Template:WikiProject Computing/doc

Project banner

The {{WikiProject Computing}} 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 Computing
|small=
|nested=
|class=  
|importance=
|portal=
|attention=
|collaboration-candidate=
|past-collaboration=
|failed-collaboration=
|peer-review= 
|old-peer-review=
|orphan= 
|needs-infobox=
|auto=
|image-needed=
|portaldykdate=
|portal-picture=
|assess-date=
}}

Template display formatting parameters:

• small - show the normal or reduced size template; shows the reduced size template if small=yes.
• nested - allows for the banner to be hidden with a show/hide button in conjunction with the WikiProjectBannerShell template if nested=yes.

General parameters:

• class – a rating of the article's quality; see the assessment department for more details.
  • FA - The article has reached Featured article status.
  • A - Could be submitted as a Featured article candidate; probably could use some small updates to make it Featured quality.
  • GA - The article has reached Good article status.
  • B - Could be submitted as a Good article nominee; probably could use some updates or may lack some features from the Good article criteria, but it presents a good overview of the subject.
  • C - The article has an large amount of content, but lacks information and organization in areas.
  • Start - The article is more than a stub, but may lack some important aspects of the topic's discussion.
  • Stub - The article is a stub; it likely contains one of the Computing stub templates.
  • Needed - The article does not yet exist but has been identified as a subject that should be covered.
  • Disambig or Dab - The article is a disambiguation page.
  • Redirect or Redir - The article is a redirect page.
  • Template - The page is a template.
  • Category or Cat - The page is a category.
  • Image or Img - The page is an image.
  • List - The page is a list.
  • Portal - The page is a portal.
  • NA - The page is not an article and should not be rated; it could be a template, image or category, for example.
• importance – a rating of the article's importance; see the assessment department for more details.
  • Top
  • High
  • Mid
  • Low
• portal – if the article is used in the selected article queue of the Computing Portal, the subpage number of its entry.
• portal-picture – if the image is used in the selected picture queue of the Computing Portal, the subpage number of its entry.
• attention – "yes" if the article requires immediate attention; this should be used sparingly.
• collaboration-candidate – "yes" if the article is currently a candidate for the project's Collaboration of the week.
• past-collaboration – week of <date> the article was previously a Collaboration of the week, the dash-separated dates of the collaboration period; must be left blank otherwise.
• failed-collaboration – <date> the article was nominated for the Collaboration of the week, but failed to quality; must be left blank otherwise.
• peer-review – "yes" if the article is currently listed on the project's peer review department.
• old-peer-review – "yes" if the article was previously listed on the project's peer review department.
• orphan – "yes" if the article is not currently supported by an Indian WikiProject.
• needs-infobox – "yes" if the article lacks an infobox, otherwise remove this line.
• auto – "yes" This parameter is for bot-use. It calls the {{stubclass}} template.
• image-needed – "yes" if the article needs pictures, otherwise remove this line. It adds articles to Category:Computing articles needing images.
• assess-date - Date last assessed. Example: assess-date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}

Taskforce / Descendant Wikiprojects specific parameters

• early-comp – "yes" if the article is supported by Early computers task force
• early-comp-importance - (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for Early computers task force