This is a documentation subpage for Template:WikiProject San Diego. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 2,700 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Usage

The {{ WikiProject San Diego}} 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 as it follows:

{{WikiProject San Diego
|class=
|importance=
|attention=
|needs-infobox=
|image-needed=
|image-details=
|map-needed=
|map-details=
|listas=
|category=
<!-- projects and task forces -->
|bp=
}}

General parameters

• class – valid values are fa, a, ga, b, c, start, stub, fl, list, 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, 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.
  • This parameter populates Category:San Diego 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:San Diego articles needing infoboxes.
• image-needed – set |image-needed=yes if the article needs an image or photograph.
  • This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in San Diego County, California.
• image-details - (appears only if is set to |image-needed=yes) Additional details to describe the image that is requested.
• map-needed – set |map-needed=yes if the article needs an map.
  • This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested maps in San Diego County, California.
• map-details - (appears only if |map-needed=yes) Additional details to specify the kind of map information that is needed.
• bp – set |bp=yes if the article is supported by Balboa Park project.
  • This parameter populates Category:Balboa Park project articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Balboa Park-related articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
• 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 Roger Hedgecock, use |listas=Hedgecock, Roger so that the talk page will show up in the H's and not the R'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.

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

See also

• {{ User WikiProject San Diego}}