Template:WikiProject Fictional characters/sandbox

Template documentation

This is the WikiProject banner template used by WikiProject Fictional characters to keep track of articles within its scope. All articles are categorised into Category:WikiProject Fictional characters articles.

Basic usage

Place this on the talk page of relevant articles:

{{WikiProject banner shell |class= |
{{WikiProject Fictional characters |class= }}
}}

Full usage

It is usual to remove any unused parameters from the template call.

{{WikiProject banner shell |blp= |class= |listas= |
{{WikiProject Fictional characters |class= |attention= |needs-infobox= |needs-image= |fiction= |category= }}
}}

Parameters

• class – this project has opted out of PIQA so a custom quality class may be defined. See #Quality assessment below.
• 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.

Notes and alerts

• 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:Fictional character articles needing attention.
• needs-infobox – set |needs-infobox=yes if the article needs an infobox. Remember that infoboxes are not suitable for all articles, and can overwhelm short articles. This parameter populates Category:Fictional character articles needing infoboxes.
• needs-image – to request that an image or photograph be added to the page.
• fiction – set |fiction=yes or any non-blank value other than "no", "n" or "0". The following message will be displayed: "This article has been marked that it describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style and may require cleanup. Please provide that the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective." This will populate Category:Fictional character articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction.

Deprecated parameters

• listas – this parameter should be used with the banner shell template, not on individual project banners. Please see Template:WikiProject banner shell for details.

Quality assessment

This project has opted to use custom quality criteria. See the the project's quality scale for details.

Classification based on class parameter

Classification of articles is made by adding the |class= parameter to the banner shell template. Valid values are shown below.

Input (not case sensitive)	Icon	Class	Category	Population
FA		FA	Category:FA-Class fictional character articles	46
A		A	Category:A-Class fictional character articles	0
GA		GA	Category:GA-Class fictional character articles	934
B		B	Category:B-Class fictional character articles	1,306
C		C	Category:C-Class fictional character articles	3,348
Start		Start	Category:Start-Class fictional character articles	6,781
Stub		Stub	Category:Stub-Class fictional character articles	1,339
FL		FL	Category:FL-Class fictional character articles	16
List		List	Category:List-Class fictional character articles	2,533

Classification of redirects and disambiguation pages

If the WikiProject banner is placed on the talk page of a redirect (in any namespace) or disambigation page then it will automatically be classified as follows:

• Redirects will automatically be classified as Redirect-class and placed in Category:Redirect-Class fictional character pages.
• Disambiguation pages will automatically be classified as Disambig-class and placed in Category:Disambig-Class fictional character pages.

Classification based on namespace

When placed on non-articles, the class will be deduced from the namespace of the page.

Namespace	Icon	Class	Category	Population
User talk		NA	Category:NA-Class fictional character pages	121
Project talk
Help talk
MediaWiki talk
File talk		File	Category:File-Class fictional character pages	3,774
TimedText talk
Category talk		Category	Category:Category-Class fictional character pages	7,696
Portal talk		Portal	Category:Portal-Class fictional character pages	0
Template talk		Template	Category:Template-Class fictional character pages	287
Module talk
Draft talk		Draft	Category:Draft-Class fictional character pages	140

In all other circumstances, articles will be classed as Unassessed and placed in Category:Unassessed fictional character articles.

TemplateData

This template identifies the article as being within scope of WikiProject Fictional characters.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
fiction	fiction	Triggers a custom note in the banner. Suggested values yes no Example yes	Line	optional
category	category	Set to no to display the banner without any categories. For testing or demo purposes; should not be used in articles. Suggested values no	Line	optional
needs-infobox	needs-infobox	Indicates that the article needs an infobox. Example yes	Line	optional
needs-image	needs-image	to request that an <b>image</b> or <b>photograph</b> be [[Wikipedia:Uploading images|added]] to the page.	Line	optional
attention	attention	Indicates that the article needs immediate attention from experienced editors. Example yes	Line	optional
class	class	Assess the quality of the article. Suggested values Stub Start C B A List GA FA FL Example C	Line	optional

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:WikiProject Fictional characters/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
Subpages of this template.