Template:WikiProject Cold War/doc

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Usage

The {{WikiProject Cold War}} project banner template should be added (not subst:ed) to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project. While the template does not require any additional parameters, it has a number of optional ones that add various extra features to the banner. The full syntax is as follows:

Cold War C‑class High‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Cold War, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the Cold War on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Cold Warwikipedia:WikiProject Cold WarTemplate:WikiProject Cold WarCold War articles
C	This article has been rated as C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article has been marked as needing immediate attention.

This WikiProject banner template uses Module:WikiProject banner, a meta-template for easily creating and maintaining project banners. Please report any errors or feature requests to Module talk:WikiProject banner. Information or warnings about the template are below:

This project banner specifies a non-existent assessment page Wikipedia:WikiProject Cold War/Assessment. Please update or remove the |ASSESSMENT_LINK= parameter to fix this problem.
Automatic parameter checking is enabled. Create the tracking category to track invalid parameters.

Some of the assessment categories required for Cold War do not currently exist, and should to be created to avoid redlinks appearing on talk pages. Alternatively, you may need to set or update the |ASSESSMENT_CAT= parameter in this template.

Category:Cold War articles by quality – (create)
Category:FA-Class Cold War articles – (create)
Category:FL-Class Cold War articles – (create)
Category:A-Class Cold War articles – (create)
Category:GA-Class Cold War articles – (create)
Category:B-Class Cold War articles – (create)
Category:C-Class Cold War articles – (create)
Category:Start-Class Cold War articles – (create)
Category:Stub-Class Cold War articles – (create)
Category:List-Class Cold War articles – (create)
Category:Unassessed Cold War articles – (create)
Category:NA-Class Cold War articles – (create)
Category:Cold War articles by importance – (create)
Category:Top-importance Cold War articles – (create)
Category:High-importance Cold War articles – (create)
Category:Mid-importance Cold War articles – (create)
Category:Low-importance Cold War articles – (create)
Category:NA-importance Cold War articles – (create)
Category:Unknown-importance Cold War articles – (create)

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General parameters:

class = FA, A, GA, B, C, Start, Stub, FL, List, Category, Disambig, Draft, File, Portal, Project, or Template
importance = Top, High, Mid, Low, NA or Unknown
attention = yes, if the article is in significant need of attention

To avoid needlessly cluttering up talk pages, it is usually appropriate to remove any unused parameters from the template.

Usage

See also