Template:WikiProject Germany

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Usage

The {{WikiProject Germany}} project banner template should be added (not subst:ed) to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project. While the template does not require any additional parameters, it has a number of optional ones that add various extra features to the banner. The full syntax is as follows:

{{WikiProject Germany
| small           =
| class           = 
| B-Class-1       =
| B-Class-2       =
| B-Class-3       =
| B-Class-4       =
| B-Class-5       =
| importance      =
| attention       =
| unref           =
| mapneeded       =
|  mapdetails     =
| imageneeded     =
|  imagedetails   =
| needs-infobox   =
| Frankfurt       =
| GDR             =
|  GDRImp         =
| Hamburg         =
|  HamburgImp     =
| HRE-taskforce   =
|  HREImp         =
| Mainz           =
|  MainzImp       =
| Munich          =
|  MunichImp      =
| Prussia         =
|  PrussiaImp     =
| Transport       =
| listas          =
}}

To avoid needlessly cluttering up talk pages, it is usually appropriate to remove any unused parameters from the template.

Template display formatting parameters

• small – set |small=yes to display a small version of the template aligned along the right side of the page (as opposed to at the top). This parameter does not work as expected if the banner template is enclosed in {{WikiProject banner shell}} or any of its redirects.
• 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 Johannes Althusius, use |listas=Althusius, Johannes so that the talk page will show up in the A's and not the J's of the various assessment and administrative categories; similarly, for topics with titles beginning with an article such as "the" or "a" - e.g. for A Time to Love and a Time to Die, use |listas=Time to Love and a Time to Die, A so that the talk page will show up in the T's). 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.
  It is not required if another WikiProject template on the same page has its own |listas= set, since it not only affects categories used by the banner in which it is set, but it also affects the sortkey of all other banners and templates.
• 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.

Article assessment parameters

• class – see the project's quality scale for details. B-class checklist (available only when |class=stub |class=start |class=c or |class=b):
  • B-Class-1 – Referencing and citation (see the project's B-class criteria for details).
  • B-Class-2 – Coverage and accuracy (see the project's B-class criteria for details).
  • B-Class-3 – Structure (see the project's B-class criteria for details).
  • B-Class-4 – Grammar and style (see the project's B-class criteria for details).
  • B-Class-5 – Supporting materials (see the project's B-class criteria for details).
  • Set these to "yes" or "y" if the article meets the criterion; "no" or "n" if it does not. If the criterion has not been checked, omit the parameter or leave it with a blank value. When |class=b is set, all five criteria need to be satisfied, otherwise the article is treated as if |class=c were set.
• importance – valid values are: top, high, mid, low, na (case-insensitive). See the project's importance scale for details.
• The parameters |b1= to |b5= are recognised as aliases for |B-Class-1= to |B-Class-5=. If both |B-Class-1= and |b1= are present, |b1= is ignored; similarly for the other four pairs. |B1= to |B5= are also accepted, when none of the other variants are present.

Project work parameters (set them to "yes" to include them)

• 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.
  • This parameter populates Category:Germany articles needing attention.
• unref – set |unref=yes if the article lacks sufficient references and/or adequate inline citations
  • This parameter populates Category:Unreferenced Germany articles.

Miscellaneous maintenance parameters (set them to "yes" to include them)

• mapneeded – set |mapneeded=yes if the article needs a map.
  • This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested maps in Germany.
  • mapdetails (appears only if "mapneeded" is set to yes) - Additional details to specify the kind of map information that is needed.
• imageneeded – set |imageneeded=yes if the article needs an image (other than a map).
  • This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Germany.
  • imagedetails (appears only if imageneeded is set to yes) - Additional details to describe the image that is requested.
• 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:Germany articles without infoboxes.

Taskforces

If the article subject is with the scope of a certain task force, then please include that task force's parameters in the template. For most of this template's taskforces, you can also assess the subject's importance to the task force.

The letter "I" in the taskforces' importance parameters |FooImp= are always capitalized. Please do not use lowercase "i".

• Frankfurt – set |Frankfurt=yes if the article is supported by WikiProject Frankfurt.
  • This parameter populates Category:WikiProject Frankfurt articles.
• GDR – set |GDR=yes if the article is supported by GDR task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:GDR task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:GDR articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • GDRImp (only used if |GDR=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within GDR task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:GDR articles by importance.
• Hamburg – set |Hamburg=yes if the article is supported by Hamburg task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Hamburg task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Hamburg articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • HamburgImp (only used if |Hamburg=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within Hamburg task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Hamburg articles by importance.
• HRE-taskforce – set |HRE-taskforce=yes if the article is supported by Holy Roman Empire task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Holy Roman Empire task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Holy Roman Empire articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • HREImp (only used if |HRE-taskforce=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within Holy Roman Empire task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Holy Roman Empire articles by importance.
• Mainz – set |Mainz=yes if the article is supported by Mainz task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Mainz task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Mainz articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • MainzImp (only used if |Mainz=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within Mainz task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Mainz articles by importance.
• Munich – set |Munich=yes if the article is supported by WikiProject Munich.
  • This parameter populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Munich articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • MunichImp (only used if |Munich=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within WikiProject Munich
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Munich articles by importance.
• Prussia – set |Prussia=yes if the article is supported by WikiProject Prussia.
  • This parameter populates Category:WikiProject Prussia articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Prussia articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • PrussiaImp (only used if |Prussia=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within WikiProject Prussia
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Prussia articles by importance.
• Transport – set |Transport=yes if the article is supported by German transportation task force.
  • This parameter populates the relevant subcategory of Category:German transportation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
    • Notice that the German transportation task force is does not use an importance assessment. Please remember that!