Template:WikiProject Lists/doc

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To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Usage

This project uses a Custom mask for class. The Custom mask for WikiProject Lists limits class to FL, List, and Stub for articles.

This project includes usage of Image, Portal, Category, Disambiguation, Project, and Template as needed. All other class designations will be automatically reassessed using the Custom mask for WikiProject Lists.

Place this code on all talk pages of list articles:

Lists NA‑class High‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Lists, an attempt to structure and organize all list pages on Wikipedia. If you wish to help, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.Listswikipedia:WikiProject ListsTemplate:WikiProject ListsList articles
NA	This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the 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 has opted out of project-independent quality assessments and is using a custom class mask.
Automatic parameter checking is enabled and pages with invalid parameters can be found in the tracking category.

Some of the assessment categories required for Lists 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:List articles by importance – (create)
Category:Top-importance List articles – (create)
Category:High-importance List articles – (create)
Category:Mid-importance List articles – (create)
Category:Low-importance List articles – (create)
Category:Unknown-importance List articles – (create)

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attention – set |attention=yes if the article needs immediate attention from experienced editors. Use only if another parameter does not cover the need for attention; this should be used sparingly. It is strongly encouraged to also add a section to the talk page explaining what needs attention.
- This parameter populates Category:Lists articles needing attention.
class – valid values are listed in the custom class mask. See the project's 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 project's 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 List of Formula One circuits, use |listas=Formula One circuits, List of so that the talk page will show up in the F's and not the L's of the various assessment and administrative categories). 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.

Usage

See also