Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Tools
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[edit] WikiProject Ships Tools
[edit] Available templates and userboxes
[edit] Key project templates
- {{WikiProject Ships}} - Project Banner to be placed on discussion pages of articles within project scope. As well as "laying claim" to the article, it helps us assess article quality and direct resources to articles that need work. Articles are given a quality and importance rating as per the project's assessment criteria.
- {{shipindex|name=ship name}} to be placed on all ship name disambiguation pages (e.g. {{shipindex|name=Enterprise, USS}}).
[edit] Infobox template
- See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Tables
This standard infobox template has been developed to present information on military and civilian ships and ship classes in a consistent format.
[edit] Request templates
- {{reqphoto|ships|in=nation}} - If an article does not have a photo, adding this template to its talk page will add it to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of ships and also to the category for requested photographs in nation.
- {{Ship infobox request}} - If an article lacks an infobox, adding this template to its talk page will note that fact and also add the article to Category:Ship articles without infoboxes.
- {{newinfobox|type=ship}} - If an article uses an outdated infobox template or a hardcoded table, adding this template to its talk page will add it to Category:Ship articles needing infobox conversion.
[edit] Editing shortcut templates
Save your fingers and avoid typos.
[edit] Linking shortcuts
Linking to a ship or ship class article can involve a lot of extra typing, because ship names are italicized, but ship prefixes and other text in the article title are not. The following templates are shortcuts that will automatically format text when linking to a ship or ship class article.
Note: these templates have tunable output; see individual template documentation for details.
WP:SHIPS shortcut templates:
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[edit] Measurement shortcuts
- {{GRT}} for gross register tons
- {{TEU}} for twenty-foot equivalent units
- {{GT}} for gross tons
- {{DWT}} for deadweight tons
[edit] Other shortcuts
- {{navy}} - for adding the naval ensign and linked navy
[edit] Hatnote template
Hatnotes are very brief italicized notes placed at the top of an article. In ship articles, hatnotes are usually used to link to a disambiguation page for other ships of the same name, or to link to individual ship articles in the absence of a disambiguation page. A hatnote link is preferable to a 'See also' link where ship articles are concerned, as ships very frequently share names and hatnotes are highly visible.
- {{otherships}} - for inserting a hatnote that links to other ship articles or ship disambiguation pages
[edit] Navigational footer templates
These templates provide an easy way to navigate between ships of the same class or type. See Category:Naval navigational boxes for a complete listing of all existing navigational templates for ships.
[edit] User vanity templates
- {{user ships}} - A WikiProject Ships Userbox
- {{User CSNavy}} - Confederate Navy userbox
[edit] Stub types
- Water transport stubs {{water-transport-stub}}
- Ship type stubs {{ship-type-stub}}
- Individual ship or boat stubs {{ship-stub}}
- Ferry stubs {{ferry-stub}}
- Submarine stubs {{submarine-stub}}
- Naval ship stubs {{mil-ship-stub}}
- Category:Australian naval ship stubs {{Australia-mil-ship-stub}}
- Japan naval ship stubs {{Japan-mil-ship-stub}}
- United Kingdom naval ship stubs {{UK-mil-ship-stub}}
- Category:United Kingdom naval auxiliary ship stubs {{UK-aux-ship-stub}}
- Category:United Kingdom destroyer stubs {{UK-destroyer-stub}}
- Category:United Kingdom frigate stubs {{UK-frigate-stub}}
- Category:United Kingdom minesweeper stubs {{UK-minesweeper-stub}}
- Category:United Kingdom military submarine stubs {{UK-mil-submarine-stub}}
- United States naval ship stubs {{US-mil-ship-stub}}
[edit] Ensigns, Jacks, Pennants, and Other Vexillologs
WikiProject Ships has a large collection of graphics of flags, jacks, pennants and other vexillologs, useful in ship articles.