] Importance

This optional parameter records the Project priority assessment rating currently assigned to the particular article on whose talkpage the project banner appears. For more information on importance ratings, see the importance scale

If unassigned, or an invalid value is given, or the class parameter is set to "NA", the parameter defaults to "unassigned" and the template places the talkpage into Category:Unknown-importance International relations articles.

Valid values for this parameter, their associated meanings and categories are given in the table below. Values should be typed as shown (eg |importance=Mid ):

Importance parameter values (Category:International relations articles by importance and Category:United Nations articles by importance)
Value Meaning Main Category UN Category
Top Reserved for the primary articles. These are considered fundamental to the topic and are mostly overview articles with many links. Top-importance International relations articles Top-importance United Nations articles
High Major topic about International relations; and for needed subtopics of "key" articles High-importance International relations articles High-importance United Nations articles
Mid For general articles on more specialised (sub-)topics. Mid-importance International relations articles Mid-importance United Nations articles
Low For still notable, but more highly-specialised or even obscure topics. Low-importance International relations articles Low-importance United Nations articles

[edit] WikiProject United Nations

The template can also be used to add an article to the subproject of WikiProject United Nations. To do so, set the un parameter to | un=yes in lowercase letters. Adding the "un" paramenter will put the article in quality and importance assessment categories for WikiProject United Nations using the same quality and importance used above.

[edit] Nested

Includung | nested=yes will colaps the template into a bar than can be expanded by clicking on it. This is used for {{WikiProjectBannerShell}}.

[edit] Small

Including | small=yes will turn the banner into a small box on the right side of the page. This is used to save space on some large pages.