Template:WikiProject banner shell/doc

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"Template:WikiProject banner" redirects here. For the code that is used to build all the WikiProject banners, see Module:WikiProject banner.

Usage

This template combines WikiProject banners on talk pages into a nested shell and displays a general quality assessment for an article. It was designed for WikiProject banners and will work reliably only with such templates. This template may be added to an article talk page with no WikiProject banners, but with a |class= quality assessment value, in which case it will populate a general category such as Category:C-Class articles.

WikiProject assessment bots may change shell templates per this usage guideline when the bot is editing the talk page for other reasons. If local consensus on a talk page is to not follow this guideline, please specify |collapsed=yes or |collapsed=no explicitly to override the bots.

Basic

{{WikiProject banner shell|class=|
{{First Project Banner}}
{{Second Project Banner}}
{{Third Project Banner}}
...
}}

Full

{{WikiProject banner shell|blp=|class=|vital=|collapsed=|listas=|
{{First Project Banner}}
{{Second Project Banner}}
{{Third Project Banner}}
...
}}

Project-independent quality assessments

In February 2023, the local wiki community expressed strong support for article quality assessments that are independent of WikiProjects.

Consensus was found for adding a |class= parameter to Template:WikiProject banner shell, which all projects would inherit. To avoid redundancy, this rating is then shown only on the banner shell. Projects can choose to opt-out of this system by adding the parameter |QUALITY_CRITERIA=custom to their project banner template.

It is possible to add a banner shell template to an article without any WikiProjects, for example {{WikiProject banner shell|class=start}}.

Cewbot will regularly maintain {{WikiProject banner shell}}.

Parameters

All parameters are optional.

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:WikiProject banner shell in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for WikiProject banner shell

Aggregates and compresses the display of multiple, vertically-stacked WikiProject banner templates on pages in odd-numbered namespaces into a more information dense layout

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
WikiProject banners	1	Place the individual project banners here, one per line	Content	optional
class	class	Display the standard quality assessment rating, e.g. Start, C, GA Suggested values FA FL A GA B C Start Stub List FM Example Start	String	suggested
Living subject	blp	Triggers the display of more verbose warnings about the extra editing constraints on these articles. Use "yes" for a living person. Use "no" for a dead person. Use "other" if the subject of the article is not a living person, but the article contains sensitive information about other living persons (eg. family). Use "activepol" if the article is about a currently active politician. Leave the field blank if the subject of the article does not involve a person. Suggested values activepol yes other no Example yes	String	suggested
Collapse project banners	collapsed	Load template in its collapsed state, hiding even the name, class and importance values for the individual WikiProjects contained within; set to 'yes' if desired. Default no (collapsed=no is deprecated, do not use) Example yes	Boolean	optional
Sort key	listas	Sets the default sort key for the current page Example Smith, John	String	optional
vital	vital	If set to yes, then the module will check subpages of Vital articles/data to see if the article is a vital article. If so, then it will display a message and link to the relevant sublist of vital articles.	Boolean	optional

Format: inline

Limitations and bugs

Pages where expansion depth is exceeded issue: This "shell template" adds to the "expansion depth" of the page. In certain circumstances, it can cause the page to exceed the limit. If this happens, find out which enclosed template is already "near the limit" and notify the WikiProject responsible for that template that there is an issue. Include details, as some WikiProject templates only get "close to the limit" with uncommon combinations of parameters. (Example report)

Tracking categories

• Category:Biography articles without blp parameter (0)
• Category:Biography articles without listas parameter (0)
• Category:Pages using WikiProject banner shell with duplicate banner templates (0)
• Category:WikiProject banners placed outside the banner shell (0)
• Category:WikiProjects using a non-standard quality scale (2)
• Category:Wikipedia vital articles needing attention (0)

Category renaming

• Category:Wikipedia non-empty soft redirected categories (0) - Contains items from the recent name changes of categories ending in articles to pages.

See also

• {{Skip to talk}} – To skip past the many banners and templates straight to the table of contents
• {{Talk header}} – Used at the top of some pages
• Module:WikiProject banner – the meta module for individual WikiProject banners
• Category:Pages using WikiProject banner shell needing attention

Other shell templates

• {{Article history}} – For a template to condense Peer Reviews and other Good- or Featured-article history
• {{Banner holder}}
• {{Old XfD multi}} – For listing multiple deletion debates
• {{Redirect category shell}} – For listing one or more redirect category templates