Template:WikiProject Film/doc

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WikiProject Film

General information ( v t e )
Main project page	+talk
→Discussion archives
Style guidelines	talk
→Multimedia	talk
→Naming conventions	talk
→Copy-editing essentials	talk
Notability guidelines	talk
Announcements and open tasks	talk
→Article alerts
→Cleanup listing
→New articles	talk
→Nominations for deletion	talk
→Popular pages
→Requests	talk
Spotlight	talk
Film portal	talk
Fiction noticeboard	talk

Project organization
Coordinators	talk
Participants	talk
Project banner	talk
Project category	talk

Departments
Assessment	talk
→B-Class
→Instructions
Categorization	talk
Core	talk
Outreach	talk
Resources	talk
Review	talk
Spotlight	talk
→Spotlight cleanup listing
Topic workshop	talk

Task forces
General topics
Film awards	talk
Film festivals	talk
Film finance	talk
Filmmaking	talk
Silent films	talk
Genre
Animated films	talk
Christian films	talk
Comic book films	talk
Documentary films	talk
Marvel Cinematic Universe	talk
Skydance Media	talk
War films	talk
Avant-garde and experimental films	talk
National and regional
American cinema	talk
Argentine cinema	talk
Australian cinema	talk
Baltic cinema	talk
British cinema	talk
Canadian cinema	talk
Chinese cinema	talk
French cinema	talk
German cinema	talk
Indian cinema	talk
Italian cinema	talk
Japanese cinema	talk
Korean cinema	talk
Mexican cinema	talk
New Zealand cinema	talk
Nordic cinema	talk
Pakistani cinema	talk
Persian cinema	talk
Southeast Asian cinema	talk
Soviet and post-Soviet cinema	talk
Spanish cinema	talk
Uruguayan cinema	talk
Venezuelan cinema	talk

Templates
banner
DVD citation
DVD liner notes citation
infobox
invite
plot cleanup
stub
userbox

The{{WikiProject Film}}project banner template should be added (neversubst: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.

Basic usage

An article's quality assessment is generated from theclassparameter in the{{WikiProject Film}}project banner on its talk page:{{WikiProject Film|class=???}}

The following values may be used for theclassparameter to describe the quality of the article (seeWikipedia:Content assessmentfor assessment criteria):


FA(forfeatured articlesonly;adds articles toCategory:FA-Class film articles)		FA
A(adds articles toCategory:A-Class film articles)		A
GA(forgood articlesonly;adds articles toCategory:GA-Class film articles)		GA
B(adds articles toCategory:B-Class film articles)		B
C(adds articles toCategory:C-Class film articles)		C
Start(adds articles toCategory:Start-Class film articles)		Start
Stub(adds articles toCategory:Stub-Class film articles)		Stub
FL(forfeatured listsonly;adds articles toCategory:FL-Class film articles)		FL
List(adds articles toCategory:List-Class film articles)		List

For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for theclassparameter:


Category(forcategories;adds pages toCategory:Category-Class film articles)		Category
Disambig(fordisambiguation pages;adds pages toCategory:Disambig-Class film articles)		Disambig
Draft(fordrafts;adds pages toCategory:Draft-Class film articles)		Draft
FM(forfeatured mediaonly;adds pages toCategory:FM-Class film articles)		FM
File(forfilesandtimed text;adds pages toCategory:File-Class film articles)		File
Portal(forportal pages;adds pages toCategory:Portal-Class film articles)		Portal
Project(forproject pages;adds pages toCategory:Project-Class film articles)		Project
Redirect(forredirect pages;adds pages toCategory:Redirect-Class film articles)		Redirect
Template(fortemplatesandmodules;adds pages toCategory:Template-Class film articles)		Template
NA(for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages toCategory:NA-Class film articles)		NA
???(articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed inCategory:Unassessed film articles)		???

Optional parameters

General

listas– asortkeyto produce a correct ordering of pages within a category, e.g. forThe Fifth Elementset|listas=Fifth Element, The
needs-image- set|needs-image=yesif the article needs an image, such as a poster or on-set photo
needs-infobox– set|needs-infobox=yesif the article needs an infobox, e.g.{{Infobox film}}

National and Regional task forces

American– set|American=yesif the article is supported by theAmerican cinema task force
Argentine– set|Argentine=yesif the article is supported by theArgentine cinema task force
Australian– set|Australian=yesif the article is supported by theAustralian cinema task force
Baltic– set|Baltic=yesif the article is supported by theBaltic cinema task force
British– set|British=yesif the article is supported by theBritish cinema task force
Canadian– set|Canadian=yesif the article is supported by theCanadian cinema task force
Chinese– set|Chinese=yesif the article is supported by theChinese cinema task force
French– set|French=yesif the article is supported by theFrench cinema task force
German– set|German=yesif the article is supported by theGerman cinema task force
Indian– set|Indian=yesif the article is supported by theIndian cinema task force
Italian– set|Italian=yesif the article is supported by theItalian cinema task force
Japanese– set|Japanese=yesif the article is supported by theJapanese cinema task force
Korean– set|Korean=yesif the article is supported by theKorean cinema task force
Mexican– set|Mexican=yesif the article is supported by theMexican cinema task force
NZ– set|NZ=yesif the article is supported by theNew Zealand cinema task force
Nordic– set|Nordic=yesif the article is supported by theNordic cinema task force
Pakistani– set|Pakistani=yesif the article is supported by thePakistani cinema task force
Paraguayan– set|Paraguayan=yesif the article is supported by theParaguayan cinema task force
Persian– set|Persian=yesif the article is supported by thePersian cinema task force
Southeast– set|Southeast=yesif the article is supported by theSoutheast Asian cinema task force
Soviet– set|Soviet=yesif the article is supported by theSoviet and post-Soviet cinema task force
Spanish– set|Spanish=yesif the article is supported by theSpanish cinema task force
Venezuelan— set|Venezuelan-cinema-task-force=yesif the article is supported by theVenezuelan cinema task force

General task forces

Awards– set|Awards=yesif the article is supported by theFilm awards task force
Festival– set|Festival=yesif the article is supported by theFilm festivals task force
Filmmaking– set|Filmmaking=yesif the article is supported by theFilmmaking task force
Silent– set|Silent=yesif the article is supported by theSilent films task force

Genre task forces

Animated– set|Animated=yesif the article is supported by theAnimated films task force
Christian– set|Christian=yesif the article is supported by theChristian films task force
Comics– set|Comics=yesif the article is supported by theComic book films task force
Documentary– set|Documentary=yesif the article is supported by theDocumentary films task force
MCU– set|MCU=yesif the article is supported by theMarvel Cinematic Universe task force
War– set|War=yesif the article is supported by theWar films task force

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

Tracking categories

Category:Pages using WikiProject Film with unknown parameters(1)