Template:WikiProject Melanesia/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:WikiProject Melanesia.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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Usage

The {{WikiProject Melanesia}} 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 Melanesia
|importance= (High, Mid, Low, NA)
|class= (FA, A, GA, B, C, Start, Stub, FL, List or NA)
|attention= 
|needs-image = 
|needs-map = 
|needs-geocoord = 
<!-- Task forces (nations) -->
|PNG= 
|SI=
|Vanuatu= 
<!-- Task forces (territories) -->
|NC=
}}

General parameters:

class – a rating of the article's quality; see the assessment department for more details.
attention – "yes" if the article requires immediate attention; see Category:Melanesia articles needing attention for more details on when this should be used.
needs-image – set |needs-image=yes to request that a photograph, map, drawing, diagram, equation, or other image be added to the page. Leave blank or delete if not.
in: Used in conjunction with the needs-image=yes parameter to place the image request into a specific location, such as a country. Leave blank or delete if not.
- Additional in2 and in3 parameters are used in conjunction with the needs-image=yes parameter and may be used to specify up to three location categories (such as for celebrities and other people who may frequent multiple county locations).
- This parameter populates ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Melanesia.
needs-map – set |needs-map=yes to request that a range map be included in the article to improve its quality.
in: Used in conjunction with the needs-map=yes parameter to place the image request into a specific location, such as a country. Leave blank or delete if not.
- Additional in2 and in3 parameters are used in conjunction with the needs-map=yes parameter and may be used to specify up to three location categories (such as for celebrities and other people who may frequent multiple county locations).
- This parameter populates ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Wikipedia requested maps in Melanesia.
needs-geocoord – set |needs-geocoord=yes to request that geocoordinate data be included.
- This parameter populates ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Melanesia articles missing geocoordinate data.

Task forces (nations):

PNG – "yes" if the article is supported by the Papua New Guinea work group.
SI – "yes" if the article is supported by the Solomon Islands task force.
Vanuatu – "yes" if the article is supported by the Vanuatu work group.

Task forces (territories):

NC – "yes" if the article is supported by the New Caledonia work group.

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