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This template is the project banner for WikiProject Athletics. This template is a self-reference.
The template is to be placed on talk pages (only) of the articles identified as being within the Project's scope (at or near the top of the talkpage).
This template automatically assigns the category Category:WikiProject Athletics articles to the articles' talk pages. This category and other associated Project categories are used in various ways by the Project in the overall management of the Project's workload.
This template contains optional parameters, details of usage are given below.
Usage
editGeneral syntax options for this template are as follows:
{{WikiProject Athletics
|class=
|importance=
}}
The parameters are named, and (if used) must be entered exactly as-is (note, all are lowercase).
The class and importance parameters are associated with the Project's article assessment and rating scheme. These parameters add a category to the talkpage, which category depends on the values chosen.
Parameters
editClass
editThis optional parameter records the Project quality assessment rating currently assigned to the particular article on whose talkpage the project banner appears.
If unassigned, or an invalid value is given, the parameter defaults to "unassessed" and the template places the talkpage into Category:Unassessed Athletics articles.
An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Athletics}} project banner on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.
The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):
| FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class Athletics articles) |  FA |
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| A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Athletics articles) |  A |
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| GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Athletics articles) |  GA |
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| B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Athletics articles) | B | |
| C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Athletics articles) | C | |
| Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Athletics articles) | Start | |
| Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Athletics articles) | Stub | |
| FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Athletics articles) | FL |
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| List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Athletics articles) | List |
For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:
| Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class Athletics articles) | Category | |
| Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Athletics articles) | Disambig | |
| Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class Athletics articles) | Draft | |
| File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class Athletics articles) | File | |
| Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Athletics articles) | Portal | |
| Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Athletics articles) | Project | |
| Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Athletics articles) | Template | |
| NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Athletics articles) | NA | |
| ??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Athletics articles) | ??? |
Importance
editThis optional parameter records the Project importance assessment rating currently assigned to the particular article on whose talkpage the project banner appears.
If unassigned, or an invalid value is given, the parameter defaults to "unknown" and the template places the talkpage into Category:Unknown-importance Athletics articles.
An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Athletics}} project banner on its talk page:
The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):
| Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Athletics articles) | Top | |
| High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Athletics articles) | High | |
| Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Athletics articles) | Mid | |
| Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Athletics articles) | Low | |
| NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance Athletics articles) | NA | |
| ??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance Athletics articles) | ??? |