Template talk:WikiProject Albums

Unref parameter

The template has an "unref" parameter, to put the talk page in Category:Unreferenced album articles, but it is not being used and the category is currently empty. "Unreferenced" is something usually added to articles, not to talk pages, and where it has been used the category is usually not maintained; is the parameter still useful or should it be removed? Peter James (talk) 21:49, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Relevant thread at WT:ALBUM

See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Albums/Archive 67#Proposed_change_to_Template:WikiProject_Albums. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:17, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Issues with the class parameter

Hey there! I was trying to bump Nurture (album) up to B-class and was met with some odd behavior from this template. Every other class seems to work as it should, but trying to use B-class makes the template display C-class along with the list of B-class criteria instead. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 22:28, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

It's also adding the talk page to the wrong category, which in turn is causing it to be listed in Category:Articles with conflicting quality ratings. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 22:38, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

@TechnoSquirrel69: This WikiProject banner has included a B-class checklist since April 2011 - twelve years ago. See Template talk:WikiProject Albums/Archive 1#Checking article against B-class status. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:15, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

@Redrose64: Thanks for that information! I am aware of the B-class checklist; I was referring to the actual class that the template displays. Check out the talk page of the article I linked. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 23:31, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

I don't understand what you are asking. Talk:Nurture (album) is showing as B class in all the WikiProjects, also in the WikiProject banner shell; all the appropriate categories show B-Class (i.e. Category:B-Class Album articles, Category:B-Class electronic music articles, Category:B-Class Pop music articles, Category:B-Class United States articles, Category:B-Class United States articles of Low-importance); there is no evidence of Category:Articles with conflicting quality ratings. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:04, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

@TechnoSquirrel69: When a class rating is supplied to {{WikiProject Albums}} directly, the template requires that you pass the parameters for assessing the article against each of the 6 B-class criteria, and all 6 individual B-class criteria must be satisfied before the overall class of B is granted (otherwise it won't go higher than C-class). An example call for a passing article would look like this:

{{WikiProject Albums | class=B | B-Class-1=yes | B-Class-2=yes | B-Class-3=yes | B-Class-4=yes | B-Class-5=yes | B-Class-6=yes }}

Harryboyles 23:09, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

(and as a side note, I see in the Singles section there is a {{More citations needed}} tag. I would argue that while such a tag is present, the article would (on the face of it) fail criterion 1 - "The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations.")Harryboyles 23:18, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

@Harryboyles: Thanks for the information, I think that clears it up! I thought I had cleaned up all the {{cn}}s when I reassessed the article, but I must have inadvertently missed a couple. Well, onto the to-do list it goes. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 02:59, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Importance parameter

The template is missing the "importance" parameter, which is commonplace for WikiProject talk banners. I couldn't guess as to why since the WikiProject, like (almost?) any other, does categorize its articles by importance. Can this be added? Throast ^{{{ping}} me!} (talk | contribs) 23:34, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

@Throast: The |importance= parameter was removed five months ago in this edit. What do you mean by the WikiProject, like (almost?) any other, does categorize its articles by importance? Which categories are these? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:48, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

According to the table at Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums#Statistics they are categorized by top, high, mid importance, etc., though I'm just now noticing that these are indeed redlinks. How does that make sense? Throast ^{{{ping}} me!} (talk | contribs) 18:41, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

The table is transcluded from User:WP 1.0 bot/Tables/Project/Album, and it's bot-generated. I think that the bot is not looking at categories, but instead detecting an |importance= parameter within the {{WikiProject Albums}}. For example, at the intersection of FA-Class with Top-Importance is this link: 16, and the first page listed is Achtung Baby, the talk page of which has {{WikiProject Albums |class=FA |importance=top}} but is only in Category:FA-Class Album articles and Category:WikiProject Albums articles - none related to Albums importance. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:41, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Interesting. So, ideally, the |importance= parameter should be removed from all WikiProject Album banners since it's no longer used. Could this be done with a script? Throast ^{{{ping}} me!} (talk | contribs) 23:34, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Class=NA

I got an error when using "class=NA" on this page: User talk:Widgetkid/RecordingCover. The banner appears to be ok, but I figured maybe there was something more that should be shown for that class, per the documentation. WidgetKid ^Converse 01:08, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

I've fixed it by adding the {{WikiProject banner shell}} to encapsulate the banner. The banner shell automatically applies the NA-class namespace on userspace pages. Harryboyles 01:40, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Resolved

 – Solved by Harryboyles. Thanks, mate!

@Widgetkid: Generally speaking, |class=NA should never be used. NA-Class is the default for non-article talk pages where no other class is relevant. See the various pages in Category:NA-Class Album pages - all of them either leave |class= blank, or omit it entirely. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 08:59, 8 March 2026 (UTC)