To add an article to the list, simply place {{WikiProject Alternative Education|class=|importance=}} at the top of the article's Talk page, along with the following parameters:
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This article is within the scope of WikiProject Alternative education, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.Alternative educationwikipedia:WikiProject Alternative educationTemplate:WikiProject Alternative educationAlternative education articles
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This project has been identified as inactive. Please see WP:INACTIVEWP for more information. To reactivate this project, change inactive on the first line to main.
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class: Options are FA, A, GA, B, Start, Stub, Dab, Template, Cat, Image, List, NA. If blank, this will default as Unassessed. Descriptions of the options can be found at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment. NA is "not applicable".
importance: Options are Top, High, Mid, Low, NA. If blank, this will default as Unknown priority. NA is "not applicable". This is the importance within Alternative Education articles according to this scale: