Template:Help Out
- Promote the project
- Join this project! Add yourself to the list, and add the userbox to your page, to advertise the project to people who happen to pass by.
- Invite people to the project – drop a note on the user talk page of editors working on {{{topic}}} topics who aren't project members.
- Consider promoting the project via the Wikipedia Signpost WikiProject desk.
- Improve the project
- Update the project pages, archive clutter, and make use of the latest automation available
- Consult the WikiProject Guide for ideas
- Come up with new ones
- Use the project
- Create a new article.
- Expand some of the articles (check out [[:Category:{{{stubscat}}}]] or some of its subcategories), always respecting Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View Policy. Also, check the Wikipedia: Manual of Style.
- Add references to articles which need referencing improving. Biographies of living persons are a particular priority.
- Assess some of the [[:Category:{{{unassessedcat}}}|{{{unassessedcat}}}]], using the criteria at [[{{{assessmentlink}}}]]. Update the project banner on the relevant talk page.
- Check the talk page for requests for help.
Usage
Use on the main page of WikiProjects, under a heading like "How you can help".
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- Promote the project
- Join this project! Add yourself to the list, and add the userbox to your page, to advertise the project to people who happen to pass by.
- Invite people to the project – drop a note on the user talk page of editors working on topics who aren't project members.
- Consider promoting the project via the Wikipedia Signpost WikiProject desk.
- Improve the project
- Update the project pages, archive clutter, and make use of the latest automation available
- Consult the WikiProject Guide for ideas
- Come up with new ones
- Use the project
- Create a new article.
- Expand some of the articles (check out [[:Category:]] or some of its subcategories), always respecting Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View Policy. Also, check the Wikipedia: Manual of Style.
- Add references to articles which need referencing improving. Biographies of living persons are a particular priority.
- Assess some of the [[:Category:|]], using the criteria at [[]]. Update the project banner on the relevant talk page.
- Check the talk page for requests for help.
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Required parameters
|topic=the topic name|stubscat=the project's main stub category|unassessedcat=the project's unassessed articles category|assessmentlink=page where assessment is discussed
Optional parameters
|invite=an invite template|projcat=the main category for all the project's articles without the "Category:" prefix, i.e. which includes all the project's articles (MAIN_CAT in the project banner template).|newarticles=the subpage where new articles are listed|langcode=and|langname=(both are needed together) - the two-letter code of another Wikipedia which may be a source for translating content, and the name of it|todo=a todo list or page with a todo list on it
Note that a reference to the project's cleanup listing is included automatically, if it exists.
Example
Example with all parameters: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
- Promote the project
- Join this project! Add yourself to the list, and add the userbox to your page, to advertise the project to people who happen to pass by.
- Invite people to the project – drop a note or invite template {{WikiProject Venezuela invite}} on the user talk page of editors working on Venezuela topics who aren't project members.
- Consider promoting the project via the Wikipedia Signpost WikiProject desk.
- Improve the project
- Update the project pages, archive clutter, and make use of the latest automation available
- Consult the WikiProject Guide for ideas
- Come up with new ones
- Use the project
- Monitor discussions on talk pages of articles covered by the project. Recent changes to the project's talk pages
- Create a new article. Or check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Venezuela/new articles and see if these new articles need work such as project tagging or categorising.
- Translate or expand articles from Spanish Wikipedia.
- Expand some of the articles (check out Category:Venezuela stubs or some of its subcategories), always respecting Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View Policy. Also, check the Wikipedia: Manual of Style.
- Add references to articles which need referencing improving. Biographies of living persons are a particular priority.
- Assess some of the Unassessed Venezuela articles, using the criteria at Wikipedia:WikiProject Venezuela/Assessment. Update the project banner on the relevant talk page.
- Check the talk page for requests for help.
- Check the to do list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Venezuela/To do
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Redirects
- {{WikiProject help}}
See also
- {{Infobox Wikipedia WikiProject}}
- {{CotM}}