The {{WikiProject Finland}} banner template should be transcluded (notsubstituted) to the talk page of every page within the scope of the project. While the template does not require any additional parameters, it provides the greatest value when they are used to include with it an objective content assessment as well. The |class= parameter is a rating of the article's quality while the |importance= parameter indicates the relative priority it has within the project for members' attention; see the project's Assessment Department for more details. For expedience, you can copy and paste this empty example onto the intended talk page when none of the other parameters are required and then add the values for the content assessment according to your best judgment:
In light of the fact that pages often fall within the scope of several WikiProjects, each of which adding their banner template to the associated talk page, it is expected that the inline format is used, as shown below. Any parameters that do not receive values should be deleted before saving.
class – valid values are FA, A, GA, B, C, Start, Stub, FL, FM, List, Category, Disambig, Draft, File, Portal, Project, Redirect, Template and NA (case-insensitive). 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: Top, High, Mid, Low and NA (case-insensitive). 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.
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.
image-in – use to override the above and instead categorise the request into Wikipedia requested photographs in image-in.
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 Emmy Achté, use |listas=Achté, Emmy so that the talk page will show up in the A's and not the E's of the various assessment and administrative categories). 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.
selected – set |selected=yes if the article or image is selected on the Finland portal.
auto – This parameter is for the use of bots and indicates that the article has been automatically rated:
|auto=length – based on the length of the article
|auto=inherit – because one or more other projects use this class
|auto=yes (or |auto=stub), in conjunction with |class=stub – as Stub-Class because it uses a stub template
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.
The parameter |infobox-needed= is recognised as an alias for |needs-infobox=. If both |needs-infobox= and |infobox-needed= are present, |infobox-needed= is ignored.
The parameter |needs-image= is recognised as an alias for |image-needed=. If both |image-needed= and |needs-image= are present, |needs-image= is ignored.
Relative priority for project members to work on improving the page. Set to one of: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA']
Suggested values
TopHighMidLowNA
Default
Low
Example
Low
Line
suggested
Needs immediate attention
attention
Flags the page as requiring the immediate attention of experienced editors when set to: ['yes']
Default
no
Example
yes
Auto value
yes
Boolean
optional
Missing infobox
needs-infoboxinfobox-needed
Adds the page to a category for articles that should display an infobox but currently lack one when set to: ['yes']
Default
no
Example
yes
Auto value
yes
Boolean
optional
Request image
needs-imageimage-needed
Adds the page to a category for image requests in project's area of scope when set to: ['yes']
Default
no
Example
yes
Auto value
yes
Boolean
optional
Requested image description
image-details
Provides further details about the desired image, in the event the need could be ambiguous
Example
A photo of City Hall, at sufficient distance to show its location between the city court and public works buildings
String
optional
Requested image location/subject
image-in
Specifies the subject type of the requested image, or its geographical location. If applicable, set to one of: ['Helsinki', 'people of Finland', 'Espoo', 'Tampere', Vantaa', 'Oulu', 'Turku']
Suggested values
Helsinkipeople of Finland
Example
Helsinki
Line
optional
Sorting title
listas
Sort page in lists and categories by this value instead of its actual name
Line
optional
Portal featured article
selected
Indicates the article is on the list of rotating Featured Articles on the Finland Portal when set to: ['yes']
Default
no
Example
yes
Auto value
yes
Boolean
optional
Quality auto-assessment method
auto
Flags the article for algorithmic quality assessment by a bot and determines the method used. Set to one of: ['inherit', 'length', 'stub', 'yes', 'no']
Suggested values
inheritlengthstubyesno
Default
no
Example
length
Auto value
yes
Line
optional
Category inclusion
category
Controls the automatic inclusion of the page into the project's tracking categories (usually needed only for demos and testing pages). Set to one of: ['yes', 'no']
