About this template

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This template is the project banner for WikiProject International relations, and it can also act as a banner for its subprojects, WikiProject United Nations and WikiProject International law

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 International relations 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 instructions

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Full syntax options for the {{WikiProject International relations|class=|importance=|un=|un-importance=|law=|law-importance=}} template are as follows:

{{WikiProject International relations
 |class= 
 |importance=
 |un= <!-- yes, if applicable -->
 |un-importance=
 |law= <!-- yes, if applicable -->
 |law-importance=
 |attention=
 |needs-infobox=
 |listas=
}}

The parameters are named, and (if used) must be entered exactly as-is (note, all are lowercase).

Parameter values

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Class

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  • 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.

This 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 "unassigned" and the template places the talkpage into Category:Unassessed International relations articles.

Valid values for this parameter, their associated meanings and categories are given in the table below. Values should be typed as shown (e.g. |class=GA ):

Class parameter values (Category:International relations articles by quality)
Value Meaning Main Category UN Category
FA Featured-class articles; the article has passed through the featured article review process. FA-Class International relations articles FA-Class United Nations articles
A A-class articles; could be submitted as a Featured article candidate; probably could use some small updates to make it Featured quality. A-Class International relations articles A-Class United Nations articles
GA Good-class articles; the article has passed through the good article review process. GA-Class International relations articles GA-Class United Nations articles
B B-class articles; 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. B-Class International relations articles B-Class United Nations articles
Start Start-class articles; the article is more than a stub, but may lack some important aspects of the topic's discussion. Start-Class International relations articles Start-Class United Nations articles
Stub Stub-class articles; the article is a stub; it likely contains one of the stub templates. Stub-Class International relations articles Stub-Class United Nations articles
FL Featured-class lists; the article has passed through the featured list review process. They are sorted with the featured articles. FA-Class International relations articles FA-Class United Nations articles
List The article is a list that has not yet passed the featured list review process. List-Class International relations articles List-Class United Nations articles
NA Not applicable; the page is not an article and should not be rated; it could be an image or category, for example. NA-Class International relations articles NA-Class United Nations articles

Importance

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  • importance – valid values are: top, high, mid, low, 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.

This 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, or the class parameter is set to "NA", the parameter defaults to "unassigned" and the template places the talkpage into Category:Unknown-importance International relations articles.

Valid values for this parameter, their associated meanings and categories are given in the table below. Values should be typed as shown (e.g. |importance=Mid ):

Importance parameter values (Category:International relations articles by importance and Category:United Nations articles by importance)
Value Meaning Main Category UN Category
Top Reserved for the primary articles. These are considered fundamental to the topic and are mostly overview articles with many links. Top-importance International relations articles Top-importance United Nations articles
High Major topic about International relations; and for needed subtopics of "key" articles High-importance International relations articles High-importance United Nations articles
Mid For general articles on more specialised (sub-)topics. Mid-importance International relations articles Mid-importance United Nations articles
Low For still notable, but more highly specialised or even obscure topics. Low-importance International relations articles Low-importance United Nations articles

Sub-projects

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Optional

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  • 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.
  • 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 John Doe, use |listas=Doe, John so that the talk page will show up in the D's and not the J'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.
  • 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.