Template:WikiProject Animation/doc

Usage

The {{WikiProject Animation}} 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. This template automatically adds articles to Category:WikiProject Animation articles. The full syntax as it follows:

Syntax

The full syntax as it follows:

{{WikiProject Animation
|class=
|importance=
|attention= 
|needs-infobox=
|needs-image=
 |image-details=
|unref=
|cleanup=
|fiction=
|listas=
|category=
<!-- Reviews and collaborations -->
|a-class=
|collaboration-candidate=
|current-collaboration=
|past-collaboration=
<!-- portals -->
|portal1-name=
 |portal1-link=
|portal2-name=
 |portal2-link=
|portal3-name=
 |portal3-link=
|portal4-name=
| portal4-link=
|portal5-name=
 |portal5-link=
<!-- Task forces -->
|American=
 |American-importance=
|film=
 |film-importance=
|television=
 |television-importance=
|people=
 |people-importance=
|Asian=
 |Asian-importance=
|Canadian=
 |Canadian-importance=
|computer-animation=
 |computer-animation-importance=
|dreamworks=
 |dreamworks-importance=
|European=
 |European-importance=
|family-guy=
 |family-guy-importance=
|hanna-barbera=
 |hanna-barbera-importance=
|looney-tunes=
 |looney-tunes-importance=
|machinima=
 |machinima-importance=
|pixar=
 |pixar-importance=
|spongebob=
 |spongebob-importance=
|stop-motion=
 |stop-motion-importance=
|warner-bros-animation=
 |warner-bros-animation-importance=
|web=
 |web-importance=
|World=
 |World-importance=
}}

Parameters

General parameters:

• class – valid values are listed in the custom class mask. See the project's quality scale for details. Setting an explicit value of NA is rarely necessary; for this, either leave |class= blank or omit the parameter.
• importance – valid values are listed in the custom importance mask. See the project's importance scale for details. Setting an explicit value of NA is rarely necessary; for this, either leave |importance= blank or omit the parameter.
• 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. It is strongly encouraged to also add a section to the talk page explaining what needs attention.
  • This parameter populates Category:Animation articles needing attention.
• 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:Animation articles needing infoboxes.
• needs-image – set |needs-image=yes if the article requires an image or photograph, which should be added per guidance and per fair use.
  • This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested images of animation.
  • image-details – (appears only if |needs-image=yes is set) Additional details to describe the image that is requested.
• unref – set |unref=yes if the article requires additional references.
  • This parameter populates Category:Unreferenced animation articles.
• cleanup – set |cleanup=yes if the article requires a general cleanup. Please detail what aspects of the article require clean-up on the article's talk page, otherwise the tag can be removed without redress to the problems.
  • This parameter populates Category:Animation articles needing cleanup.
• fiction – set |fiction=yes if the article requires rewriting to maintain an out of universe approach per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction).
  • This parameter populates Category:Animation articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction.
• 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 Winsor McCay, use |listas=McCay, Winsor so that the talk page will show up in the M's and not the W'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 Computer Animated Hand, use |listas=Computer Animated Hand, A so that the talk page will show up in the C'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.
  If the article is using {{WikiProject banner shell}} then it is preferable to add |listas= to that template instead of a project banner template. Putting the parameter on more than one template is not required.
• 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.

Reviews and collaborations:

• A-Class – set |A-Class=current, |A-Class=pass or |A-Class=fail if the article indicates the status of the article's A-Class review.
• collaboration-candidate – set |collaboration-candidate=yes if the page is a candidate to be the project collaboration.
  • This parameter populates Category:Animation collaboration candidates.
• current-collaboration – set |current-collaboration=yes if the page is currently the project collaboration.
  • This parameter populates Category:Current animation collaboration.
• past-collaboration – set |past-collaboration=yes (or any non-blank value other than "no", "n", "0" or "¬", such as the dates it was part of the collaboration) if the page was a past project collaboration.
  • This parameter populates Category:Past animation collaboration.

Portals:

• portalX-name – if the article has been selected for use on a portal, the name of that portal. The name should be given without any formatting or namespace prefixes; thus, Portal:Animation is given as "|portal1-name=Animation". Up to five different portals may be specified, via the parameters portal1-name through portal5-name.
• portalX-link – the portal subpage location where the article may be found on the corresponding portal. This should be given as a pure unlinked subpage name; thus, Portal:Animation/Selected article/6 is given as "|portal1-link=Selected article/6".

Task forces

Task forces (general topics):

• film – set |film=yes if the article is supported by the Animated films work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Animated films work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Animated films articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • film-importance (only used if |film=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Animated films work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Animated films articles by importance.
• television – set |television=yes if the article is supported by the Animated television work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Animated television work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Animated television articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • television-importance (only used if |television=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Animated television work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Animated television articles by importance.
• people – set |people=yes if the article is supported by Animation people work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Animation people work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Animation people articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • people-importance (only used if |people=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within Animation people work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Animation people articles by importance.
• computer-animation – set |computer-animation=yes if the article is supported by the Computer animation work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Computer animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Computer animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • computer-animation-importance (only used if |computer-animation=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Computer animation work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Computer animation articles by importance.
• machinima – set |machinima=yes if the article is supported by the Machinima work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Machinima work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Machinima articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • machinima-importance (only used if |machinima=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Machinima work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Machinima articles by importance.
• stop-motion – set |stop-motion=yes if the article is supported by the Stop motion work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Stop motion work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Stop motion articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • stop-motion-importance (only used if |stop-motion=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Stop motion work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Stop motion articles by importance.
• web – set |web=yes if the article is supported by the Web animation work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Web animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Web animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • web-importance (only used if |web=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Web animation work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Web animation articles by importance.

Task forces (national and regional):

• American – set |American=yes if the article is supported by the American animation task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:American animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:American animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • American-importance (only used if |American=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the American animation task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:American animation articles by importance.
• Asian – set |Asian=yes if the article is supported by the Asian animation task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Asian animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Asian animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • Asian-importance (only used if |Asian=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Asian animation task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Asian animation articles by importance.
• Canadian – set |Canadian=yes if the article is supported by the Canadian animation task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Canadian animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Canadian animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • Canadian-importance (only used if |Canadian=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Canadian animation task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Canadian animation articles by importance.
• European – set |European=yes if the article is supported by the European animation task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:European animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:European animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • European-importance (only used if |European=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the European animation task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:European animation articles by importance.
• World – set |World=yes if the article is supported by the World animation work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:World animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:World animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • World-importance (only used if |World=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the World animation work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:World animation articles by importance.

Task forces (studios):

• dreamworks – set |dreamworks=yes if the article is supported by the DreamWorks Animation work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:DreamWorks Animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:DreamWorks Animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • dreamworks-importance (only used if |dreamworks=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the DreamWorks Animation work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:DreamWorks Animation articles by importance.
• hanna-barbera – set |hanna-barbera=yes if the article is supported by the Hanna-Barbera work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Hanna-Barbera work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Hanna-Barbera articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • hanna-barbera-importance (only used if |hanna-barbera=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Hanna-Barbera work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Hanna-Barbera articles by importance.
• pixar – set |pixar=yes if the article is supported by the Pixar work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Pixar work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Pixar articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • pixar-importance (only used if |pixar=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Pixar work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Pixar articles by importance.
• warner-bros-animation – set |warner-bros-animation=yes if the article is supported by the Warner Bros. Animation work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Warner Bros. Animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Warner Bros. Animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • warner-bros-animation-importance (only used if |warner-bros-animation=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Warner Bros. Animation work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Warner Bros. Animation articles by importance.

Task forces (franchises):

• family-guy – set |family-guy=yes if the article is supported by the Family Guy work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Family Guy work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Family Guy articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • family-guy-importance (only used if |family-guy=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Family Guy work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Family Guy articles by importance.
• looney-tunes – set |looney-tunes=yes if the article is supported by the Looney Tunes work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Looney Tunes work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Looney Tunes articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • looney-tunes-importance (only used if |looney-tunes=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Looney Tunes work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Looney Tunes articles by importance.
• spongebob – set |spongebob=yes if the article is supported by the SpongeBob SquarePants work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:SpongeBob SquarePants work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:SpongeBob SquarePants articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • spongebob-importance (only used if |spongebob=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the SpongeBob SquarePants work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:SpongeBob SquarePants articles by importance.

Aliases

• The parameters |American-animation= and |American= are recognised as aliases for |american-animation=. If more than one is present, |American-animation= has precedence over |American=, and |american-animation= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |American-animation-importance= and |American-importance= are recognised as aliases for |american-animation-importance=. If more than one is present, |American-animation-importance= has precedence over |American-importance=, and |american-animation-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |people= is recognised as an alias for |animation-people=. If both |animation-people= and |people= are present, |people= is ignored.

• The parameter |people-importance= is recognised as an alias for |animation-people-importance=. If both |animation-people-importance= and |people-importance= are present, |people-importance= is ignored.

• The parameters |Asian-animation= and |Asian= are recognised as aliases for |asian-animation=. If more than one is present, |Asian-animation= has precedence over |Asian=, and |asian-animation= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Asian-animation-importance= and |Asian-importance= are recognised as aliases for |asian-animation-importance=. If more than one is present, |Asian-animation-importance= has precedence over |Asian-importance=, and |asian-animation-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Canadian-animation= and |Canadian= are recognised as aliases for |canadian-animation=. If more than one is present, |Canadian-animation= has precedence over |Canadian=, and |canadian-animation= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Canadian-animation-importance= and |Canadian-importance= are recognised as aliases for |canadian-animation-importance=. If more than one is present, |Canadian-animation-importance= has precedence over |Canadian-importance=, and |canadian-animation-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |computer-animation= and |Computer-animation= are recognised as aliases for |computer=. If more than one is present, |computer-animation= has precedence over |Computer-animation=, and |computer= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |computer-animation-importance= and |Computer-animation-importance= are recognised as aliases for |computer-importance=. If more than one is present, |computer-animation-importance= has precedence over |Computer-animation-importance=, and |computer-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |dreamworks-animation= and |dwa= are recognised as aliases for |dreamworks=. If more than one is present, |dreamworks-animation= has precedence over |dwa=, and |dreamworks= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |dreamworks-animation-importance= and |dwa-importance= are recognised as aliases for |dreamworks-importance=. If more than one is present, |dreamworks-animation-importance= has precedence over |dwa-importance=, and |dreamworks-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |European-animation= and |European= are recognised as aliases for |european-animation=. If more than one is present, |European-animation= has precedence over |European=, and |european-animation= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |European-animation-importance= and |European-importance= are recognised as aliases for |european-animation-importance=. If more than one is present, |European-animation-importance= has precedence over |European-importance=, and |european-animation-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Family-Guy= and |fg= are recognised as aliases for |family-guy=. If more than one is present, |Family-Guy= has precedence over |fg=, and |family-guy= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Family-Guy-importance= and |fg-importance= are recognised as aliases for |family-guy-importance=. If more than one is present, |Family-Guy-importance= has precedence over |fg-importance=, and |family-guy-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |animated-film= is recognised as an alias for |film=. If both |film= and |animated-film= are present, |animated-film= is ignored.

• The parameter |animated-film-importance= is recognised as an alias for |film-importance=. If both |film-importance= and |animated-film-importance= are present, |animated-film-importance= is ignored.

• The parameters |Hanna-Barbera= and |hb= are recognised as aliases for |hanna-barbera=. If more than one is present, |Hanna-Barbera= has precedence over |hb=, and |hanna-barbera= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Hanna-Barbera-importance= and |hb-importance= are recognised as aliases for |hanna-barbera-importance=. If more than one is present, |Hanna-Barbera-importance= has precedence over |hb-importance=, and |hanna-barbera-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |image-needed= and |needs-image= are recognised as aliases for |image=. If more than one is present, |image-needed= has precedence over |needs-image=, and |image= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |needs-infobox= is recognised as an alias for |infobox=. If both |infobox= and |needs-infobox= are present, |needs-infobox= is ignored.

• The parameters |Looney-Tunes= and |lt= are recognised as aliases for |looney-tunes=. If more than one is present, |Looney-Tunes= has precedence over |lt=, and |looney-tunes= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Looney-Tunes-importance= and |lt-importance= are recognised as aliases for |looney-tunes-importance=. If more than one is present, |Looney-Tunes-importance= has precedence over |lt-importance=, and |looney-tunes-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Machinima= and |mach= are recognised as aliases for |machinima=. If more than one is present, |Machinima= has precedence over |mach=, and |machinima= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Machinima-importance= and |mach-importance= are recognised as aliases for |machinima-importance=. If more than one is present, |Machinima-importance= has precedence over |mach-importance=, and |machinima-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |unref= is recognised as an alias for |needs-refs=. If both |needs-refs= and |unref= are present, |unref= is ignored.

• The parameters |pixar= and |Pixar= are recognised as aliases for |pixar-work-group=. If more than one is present, |pixar= has precedence over |Pixar=, and |pixar-work-group= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |Pixar-importance= is recognised as an alias for |pixar-importance=. If both |pixar-importance= and |Pixar-importance= are present, |Pixar-importance= is ignored.

• The parameters |spongebob-squarepants= and |sbsp= are recognised as aliases for |spongebob=. If more than one is present, |spongebob-squarepants= has precedence over |sbsp=, and |spongebob= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |spongebob-squarepants-importance= and |sbsp-importance= are recognised as aliases for |spongebob-importance=. If more than one is present, |spongebob-squarepants-importance= has precedence over |sbsp-importance=, and |spongebob-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |Stop-motion= is recognised as an alias for |stop-motion=. If both |stop-motion= and |Stop-motion= are present, |Stop-motion= is ignored.

• The parameter |Stop-motion-importance= is recognised as an alias for |stop-motion-importance=. If both |stop-motion-importance= and |Stop-motion-importance= are present, |Stop-motion-importance= is ignored.

• The parameters |television= and |animated-television= are recognised as aliases for |tv=. If more than one is present, |television= has precedence over |animated-television=, and |tv= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |television-importance= and |animated-television-importance= are recognised as aliases for |tv-importance=. If more than one is present, |television-importance= has precedence over |animated-television-importance=, and |tv-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Warner-Bros-Animation= and |wba= are recognised as aliases for |warner-bros-animation=. If more than one is present, |Warner-Bros-Animation= has precedence over |wba=, and |warner-bros-animation= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Warner-Bros-Animation-importance= and |wba-importance= are recognised as aliases for |warner-bros-animation-importance=. If more than one is present, |Warner-Bros-Animation-importance= has precedence over |wba-importance=, and |warner-bros-animation-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |web= and |Web-animation= are recognised as aliases for |web-work-group=. If more than one is present, |web= has precedence over |Web-animation=, and |web-work-group= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |Web-animation-importance= is recognised as an alias for |web-importance=. If both |web-importance= and |Web-animation-importance= are present, |Web-animation-importance= is ignored.

• The parameters |World-animation= and |World= are recognised as aliases for |world-animation=. If more than one is present, |World-animation= has precedence over |World=, and |world-animation= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |World-animation-importance= and |World-importance= are recognised as aliases for |world-animation-importance=. If more than one is present, |World-animation-importance= has precedence over |World-importance=, and |world-animation-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

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

See also

• {{User WikiProject Animation}}
• Template:WikiProject Animation/importance (sandbox)