Template:WikiProject Geology/doc

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Usage

To add an article to the list, simply add the template to the talk page of the article with the following parameters: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 229: too many expensive function calls.</syntaxhighlight>

Options for the parameters are:

class: FA, FL, A, GA, B, C, Start, Stub, List, Template, Category, Disambig, Portal, Project, Redirect, Image and NA. If blank, this will default to Unassessed. NA is "not applicable".
importance: Top, High, Mid, Low, and NA. If blank, this will default to Unrated.

This is the importance within geology according to this scale. Further descriptions of the options can be found at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment.

Additional options are available. Here is the template with all the options: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 229: too many expensive function calls. </syntaxhighlight>

attention flags the article for attention (however, it is better to put an appropriate cleanup tag on the article itself).
needs-infobox is used if there is probably an appropriate infobox for the subject (for example, {{infobox scientist}} or a template in Category:Geology infobox templates).
Cambrian and Cambrian-importance tag the article for the Cambrian explosion task force and rate its importance for that project.
Geological periods and Geological periods-importance do the same for the Geological periods task force.
meteorite and meteorite-importance do the same for the Meteorites task force.
auto indicates that a bot assessed the article as a stub. If you see a message that a bot auto-assessed the article, please take the time to confirm the assessment and remove |auto=yes.