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=
|image-needed=
|needs-infobox=

|amiga=
|amiga-importance=
|early-comp=
|early-comp-importance=
|hardware=
|hardware-importance=
|malware=
|malware-importance=
|network=
|network-importance=
|science=
|science-importance=
|security=
|security-importance=
|software=
|software-importance=
|websites=
|websites-importance=
}}

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
• needs-infobox – "yes" if the article lacks an infobox, otherwise remove this line.

Taskforce / Child Wikiprojects specific parameters

• amiga – "yes" if the article is supported by WikiProject Amiga
• amiga-importance - (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for WikiProject Amiga
• 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.
• hardware – "yes" if the article is supported by Computer hardware task force
• malware – "yes" if the article is supported by WikiProject Malware
• malware-importance - (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for WikiProject Malware
• websites – "yes" if the article is supported by WikiProject Websites
• websites-importance - (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for WikiProject Websites
• security – "yes" if the article is supported by Computer and information security task force
• security-importance – (Top|High|Mid|Low) importance