Usage

When you create or find a new page within the scope of WikiProject Extinction please add any of the following to the top of its talk page: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

WikiProject iconExtinction C‑class High‑importance
WikiProject iconThis article is a part of WikiProject Extinction, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use resource on extinction and extinct organisms. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the project page for more information.
CThis article has been rated as C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
HighThis article has been rated as High-importance on the importance scale.
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This article lacks sufficient references and/or adequate inline citations.
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WikiProject iconExtinction C‑class High‑importance
WikiProject iconThis article is a part of WikiProject Extinction, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use resource on extinction and extinct organisms. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the project page for more information.
CThis article has been rated as C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
HighThis article has been rated as High-importance on the importance scale.
More information:
Note icon
It is requested that a taxobox be included in this article to improve its quality.
Note icon
This article lacks sufficient references and/or adequate inline citations.
Note icon
An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article.

</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

WikiProject iconExtinction C‑class High‑importance
WikiProject iconThis article is a part of WikiProject Extinction, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use resource on extinction and extinct organisms. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the project page for more information.
CThis article has been rated as C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
HighThis article has been rated as High-importance on the importance scale.
More information:
Note icon
It is requested that a taxobox be included in this article to improve its quality.
Note icon
This article lacks sufficient references and/or adequate inline citations.
Note icon
An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article.

</syntaxhighlight> Unused parameters may be omitted. This template automatically adds articles to Category:WikiProject Extinction articles.

Optional parameters

  • class – valid values are fa, a, ga, b, c, start, stub, fl, list, na (case-insensitive). See the quality scale for details. Setting an explicit value of NA is rarely necessary; for this, either leave |class= blank or omit the parameter.
  • importance – valid values are: top, high, mid, low, na (case-insensitive). See the importance scale for details. Setting an explicit value of NA is rarely necessary; for this, either leave |importance= blank or omit the parameter.
  • listas – This parameter, which is the equivalent of the DEFAULTSORT sortkey that should be placed on all biographical articles, is a sortkey for the article talk page (e.g. for Luis Walter Alvarez, use |listas=Alvarez, Luis Walter so that the talk page will show up in the A's and not the L's of the various assessment and administrative categories; similarly, for topics with titles beginning with an article such as "the" or "a" - e.g. for The Sixth Extinction (book), use |listas=Sixth Extinction (book), The so that the talk page will show up in the S's). This is important because it is one source used by those who set DEFAULTSORT on the article; consider also setting the DEFAULTSORT for the article when setting this parameter. For more information about this, please see Wikipedia:Categorization of people § Ordering names in a category.
    If the article is using {{WikiProject banner shell}} then it is preferable to add |listas= to that template instead of a project banner template. Putting the parameter on more than one template is not required.
  • category – set |category=no if, and only if, a banner is being used for demonstration or testing purposes, to prevent unnecessary or undesirable categorization. Otherwise, omit this parameter.