Template:WikiProject Sharks

Sharks High‑importance

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High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.
	It is requested that a taxobox be included in this article to improve its quality.
	An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article.

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:

Automatic parameter checking is enabled. Create the tracking category to track invalid parameters.

Template documentation

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

Basic usage

Place this on the talk page of relevant articles:

{{WikiProject banner shell |class= |
{{WikiProject Sharks |importance= }}
}}

Full usage

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

{{WikiProject banner shell |blp= |class= |listas= |
{{WikiProject Sharks |class= |importance= |needs-image= |needs-taxobox= |category= }}
}}

Parameters

importance – see #Importance 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

needs-image – to request that an image or photograph be added to the page.
needs-taxobox – set |needs-taxobox=yes or any non-blank value other than "no", "n" or "0". The following message will be displayed: "It is requested that a taxobox be included in this article to improve its quality." This will populate Category:Missing taxobox.

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.
class – this parameter should be used with the banner shell template, not on individual project banners. See WP:PIQA for more details.

Importance assessment

This project uses the standard importance scale. Valid values are shown below.

Input (not case sensitive)	Importance	Category	Population
Top	Top	Category:Top-importance shark articles	18
High	High	Category:High-importance shark articles	23
Mid	Mid	Category:Mid-importance shark articles	89
Low	Low	Category:Low-importance shark articles	948
NA	NA	Category:NA-importance shark pages	648

TemplateData

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

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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-image	`needs-image`	to request that an <b>image</b> or <b>photograph</b> be [[Wikipedia:Uploading images\|added]] to the page.	Line	optional
class	`class`	This parameter is not recognised by this template - please add to the banner shell instead.	Line	deprecated
importance	`importance`	Assess the importance or priority of the article to the WikiProject Suggested values `Low` `Mid` `High` `Top` `NA` Example low	Line	suggested
needs-taxobox	`needs-taxobox`	Triggers a custom note in the banner. Suggested values `yes` `no` Example yes	Line	optional

Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Subpages of this template.

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