Template:Help Out/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Help Out.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Usage

Use on the main page of WikiProjects, under a heading like "How you can help".

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