Template:WikiProject Video games/doc

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Usage[edit]

The {{WikiProject Video games}} 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. All pages should include class and importance, when possible. These parameters will put the page into the appropriate subcategory in WikiProject Video games.

Syntax[edit]

Shortened version
{{WikiProject Video games
|class = 
|importance =
|cover = 
|screenshot = 
|needs-infobox = 
}}
Full parameters
{{WikiProject Video games
|class = 
|importance =
|esports = 
|Indie =
|Nintendo = 
|Sega = 
|Visualnovels = 
|Characters = 
|needs-infobox = 
|magazine = 
|cover = 
|GCOTW = 
|old-GCOTW = 
|listas =
|peer = 
|old-peer = 
|screenshot = 
}}
  • 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: 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.

Task forces[edit]

Other parameters[edit]

  • peer – set |peer=yes if the article is currently undergoing a peer review, or to request that the peer review process for this page should be begun.
  • old-peer – set |old-peer=yes if the article has had a peer review which is now archived.
  • GCOTW – set |GCOTW=yes if the page is currently the project collaboration.
  • old-GCOTW – set |old-GCOTW=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.
  • 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 Cloud Strife, use |listas=Strife, Cloud so that the talk page will show up in the S's and not the C'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 Tree of Palme, use |listas=Tree of Palme, A so that the talk page will show up in the T'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.

Aliases[edit]

  • The parameter |eSports= is recognised as an alias for |esports=. If both |esports= and |eSports= are present, |eSports= is ignored.

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

TemplateData[edit]

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:WikiProject Video games in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for WikiProject Video games

Talk page banner for WikiProject Video games

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
classclass

no description

Stringsuggested
importanceimportance

no description

Stringsuggested
esportsesports eSports

['yes']

Auto value
yes
Unknownoptional
IndieIndie

['yes']

Auto value
yes
Unknownoptional
NintendoNintendo

['yes']

Auto value
yes
Unknownoptional
SegaSega

['yes']

Auto value
yes
Unknownoptional
VisualnovelsVisualnovels

set yes if the article is supported by the visual novels task force. ['yes']

Auto value
yes
Unknownoptional
CharactersCharacters

set yes if the article is supported by the video game characters task force. ['yes']

Auto value
yes
Unknownoptional
reassessreassess

no description

Unknownoptional
needs-infoboxneeds-infobox

no description

Unknownoptional
magazinemagazine

no description

Unknownoptional
covercover

no description

Unknownoptional
screenshotscreenshot

no description

Unknownoptional
peerpeer

no description

Unknownoptional
old-peerold-peer

no description

Unknownoptional
GCOTWGCOTW

no description

Unknownoptional
old-GCOTWold-GCOTW

no description

Unknownoptional
listaslistas

no description

Unknownoptional
categorycategory

no description

Unknownoptional
needs-photoneeds-photo

no description

Unknownoptional
imagedetailsimagedetails

no description

Contentoptional