Template documentation

This is the WikiProject banner template used by WikiProject Ecology to keep track of articles within its scope.

Basic usage

Place this on the talk page of relevant articles:
{{WikiProject Ecology |class= |importance= }}

Full usage

It is usual to remove any unused parameters from the template call.
{{WikiProject Ecology
 |class=
 |importance=
 |listas=
 |needs-image=
}}

Parameters

• class - valid values are fa, a, ga, b, c, start, stub, fl, list, na (case-insensitive). See the quality scale for details.
• importance - valid values are: top, high, mid, low, na (case-insensitive). See the importance scale for details.
  

Optional parameters

• 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 Jack Harkness, use so that the talk page will show up in the H'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 popflock.com Resource: Categorization of people § Ordering names in a category.
  It is not required if another WikiProject template on the same page has its own set, since it not only affects categories used by the banner in which it is set, but it also affects the sortkey of all other banners and templates.
• category - set if, and only if, a banner is being used for demonstration or testing purposes, to prevent unnecessary or undesirable categorization. Otherwise, omit this parameter.
• needs-image - set It is requested that a picture or pictures be included in this article to improve its quality.
  • This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested images of biology.

Example

{{WikiProject Ecology |listas=Harkness, Jack |class=GA |importance=Mid }} produces

WikiProject Ecology	(Rated GA-class, Mid-importance)
v t e This template is within the scope of the WikiProject Ecology, an effort to create, expand, organize, and improve ecology-related articles.Ecologypopflock.com Resource: WikiProject EcologyTemplate:WikiProject Ecology{{{ASSESSMENT_CAT}}}  GA  This article has been rated as GA-Class on the quality scale.  Mid  This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the importance scale.

Another example

{{WikiProject Ecology |class=Stub |importance=Low |needs-image=yes }} produces

WikiProject Ecology	(Rated Stub-class, Low-importance)
v t e This template is within the scope of the WikiProject Ecology, an effort to create, expand, organize, and improve ecology-related articles.Ecologypopflock.com Resource: WikiProject EcologyTemplate:WikiProject Ecology{{{ASSESSMENT_CAT}}}  Stub  This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the quality scale.  Low  This article has been rated as Low-importance on the importance scale.   It is requested that a picture or pictures be included in this article to improve its quality.